diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index d94949db1..75591e939 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ border-radius: 128px;
       of a list with no way back.
     - Clearing a search or loading a saved view no longer leaves a list with no
       way back, and saved views keep their top collection.
+    - The saved views menu no longer reopens after loading a view.
 
 ## v2.5.0 - Admin Defaults
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/browser/drawer/browser-settings-saved.vue b/frontend/src/components/browser/drawer/browser-settings-saved.vue
index 1d780e929..8a9b4dd49 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/browser/drawer/browser-settings-saved.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/browser/drawer/browser-settings-saved.vue
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     <div class="settingsSubHeader">Saved Views</div>
     <div class="savedSettingsRow">
       <v-combobox
+        ref="combobox"
         v-model="selectedName"
         :items="savedItems"
         class="savedSettingsCombobox"
@@ -150,6 +151,10 @@ export default {
   watch: {
     browserSettings: {
       handler() {
+        if (this.selectedName?.pk != null) {
+          // Clearing a picked view re-opens a focused combobox's menu.
+          this.$refs.combobox?.blur();
+        }
         this.selectedName = null;
       },
       deep: true,
diff --git a/frontend/tests/unit/browser-saved-views-menu.test.js b/frontend/tests/unit/browser-saved-views-menu.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b05d86c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/tests/unit/browser-saved-views-menu.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+/*
+ * Picking a saved view from the settings drawer's "Load Saved View" menu.
+ *
+ * Loading the view changes the browser settings, which clears the
+ * combobox. Vuetify re-opens a focused combobox's menu when its model
+ * changes, so the menu popped back open after every pick.
+ */
+import { createTestingPinia } from "@pinia/testing";
+import { flushPromises, mount } from "@vue/test-utils";
+import { afterEach, beforeAll, describe, expect, test, vi } from "vitest";
+import { VCombobox } from "vuetify/components";
+
+vi.mock("@/plugins/router", () => ({
+  default: { currentRoute: { value: { params: {}, query: {} } } },
+}));
+vi.mock("@/api/v4/browser", () => ({ getSavedSettingsList: vi.fn() }));
+
+import BrowserSettingsSaved from "@/components/browser/drawer/browser-settings-saved.vue";
+import vuetify from "@/plugins/vuetify";
+import { useBrowserStore } from "@/stores/browser";
+
+const SAVED = [
+  { pk: 3, name: "Added Recently" },
+  { pk: 7, name: "DC by Year" },
+];
+
+describe("picking a saved view", () => {
+  let wrapper;
+
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    // VOverlay reads the bare global; happy-dom has no visual viewport.
+    globalThis.visualViewport ??= {
+      width: 1024,
+      height: 768,
+      offsetLeft: 0,
+      offsetTop: 0,
+      scale: 1,
+      addEventListener() {},
+      removeEventListener() {},
+    };
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    wrapper?.unmount();
+    document.body.replaceChildren();
+  });
+
+  const openMenu = async () => {
+    const pinia = createTestingPinia({
+      initialState: { browser: { savedSettingsList: SAVED } },
+    });
+    wrapper = mount(BrowserSettingsSaved, {
+      attachTo: document.body,
+      global: { plugins: [vuetify, pinia] },
+    });
+    wrapper.find("input").element.focus();
+    await wrapper.find(".v-field").trigger("mousedown");
+    await flushPromises();
+    return {
+      combobox: wrapper.findComponent(VCombobox),
+      store: useBrowserStore(pinia),
+    };
+  };
+
+  const pickView = async (name) => {
+    const opened = await openMenu();
+    const option = [...document.querySelectorAll('[role="option"]')].find(
+      (el) => el.textContent.trim() === name,
+    );
+    option.click();
+    await flushPromises();
+    return opened;
+  };
+
+  test("the menu stays closed when the view's settings land", async () => {
+    const { combobox, store } = await pickView("DC by Year");
+    expect(store.loadSavedSettings).toHaveBeenCalledWith(7);
+    expect(combobox.vm.menu).toBe(false);
+
+    // What loadSavedSettings does once the view arrives.
+    store.settings.orderBy = "date";
+    await flushPromises();
+
+    expect(combobox.vm.menu).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test("the loaded view's name is cleared", async () => {
+    const { combobox, store } = await pickView("DC by Year");
+    expect(combobox.vm.search).toBe("DC by Year");
+
+    store.settings.orderBy = "date";
+    await flushPromises();
+
+    expect(combobox.props("modelValue")).toBeNull();
+    expect(combobox.vm.search).toBe("");
+  });
+
+  test("a page load doesn't close a menu opened after it started", async () => {
+    const { combobox, store } = await openMenu();
+    expect(combobox.vm.menu).toBe(true);
+
+    // loadBrowserPage re-sets the breadcrumbs on every response.
+    store.settings.breadcrumbs = [];
+    await flushPromises();
+
+    expect(combobox.vm.menu).toBe(true);
+    expect(combobox.vm.isFocused).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
+
+export default {};