diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/assets/colors.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/assets/colors.cljs
index 4f4e7ef8b..965f02bb3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/assets/colors.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/assets/colors.cljs
@@ -264,8 +264,10 @@
            multi-colors? multi-assets? on-asset-click on-assets-delete
            on-clear-selection on-group on-rename-group on-ungroup colors
            selected-full]}]
-  (let [group-open?    (or ^boolean force-open?
-                           ^boolean (get open-groups prefix (if (= prefix "") true false)))
+  (let [group-open?    (if (false? (get open-groups prefix)) ;; if the user has closed it specifically, respect that
+                         false
+                         (or ^boolean force-open?
+                             ^boolean (get open-groups prefix (if (= prefix "") true false))))
         dragging*      (mf/use-state false)
         dragging?      (deref dragging*)
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/assets/typographies.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/assets/typographies.cljs
index 6c5ae2fd2..022bbebc9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/assets/typographies.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/assets/typographies.cljs
@@ -128,7 +128,9 @@
   [{:keys [file-id prefix groups open-groups force-open? file local? selected local-data
            editing-id renaming-id on-asset-click handle-change apply-typography on-rename-group
            on-ungroup on-context-menu selected-full]}]
-  (let [group-open?   (get open-groups prefix true)
+  (let [group-open?    (if (false? (get open-groups prefix)) ;; if the user has closed it specifically, respect that
+                         false
+                         (get open-groups prefix true))
         dragging*      (mf/use-state false)
         dragging?      (deref dragging*)
         selected-paths (mf/with-memo [selected-full]