diff --git a/MainWindow.xaml.cs b/MainWindow.xaml.cs
index 54ae2d4..62c5a67 100644
--- a/MainWindow.xaml.cs
+++ b/MainWindow.xaml.cs
@@ -201,6 +201,10 @@ public partial class MainWindow : Window
             if (form.IsDrawerOpen) form.CloseDrawerCommand.Execute(null);
             if (ypp.IsDrawerOpen) ypp.CloseDrawerCommand.Execute(null);
             if (test.IsDrawerOpen) test.CloseDrawerCommand.Execute(null);
+            // The Settings (gear) and Socials drawers live in the same host but were left out of this
+            // guard, so clicking anywhere else left them open (reported 2026-11-05).
+            _viewModel.CloseSettingsDrawerIfOpen();
+            _viewModel.CloseSocialsDrawer();
         }
         if (_previewPane.IsClickInsidePreview(original)) return;
         if (_leftPanel.IsClickInside(original)) return;
diff --git a/ViewModels/MainViewModel.Settings.cs b/ViewModels/MainViewModel.Settings.cs
index eed7027..2b68d26 100644
--- a/ViewModels/MainViewModel.Settings.cs
+++ b/ViewModels/MainViewModel.Settings.cs
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ public partial class MainViewModel
         SettingsDrawerOpen = true;
     }
 
-    /// <summary>Called by the other drawers when they open, so settings yields to them.</summary>
-    private void CloseSettingsDrawerIfOpen()
+    /// <summary>Called by the other drawers when they open, so settings yields to them — and by the
+    /// window's click-outside guard, so the gear tab retracts like every other drawer (2026-11-05).</summary>
+    internal void CloseSettingsDrawerIfOpen()
     {
         if (_settingsDrawerOpen) SettingsDrawerOpen = false;
     }
diff --git a/ytLive.Tests/DrawerOutsideClickTests.cs b/ytLive.Tests/DrawerOutsideClickTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4bba72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ytLive.Tests/DrawerOutsideClickTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Windows;
+using System.Windows.Input;
+using Microsoft.Data.Sqlite;
+using Xunit;
+using ytLive.ViewModels;
+
+namespace ytLive.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// 2026-11-05 report: "the gear-icon tab and the socials tab do not retract when I click off the div,
+/// like the other tabs." Both drawers live in the same host as Stream Settings / YPP / TEST, but the
+/// window's click-outside guard only knew about the other three.
+/// </summary>
+[Collection("RealApp")]
+public sealed class DrawerOutsideClickTests
+{
+    private readonly RealAppHost _app;
+
+    public DrawerOutsideClickTests(RealAppHost app) => _app = app;
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ClickingOutside_RetractsTheSettingsAndSocialsDrawers()
+    {
+        _app.Run(() =>
+        {
+            var tempDb = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), $"ytLlive-drawers-{Guid.NewGuid():N}.db");
+            MainViewModel.LayoutPathOverride = tempDb;
+            var window = new MainWindow();
+            var vm = (MainViewModel)window.DataContext;
+            try
+            {
+                window.Show();
+                window.UpdateLayout();
+
+                // Open the gear drawer, then click somewhere that is not the drawer host.
+                vm.ToggleSettingsDrawer();
+                Assert.True(vm.SettingsDrawerOpen);
+
+                RaiseOutsideClick(window);
+                Assert.False(vm.SettingsDrawerOpen);
+
+                // …and clicking INSIDE the drawer must not close it, or the panel would be unusable.
+                vm.ToggleSettingsDrawer();
+                Assert.True(vm.SettingsDrawerOpen);
+                var pane = (System.Windows.Controls.UserControl)window.FindName("PreviewPane")!;
+                var host = (FrameworkElement)pane.FindName("TextPullOutHost")!;
+                RaiseClickOn(host);
+                Assert.True(vm.SettingsDrawerOpen);
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                window.Close();
+                MainViewModel.LayoutPathOverride = null;
+                SqliteConnection.ClearAllPools();
+                try { File.Delete(tempDb); } catch { /* best-effort cleanup */ }
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>A left-button-down that originates on the window itself — outside the preview, the left
+    /// panel and the drawer host, which is exactly the case the guard handles.</summary>
+    private static void RaiseOutsideClick(Window window) => RaiseClickOn(window);
+
+    private static void RaiseClickOn(UIElement target)
+    {
+        var args = new MouseButtonEventArgs(Mouse.PrimaryDevice, Environment.TickCount, MouseButton.Left)
+        {
+            RoutedEvent = UIElement.PreviewMouseLeftButtonDownEvent,
+            Source = target,
+        };
+        target.RaiseEvent(args);
+    }
+}