diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/settings/ProjectSettingsPanel.browser.test.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/settings/ProjectSettingsPanel.browser.test.tsx
index 5cf1930d95de4..ad8777ca52ae5 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/settings/ProjectSettingsPanel.browser.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/settings/ProjectSettingsPanel.browser.test.tsx
@@ -457,6 +457,61 @@ describe("project settings permissions", () => {
   );
 });
 
+describe("project identity reset", () => {
+  const scratchIcon = { kind: "lucide", name: "message-square-dashed", color: "gray" } as const;
+  const resetButton = (screen: Screen, label: string) =>
+    screen.container.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>(`[aria-label="Reset ${label} to default"]`);
+  const asScratch = (project: Project): Project => ({
+    ...project,
+    isScratch: true,
+    title: "Notes",
+    workspaceRoot: "/t3/scratch",
+    projectIcon: { kind: "emoji", emoji: "📝" },
+  });
+
+  it("restores a renamed scratch project's built-in name and icon", async () => {
+    setup();
+    state.projects = [{ ...asScratch(state.projects[0]!), faviconPath: null, projectIcon: null }];
+    await using screen = await mountPanel();
+
+    await userEvent.click(resetButton(screen, "project name")!);
+    await vi.waitFor(() =>
+      expect(state.update).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+        environmentId: primaryId,
+        input: { projectId: state.projects[0]!.id, title: "No project" },
+      }),
+    );
+    await userEvent.click(resetButton(screen, "project icon")!);
+    await vi.waitFor(() =>
+      expect(state.update).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith({
+        environmentId: primaryId,
+        input: { projectId: state.projects[0]!.id, faviconPath: null, projectIcon: scratchIcon },
+      }),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("resets each member of a mixed group to its own default icon", async () => {
+    setup();
+    const [primary, remote] = state.projects;
+    state.projects = [asScratch(primary!), { ...remote!, faviconPath: "logo.png" }];
+    await using screen = await mountPanel();
+
+    expect(resetButton(screen, "project name")).toBeNull();
+    await userEvent.click(resetButton(screen, "project icon")!);
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(state.update).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2));
+    expect(state.update.mock.calls.map(([request]) => request)).toEqual([
+      {
+        environmentId: primaryId,
+        input: { projectId: primary!.id, faviconPath: null, projectIcon: scratchIcon },
+      },
+      {
+        environmentId: remoteId,
+        input: { projectId: remote!.id, faviconPath: null, projectIcon: null },
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+});
+
 describe("project settings scope", () => {
   const environmentMenu = () => page.getByRole("button", { name: /^Environment scope:/ });
   const primaryOption = () => page.getByRole("menuitemradio", { name: /^primary/ });
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/settings/ProjectSettingsPanel.logic.ts b/apps/web/src/components/settings/ProjectSettingsPanel.logic.ts
index 17ff824099fba..0c4650978c92f 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/settings/ProjectSettingsPanel.logic.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/settings/ProjectSettingsPanel.logic.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+import type { ProjectIconOverride } from "@t3tools/contracts";
+
+import type { Project } from "../../types";
+
+export const SCRATCH_PROJECT_TITLE = "No project";
+const SCRATCH_PROJECT_ICON = {
+  kind: "lucide",
+  name: "message-square-dashed",
+  color: "gray",
+} as const satisfies ProjectIconOverride;
+
 export function projectGroupTitleNeedsUpdate(
   memberTitles: ReadonlyArray<string>,
   nextTitle: string,
@@ -5,3 +16,20 @@ export function projectGroupTitleNeedsUpdate(
 ): boolean {
   return wasEdited && memberTitles.some((title) => title !== nextTitle);
 }
+
+export function defaultProjectIcon(project: Pick<Project, "isScratch">) {
+  return { faviconPath: null, projectIcon: project.isScratch ? SCRATCH_PROJECT_ICON : null };
+}
+
+export function hasDefaultProjectIcon(
+  project: Pick<Project, "isScratch" | "faviconPath" | "projectIcon">,
+): boolean {
+  if (project.faviconPath != null) return false;
+  const icon = project.projectIcon ?? null;
+  if (!project.isScratch) return icon === null;
+  return (
+    icon?.kind === "lucide" &&
+    icon.name === SCRATCH_PROJECT_ICON.name &&
+    icon.color === SCRATCH_PROJECT_ICON.color
+  );
+}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/settings/ProjectSettingsPanel.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/settings/ProjectSettingsPanel.tsx
index d4095c299e621..ab4d9b3c6dbed 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/settings/ProjectSettingsPanel.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/settings/ProjectSettingsPanel.tsx
@@ -46,7 +46,12 @@ import {
 } from "./ProjectFaviconPickerDialog";
 import { ProjectActionsSettings } from "./ProjectActionsSettings";
 import { ProjectDefaultsSettings } from "./ProjectDefaultsSettings";
-import { projectGroupTitleNeedsUpdate } from "./ProjectSettingsPanel.logic";
+import {
+  defaultProjectIcon,
+  hasDefaultProjectIcon,
+  projectGroupTitleNeedsUpdate,
+  SCRATCH_PROJECT_TITLE,
+} from "./ProjectSettingsPanel.logic";
 import { useSettingsProjectGroups } from "./useSettingsProjectGroups";
 import { readUnloadedThreadCount } from "../../state/olderSettledShelf";
 import { settingsScopeEnvironmentLabels } from "./settingsScopeAxis";
@@ -169,6 +174,12 @@ export function ProjectSettingsPanel({
   );
 }
 
