diff --git a/.changeset/quiet-pandas-hide.md b/.changeset/quiet-pandas-hide.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9853974187
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/quiet-pandas-hide.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"kilo-code": patch
+---
+
+Restore disabled provider management in the VS Code extension provider settings.
diff --git a/packages/kilo-docs/public/img/screenshot-tests/kilo-vscode/visual-regression/settings/providers-configure-chromium-linux.png b/packages/kilo-docs/public/img/screenshot-tests/kilo-vscode/visual-regression/settings/providers-configure-chromium-linux.png
index df62efbf2c..996569f48f 100644
--- a/packages/kilo-docs/public/img/screenshot-tests/kilo-vscode/visual-regression/settings/providers-configure-chromium-linux.png
+++ b/packages/kilo-docs/public/img/screenshot-tests/kilo-vscode/visual-regression/settings/providers-configure-chromium-linux.png
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:c67c86c68c4a07514db50c964668753c0a85ec410e55208b6e094f711c0bceb5
-size 20317
+oid sha256:9c87ac5179843ad5dadf73023f87d1f0b0589a81420e9ef406534a335598a0a2
+size 28082
diff --git a/packages/kilo-vscode/tests/unit/custom-provider-dialog-validate.test.ts b/packages/kilo-vscode/tests/unit/custom-provider-dialog-validate.test.ts
index 337dd77a14..a045e2e1f7 100644
--- a/packages/kilo-vscode/tests/unit/custom-provider-dialog-validate.test.ts
+++ b/packages/kilo-vscode/tests/unit/custom-provider-dialog-validate.test.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,18 @@ function args(form: FormState) {
 }
 
 describe("validateCustomProvider – variant name validation", () => {
+  it("allows reconnecting a disabled provider id", () => {
+    const form = base()
+    const out = validateCustomProvider({
+      ...args(form),
+      disabledProviders: ["my-provider"],
+      existingProviderIDs: new Set(["my-provider"]),
+    })
+
+    expect(out.result?.providerID).toBe("my-provider")
+    expect(out.errors.providerID).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
   it("allows submit when reasoning is enabled with no variants", () => {
     const form = base()
     form.models[0].reasoning = true
diff --git a/packages/kilo-vscode/tests/unit/provider-actions-save.test.ts b/packages/kilo-vscode/tests/unit/provider-actions-save.test.ts
index 5a52a31510..2e04caa3ad 100644
--- a/packages/kilo-vscode/tests/unit/provider-actions-save.test.ts
+++ b/packages/kilo-vscode/tests/unit/provider-actions-save.test.ts
@@ -229,6 +229,50 @@ describe("saveCustomProvider", () => {
       .models
     expect(Object.values(models).every((v) => v !== null)).toBe(true)
   })
+
+  it("removes saved custom providers from disabled_providers when reconnecting", async () => {
+    const { ctx, calls, setCachedConfig } = createCtx({ disabled_providers: ["myprovider", "openai"] })
+
+    await saveCustomProvider(ctx, "req", "myprovider", createProvider(), undefined, false, null, setCachedConfig)
+
+    expect(calls.config).toHaveLength(1)
+    expect(calls.config[0].config.disabled_providers).toEqual(["openai"])
+  })
+})
+
+describe("disconnectProvider", () => {
+  it("adds configured providers to disabled_providers without deleting their config", async () => {
+    const existing = {
+      disabled_providers: ["openai"],
+      provider: {
+        myprovider: createProvider(),
+      },
+    }
+    const { ctx, calls, setCachedConfig } = createCtx(existing)
+
+    await disconnectProvider(ctx, "req", "myprovider", null, setCachedConfig)
+
+    expect(calls.config).toHaveLength(1)
+    expect(calls.config[0].config).toEqual({ disabled_providers: ["openai", "myprovider"] })
+    expect(calls.remove).toEqual([{ providerID: "myprovider" }])
+    expect(calls.refresh).toBe(1)
+    expect(calls.posts).toContainEqual({ type: "providerDisconnected", requestId: "req", providerID: "myprovider" })
+  })
+
+  it("does not duplicate configured providers already disabled", async () => {
+    const existing = {
+      disabled_providers: ["myprovider"],
+      provider: {
+        myprovider: createProvider(),
+      },
+    }
+    const { ctx, calls, setCachedConfig } = createCtx(existing)
+
+    await disconnectProvider(ctx, "req", "myprovider", null, setCachedConfig)
+
+    expect(calls.config).toHaveLength(0)
+    expect(calls.refresh).toBe(1)
+  })
 })
 
 describe("fetchProviderData", () => {
diff --git a/packages/kilo-vscode/tests/unit/provider-visibility.test.ts b/packages/kilo-vscode/tests/unit/provider-visibility.test.ts
index 5b71ad7ef9..3efd293f64 100644
--- a/packages/kilo-vscode/tests/unit/provider-visibility.test.ts
+++ b/packages/kilo-vscode/tests/unit/provider-visibility.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "bun:test"
 
