diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 2cb85d9..6876ad0 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "filesmith",
-  "version": "0.5.2",
+  "version": "0.5.3",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "filesmith",
-      "version": "0.5.2",
+      "version": "0.5.3",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b4b25f5..2717027 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "filesmith",
-  "version": "0.5.2",
+  "version": "0.5.3",
   "description": "A desktop file toolkit: convert, compress, resize, upscale, remove backgrounds, and PDF tools.",
   "author": "Max",
   "license": "MIT",
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/App.tsx b/src/renderer/src/App.tsx
index bc36cff..75dec1c 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/App.tsx
@@ -46,19 +46,12 @@ import {
 import { engineFor, tabAccepts, tabById, toolCardById, type TabId } from '@shared/tabs'
 import { TitleBar } from './components/shell/TitleBar'
 import { Sidebar } from './components/shell/Sidebar'
-import { StatusBar } from './components/shell/StatusBar'
 import { crumbsFor } from './components/shell/crumbs'
 import { useSidebar } from './components/shell/useSidebar'
 import { useRailPrefs } from './components/shell/useRailPrefs'
 import { sidebarVerbs } from './components/shell/railPrefs'
-import { statusSummary } from './components/shell/statusModel'
 import { shortcutFor } from './components/shell/shortcuts'
-import {
-  activeGroupFor,
-  headerCheck,
-  oneGroupIds,
-  toggleAllIds
-} from './components/queue/selectAll'
+import { activeGroupFor, headerCheck, toggleAllIds } from './components/queue/selectAll'
 import { QueueTable } from './components/queue/QueueTable'
 import { QueueToolbar } from './components/queue/QueueToolbar'
 import { doneSamples, queueTotals, type RowActionKind } from './components/queue/rowModel'
@@ -152,7 +145,6 @@ export default function App(): JSX.Element {
   const sidebar = useSidebar()
   const rail = useRailPrefs()
   // Ids of the last run per workspace, for "Converting 3 of 6" (spec 6.4).
-  const [batches, setBatches] = useState<Record<string, string[]>>({})
   // Per-workspace column sort; null is insertion order (spec 4.2).
   const [sorts, setSorts] = useState<Record<string, SortState | null>>({})
   // Inspector tab: per-session view state, not persisted (spec 3.4).
@@ -473,7 +465,6 @@ export default function App(): JSX.Element {
    * with (spec 4.3). A merge row retries with the same input list, because
    * run() stores `mergeInputs` in its `runOptions`. */
   function retry(ids: string[]): void {
-    const started: string[] = []
     for (const id of ids) {
       const it = cur.items.find((i) => i.id === id)
       if (!it || (it.status !== 'failed' && it.status !== 'canceled')) continue
@@ -485,9 +476,7 @@ export default function App(): JSX.Element {
         input: it.file.path,
         options: opts
       })
-      started.push(id)
     }
-    if (started.length) setBatches((b) => ({ ...b, [qKey]: started }))
   }
 
   function onRowAction(id: string, kind: RowActionKind): void {
@@ -819,7 +808,6 @@ export default function App(): JSX.Element {
         anchorId = src.id
       }
       dispatch({ type: 'markQueued', ids: [anchorId], options: { ...opts, mergeInputs: paths } })
-      setBatches((b) => ({ ...b, [qKey]: [anchorId] }))
       void window.filesmith.runJob({
         id: anchorId,
         tool: 'pdf',
@@ -849,7 +837,6 @@ export default function App(): JSX.Element {
     if (newSources.length) dispatch({ type: 'addSources', items: newSources, key: qKey })
     if (!targets.length) return
     dispatch({ type: 'markQueued', ids: targets.map((t) => t.id), options: opts })
-    setBatches((b) => ({ ...b, [qKey]: targets.map((t) => t.id) }))
     for (const t of targets) {
       void window.filesmith.runJob({ id: t.id, tool, input: t.path, options: opts })
     }
@@ -1065,14 +1052,6 @@ export default function App(): JSX.Element {
 
   const crumbs = crumbsFor(state.tab, card ?? null, activeGroup)
   const verbLabel = card ? card.label : tab.label
-  const summary = statusSummary(
-    onToolsGrid || onCompleted || state.tab === 'settings' ? [] : cur.items,
-    batches[qKey] ?? null,
-    verbLabel,
-    genRun.running && genRun.message && !genRun.message.startsWith('Generating')
-      ? genRun.message
-      : null
-  )
   const showInspector = !onToolsGrid && !onCompleted && state.tab !== 'settings'
 