+type ProjectIdentityUpdate = Partial<{
+  title: string;
+  faviconPath: string | null;
+  projectIcon: ProjectIconOverride | null;
+}>;
+
 function ProjectDetail({
   group,
   hasOtherMembers,
@@ -243,11 +254,7 @@ function ProjectDetail({
   };
 
   const updateAllMembers = async (
-    input: Partial<{
-      title: string;
-      faviconPath: string | null;
-      projectIcon: ProjectIconOverride | null;
-    }>,
+    input: ProjectIdentityUpdate | ((member: SidebarProjectGroupMember) => ProjectIdentityUpdate),
     failureTitle: string,
   ): Promise<AtomCommandResult<void, unknown>> => {
     const denied = checkProjectAccess(group.memberProjects, failureTitle);
@@ -270,7 +277,10 @@ function ProjectDetail({
       const result = mapAtomCommandResult(
         await updateProject({
           environmentId: member.environmentId,
-          input: { projectId: member.id, ...input },
+          input: {
+            projectId: member.id,
+            ...(typeof input === "function" ? input(member) : input),
+          },
         }),
         () => undefined,
       );
@@ -309,10 +319,7 @@ function ProjectDetail({
   const [iconPickerOpen, setIconPickerOpen] = useComposerMenuState(!canEditGroup);
   const [isSavingFavicon, setIsSavingFavicon] = useState(false);
   const savingFaviconRef = useRef(false);
-  const setProjectIcon = async (input: {
-    faviconPath: string | null;
-    projectIcon: ProjectIconOverride | null;
-  }) => {
+  const setProjectIcon = async (input: Parameters<typeof updateAllMembers>[0]) => {
     if (savingFaviconRef.current) return;
     savingFaviconRef.current = true;
     setIsSavingFavicon(true);
@@ -322,6 +329,9 @@ function ProjectDetail({
   };
 
   const hasMultipleCheckouts = group.memberProjects.length > 1;
+  const canResetScratchTitle =
+    group.memberProjects.every((member) => member.isScratch) &&
+    group.memberProjects.some((member) => member.title !== SCRATCH_PROJECT_TITLE);
 
   const removeMembers = async (members: ReadonlyArray<SidebarProjectGroupMember>) => {
     if (checkProjectAccess(members, "Failed to remove project")) return;
@@ -489,6 +499,20 @@ function ProjectDetail({
           <SettingsRow
             title="Name"
             description="The shared name for this project group in the sidebar and thread lists."
+            resetAction={
+              canResetScratchTitle ? (
+                <SettingResetButton
+                  label="project name"
+                  disabled={!canEditGroup}
+                  onClick={() =>
+                    void updateAllMembers(
+                      { title: SCRATCH_PROJECT_TITLE },
+                      "Failed to rename project",
+                    )
+                  }
+                />
+              ) : null
+            }
             control={
               <Input
                 key={`${group.projectKey}:${group.displayName}`}
@@ -523,13 +547,11 @@ function ProjectDetail({
                     : (faviconPath ?? "Automatic")
             }
             resetAction={
-              group.memberProjects.some(
-                (member) => member.faviconPath != null || member.projectIcon != null,
-              ) ? (
+              group.memberProjects.some((member) => !hasDefaultProjectIcon(member)) ? (
                 <SettingResetButton
                   label="project icon"
                   disabled={isSavingFavicon || !canEditGroup}
-                  onClick={() => void setProjectIcon({ faviconPath: null, projectIcon: null })}
+                  onClick={() => void setProjectIcon(defaultProjectIcon)}
                 />
               ) : null
             }