diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/settings/providers-settings.test.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/app/settings/providers-settings.test.tsx
index 634158ff26..8e0342c3ff 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/settings/providers-settings.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/settings/providers-settings.test.tsx
@@ -9,13 +9,15 @@ import type { EnvVarInfo, OAuthProvider } from '@/types/hermes'
 const listOAuthProviders = vi.fn()
 const disconnectOAuthProvider = vi.fn()
 const getEnvVars = vi.fn()
+const setEnvVar = vi.fn()
 const startManualProviderOAuth = vi.fn()
 const startManualLocalEndpoint = vi.fn()
 const onboarding = atom({ manual: false })
 
 vi.mock('@/hermes', () => ({
   disconnectOAuthProvider: (providerId: string) => disconnectOAuthProvider(providerId),
-  getEnvVars: () => getEnvVars(),
+  getEnvVars: (profile?: string) => getEnvVars(profile),
+  setEnvVar: (key: string, value: string, profile?: string) => setEnvVar(key, value, profile),
   listOAuthProviders: () => listOAuthProviders()
 }))
 
@@ -93,6 +95,33 @@ async function renderProvidersSettings() {
 }
 
 describe('ProvidersSettings', () => {
+  it('reads and saves API keys for the shared Settings target and reloads when it changes', async () => {
+    const { $settingsScopeOverride } = await import('@/store/settings-scope')
+    const { $activeGatewayProfile, $profiles } = await import('@/store/profile')
+    $activeGatewayProfile.set('profile-a')
+    $settingsScopeOverride.set('profile-b')
+    $profiles.set([{ name: 'profile-a' }, { name: 'profile-b' }] as never)
+    getEnvVars.mockResolvedValue({ WIDGET_API_KEY: keyVar({ provider: 'widget', provider_label: 'Widget' }) })
+    const { ProvidersSettings } = await import('./providers-settings')
+    try {
+      render(<ProvidersSettings onClose={vi.fn()} onViewChange={vi.fn()} view="keys" />)
+      await screen.findByText('Widget')
+      expect(getEnvVars).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith('profile-b')
+      expect(screen.getByText('Applies to')).toBeTruthy()
+      const input = document.querySelector('input[type="password"]')!
+      fireEvent.focus(input)
+      fireEvent.change(input, { target: { value: 'fixture-key' } })
+      fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Save' }))
+      await waitFor(() => expect(setEnvVar).toHaveBeenCalledWith('WIDGET_API_KEY', 'fixture-key', 'profile-b'))
+      fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'profile-a' }))
+      await waitFor(() => expect(getEnvVars).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(undefined))
+    } finally {
+      cleanup()
+      $settingsScopeOverride.set(null)
+      $activeGatewayProfile.set('default')
+      $profiles.set([])
+    }
+  })
   it('disconnects a connected provider account and refreshes the accounts list', async () => {
     await renderProvidersSettings()
 
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/settings/providers-settings.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/app/settings/providers-settings.tsx
index b492ffce19..0417431898 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/settings/providers-settings.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/settings/providers-settings.tsx
@@ -349,9 +349,7 @@ export function ProvidersSettings({
   view
 }: ProvidersSettingsProps) {
   const { t } = useI18n()
-  // Shared settings "Applies to" scope: read + edit the selected profile's
-  // env store instead of the active one. Undefined → active profile.
-  // See https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/103993
+  // Match the shared Settings target for credential reads and writes.
   const scopeProfile = useStore($settingsRequestProfile)
   const { rowProps, vars } = useEnvCredentials(scopeProfile)
   const [oauthProviders, setOauthProviders] = useState<OAuthProvider[]>([])
@@ -530,7 +528,6 @@ export function ProvidersSettings({
 
   return (
     <SettingsContent>
-      <SettingsProfileScope className="mb-5" />
       <OAuthPicker
         disconnecting={disconnecting}
         onDisconnect={provider => void handleDisconnect(provider)}