-import { visibleConnectedIds } from "../../webview-ui/src/components/settings/provider-visibility"
+import {
+  disabledProviderOptions,
+  providersWithKiloFallback,
+  visibleConnectedIds,
+} from "../../webview-ui/src/components/settings/provider-visibility"
 
 describe("visibleConnectedIds", () => {
   it("hides Kilo from the connected list when auth is missing", () => {
@@ -21,3 +25,55 @@ describe("visibleConnectedIds", () => {
     expect(ids).toEqual(["anthropic"])
   })
 })
+
+describe("disabledProviderOptions", () => {
+  it("includes Kilo and excludes already disabled providers", () => {
+    const options = disabledProviderOptions(
+      {
+        kilo: { id: "kilo", name: "Kilo Gateway", env: [], models: {} },
+        openai: { id: "openai", name: "OpenAI", env: [], models: {} },
+        anthropic: { id: "anthropic", name: "Anthropic", env: [], models: {} },
+      },
+      ["openai"],
+    )
+
+    expect(options).toEqual([
+      { value: "anthropic", label: "Anthropic" },
+      { value: "kilo", label: "Kilo Gateway" },
+    ])
+  })
+
+  it("sorts options by provider name", () => {
+    const options = disabledProviderOptions(
+      {
+        zed: { id: "zed", name: "Zed", env: [], models: {} },
+        alpha: { id: "alpha", name: "Alpha", env: [], models: {} },
+      },
+      [],
+    )
+
+    expect(options).toEqual([
+      { value: "alpha", label: "Alpha" },
+      { value: "zed", label: "Zed" },
+    ])
+  })
+})
+
+describe("providersWithKiloFallback", () => {
+  it("adds Kilo when backend providers omit it", () => {
+    const providers = providersWithKiloFallback({
+      anthropic: { id: "anthropic", name: "Anthropic", env: [], models: {} },
+    })
+
+    expect(providers.kilo?.name).toBe("Kilo Gateway")
+    expect(providers.anthropic?.name).toBe("Anthropic")
+  })
+
+  it("keeps the backend Kilo provider when present", () => {
+    const providers = providersWithKiloFallback({
+      kilo: { id: "kilo", name: "Custom Kilo Name", env: [], models: {} },
+    })
+
+    expect(providers.kilo?.name).toBe("Custom Kilo Name")
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/components/settings/ProvidersTab.tsx b/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/components/settings/ProvidersTab.tsx
index 217f845309..f43f8f7ea5 100644
--- a/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/components/settings/ProvidersTab.tsx
+++ b/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/components/settings/ProvidersTab.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import { Button } from "@kilocode/kilo-ui/button"
 import { Card } from "@kilocode/kilo-ui/card"
 import { useDialog } from "@kilocode/kilo-ui/context/dialog"
-import { Icon } from "@kilocode/kilo-ui/icon"
 import { ProviderIcon } from "@kilocode/kilo-ui/provider-icon"
+import { Select } from "@kilocode/kilo-ui/select"
 import { Tag } from "@kilocode/kilo-ui/tag"
 import { showToast } from "@kilocode/kilo-ui/toast"
-import { Component, For, Show, createMemo, onCleanup } from "solid-js"
+import { Component, For, Show, createMemo, createSignal, onCleanup } from "solid-js"
 import { useConfig } from "../../context/config"
 import { useLanguage } from "../../context/language"
 import { useProvider } from "../../context/provider"
@@ -16,20 +16,22 @@ import CustomProviderDialog from "./CustomProviderDialog"
 import ProviderConnectDialog from "./ProviderConnectDialog"
 import ProviderSelectDialog from "./ProviderSelectDialog"
 import { CUSTOM_PROVIDER_ID, isPopularProvider, providerIcon, providerNoteKey, sortProviders } from "./provider-catalog"
-import { visibleConnectedIds } from "./provider-visibility"
+import { disabledProviderOptions, providersWithKiloFallback, visibleConnectedIds } from "./provider-visibility"
 import { KILO_PROVIDER_ID, CUSTOM_PROVIDER_PACKAGE } from "../../../../src/shared/provider-model"
 import { createProviderAction } from "../../utils/provider-action"
 
