diff --git a/src/components/sidebar/Sidebar.tsx b/src/components/sidebar/Sidebar.tsx
index cd3b2e5..59f0bf0 100644
--- a/src/components/sidebar/Sidebar.tsx
+++ b/src/components/sidebar/Sidebar.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { UpdateCard } from "./UpdateCard";
 import { CliIcon, CLI_BRAND_COLOR, resolveIconId } from "@/icons/cli";
 import { useUI } from "@/store/ui";
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
+import { formatTerminalTitle } from "@/lib/terminalTitle";
 import { requestCloseTab } from "@/lib/closeTab";
 import { taskRename, projectRename, openPath, projectReorder, taskSetYolo, projectRemove, projectUpdate } from "@/lib/ipc";
 import { createQuickTask, derivedBranch, type NewTaskMode } from "@/lib/quickTask";
@@ -1489,10 +1490,13 @@ function TaskRow({ w, compact }: { w: Task; compact: boolean }) {
       {!collapsed && terminalTabs.map(tab => {
         const isTabActive = isActive && tab.id === activeTabId;
         const isTabHot = isTabActive;
-        const title = tab.customTitle ? tab.title : (tab.liveTitle || tab.title);
         const showBell    = settledHighlight && tab.unread?.reason === "attention";
         const showDone    = settledHighlight && !showBell && tab.workState === "done";
         const showWorking = workingIndicator && !showBell && !showDone && tab.workState === "working";
+        const rawTitle = tab.customTitle ? tab.title : (tab.liveTitle || tab.title);
+        const title = tab.customTitle
+          ? rawTitle
+          : formatTerminalTitle(rawTitle, tab.cli, showWorking);
         const isTabRenaming = tabRenaming?.id === tab.id;
 
         return (
diff --git a/src/components/task/TabBar.tsx b/src/components/task/TabBar.tsx
index e8277ff..dd9ac67 100644
--- a/src/components/task/TabBar.tsx
+++ b/src/components/task/TabBar.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { requestCloseTab } from "@/lib/closeTab";
 import { focusMainTab } from "@/lib/tabFocus";
 import { visibleCliIds, agentDisplayName, isTerminalEntry } from "@/lib/agents";
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
+import { formatTerminalTitle } from "@/lib/terminalTitle";
 import { fileIconUrl } from "@/lib/explorer/iconResolver";
 
 const CLIS = ["claude", "codex", "agy", "grok", "opencode"] as const;
@@ -303,6 +304,11 @@ export function TabPill({ task, tab, active, paneFocused, compact, onSelect, onC
   const iconId = tab.type === "terminal" ? resolveIconId(tab.cli, agents) : "";
   const color = tab.type === "terminal" ? CLI_BRAND_COLOR[iconId] : "text-[var(--color-fg-dim)]";
   const isRenaming = renaming !== null;
+  const rawTitle = tab.customTitle ? tab.title : (tab.liveTitle || tab.title);
+  const visibleTitle =
+    tab.type === "terminal" && !tab.customTitle
+      ? formatTerminalTitle(rawTitle, tab.cli, showWorking)
+      : rawTitle;
 
   // Reveal the pill when it becomes active — keyboard tab switches (⇧⌘[/],
   // ⌘1..9, cross-pane cycling) can land on a tab scrolled out of the strip's
@@ -416,7 +422,7 @@ export function TabPill({ task, tab, active, paneFocused, compact, onSelect, onC
         // width and pushes the pill larger, defeating the fixed-cell
         // layout. Title attr surfaces the full text on hover.
         <span className={cn("min-w-0 flex-1 truncate", tab.preview && "italic")} title={tab.liveTitle && !tab.customTitle ? tab.liveTitle : undefined}>
-          {tab.customTitle ? tab.title : (tab.liveTitle || tab.title)}
+          {visibleTitle}
         </span>
       )}
       {/* Run tabs (GH #54): inline run controls, always visible — the pill IS
diff --git a/src/lib/terminalTitle.test.ts b/src/lib/terminalTitle.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b9fc40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/terminalTitle.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { formatTerminalTitle } from "./terminalTitle";
+
+describe("formatTerminalTitle", () => {
+  it("removes Claude's idle brand glyph when hiding is enabled", () => {
+    expect(formatTerminalTitle("✳ Task name", "claude", true)).toBe(
+      "Task name",
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("removes one Claude Braille spinner glyph", () => {
+    expect(formatTerminalTitle("⠋ Task name", "claude", true)).toBe(
+      "Task name",
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("removes multiple Claude Braille spinner glyphs", () => {
+    expect(formatTerminalTitle("⠐ ⠂ Task name", "claude", true)).toBe(
+      "Task name",
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("keeps the raw Claude title when hiding is disabled", () => {
+    expect(formatTerminalTitle("⠋ Task name", "claude", false)).toBe(
+      "⠋ Task name",
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("does not modify other CLI titles", () => {
+    expect(formatTerminalTitle("⠋ Task name", "codex", true)).toBe(
+      "⠋ Task name",
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("does not modify ordinary Claude titles", () => {
+    expect(formatTerminalTitle("Task name", "claude", true)).toBe("Task name");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/terminalTitle.ts b/src/lib/terminalTitle.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8455f12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/terminalTitle.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/**
+ * Remove Claude Code's leading status glyphs from a live terminal title.
+ *
+ * Claude prefixes idle titles with ✳ and working titles with one or more
+ * Braille spinner glyphs. We only hide those prefixes when Termic is already
+ * showing its own working indicator, so users with the indicator disabled
+ * still retain Claude's built-in state signal.
+ */
+export function formatTerminalTitle(
+  title: string,
+  cli: string,
+  hideClaudeStatusGlyph: boolean,
+): string {
+  if (cli !== "claude" || !hideClaudeStatusGlyph) {
+    return title;
+  }
+
+  return title
+    .replace(/^\s*✳\s*/, "")
+    .replace(/^\s*[\u2800-\u28ff](?:\s+[\u2800-\u28ff])*\s*/, "");
+}