diff --git a/src/features/chat/ui/composer.tsx b/src/features/chat/ui/composer.tsx
index 90899605..7266b7d3 100644
--- a/src/features/chat/ui/composer.tsx
+++ b/src/features/chat/ui/composer.tsx
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ export function ComposerShell({
           className="codex-panel-ui__text-input codex-panel__composer-input"
           placeholder={sendMode.canInterrupt ? "Add steering message..." : normalPlaceholder}
           role="combobox"
-          aria-label={sendMode.canInterrupt ? "Steering message" : "Message"}
           aria-autocomplete="list"
           aria-expanded={suggestions.length > 0 ? "true" : "false"}
           aria-controls={`${viewId}-composer-suggestions`}
diff --git a/src/features/chat/ui/goal.tsx b/src/features/chat/ui/goal.tsx
index 2671cd61..e6e6becc 100644
--- a/src/features/chat/ui/goal.tsx
+++ b/src/features/chat/ui/goal.tsx
@@ -171,7 +171,6 @@ export function GoalPanel({
               <textarea
                 ref={objectiveRef}
                 className="codex-panel-ui__text-input codex-panel__goal-objective-input"
-                aria-label="Goal objective"
                 value={objective}
                 onInput={(event) => {
                   actions.onObjectiveDraftChange(event.currentTarget.value);
diff --git a/src/features/chat/ui/message-stream/pending-request-block.tsx b/src/features/chat/ui/message-stream/pending-request-block.tsx
index 11b51e1c..d91537a7 100644
--- a/src/features/chat/ui/message-stream/pending-request-block.tsx
+++ b/src/features/chat/ui/message-stream/pending-request-block.tsx
@@ -232,7 +232,6 @@ function UserInputQuestions({
                   })}
                   {question.isOther ? (
                     <OtherUserInputOption
-                      questionText={question.question}
                       groupName={`codex-panel-${String(input.requestId)}-${question.id}`}
                       current={current}
                       optionLabels={new Set(question.options.map((option) => option.label))}
@@ -243,13 +242,7 @@ function UserInputQuestions({
                   ) : null}
                 </>
               ) : (
-                <FreeformUserInput
-                  questionText={question.question}
-                  isSecret={question.isSecret}
-                  current={current}
-                  question={question}
-                  actions={actions}
-                />
+                <FreeformUserInput isSecret={question.isSecret} current={current} question={question} actions={actions} />
               )}
             </div>
           </div>
@@ -260,7 +253,6 @@ function UserInputQuestions({
 }
 
 function OtherUserInputOption({
-  questionText,
   groupName,
   current,
   optionLabels,
@@ -268,7 +260,6 @@ function OtherUserInputOption({
   userInputDrafts,
   actions,
 }: {
-  questionText: string;
   groupName: string;
   current: string;
   optionLabels: ReadonlySet<string>;
@@ -324,7 +315,6 @@ function OtherUserInputOption({
       <input
         className="codex-panel__user-input-text codex-panel__user-input-other-text"
         type="text"
-        aria-label={`Other answer: ${questionText}`}
         value={inputValue}
         tabIndex={otherSelected ? 0 : -1}
         placeholder="Other answer"
@@ -341,13 +331,11 @@ function OtherUserInputOption({
 }
 
