diff --git a/client/src/components/Panels/SettingsPanel.vue b/client/src/components/Panels/SettingsPanel.vue
index 10d38496bd2a..a30b7329b705 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Panels/SettingsPanel.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/Panels/SettingsPanel.vue
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
+import { faUndo } from "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons";
+import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/vue-fontawesome";
+import { BButton, BModal } from "bootstrap-vue";
 import { ref } from "vue";
 
+import { useActivityStore } from "@/stores/activityStore";
+
 import ActivitySettings from "@/components/ActivityBar/ActivitySettings.vue";
 import DelayedInput from "@/components/Common/DelayedInput.vue";
 import ActivityPanel from "@/components/Panels/ActivityPanel.vue";
 
+const activityStore = useActivityStore();
+
+const confirmRestore = ref(false);
 const query = ref("");
 
 function onQuery(newQuery: string) {
@@ -17,6 +25,25 @@ function onQuery(newQuery: string) {
         <template v-slot:header>
             <DelayedInput :delay="100" placeholder="Search activities" @change="onQuery" />
         </template>
+        <template v-slot:header-buttons>
+            <BButton
+                v-b-tooltip.bottom.hover
+                data-description="restore factory settings"
+                size="sm"
+                variant="link"
+                title="Restore default"
+                @click="confirmRestore = true">
+                <span v-localize>Reset</span>
+                <FontAwesomeIcon :icon="faUndo" fixed-width />
+            </BButton>
+        </template>
         <ActivitySettings :query="query" />
+        <BModal
+            v-model="confirmRestore"
+            title="Restore Activity Bar Defaults"
+            title-tag="h2"
+            @ok="activityStore.restore()">
+            <p v-localize>Are you sure you want to reset the activity bar to its default settings?</p>
+        </BModal>
     </ActivityPanel>
 </template>
diff --git a/client/src/stores/activitySetup.ts b/client/src/stores/activitySetup.ts
index f07e7ede7809..17551fc89e2b 100644
--- a/client/src/stores/activitySetup.ts
+++ b/client/src/stores/activitySetup.ts
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ export const Activities = [
         optional: true,
         panel: false,
         title: "Libraries",
-        tooltip: "Access Data Libraries",
+        tooltip: "Access data libraries",
         to: "/libraries",
         visible: true,
     },
diff --git a/client/src/stores/activityStore.ts b/client/src/stores/activityStore.ts
index ed99ec67b2f7..377a68e08964 100644
--- a/client/src/stores/activityStore.ts
+++ b/client/src/stores/activityStore.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ export interface Activity {
 export const useActivityStore = defineStore("activityStore", () => {
     const activities: Ref<Array<Activity>> = useUserLocalStorage("activity-store-activities", []);
 
+    /**
+     * Restores the default activity bar items
+     */
+    function restore() {
+        activities.value = Activities.slice();
+    }
+
     /**
      * The set of built-in activities is defined in activitySetup.js.
      * This helper function applies changes of the built-in activities,
@@ -100,6 +107,7 @@ export const useActivityStore = defineStore("activityStore", () => {
         getAll,
         remove,
         setAll,
+        restore,
         sync,
     };
 });