diff --git a/config/site_settings.yml b/config/site_settings.yml
index 7d6f03510cc..0ea994e947c 100644
--- a/config/site_settings.yml
+++ b/config/site_settings.yml
@@ -2033,6 +2033,18 @@ developer:
     default: false
     client: true
     hidden: true
+  enable_new_user_profile_nav_groups:
+    client: true
+    type: group_list
+    list_type: compact
+    default: ""
+    allow_any: false
+    refresh: true
+  include_associated_account_ids:
+    default: false
+    hidden: true
+
+sidebar:
   enable_sidebar:
     default: true
     client: true
@@ -2044,16 +2056,6 @@ developer:
     type: tag_list
     default: ""
     client: true
-  enable_new_user_profile_nav_groups:
-    client: true
-    type: group_list
-    list_type: compact
-    default: ""
-    allow_any: false
-    refresh: true
-  include_associated_account_ids:
-    default: false
-    hidden: true
 
 embedding:
   embed_by_username:
diff --git a/lib/site_setting_extension.rb b/lib/site_setting_extension.rb
index 0a5699bbc1d..4c215de835c 100644
--- a/lib/site_setting_extension.rb
+++ b/lib/site_setting_extension.rb
@@ -234,36 +234,42 @@ module SiteSettingExtension
     }
 
     defaults.all(default_locale)
-      .reject { |s, _| !include_hidden && hidden_settings.include?(s) }
-      .map do |s, v|
+      .reject do |setting_name, _|
+        if !include_hidden && hidden_settings.include?(setting_name)
+          true
+        elsif categories[setting_name].to_s == "sidebar" && !SiteSetting.enable_experimental_sidebar_hamburger
+          true
+        else
+          false
+        end
+      end.map do |s, v|
+        type_hash = type_supervisor.type_hash(s)
+        default = defaults.get(s, default_locale).to_s
 
-      type_hash = type_supervisor.type_hash(s)
-      default = defaults.get(s, default_locale).to_s
+        value = public_send(s)
+        value = value.map(&:to_s).join("|") if type_hash[:type].to_s == "uploaded_image_list"
 
-      value = public_send(s)
-      value = value.map(&:to_s).join("|") if type_hash[:type].to_s == "uploaded_image_list"
+        if type_hash[:type].to_s == "upload" &&
+          default.to_i < Upload::SEEDED_ID_THRESHOLD
 
-      if type_hash[:type].to_s == "upload" &&
-         default.to_i < Upload::SEEDED_ID_THRESHOLD
+          default = default_uploads[default.to_i]
+        end
 
-        default = default_uploads[default.to_i]
-      end
+        opts = {
+          setting: s,
+          description: description(s),
+          default: default,
+          value: value.to_s,
+          category: categories[s],
+          preview: previews[s],
+          secret: secret_settings.include?(s),
+          placeholder: placeholder(s)
+        }.merge!(type_hash)
 
-      opts = {
-        setting: s,
-        description: description(s),
-        default: default,
-        value: value.to_s,
-        category: categories[s],
-        preview: previews[s],
-        secret: secret_settings.include?(s),
-        placeholder: placeholder(s)
-      }.merge!(type_hash)
+        opts[:plugin] = plugins[s] if plugins[s]
 
-      opts[:plugin] = plugins[s] if plugins[s]
-
-      opts
-    end.unshift(locale_setting_hash)
+        opts
+      end.unshift(locale_setting_hash)
   end
 
   def description(setting)
diff --git a/spec/lib/site_setting_extension_spec.rb b/spec/lib/site_setting_extension_spec.rb
index c26024b6728..ad39c656ef5 100644
--- a/spec/lib/site_setting_extension_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/site_setting_extension_spec.rb
@@ -832,4 +832,24 @@ RSpec.describe SiteSettingExtension do
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe 'sidebar category site settings' do
+    describe '.all_settings' do
+      before do
+        settings.setting(:test_setting, 88, category: :sidebar)
+      end
+
+      it 'does not include the sidebar category setting when enable_experimental_sidebar_hamburger site setting is disabled' do
+        SiteSetting.enable_experimental_sidebar_hamburger = false
+
+        expect(settings.all_settings.detect { |s| s[:setting] == :test_setting }).to eq(nil)
+      end
+
+      it 'includes the sidebar category setting when enable_experimental_sidebar_hamburger site setting is enabled' do
+        SiteSetting.enable_experimental_sidebar_hamburger = true
+
+        expect(settings.all_settings.detect { |s| s[:setting] == :test_setting }[:setting]).to eq(:test_setting)
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end