 function FreeformUserInput({
-  questionText,
   isSecret,
   current,
   question,
   actions,
 }: {
-  questionText: string;
   isSecret: boolean;
   current: string;
   question: PendingUserInputQuestionViewModel;
@@ -357,7 +345,6 @@ function FreeformUserInput({
     <input
       className="codex-panel__user-input-text"
       type={isSecret ? "password" : "text"}
-      aria-label={questionText}
       value={current}
       onInput={(event) => {
         actions.setUserInputDraft(question.draftKey, event.currentTarget.value);
diff --git a/src/features/chat/ui/toolbar.tsx b/src/features/chat/ui/toolbar.tsx
index f07a6a80..25fa79e7 100644
--- a/src/features/chat/ui/toolbar.tsx
+++ b/src/features/chat/ui/toolbar.tsx
@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ function RateLimitPanel({ rateLimit }: { rateLimit: RateLimitSummary | null }):
                   .filter(Boolean)
                   .join(" ")}
                 role="progressbar"
-                aria-label={row.title}
                 aria-valuemin={0}
                 aria-valuemax={100}
                 aria-valuenow={row.percent}
@@ -419,7 +418,6 @@ function ThreadRenameRow({ thread, actions }: { thread: ToolbarThreadRow; action
               className="codex-panel-ui__nav-inline-input codex-panel__thread-rename-input"
               type="text"
               value={draft}
-              aria-label={`Rename ${thread.title}`}
               onInput={(event) => {
                 actions.updateRenameDraft(thread.threadId, event.currentTarget.value);
               }}
diff --git a/src/features/selection-rewrite/popover.tsx b/src/features/selection-rewrite/popover.tsx
index 918fb1fa..9067943e 100644
--- a/src/features/selection-rewrite/popover.tsx
+++ b/src/features/selection-rewrite/popover.tsx
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ export class SelectionRewritePopover {
   private createElements(): SelectionRewriteElements {
     const root = activeDocument.body.createDiv({ cls: "codex-panel-selection-rewrite" });
     root.setAttr("role", "dialog");
-    root.setAttr("aria-label", "Rewrite selection");
     const elements: SelectionRewriteElements = { root, instruction: null, applyButton: null };
     this.renderView(elements);
     return elements;
@@ -488,7 +487,6 @@ function SelectionRewritePopoverView({
           <textarea
             ref={instructionRef}
             className="codex-panel-ui__text-input codex-panel-selection-rewrite__instruction"
-            aria-label="Rewrite instruction"
             disabled={generating}
             onInput={(event) => {
               onInstructionInput(event.currentTarget.value);
diff --git a/src/features/threads-view/renderer.tsx b/src/features/threads-view/renderer.tsx
index 3ae8521a..cd55d44e 100644
--- a/src/features/threads-view/renderer.tsx
+++ b/src/features/threads-view/renderer.tsx
@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ function RenameRow({ row, actions, className }: { row: ThreadsRowModel; actions:
             ref={inputRef}
             className="codex-panel-ui__nav-inline-input codex-panel-threads__rename-input"
             type="text"
-            aria-label="Thread name"
             value={row.rename.draft}
             onInput={(event) => {
               actions.updateRename(row.thread.id, event.currentTarget.value);
diff --git a/src/settings/dynamic-sections.ts b/src/settings/dynamic-sections.ts
index df5dcab1..dcf0455c 100644
--- a/src/settings/dynamic-sections.ts
+++ b/src/settings/dynamic-sections.ts
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ function renderArchiveExportSettings(containerEl: HTMLElement, state: ArchivedTh
     .setName("Saved note folder")
     .setDesc("Vault-relative folder for saved thread notes. The folder is created when needed.")
     .addText((text) => {
-      text.inputEl.ariaLabel = "Saved note folder";
       text
         .setPlaceholder("Codex archives")
         .setValue(state.exportFolderTemplate)
@@ -105,7 +104,6 @@ function renderArchiveExportSettings(containerEl: HTMLElement, state: ArchivedTh
     .setName("Saved note filename")
     .setDesc("Filename template. Variables: {{date}}, {{time}}, {{title}}, {{id}}, {{shortId}}. Existing files get a numeric suffix.")
     .addText((text) => {
