diff --git a/artifacts/tx-os/src/pages/home.tsx b/artifacts/tx-os/src/pages/home.tsx
index 247b525f..9a98d9c4 100644
--- a/artifacts/tx-os/src/pages/home.tsx
+++ b/artifacts/tx-os/src/pages/home.tsx
@@ -362,7 +362,19 @@ export default function HomePage() {
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!apps) return;
-    const activeApps = apps.filter((a) => a.isActive);
+    // #571: hide the Notifications app from the home grid (and the
+    // bottom dock — see `dockApps` filter below) regardless of its
+    // `isActive` flag. The top-bar bell icon is the canonical entry
+    // point for notifications, so a tile in the launcher is
+    // redundant. We filter at the client (rather than disabling the
+    // app server-side) so existing environments where Notifications
+    // is enabled stay enabled at the data layer — keeps deep links
+    // / direct navigation to `/notifications` working, and lets
+    // admins flip the app's visibility back without a DB change if
+    // they ever want a tile back.
+    const activeApps = apps.filter(
+      (a) => a.isActive && a.slug !== "notifications",
+    );
     setOrderedApps((prev) => {
       if (!prev) return activeApps;
       const byId = new Map(activeApps.map((a) => [a.id, a]));