 type ProviderSource = "env" | "api" | "config" | "custom"
+type ProviderOption = { value: string; label: string }
 
 const ProvidersTab: Component = () => {
   const dialog = useDialog()
-  const { config } = useConfig()
+  const { config, updateConfig } = useConfig()
   const provider = useProvider()
   const language = useLanguage()
   const server = useServer()
   const vscode = useVSCode()
   const action = createProviderAction(vscode)
+  const [disabled, setDisabled] = createSignal<ProviderOption | undefined>()
 
   onCleanup(action.dispose)
 
@@ -59,6 +61,11 @@ const ProvidersTab: Component = () => {
     )
   })
 
+  const disabledProviders = createMemo(() => config().disabled_providers ?? [])
+  const disabledIds = createMemo(() => new Set(disabledProviders()))
+  const providers = createMemo(() => providersWithKiloFallback(provider.providers()))
+  const disabledOptions = createMemo(() => disabledProviderOptions(providers(), disabledProviders()))
+
   function source(item: Provider): ProviderSource | undefined {
     if (!("source" in item)) return
     const value = (item as Provider & { source?: string }).source
@@ -114,6 +121,23 @@ const ProvidersTab: Component = () => {
     )
   }
 
+  function disableProvider(providerID: string) {
+    const current = disabledProviders()
+    if (!providerID || current.includes(providerID)) return
+    updateConfig({ disabled_providers: [...current, providerID] })
+  }
+
+  function enableProvider(index: number) {
+    const next = [...disabledProviders()]
+    next.splice(index, 1)
+    updateConfig({ disabled_providers: next })
+  }
+
+  function disabledName(id: string) {
+    const item = providers()[id]
+    return item?.name ?? id
+  }
+
   function connectProvider(item: Provider) {
     if (item.id === KILO_PROVIDER_ID) {
       server.startLogin()
@@ -134,33 +158,35 @@ const ProvidersTab: Component = () => {
 
   return (
     <div>
-      {/* Kilo Gateway — always at the top, not editable */}
-      <Card>
-        <div
-          style={{
-            display: "flex",
-            "align-items": "center",
-            gap: "12px",
-            "min-height": "56px",
-            padding: "12px 0",
-          }}
-        >
-          <ProviderIcon id="synthetic" width={20} height={20} />
-          <span style={{ "font-size": "14px", "font-weight": "500", color: "var(--vscode-foreground)" }}>
-            Kilo Gateway
-          </span>
-          <Show
-            when={kiloLoggedIn()}
-            fallback={
-              <Button size="small" variant="secondary" onClick={() => server.startLogin()}>
-                {language.t("common.signIn")}
-              </Button>
-            }
+      <Show when={!disabledIds().has(KILO_PROVIDER_ID)}>
+        {/* Kilo Gateway — always at the top, not editable */}
+        <Card>
+          <div
+            style={{
+              display: "flex",
+              "align-items": "center",
+              gap: "12px",
+              "min-height": "56px",
+              padding: "12px 0",
+            }}
           >
-            <Tag>{language.t("settings.providers.tag.gateway")}</Tag>
-          </Show>
-        </div>
-      </Card>
+            <ProviderIcon id="synthetic" width={20} height={20} />
+            <span style={{ "font-size": "14px", "font-weight": "500", color: "var(--vscode-foreground)" }}>
+              Kilo Gateway
+            </span>
+            <Show
+              when={kiloLoggedIn()}
+              fallback={
+                <Button size="small" variant="secondary" onClick={() => server.startLogin()}>
+                  {language.t("common.signIn")}
+                </Button>
+              }
+            >
+              <Tag>{language.t("settings.providers.tag.gateway")}</Tag>
+            </Show>
+          </div>
+        </Card>
+      </Show>
 
