diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Labels/ApplyLabelsView.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Labels/ApplyLabelsView.swift
index 735e8c8cc..829fb3614 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Labels/ApplyLabelsView.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Labels/ApplyLabelsView.swift
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import Models
 import Services
 import SwiftUI
+import Utils
 import Views
 
 @MainActor
@@ -195,15 +196,21 @@ struct ApplyLabelsView: View {
   }
 }
 
+func isSystemLabel(_ label: LinkedItemLabel) -> Bool {
+  label.name == "RSS" || label.name == "Newsletter" || label.name == "Pinned"
+}
+
 extension Sequence where Element == LinkedItemLabel {
   func applySearchFilter(_ searchFilter: String) -> [LinkedItemLabel] {
+    let hideSystemLabels = UserDefaults(suiteName: "group.app.omnivoreapp")?.bool(forKey: UserDefaultKey.hideSystemLabels.rawValue) ?? false
+
     if searchFilter.isEmpty || searchFilter == ZWSP {
       return map { $0 } // return the identity of the sequence
     }
     if searchFilter.starts(with: ZWSP) {
       let index = searchFilter.index(searchFilter.startIndex, offsetBy: 1)
       let trimmed = searchFilter.suffix(from: index).lowercased()
-      return filter { ($0.name ?? "").lowercased().contains(trimmed) }
+      return filter { ($0.name ?? "").lowercased().contains(trimmed) && (!hideSystemLabels || !isSystemLabel($0)) }
     }
     return filter { ($0.name ?? "").lowercased().contains(searchFilter.lowercased()) }
   }
diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Labels/FilterByLabelsViewModel.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Labels/FilterByLabelsViewModel.swift
index 04567a7e9..8355db882 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Labels/FilterByLabelsViewModel.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Labels/FilterByLabelsViewModel.swift
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ import CoreData
 import Models
 import Services
 import SwiftUI
+import Utils
 import Views
 
 @MainActor final class FilterByLabelsViewModel: ObservableObject {
   @Published var isLoading = false
-  @Published var errorMessage: String? = nil
+  @Published var errorMessage: String?
   @Published var labels = [LinkedItemLabel]()
   @Published var selectedLabels = [LinkedItemLabel]()
   @Published var negatedLabels = [LinkedItemLabel]()
@@ -14,7 +15,9 @@ import Views
   @Published var labelSearchFilter = ""
 
   func setLabels(_ labels: [LinkedItemLabel]) {
-    self.labels = labels.sorted { left, right in
+    let hideSystemLabels = UserDefaults(suiteName: "group.app.omnivoreapp")?.bool(forKey: UserDefaultKey.hideSystemLabels.rawValue) ?? false
+
+    self.labels = labels.filter { !hideSystemLabels || !isSystemLabel($0) }.sorted { left, right in
       let aTrimmed = left.unwrappedName.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces)
       let bTrimmed = right.unwrappedName.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces)
       return aTrimmed.caseInsensitiveCompare(bTrimmed) == .orderedAscending
diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Labels/LabelsView.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Labels/LabelsView.swift
index 23575651c..bc13bdb04 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Labels/LabelsView.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Labels/LabelsView.swift
@@ -10,22 +10,29 @@ struct LabelsView: View {
   @State private var showDeleteConfirmation = false
   @State private var labelToRemove: LinkedItemLabel?
 
+  @AppStorage(UserDefaultKey.hideSystemLabels.rawValue, store: UserDefaults(suiteName: "group.app.omnivoreapp")) var hideSystemLabels = false
+
   var body: some View {
     List {
-      ForEach(viewModel.labels, id: \.id) { label in
-        HStack {
-          TextChip(feedItemLabel: label).allowsHitTesting(false)
-          Spacer()
-          Button(
-            action: {
-              labelToRemove = label
-              showDeleteConfirmation = true
-            },
-            label: { Image(systemName: "trash") }
-          )
+      Section {
+        ForEach(viewModel.labels, id: \.id) { label in
+          HStack {
+            TextChip(feedItemLabel: label).allowsHitTesting(false)
+            Spacer()
+            Button(
+              action: {
+                labelToRemove = label
+                showDeleteConfirmation = true
+              },
+              label: { Image(systemName: "trash") }
+            )
+          }
         }
+        createLabelButton
+      }
+      Section("Label settings") {
+        Toggle("Hide system labels", isOn: $hideSystemLabels)
       }
-      createLabelButton
     }
     .navigationTitle(LocalText.labelsGeneric)
     .alert("Are you sure you want to delete this label?", isPresented: $showDeleteConfirmation) {
@@ -43,6 +50,11 @@ struct LabelsView: View {
       }
       Button(LocalText.cancelGeneric, role: .cancel) { self.labelToRemove = nil }
     }
+    .onChange(of: hideSystemLabels) { _ in
+      Task {
+        await viewModel.loadLabels(dataService: dataService, item: nil)
+      }
+    }
     .sheet(isPresented: $viewModel.showCreateLabelModal) {
       CreateLabelView(viewModel: viewModel, newLabelName: viewModel.labelSearchFilter)
     }
diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Labels/LabelsViewModel.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Labels/LabelsViewModel.swift
index 23ad0059c..5165e16dd 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Labels/LabelsViewModel.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Labels/LabelsViewModel.swift
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import CoreData
 import Models
 import Services
 import SwiftUI
+import Utils
 
 @MainActor public final class LabelsViewModel: ObservableObject {
   let labelNameMaxLength = 64
@@ -16,7 +17,9 @@ import SwiftUI
   public init() {}
 
   func setLabels(_ labels: [LinkedItemLabel]) {
-    self.labels = labels.sorted { left, right in
+    let hideSystemLabels = UserDefaults(suiteName: "group.app.omnivoreapp")?.bool(forKey: UserDefaultKey.hideSystemLabels.rawValue) ?? false
+
+    self.labels = labels.filter { !hideSystemLabels || !isSystemLabel($0) }.sorted { left, right in
       let aTrimmed = left.unwrappedName.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces)
       let bTrimmed = right.unwrappedName.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces)
       return aTrimmed.caseInsensitiveCompare(bTrimmed) == .orderedAscending
diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Profile/FiltersView.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Profile/FiltersView.swift
index 66baa917f..d4628b384 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Profile/FiltersView.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Profile/FiltersView.swift
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import Views
         } else {
           self.hasBadgePermission = false
         }
+
         print("notification settings: ", settings.badgeSetting.rawValue)
         print("got the notification settings")
       }
diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Utils/UserDefaultKeys.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Utils/UserDefaultKeys.swift
index 25959090d..6b7db00d6 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Utils/UserDefaultKeys.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Utils/UserDefaultKeys.swift
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ public enum UserDefaultKey: String {
   case deviceTokenID
   case userWordsPerMinute
   case hideFeatureSection
+  case hideSystemLabels
   case justifyText
   case prefersHideStatusBarInReader
   case visibleShareExtensionTab