[BUG] Chat, Cowork and Code tabs missing from Claude Desktop

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Apr 23, 2026 by marthamina01-png Closed Apr 26, 2026

Preflight Checklist

  • [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
  • [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
  • [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

What's wrong:
The Chat, Cowork and Code tabs have disappeared from the top of the Claude Desktop app. The app still opens but the tabs are no longer visible.

The three tabs (Chat, Cowork, Code) should be visible at the top of the app as before.
Steps to reproduce:

Tabs are missing from the navigation

What I've tried:

Restarted the app
Restarted my computer
removed and reinstalled app several times
Checked for updates

Environment:
Windows
Plan: Pro

What Should Happen?

to view and access these three tabs especially as I am paying for this plan

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

.

Claude Model

None

Is this a regression?

No, this never worked

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

dont know

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

Terminal.app (macOS)

Additional Information

_No response_

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