       {/* Connected providers (excluding Kilo) */}
       <h4 style={{ "margin-top": "16px", "margin-bottom": "8px" }}>
@@ -342,6 +368,92 @@ const ProvidersTab: Component = () => {
           {language.t("dialog.provider.viewAll")}
         </Button>
       </div>
+
+      {/* Disabled providers */}
+      <h4 style={{ "margin-top": "24px", "margin-bottom": "8px" }}>{language.t("settings.providers.disabled")}</h4>
+      <Card>
+        <div
+          style={{
+            "font-size": "12px",
+            color: "var(--text-weak-base, var(--vscode-descriptionForeground))",
+            "padding-bottom": "8px",
+            "border-bottom": "1px solid var(--border-weak-base)",
+          }}
+        >
+          {language.t("settings.providers.disabled.description")}
+        </div>
+        <div
+          style={{
+            display: "flex",
+            gap: "8px",
+            "align-items": "center",
+            padding: "8px 0",
+            "border-bottom": disabledProviders().length > 0 ? "1px solid var(--border-weak-base)" : "none",
+          }}
+        >
+          <div style={{ flex: 1 }}>
+            <Select
+              options={disabledOptions()}
+              current={disabled()}
+              value={(item) => item.value}
+              label={(item) => item.label}
+              onSelect={(item) => setDisabled(item)}
+              variant="secondary"
+              triggerVariant="settings"
+              placeholder={language.t("settings.providers.select.placeholder")}
+            />
+          </div>
+          <Button
+            variant="secondary"
+            onClick={() => {
+              const item = disabled()
+              if (!item) return
+              disableProvider(item.value)
+              setDisabled(undefined)
+            }}
+            disabled={!disabled()}
+          >
+            {language.t("common.add")}
+          </Button>
+        </div>
+        <For each={disabledProviders()}>
+          {(id, index) => (
+            <div
+              style={{
+                display: "flex",
+                "flex-wrap": "wrap",
+                "align-items": "center",
+                "justify-content": "space-between",
+                gap: "16px",
+                "min-height": "56px",
+                padding: "12px 0",
+                "border-bottom":
+                  index() < disabledProviders().length - 1 ? "1px solid var(--border-weak-base)" : "none",
+              }}
+            >
+              <div style={{ display: "flex", "align-items": "center", gap: "12px", "min-width": 0 }}>
+                <ProviderIcon id={providerIcon(id)} width={20} height={20} />
+                <span
+                  style={{
+                    "font-size": "14px",
+                    "font-weight": "500",
+                    color: "var(--vscode-foreground)",
+                    overflow: "hidden",
+                    "text-overflow": "ellipsis",
+                    "white-space": "nowrap",
+                  }}
+                >
+                  {disabledName(id)}
+                </span>
+                <Tag>{language.t("settings.providers.disabled")}</Tag>
+              </div>
+              <Button size="large" variant="ghost" onClick={() => enableProvider(index())}>
+                {language.t("common.delete")}
+              </Button>
+            </div>
+          )}
+        </For>
+      </Card>
     </div>
   )
 }
diff --git a/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/components/settings/provider-visibility.ts b/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/components/settings/provider-visibility.ts
index 7832d52311..abf8f14542 100644
--- a/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/components/settings/provider-visibility.ts
+++ b/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/components/settings/provider-visibility.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
 import type { ProviderAuthState } from "../../types/messages"
-import { KILO_PROVIDER_ID } from "../../../../src/shared/provider-model"
+import type { Provider } from "../../types/messages"
+import { KILO_PROVIDER_ID, createKiloFallbackProvider } from "../../../../src/shared/provider-model"
 
 export function visibleConnectedIds(connected: string[], authStates: Record<string, ProviderAuthState>) {
   return connected.filter((id) => id !== KILO_PROVIDER_ID || authStates[KILO_PROVIDER_ID] !== undefined)
 }
+
+export function disabledProviderOptions(providers: Record<string, Provider>, disabled: string[]) {
+  const current = new Set(disabled)
+  return Object.values(providers)
+    .filter((item) => !current.has(item.id))
+    .map((item) => ({ value: item.id, label: item.name }))
+    .sort((a, b) => a.label.localeCompare(b.label))
+}
+
+export function providersWithKiloFallback(providers: Record<string, Provider>): Record<string, Provider> {
+  if (providers[KILO_PROVIDER_ID]) return providers
+  return { [KILO_PROVIDER_ID]: createKiloFallbackProvider(), ...providers }
+}