diff --git a/src/constants.ts b/src/constants.ts
index 7049c506..5cda409b 100644
--- a/src/constants.ts
+++ b/src/constants.ts
@@ -977,7 +977,6 @@ export const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: CopilotSettings = {
   defaultSaveFolder: DEFAULT_CHAT_HISTORY_FOLDER,
   defaultConversationTag: "copilot-conversation",
   autosaveChat: true,
-  generateAIChatTitleOnSave: true,
   autoAddActiveContentToContext: true,
   defaultOpenArea: DEFAULT_OPEN_AREA.VIEW,
   defaultSendShortcut: SEND_SHORTCUT.ENTER,
diff --git a/src/core/ChatPersistenceManager.test.ts b/src/core/ChatPersistenceManager.test.ts
index 5095ddaf..447902c2 100644
--- a/src/core/ChatPersistenceManager.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/ChatPersistenceManager.test.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ jest.mock("@/settings/model", () => ({
     defaultSaveFolder: "test-folder",
     defaultConversationTag: "copilot-conversation",
     defaultConversationNoteName: "{$topic}@{$date}_{$time}",
-    generateAIChatTitleOnSave: true,
   }),
 }));
 jest.mock("@/aiParams", () => ({
diff --git a/src/core/ChatPersistenceManager.ts b/src/core/ChatPersistenceManager.ts
index 49a569c6..dd741bf5 100644
--- a/src/core/ChatPersistenceManager.ts
+++ b/src/core/ChatPersistenceManager.ts
@@ -818,9 +818,9 @@ ${chatContent}`;
     messages: ChatMessage[],
     existingTopic?: string
   ): void {
-    const settings = getSettings();
-
-    if (!settings.generateAIChatTitleOnSave || !file || existingTopic) {
+    // AI title generation on save is always on for saved (legacy) chat notes;
+    // skip only when there's no file or the note already carries a topic.
+    if (!file || existingTopic) {
       return;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index e2e0628a..c7780baf 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -1227,7 +1227,7 @@ export default class CopilotPlugin extends Plugin {
   async openChatSourceFile(fileId: string): Promise<void> {
     if (isNativeChatId(fileId)) {
       new Notice(
-        "This chat has no saved note. Turn on Autosave Chat to save chats as notes in your vault."
+        "This chat has no saved note. Turn on Autosave Chat as Markdown to save chats as notes in your vault."
       );
       return;
     }
diff --git a/src/settings/model.ts b/src/settings/model.ts
index c34ac550..5a8ebdb6 100644
--- a/src/settings/model.ts
+++ b/src/settings/model.ts
@@ -88,11 +88,6 @@ export interface CopilotSettings {
   defaultSaveFolder: string;
   defaultConversationTag: string;
   autosaveChat: boolean;
-  /**
-   * When enabled, generate a short AI title for chat notes on save.
-   * When disabled (default), use the first 10 words of the first user message.
-   */
-  generateAIChatTitleOnSave: boolean;
   autoAddActiveContentToContext: boolean;
   customPromptsFolder: string;
   indexVaultToVectorStore: string;
@@ -665,11 +660,6 @@ export function sanitizeSettings(settings: CopilotSettings): CopilotSettings {
     }
   }
 
-  // Ensure generateAIChatTitleOnSave has a default value
-  if (typeof sanitizedSettings.generateAIChatTitleOnSave !== "boolean") {
-    sanitizedSettings.generateAIChatTitleOnSave = DEFAULT_SETTINGS.generateAIChatTitleOnSave;
-  }
-
   // Ensure enableMiyo has a default value
   if (typeof sanitizedSettings.enableMiyo !== "boolean") {
     sanitizedSettings.enableMiyo = DEFAULT_SETTINGS.enableMiyo;
diff --git a/src/settings/v2/components/BasicSettings.tsx b/src/settings/v2/components/BasicSettings.tsx
index dfbf7067..65a7ee4a 100644
--- a/src/settings/v2/components/BasicSettings.tsx
+++ b/src/settings/v2/components/BasicSettings.tsx
@@ -260,20 +260,12 @@ export const BasicSettings: React.FC = () => {
         <div className="tw-space-y-4">
           <SettingItem
             type="switch"
-            title="Autosave Chat"
-            description="Automatically saves the chat after every user message and AI response."
+            title="Autosave Chat as Markdown"
+            description="Writes each chat to a Markdown note in your vault after every user message and AI response. With this off, agent chats still appear in Recent Chats from session history; only the Markdown note is skipped."
             checked={settings.autosaveChat}
             onCheckedChange={(checked) => updateSetting("autosaveChat", checked)}
           />
 
-          <SettingItem
-            type="switch"
-            title="Generate AI Chat Title on Save"
-            description="When enabled, uses an AI model to generate a concise title for saved chat notes. When disabled, uses the first 10 words of the first user message."
-            checked={settings.generateAIChatTitleOnSave}
-            onCheckedChange={(checked) => updateSetting("generateAIChatTitleOnSave", checked)}
-          />
-
           <SettingItem
             type="text"
             title="Default Conversation Folder Name"