-      text.inputEl.ariaLabel = "Saved note filename";
       text
         .setPlaceholder("{{date}} {{time}} {{title}} {{shortId}}.md")
         .setValue(state.exportFilenameTemplate)
@@ -118,7 +116,6 @@ function renderArchiveExportSettings(containerEl: HTMLElement, state: ArchivedTh
     .setName("Saved note tags")
     .setDesc("Comma-separated fixed tags for saved notes. Leave empty to omit tags.")
     .addText((text) => {
-      text.inputEl.ariaLabel = "Saved note tags";
       text
         .setPlaceholder("Codex, archive")
         .setValue(state.exportTags)
diff --git a/src/settings/tab.ts b/src/settings/tab.ts
index 695ba2d6..b6e5abd6 100644
--- a/src/settings/tab.ts
+++ b/src/settings/tab.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ export class CodexPanelSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
       .setName("Codex executable")
       .setDesc("Path used to start `codex app-server`. Use an absolute path if Obsidian cannot find `codex`.")
       .addText((text) => {
-        text.inputEl.ariaLabel = "Codex executable";
         text
           .setPlaceholder(DEFAULT_CODEX_PATH)
           .setValue(this.plugin.settings.codexPath)
@@ -103,7 +102,6 @@ export class CodexPanelSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
         "Choose how the composer sends messages. Shift+Enter inserts a newline when Enter sends. Obsidian hotkeys may intercept Cmd/Ctrl+Enter.",
       )
       .addDropdown((dropdown) => {
-        dropdown.selectEl.ariaLabel = "Send shortcut";
         dropdown.addOption("enter", SEND_SHORTCUT_LABELS.enter);
         dropdown.addOption("mod-enter", SEND_SHORTCUT_LABELS["mod-enter"]);
         dropdown.setValue(this.plugin.settings.sendShortcut).onChange(async (value) => {
@@ -130,7 +128,6 @@ export class CodexPanelSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
       .addDropdown((dropdown) => {
         const current = this.plugin.settings.threadNamingModel;
         const options = this.modelMetadata();
-        dropdown.selectEl.ariaLabel = "Automatic thread naming model";
         dropdown.addOption(CODEX_DEFAULT_VALUE, "Codex default");
         if (current && !options.some((model) => model.model === current || model.id === current)) {
           dropdown.addOption(current, `${current} (saved)`);
@@ -150,7 +147,6 @@ export class CodexPanelSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
       .addDropdown((dropdown) => {
         const current = this.plugin.settings.threadNamingEffort;
         const options = this.effortOptions(this.plugin.settings.threadNamingModel);
-        dropdown.selectEl.ariaLabel = "Automatic thread naming effort";
         dropdown.addOption(CODEX_DEFAULT_VALUE, "Codex default");
         if (current && !options.includes(current)) {
           dropdown.addOption(current, `${current} (saved)`);
@@ -170,7 +166,6 @@ export class CodexPanelSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
       .addDropdown((dropdown) => {
         const current = this.plugin.settings.rewriteSelectionModel;
         const options = this.modelMetadata();
-        dropdown.selectEl.ariaLabel = "Selection rewrite model";
         dropdown.addOption(CODEX_DEFAULT_VALUE, "Codex default");
         if (current && !options.some((model) => model.model === current || model.id === current)) {
           dropdown.addOption(current, `${current} (saved)`);
@@ -190,7 +185,6 @@ export class CodexPanelSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
       .addDropdown((dropdown) => {
         const current = this.plugin.settings.rewriteSelectionEffort;
         const options = this.effortOptions(this.plugin.settings.rewriteSelectionModel);
-        dropdown.selectEl.ariaLabel = "Selection rewrite effort";
         dropdown.addOption(CODEX_DEFAULT_VALUE, "Codex default");
         if (current && !options.includes(current)) {
           dropdown.addOption(current, `${current} (saved)`);
diff --git a/tests/features/chat/ui/message-stream/pending-requests.test.tsx b/tests/features/chat/ui/message-stream/pending-requests.test.tsx
index fb616498..39cdb98f 100644
--- a/tests/features/chat/ui/message-stream/pending-requests.test.tsx
+++ b/tests/features/chat/ui/message-stream/pending-requests.test.tsx
@@ -81,9 +81,7 @@ describe("pending request renderer decisions", () => {
     };
 