   // Inspector head and Run label (spec 3.4, 4.1).
@@ -1328,18 +1307,6 @@ export default function App(): JSX.Element {
           )}
         </>
       </div>
-      <StatusBar
-        summary={summary}
-        onFailedClick={() =>
-          dispatch({
-            type: 'selectIds',
-            ids: oneGroupIds(
-              cur.items,
-              cur.items.filter((i) => i.status === 'failed').map((i) => i.id)
-            )
-          })
-        }
-      />
       <ContextMenu menu={menu} onClose={closeMenu} />
       <ConfirmDialog state={confirm} onClose={closeConfirm} />
     </div>
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/shell/StatusBar.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/shell/StatusBar.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a0d554..0000000
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/shell/StatusBar.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-import type { JSX } from 'react'
-import { Icon } from '../icons/Icon'
-import { ProgressBar } from '../ui/ProgressBar'
-import type { StatusSummary } from './statusModel'
-
-export function StatusBar({
-  summary,
-  onFailedClick
-}: {
-  summary: StatusSummary
-  onFailedClick: () => void
-}): JSX.Element {
-  return (
-    <footer className="statusbar" aria-label="Status">
-      {summary.running && (
-        <div className="sitem" role="status">
-          <Icon name="sync" />
-          <span>{summary.running.label}</span>
-          <ProgressBar value={summary.running.pct} label={summary.running.label} />
-        </div>
-      )}
-      {summary.message && (
-        <div className="sitem" role="status">
-          <Icon name="sync" />
-          <span>{summary.message}</span>
-          <ProgressBar value={null} label={summary.message} />
-        </div>
-      )}
-      {summary.done && <div className="sitem">{summary.done}</div>}
-      <div className="sright">
-        {summary.failed > 0 && (
-          <button
-            type="button"
-            className="sitem warn"
-            onClick={onFailedClick}
-            title="Select the failed files"
-          >
-            <Icon name="warning" />
-            {summary.failed} failed
-          </button>
-        )}
-      </div>
-    </footer>
-  )
-}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/shell/statusModel.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/shell/statusModel.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 948121d..0000000
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/shell/statusModel.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-import { inInput, type QueueItem } from '../../state'
-
-export interface StatusSummary {
-  running: { label: string; pct: number } | null
-  /** Generate's startup line ("Starting ComfyUI"), shown with an indeterminate bar. */
-  message: string | null
-  done: string | null
-  failed: number
-}
-
-const GERUND: Record<string, string> = {
-  Convert: 'Converting',
-  Compress: 'Compressing',
-  Resize: 'Resizing',
-  Upscale: 'Upscaling',
-  'Remove BG': 'Removing backgrounds',
-  Generate: 'Generating'
-}
-
-export function verbGerund(label: string): string {
-  return GERUND[label] ?? 'Processing'
-}
-
-/** Status bar content (spec 3.5 and 6.4). `batch` is the ids of the last run in
- * this workspace; it is renderer-only and not persisted. */
-export function statusSummary(
-  items: QueueItem[],
-  batch: string[] | null,
-  verb: string,
-  message?: string | null
-): StatusSummary {
-  const inputs = items.filter(inInput)
-  let running: StatusSummary['running'] = null
-  if (batch?.length) {
-    const ids = new Set(batch)
-    const rows = inputs.filter((i) => ids.has(i.id))
-    const live = rows.filter((i) => i.status === 'queued' || i.status === 'running')
-    if (live.length) {
-      const done = rows.filter((i) => i.status === 'done').length
-      const run = rows.filter((i) => i.status === 'running')
-      const settled = rows.filter((i) => ['done', 'failed', 'canceled'].includes(i.status)).length
-      const partial = run.reduce((s, i) => s + (i.hasProgress ? i.percent / 100 : 0), 0)
-      running = {
-        label: `${verbGerund(verb)} ${done + run.length} of ${rows.length}`,
-        pct: Math.round(((settled + partial) / rows.length) * 100)
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  const doneN = inputs.filter((i) => i.status === 'done').length
-  return {
-    running,
-    message: message || null,
-    done: doneN ? `${doneN} of ${inputs.length} done` : null,
-    failed: inputs.filter((i) => i.status === 'failed').length
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/theme/base.css b/src/renderer/src/theme/base.css
index 617ea78..36169f7 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/theme/base.css
+++ b/src/renderer/src/theme/base.css
@@ -97,10 +97,10 @@ svg.i10 {
   white-space: nowrap;
 }
 
