diff --git a/Sources/Fluid/ContentView.swift b/Sources/Fluid/ContentView.swift
index 2410fd45..721e399c 100644
--- a/Sources/Fluid/ContentView.swift
+++ b/Sources/Fluid/ContentView.swift
@@ -1119,7 +1119,14 @@ struct ContentView: View {
                 shortcuts.append(shortcut)
             }
         }
-        self.primaryDictationShortcuts = shortcuts
+        self.updatePrimaryDictationShortcuts(shortcuts)
+    }
+
+    private func updatePrimaryDictationShortcuts(_ shortcuts: [HotkeyShortcut]) {
+        SettingsStore.shared.primaryDictationShortcuts = shortcuts
+        let storedShortcuts = SettingsStore.shared.primaryDictationShortcuts
+        self.primaryDictationShortcuts = storedShortcuts
+        self.hotkeyManager?.updatePrimaryShortcuts(storedShortcuts)
     }
 
     private func setShortcutTargetEnabled(_ enabled: Bool, for target: ShortcutRecordingTarget) {
@@ -1464,7 +1471,10 @@ struct ContentView: View {
             inputDevices: self.$inputDevices,
             outputDevices: self.$outputDevices,
             accessibilityEnabled: self.$accessibilityEnabled,
-            primaryDictationShortcuts: self.$primaryDictationShortcuts,
+            primaryDictationShortcuts: Binding(
+                get: { self.primaryDictationShortcuts },
+                set: { self.updatePrimaryDictationShortcuts($0) }
+            ),
             activeShortcutRecordingTarget: self.$activeShortcutRecordingTarget,
             shortcutRecordingMessage: self.$shortcutRecordingMessage,
             commandModeShortcut: self.$commandModeHotkeyShortcut,
diff --git a/Sources/Fluid/Persistence/SettingsStore.swift b/Sources/Fluid/Persistence/SettingsStore.swift
index e786893f..52dcbaed 100644
--- a/Sources/Fluid/Persistence/SettingsStore.swift
+++ b/Sources/Fluid/Persistence/SettingsStore.swift
@@ -1669,7 +1669,7 @@ final class SettingsStore: ObservableObject {
         }
         set {
             objectWillChange.send()
-            let shortcuts = Self.normalizedPrimaryDictationShortcuts([newValue], fallback: Self.defaultPrimaryDictationShortcut)
+            let shortcuts = Self.normalizedPrimaryDictationShortcuts([newValue])
             self.storePrimaryDictationShortcuts(shortcuts)
             self.storeLegacyHotkeyShortcut(shortcuts[0])
         }
@@ -1680,7 +1680,7 @@ final class SettingsStore: ObservableObject {
             .map(\.displayString)
             .map { $0.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines) }
             .filter { !$0.isEmpty }
-        return displays.isEmpty ? Self.defaultPrimaryDictationShortcut.displayString : displays.joined(separator: " / ")
+        return displays.joined(separator: " / ")
     }
 
     var primaryDictationShortcuts: [HotkeyShortcut] {
@@ -1689,15 +1689,17 @@ final class SettingsStore: ObservableObject {
             if let data = defaults.data(forKey: Keys.primaryDictationShortcutsKey),
                let shortcuts = try? JSONDecoder().decode([HotkeyShortcut].self, from: data)
             {
-                return Self.normalizedPrimaryDictationShortcuts(shortcuts, fallback: fallback)
+                return Self.normalizedPrimaryDictationShortcuts(shortcuts)
             }
             return [fallback]
         }
         set {
             objectWillChange.send()
-            let shortcuts = Self.normalizedPrimaryDictationShortcuts(newValue, fallback: self.legacyHotkeyShortcut)
+            let shortcuts = Self.normalizedPrimaryDictationShortcuts(newValue)
             self.storePrimaryDictationShortcuts(shortcuts)
-            self.storeLegacyHotkeyShortcut(shortcuts[0])
+            if let firstShortcut = shortcuts.first {
+                self.storeLegacyHotkeyShortcut(firstShortcut)
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -1714,17 +1716,11 @@ final class SettingsStore: ObservableObject {
         return Self.defaultPrimaryDictationShortcut
     }
 
-    private static func normalizedPrimaryDictationShortcuts(
-        _ shortcuts: [HotkeyShortcut],
-        fallback: HotkeyShortcut
-    ) -> [HotkeyShortcut] {
+    private static func normalizedPrimaryDictationShortcuts(_ shortcuts: [HotkeyShortcut]) -> [HotkeyShortcut] {
         var unique: [HotkeyShortcut] = []
         for shortcut in shortcuts where !unique.contains(shortcut) {
             unique.append(shortcut)
         }
-        if unique.isEmpty {
-            unique.append(fallback)
-        }
         return unique
     }
 
diff --git a/Sources/Fluid/UI/SettingsView.swift b/Sources/Fluid/UI/SettingsView.swift
index 115ebc21..49706115 100644
--- a/Sources/Fluid/UI/SettingsView.swift
+++ b/Sources/Fluid/UI/SettingsView.swift
@@ -2151,14 +2151,12 @@ struct SettingsView: View {
             .disabled(!isRecording && self.isRecordingAnyShortcut)
 
             Button("Remove") {
-                guard self.primaryDictationShortcuts.count > 1,
-                      self.primaryDictationShortcuts.indices.contains(index)
-                else { return }
+                guard self.primaryDictationShortcuts.indices.contains(index) else { return }
                 self.primaryDictationShortcuts.remove(at: index)
             }
             .buttonStyle(.bordered)
             .controlSize(.small)
-            .disabled(self.primaryDictationShortcuts.count <= 1 || self.isRecordingAnyShortcut)
+            .disabled(self.isRecordingAnyShortcut)
 
             if isRecording,
                let recordingMessage = self.shortcutRecordingMessage,
diff --git a/Tests/FluidDictationIntegrationTests/HotkeyShortcutTests.swift b/Tests/FluidDictationIntegrationTests/HotkeyShortcutTests.swift
index 65bd2b5e..cbfc1f8e 100644
--- a/Tests/FluidDictationIntegrationTests/HotkeyShortcutTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/FluidDictationIntegrationTests/HotkeyShortcutTests.swift
@@ -159,6 +159,18 @@ final class HotkeyShortcutTests: XCTestCase {
         }
     }
 
+    func testPrimaryDictationShortcutsCanBeExplicitlyCleared() throws {
+        try self.withRestoredDefaults(keys: [self.legacyHotkeyShortcutKey, self.primaryDictationShortcutsKey]) {
+            let legacyShortcut = HotkeyShortcut(keyCode: 12, modifierFlags: [.option])
+            SettingsStore.shared.hotkeyShortcut = legacyShortcut
+
+            SettingsStore.shared.primaryDictationShortcuts = []
+
+            XCTAssertEqual(SettingsStore.shared.primaryDictationShortcuts, [])
+            XCTAssertEqual(SettingsStore.shared.primaryDictationShortcutDisplayString, "")
+        }
+    }
+
     func testPasteLastTranscriptionShortcutDefaultsToUnboundAndDisabled() throws {
         try self.withRestoredDefaults(keys: [
             self.pasteLastTranscriptionShortcutKey,