     render();
-    expect(parent.querySelector<HTMLInputElement>(".codex-panel__user-input-other-text")?.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBe(
-      "Other answer: How broad?",
-    );
+    expect(parent.querySelector<HTMLInputElement>(".codex-panel__user-input-other-text")?.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBeNull();
     actEvent(() => {
       changeInputValue(expectPresent(parent.querySelector<HTMLInputElement>(".codex-panel__user-input-other-text")), "Custom scope");
     });
@@ -244,7 +242,7 @@ describe("pending request renderer decisions", () => {
       );
 
       const inputElement = parent.querySelector<HTMLInputElement>(".codex-panel__user-input-text");
-      expect(inputElement?.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBe("How broad?");
+      expect(inputElement?.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBeNull();
       expect(document.activeElement).toBe(inputElement);
     } finally {
       unmountUiRootInAct(parent);
diff --git a/tests/features/chat/ui/renderers/composer.test.ts b/tests/features/chat/ui/renderers/composer.test.ts
index a85ea383..ab94904e 100644
--- a/tests/features/chat/ui/renderers/composer.test.ts
+++ b/tests/features/chat/ui/renderers/composer.test.ts
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ describe("ComposerShell decisions", () => {
     );
 
     expect(composer.getAttribute("placeholder")).toBe("Ask Codex to work on “Refactor terminal streaming”...");
-    expect(composer.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBe("Message");
+    expect(composer.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBeNull();
 
     mountComposerShell(parent, "view", "", false, false, "Ask Codex to work on “Renamed thread”...", [], 0, callbacks);
 
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ describe("ComposerShell decisions", () => {
 
     expect(sendButton?.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBe("Interrupt");
     expect(composer.getAttribute("placeholder")).toBe("Add steering message...");
-    expect(composer.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBe("Steering message");
+    expect(composer.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBeNull();
     expect(sendButton?.classList.contains("is-interrupt")).toBe(true);
     expect(sendButton?.classList.contains("is-steer")).toBe(false);
     expect(sendButton?.dataset["icon"]).toBe("square");
diff --git a/tests/features/chat/ui/renderers/goal.test.tsx b/tests/features/chat/ui/renderers/goal.test.tsx
index 2de8a724..c7066eb8 100644
--- a/tests/features/chat/ui/renderers/goal.test.tsx
+++ b/tests/features/chat/ui/renderers/goal.test.tsx
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ describe("GoalPanel", () => {
 
     expect(parent.textContent).toContain("Goal");
     expect(document.activeElement).toBe(parent.querySelector("textarea"));
-    expect(parent.querySelector("textarea")?.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBe("Goal objective");
+    expect(parent.querySelector("textarea")?.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBeNull();
     await input(parent, "textarea", "New objective");
     await click(parent, '[aria-label="Save goal"]');
 
diff --git a/tests/features/chat/ui/renderers/toolbar.test.ts b/tests/features/chat/ui/renderers/toolbar.test.ts
index ba1dc61b..d8225d0d 100644
--- a/tests/features/chat/ui/renderers/toolbar.test.ts
+++ b/tests/features/chat/ui/renderers/toolbar.test.ts
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ describe("Toolbar decisions", () => {
     expect(meters[1]?.classList.contains("codex-panel__limit-panel-meter--7")).toBe(true);
     expect(meters.map((meter) => meter.getAttribute("role"))).toEqual(["progressbar", "progressbar"]);
     expect(meters.map((meter) => meter.getAttribute("aria-valuenow"))).toEqual(["42", "21"]);
-    expect(meters.map((meter) => meter.getAttribute("aria-label"))).toEqual(["Codex 5h: 42% used.", "Codex 1w: 21% used."]);
+    expect(meters.map((meter) => meter.getAttribute("aria-label"))).toEqual([null, null]);
   });
 
   it("renders connection diagnostics in the status menu", () => {
diff --git a/tests/features/selection-rewrite/selection-rewrite.test.ts b/tests/features/selection-rewrite/selection-rewrite.test.ts
index a30fda3c..2c9aef79 100644
--- a/tests/features/selection-rewrite/selection-rewrite.test.ts
+++ b/tests/features/selection-rewrite/selection-rewrite.test.ts
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ describe("selection rewrite popover", () => {
 
