diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/footer.gjs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/footer.gjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eddcb7fb13d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/footer.gjs
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import Component from "@glimmer/component";
+import { action } from "@ember/object";
+import { service } from "@ember/service";
+import DButton from "discourse/components/d-button";
+import SidebarSectionForm from "discourse/components/modal/sidebar-section-form";
+import PluginOutlet from "discourse/components/plugin-outlet";
+import routeAction from "discourse/helpers/route-action";
+import { ADMIN_PANEL } from "discourse/lib/sidebar/panels";
+
+export default class SidebarFooter extends Component {
+  @service capabilities;
+  @service currentUser;
+  @service modal;
+  @service site;
+  @service siteSettings;
+  @service sidebarState;
+
+  get showManageSectionsButton() {
+    return this.currentUser && !this.sidebarState.isCurrentPanel(ADMIN_PANEL);
+  }
+
+  get showToggleMobileButton() {
+    return (
+      this.site.mobileView ||
+      (this.siteSettings.enable_mobile_theme && this.capabilities.touch)
+    );
+  }
+
+  get showKeyboardShortcutsButton() {
+    return this.site.desktopView;
+  }
+
+  @action
+  manageSections() {
+    this.modal.show(SidebarSectionForm);
+  }
+
+  <template>
+    <div class="sidebar-footer-wrapper">
+      <div class="sidebar-footer-container">
+        <div class="sidebar-footer-actions">
+          <PluginOutlet @name="sidebar-footer-actions" />
+
+          {{#if this.showManageSectionsButton}}
+            <DButton
+              @icon="plus"
+              @action={{this.manageSections}}
+              @title="sidebar.sections.custom.add"
+              class="btn-flat sidebar-footer-actions-button add-section"
+            />
+          {{/if}}
+
+          {{#if this.showToggleMobileButton}}
+            <DButton
+              @action={{routeAction "toggleMobileView"}}
+              @title={{if this.site.mobileView "desktop_view" "mobile_view"}}
+              @icon={{if this.site.mobileView "desktop" "mobile-alt"}}
+              class="btn-flat sidebar-footer-actions-button sidebar-footer-actions-toggle-mobile-view"
+            />
+          {{/if}}
+
+          {{#if this.showKeyboardShortcutsButton}}
+            <DButton
+              @action={{routeAction "showKeyboardShortcutsHelp"}}
+              @title="keyboard_shortcuts_help.title"
+              @icon="keyboard"
+              class="btn-flat sidebar-footer-actions-button sidebar-footer-actions-keyboard-shortcuts"
+            />
+          {{/if}}
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </template>
+}
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/footer.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/footer.hbs
deleted file mode 100644
index dc8da794f90..00000000000
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/footer.hbs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-<div class="sidebar-footer-wrapper">
-  <div class="sidebar-footer-container">
-    <div class="sidebar-footer-actions">
-      <PluginOutlet @name="sidebar-footer-actions" />
-
-      {{#if this.currentUser}}
-        <DButton
-          @icon="plus"
-          @action={{this.addSection}}
-          @title="sidebar.sections.custom.add"
-          class="btn-flat sidebar-footer-actions-button add-section"
-        />
-      {{/if}}
-
-      {{#if
-        (or
-          this.site.mobileView
-          (and this.siteSettings.enable_mobile_theme this.capabilities.touch)
-        )
-      }}
-        <DButton
-          @action={{route-action "toggleMobileView"}}
-          @title={{if this.site.mobileView "desktop_view" "mobile_view"}}
-          @icon={{if this.site.mobileView "desktop" "mobile-alt"}}
-          class="btn-flat sidebar-footer-actions-button sidebar-footer-actions-toggle-mobile-view"
-        />
-      {{/if}}
-
-      {{#if this.site.desktopView}}
-        <DButton
-          @action={{route-action "showKeyboardShortcutsHelp"}}
-          @title="keyboard_shortcuts_help.title"
-          @icon="keyboard"
-          class="btn-flat sidebar-footer-actions-button sidebar-footer-actions-keyboard-shortcuts"
-        />
-      {{/if}}
-    </div>
-  </div>
-</div>
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diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/footer.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/footer.js
deleted file mode 100644
index eebc014bd80..00000000000
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/footer.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-import Component from "@glimmer/component";
-import { action } from "@ember/object";
-import { service } from "@ember/service";
-import SidebarSectionForm from "discourse/components/modal/sidebar-section-form";
-
-export default class SidebarFooter extends Component {
-  @service capabilities;
-  @service currentUser;
-  @service modal;
-  @service site;
-  @service siteSettings;
-
-  @action
-  addSection() {
-    this.modal.show(SidebarSectionForm);
-  }
-}
diff --git a/spec/system/admin_sidebar_navigation_spec.rb b/spec/system/admin_sidebar_navigation_spec.rb
index 4ef77dc38f1..5ea676f599f 100644
--- a/spec/system/admin_sidebar_navigation_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/system/admin_sidebar_navigation_spec.rb
@@ -129,4 +129,11 @@ describe "Admin Revamp | Sidebar Navigation", type: :system do
     expect(links.count).to eq(1)
     expect(links.map(&:text)).to eq(["Installed"])
   end
+
+  it "does not show the button to customize sidebar sections, that is only supported in the main panel" do
+    visit("/")
+    expect(sidebar).to have_add_section_button
+    visit("/admin")
+    expect(sidebar).to have_no_add_section_button
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/system/page_objects/components/navigation_menu/base.rb b/spec/system/page_objects/components/navigation_menu/base.rb
index 943153f2283..5d72edeb375 100644
--- a/spec/system/page_objects/components/navigation_menu/base.rb
+++ b/spec/system/page_objects/components/navigation_menu/base.rb
@@ -143,7 +143,11 @@ module PageObjects
         end
 
         def has_no_add_section_button?
-          page.has_no_button?(add_section_button_text)
+          has_no_css?(add_section_button_css)
+        end
+
+        def has_add_section_button?
+          has_css?(add_section_button_css)
         end
 
         def click_edit_categories_button
@@ -195,6 +199,10 @@ module PageObjects
         def add_link_button_text
           I18n.t("js.sidebar.sections.custom.links.add")
         end
+
+        def add_section_button_css
+          ".sidebar-footer-actions-button.add-section"
+        end
       end
     end
   end