-/* App frame (spec 3): title bar, workbench, status bar. */
+/* App frame (spec 3): title bar and workbench. */
 .app {
   display: grid;
-  grid-template-rows: 32px 1fr 24px;
+  grid-template-rows: 32px 1fr;
   width: 100vw;
   height: 100vh;
   min-width: 0;
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/theme/workbench.css b/src/renderer/src/theme/workbench.css
index b489955..3897b2c 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/theme/workbench.css
+++ b/src/renderer/src/theme/workbench.css
@@ -742,54 +742,6 @@
   box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 3px var(--inv-bg);
 }
 
-/* status bar */
-.statusbar {
-  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
-  display: flex;
-  align-items: stretch;
-  font: 12px var(--mono);
-  color: var(--fg2);
-}
-.sitem {
-  display: flex;
-  align-items: center;
-  gap: 8px;
-  padding: 0 12px;
-  line-height: 1;
-  border-right: 1px solid var(--line);
-}
-.sitem:hover {
-  background: var(--hover);
-  color: var(--fg1);
-}
-.mini {
-  width: 96px;
-  height: 2px;
-  background: var(--track);
-  position: relative;
-  overflow: hidden;
-}
-.mini i {
-  position: absolute;
-  left: 0;
-  top: 0;
-  bottom: 0;
-  background: var(--fg1);
-}
-.sright {
-  margin-left: auto;
-  display: flex;
-}
-.sright .sitem {
-  border-right: 0;
-  border-left: 1px solid var(--line);
-}
-.sitem.warn {
-  font-weight: 600;
-  color: var(--fg1);
-}
-
-/* preview */
 .wipe {
   margin: 16px;
   height: 208px;
diff --git a/test/shell-model.test.ts b/test/shell-model.test.ts
index 8644b91..0c57cc9 100644
--- a/test/shell-model.test.ts
+++ b/test/shell-model.test.ts
@@ -6,11 +6,9 @@ import {
   normalizeOrder,
   sidebarVerbs
 } from '../src/renderer/src/components/shell/railPrefs'
-import { statusSummary, verbGerund } from '../src/renderer/src/components/shell/statusModel'
 import { shortcutFor } from '../src/renderer/src/components/shell/shortcuts'
 import type { KeyLike } from '../src/renderer/src/components/queue/tableKeys'
 import { TABS, toolCardById, type TabId } from '@shared/tabs'
-import type { QueueItem } from '../src/renderer/src/state'
 
 describe('breadcrumb', () => {
   it('shows the verb, then the active group as the current segment', () => {
@@ -72,51 +70,6 @@ describe('rail preferences', () => {
   })
 })
 
-const row = (id: string, status: QueueItem['status'], percent = 0): QueueItem => ({
-  id,
-  file: { path: `C:/${id}.png`, name: `${id}.png`, ext: '.png', kind: 'image', size: 1 },
-  thumb: null,
-  status,
-  percent,
-  hasProgress: percent > 0
-})
-
-describe('status bar', () => {
-  const items = [
-    row('a', 'done'),
-    row('b', 'done'),
-    row('c', 'running', 62),
-    row('d', 'queued'),
-    row('e', 'queued'),
-    row('f', 'failed')
-  ]
-  it('reports the batch in flight, done count and failures', () => {
-    const s = statusSummary(items, ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f'], 'Convert')
-    expect(s.running).toEqual({ label: 'Converting 3 of 6', pct: 60 })
-    expect(s.done).toBe('2 of 6 done')
-    expect(s.failed).toBe(1)
-  })
-  it('drops the running item once the batch settles or without a batch', () => {
-    const settled = items.map((i) =>
-      i.status === 'queued' || i.status === 'running' ? { ...i, status: 'done' as const } : i
-    )
-    expect(statusSummary(settled, ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f'], 'Convert').running).toBeNull()
-    expect(statusSummary(items, null, 'Convert').running).toBeNull()
-  })
-  it('renders nothing for an empty queue', () => {
-    expect(statusSummary([], null, 'Convert')).toEqual({
-      running: null,
-      message: null,
-      done: null,
-      failed: 0
-    })
-  })
-  it('names each verb', () => {
-    expect(verbGerund('Remove BG')).toBe('Removing backgrounds')
-    expect(verbGerund('Merge')).toBe('Processing')
-  })
-})
-
 describe('global shortcuts', () => {
   const k = (key: string, o: Partial<Omit<KeyLike, 'key'>> = {}): KeyLike => ({
     key,