     openPopover(popover);
     const instruction = expectPresent(document.querySelector<HTMLTextAreaElement>(".codex-panel-selection-rewrite__instruction"));
-    expect(instruction.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBe("Rewrite instruction");
+    expect(instruction.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBeNull();
     void act(() => {
       setTextareaValue(instruction, "Make it concise.");
       instruction.dispatchEvent(new Event("input", { bubbles: true }));
diff --git a/tests/settings/settings-tab.test.ts b/tests/settings/settings-tab.test.ts
index 1d9e5405..29384444 100644
--- a/tests/settings/settings-tab.test.ts
+++ b/tests/settings/settings-tab.test.ts
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ describe("settings tab", () => {
     const tab = newSettingsTab({ saveSettings });
 
     tab.display();
-    expect(inputForSetting(tab, "Codex executable")?.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBe("Codex executable");
-    const shortcut = tab.containerEl.querySelector<HTMLSelectElement>('select[aria-label="Send shortcut"]');
+    expect(inputForSetting(tab, "Codex executable")?.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBeNull();
+    const shortcut = selectForSetting(tab, "Send shortcut");
     if (!shortcut) throw new Error("Missing send shortcut dropdown");
 
     shortcut.value = "mod-enter";
@@ -143,9 +143,9 @@ describe("settings tab", () => {
     const filename = inputForSetting(tab, "Saved note filename");
     const tags = inputForSetting(tab, "Saved note tags");
     if (!toggle || !folder || !filename || !tags) throw new Error("Missing archive export controls");
-    expect(folder.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBe("Saved note folder");
-    expect(filename.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBe("Saved note filename");
-    expect(tags.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBe("Saved note tags");
+    expect(folder.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBeNull();
+    expect(filename.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBeNull();
+    expect(tags.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBeNull();
 
     toggle.checked = true;
     toggle.dispatchEvent(new Event("change"));
@@ -340,8 +340,8 @@ describe("settings tab", () => {
 
     tab.display();
 
-    expect(selectOptions(tab, "Automatic thread naming effort")).toEqual(["Codex default", "saved-custom-effort (saved)", "extreme"]);
-    expect(selectOptions(tab, "Selection rewrite effort")).toEqual(["Codex default", "extreme"]);
+    expect(selectOptions(tab, "Automatic thread naming", 1)).toEqual(["Codex default", "saved-custom-effort (saved)", "extreme"]);
+    expect(selectOptions(tab, "Selection rewrite", 1)).toEqual(["Codex default", "extreme"]);
   });
 
   it("keeps successful sections when one settings data request fails", async () => {
@@ -596,14 +596,23 @@ function clickButtonByLabel(tab: CodexPanelSettingTab, label: string): void {
 }
 
 function inputForSetting(tab: CodexPanelSettingTab, name: string): HTMLInputElement | null {
-  const setting = Array.from(tab.containerEl.querySelectorAll(".setting-item")).find(
-    (element) => element.querySelector(".setting-item-name")?.textContent === name,
-  );
-  return setting?.querySelector("input") ?? null;
+  return settingElement(tab, name)?.querySelector("input") ?? null;
 }
 
-function selectOptions(tab: CodexPanelSettingTab, ariaLabel: string): string[] {
-  const select = tab.containerEl.querySelector<HTMLSelectElement>(`select[aria-label="${ariaLabel}"]`);
-  if (!select) throw new Error(`Missing select: ${ariaLabel}`);
+function settingElement(tab: CodexPanelSettingTab, name: string): Element | null {
+  return (
+    Array.from(tab.containerEl.querySelectorAll(".setting-item")).find(
+      (element) => element.querySelector(".setting-item-name")?.textContent === name,
+    ) ?? null
+  );
+}
+
+function selectForSetting(tab: CodexPanelSettingTab, name: string): HTMLSelectElement | null {
+  return settingElement(tab, name)?.querySelector("select") ?? null;
+}
+
+function selectOptions(tab: CodexPanelSettingTab, name: string, index = 0): string[] {
+  const select = settingElement(tab, name)?.querySelectorAll<HTMLSelectElement>("select")[index] ?? null;
+  if (!select) throw new Error(`Missing select: ${name}`);
   return Array.from(select.options).map((option) => option.textContent);
 }