diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index c7cb326..65ebf5f 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ function App() {
         <OmniBar />
 
         <section className="drawer-content flex h-screen max-h-full w-full flex-grow flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden text-xl">
-          <aside className="hidden h-full w-[260px] min-w-[260px] lg:block" role="complementary">
+          <aside className="hidden lg:block" role="complementary">
             <SideBar />
           </aside>
 
diff --git a/src/containers/SideBar.tsx b/src/containers/SideBar.tsx
index dd82ffe..4c919f0 100644
--- a/src/containers/SideBar.tsx
+++ b/src/containers/SideBar.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
-import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react'
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react-lite'
 import { Accordion } from '@chakra-ui/react'
+import useMedia from 'use-media'
 
 import { ChatSettingsSection } from '~/components/chat/ChatSettingsSection'
 import { ChatListSection } from '~/components/chat/ChatListSection'
 
 import { chatStore } from '~/models/ChatStore'
+import { settingStore } from '~/models/SettingStore'
+
+import MediaEject from '~/icons/MediaEject'
 
 export type AccordionSectionProps = {
   isOpen: boolean
@@ -15,6 +19,18 @@ export type AccordionSectionProps = {
 export const SideBar = observer(() => {
   const [openIndex, setOpenIndex] = useState(1)
 
+  const isMobile = useMedia('(max-width: 1024px)')
+
+  const { isSidebarOpen } = settingStore
+
+  const width = useMemo(() => {
+    if (isMobile) {
+      return 'w-full'
+    }
+
+    return 'transition-[width] duration-300 ease-in-out ' + (isSidebarOpen ? ' w-[260px]' : ' w-0')
+  }, [isMobile, isSidebarOpen])
+
   const handleSectionClicked = () => {
     // clicking on self or other will open other
     setOpenIndex((openIndex + 1) % 2)
@@ -25,14 +41,29 @@ export const SideBar = observer(() => {
   }, [chatStore.selectedChat])
 
   return (
-    <Accordion
-      className="flex h-full flex-1 flex-col flex-nowrap gap-2 self-stretch rounded-md bg-base-300 p-2"
-      onChange={(index: number) => setOpenIndex(index)}
-      index={openIndex}
-    >
-      <ChatSettingsSection isOpen={openIndex === 0} onSectionClicked={handleSectionClicked} />
-
-      <ChatListSection isOpen={openIndex === 1} onSectionClicked={handleSectionClicked} />
-    </Accordion>
+    <div className={'group/sidebar relative h-full ' + width}>
+      <Accordion
+        className={
+          'flex h-full flex-1 flex-col flex-nowrap gap-2 self-stretch rounded-md bg-base-300 p-2 transition-opacity duration-300 ease-in-out' +
+          (settingStore.isSidebarOpen || isMobile ? ' opacity-100' : ' opacity-0')
+        }
+        onChange={(index: number) => setOpenIndex(index)}
+        index={openIndex}
+      >
+        <ChatSettingsSection isOpen={openIndex === 0} onSectionClicked={handleSectionClicked} />
+
+        <ChatListSection isOpen={openIndex === 1} onSectionClicked={handleSectionClicked} />
+      </Accordion>
+
+      <button
+        className={
+          'group absolute top-[45%] z-20 opacity-30 transition-all duration-300 ease-in-out hover:opacity-100 group-hover/sidebar:opacity-100' +
+          (isSidebarOpen ? ' -right-4' : ' -right-8')
+        }
+        onClick={settingStore.toggleSidebar}
+      >
+        <MediaEject className={'h-8 ' + (isSidebarOpen ? '-rotate-90' : 'rotate-90')} />
+      </button>
+    </div>
   )
 })
diff --git a/src/icons/MediaEject.tsx b/src/icons/MediaEject.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d28d1c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/icons/MediaEject.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// https://icon-sets.iconify.design/typcn/media-eject/
+
+// special shoutout to https://yqnn.github.io/svg-path-editor/ which allowed me to split the path
+
+// note: this icon has group based hover code built into it
+export default function MediaEject({ className }: { className?: string }) {
+  return (
+    <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" className={className || 'h-4 w-4'} viewBox="0 0 24 24">
+      <path
+        fill="currentColor"
+        className="opacity-0 transition-all duration-300 ease-in-out group-hover:opacity-100 "
+        d="m1.433-5.396L12 4l-6.433 6.604A2 2 0 0 0 7 14h10a2 2 0 0 0 1.433-3.396"
+      />
+      <path fill="currentColor" d="M17 16H7a2 2 0 0 0 0 4h10a2 2 0 0 0 0-4" />
+    </svg>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/models/SettingStore.ts b/src/models/SettingStore.ts
index 07ace96..5ff9d6a 100644
--- a/src/models/SettingStore.ts
+++ b/src/models/SettingStore.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export const SettingStore = types
     // general settings
     theme: types.optional(types.string, '_system'),
     pwaNeedsUpdate: types.optional(types.boolean, false),
+    isSidebarOpen: types.optional(types.boolean, true),
 
     // image generation settings
     a1111Enabled: types.maybe(types.boolean),
@@ -51,6 +52,10 @@ export const SettingStore = types
     let updateServiceWorker: undefined | (() => void)
 
     return {
+      toggleSidebar() {
+        self.isSidebarOpen = !self.isSidebarOpen
+      },
+
       openSettingsModal(panelName: SettingPanelOptionsType | 'initial' = 'initial') {
         self._settingsPanelName = panelName
       },