diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Profile/FiltersView.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Profile/FiltersView.swift
index fa743272a..89086bef6 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Profile/FiltersView.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Profile/FiltersView.swift
@@ -99,24 +99,24 @@ struct FiltersView: View {
         }
       }
 
-      Section(header: Text("Application Badge")) {
-        Toggle("Display Badge Count", isOn: $viewModel.hasBadgePermission)
-          .onChange(of: viewModel.hasBadgePermission) { _ in
-            if viewModel.hasBadgePermission {
-              viewModel.requestBadgePermission()
-            } else {
-              UIApplication.shared.applicationIconBadgeNumber = 0
-            }
-          }
-
-        if viewModel.hasBadgePermission {
-          NavigationLink(destination: {
-            SelectBadgeFilterView(viewModel: viewModel)
-          }, label: {
-            Text(viewModel.badgeFilter)
-          })
-        }
-      }
+//      Section(header: Text("Application Badge")) {
+//        Toggle("Display Badge Count", isOn: $viewModel.hasBadgePermission)
+//          .onChange(of: viewModel.hasBadgePermission) { _ in
+//            if viewModel.hasBadgePermission {
+//              viewModel.requestBadgePermission()
+//            } else {
+//              UIApplication.shared.applicationIconBadgeNumber = 0
+//            }
+//          }
+//
+//        if viewModel.hasBadgePermission {
+//          NavigationLink(destination: {
+//            SelectBadgeFilterView(viewModel: viewModel)
+//          }, label: {
+//            Text(viewModel.badgeFilter)
+//          })
+//        }
+//      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/apple/Sources/AppDelegate.swift b/apple/Sources/AppDelegate.swift
index 6d5298db9..3082ddc91 100644
--- a/apple/Sources/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/apple/Sources/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ private let logger = Logger(subsystem: "app.omnivore", category: "app-delegate")
       Services.registerBackgroundFetch()
       configureFirebase()
 
+      // TODO: remove after filter badge is re-enabled
+      UIApplication.shared.applicationIconBadgeNumber = 0
+
       // swiftlint:disable:next line_length
       NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(forName: Notification.Name("ReconfigurePushNotifications"), object: nil, queue: OperationQueue.main) { _ in
         if UserDefaults.standard.bool(forKey: UserDefaultKey.notificationsEnabled.rawValue) {