diff --git a/src/library/controller.js b/src/library/controller.js
index 22cfb68f9..fffafb1f2 100644
--- a/src/library/controller.js
+++ b/src/library/controller.js
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ export function createDataLibrary({
   let availability = new Map();
   let serverPresent = false;
   let selection = { added: [], on: [] };
+  // What this browser remembers as on. Like core layer state, a share
+  // decides what is on for the session but never rewrites it: only the
+  // viewer's explicit choices and a local restore do.
+  let savedOn = [];
   let started = false;
   // Set once availability is known; a share navigated to before then waits.
   let loaded = false;
@@ -89,7 +93,11 @@ export function createDataLibrary({
 
   const persist = () => {
     selection = normalizeLibrarySelection(selection, switchable);
-    writeStoredLibrarySelection(storage, selection);
+    savedOn = savedOn.filter((id) => selection.added.includes(id));
+    writeStoredLibrarySelection(storage, {
+      added: selection.added,
+      on: savedOn,
+    });
     shareLink?.onLibraryStateChange?.();
     notify();
   };
@@ -163,9 +171,16 @@ export function createDataLibrary({
       return;
     }
     const on = new Set(selection.on);
-    if (change.enabled) on.add(id);
-    else on.delete(id);
+    const saved = new Set(savedOn);
+    if (change.enabled) {
+      on.add(id);
+      saved.add(id);
+    } else {
+      on.delete(id);
+      saved.delete(id);
+    }
     selection = { ...selection, on: [...on] };
+    savedOn = [...saved];
     persist();
   });
 
@@ -217,9 +232,10 @@ export function createDataLibrary({
           console.warn(`[Library] ${id} restore failed:`, error),
         );
     }
-    writeStoredLibrarySelection(storage, selection);
-    shareLink?.onLibraryStateChange?.();
-    notify();
+    // A share's entries join the library; only a local restore sets what
+    // is remembered as on.
+    if (origin !== 'share-restore') savedOn = selection.on;
+    persist();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -262,6 +278,7 @@ export function createDataLibrary({
     availability = answer.availability;
     serverPresent = answer.server;
     const stored = readStoredLibrarySelection(storage, switchable);
+    savedOn = stored.on;
     // A share opened in this tab while availability loaded wins over the
     // opening one.
     const linked = queuedShare ? idsForTokens(queuedShare) : openingShare();
diff --git a/src/library/controller.test.mjs b/src/library/controller.test.mjs
index fa4305a5d..9aac21764 100644
--- a/src/library/controller.test.mjs
+++ b/src/library/controller.test.mjs
@@ -201,12 +201,48 @@ test('a link decides what is on and adds its entries to the library', async (t)
   await manager.waitForLayerSettled?.('lib-sea-marks');
   assert.equal(manager.isEnabled('lib-sea-marks'), true);
   assert.equal(manager.isEnabled('lib-night-lights'), false);
+  // The link's entry joins the library; what is remembered as on stays
+  // the viewer's own.
   assert.deepEqual(JSON.parse(storage.store.get(LIBRARY_STORAGE_KEY)), {
     added: ['night-lights', 'sea-marks'],
-    on: ['sea-marks'],
+    on: ['night-lights'],
   });
 });
 
+test('a share never rewrites what this browser remembers as on', async (t) => {
+  const saved = JSON.stringify({
+    added: ['night-lights', 'sea-marks'],
+    on: ['night-lights'],
+  });
+  const storage = memoryStorage(saved);
+  const manager = sealedManager(t);
+  const shareLink = fakeShareLink([]);
+  const library = createDataLibrary({
+    entries,
+    ledger,
+    dataManager: manager,
+    services: {},
+    storage,
+    shareLink,
+    source: source({}),
+  });
+  await library.start();
+  assert.equal(manager.isEnabled('lib-night-lights'), false);
+  shareLink.listener(['01']);
+  await manager.waitForLayerSettled?.('lib-sea-marks');
+  assert.equal(manager.isEnabled('lib-sea-marks'), true);
+  assert.deepEqual(JSON.parse(storage.store.get(LIBRARY_STORAGE_KEY)), {
+    added: ['night-lights', 'sea-marks'],
+    on: ['night-lights'],
+  });
+  // An explicit choice is remembered, and only that one.
+  await manager.setEnabled('lib-sea-marks', false, { origin: 'user' });
+  await manager.setEnabled('lib-night-lights', true, { origin: 'user' });
+  await manager.setEnabled('lib-night-lights', false, { origin: 'user' });
+  assert.deepEqual(JSON.parse(storage.store.get(LIBRARY_STORAGE_KEY)).on, []);
+  library.destroy();
+});
+
 /** A ShareLinkManager stand-in: the opening share and in-tab navigation. */
 function fakeShareLink(initialLibraryTokens) {
   const link = {