diff --git a/Sources/LockIME/Support/OverlayScrollers.swift b/Sources/LockIME/Support/OverlayScrollers.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0214d0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sources/LockIME/Support/OverlayScrollers.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import AppKit
+import SwiftUI
+
+extension View {
+    /// Forces native macOS **overlay** scrollers — the thin bars that appear only
+    /// while scrolling and fade away afterward — on every scroll view in this
+    /// view's window, regardless of the system *Appearance ▸ Show scroll bars*
+    /// setting (which can pin every app to the wide, always-visible *legacy*
+    /// scrollers the user otherwise can't escape).
+    ///
+    /// SwiftUI exposes scroll-indicator *visibility* (`.scrollIndicators`) but not
+    /// scroller *style* — that lives on `NSScrollView.scrollerStyle`. So we drop a
+    /// zero-size probe into the background, find its host `NSWindow`, and sweep
+    /// every `NSScrollView` in the window to `.overlay`. Overlay scrollers also
+    /// float over the content instead of reserving a gutter, so this reclaims the
+    /// width the legacy bars ate.
+    ///
+    /// - Parameter trigger: a value that changes whenever the set of mounted
+    ///   scroll views might change (e.g. the selected settings tab), so the sweep
+    ///   re-runs and catches scroll views that SwiftUI mounts lazily.
+    func overlayScrollers(trigger: AnyHashable = 0) -> some View {
+        background(OverlayScrollerSweep(trigger: trigger))
+    }
+}
+
+private struct OverlayScrollerSweep: NSViewRepresentable {
+    let trigger: AnyHashable
+
+    func makeNSView(context: Context) -> SweepProbe { SweepProbe(frame: .zero) }
+    func updateNSView(_ probe: SweepProbe, context: Context) { probe.sweep() }
+}
+
+/// Zero-size, event-transparent probe that re-styles its window's scroll views.
+private final class SweepProbe: NSView {
+    // The probe sits behind the content, but never intercept events meant for it.
+    override func hitTest(_ point: NSPoint) -> NSView? { nil }
+
+    override func viewDidMoveToWindow() {
+        super.viewDidMoveToWindow()
+        guard window != nil else { return }
+        // AppKit resets every scroller to the system style when the user flips
+        // the "Show scroll bars" preference, so re-assert overlay when it does.
+        NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(
+            self, name: NSScroller.preferredScrollerStyleDidChangeNotification, object: nil)
+        NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(
+            self, selector: #selector(sweep),
+            name: NSScroller.preferredScrollerStyleDidChangeNotification, object: nil)
+        sweep()
+    }
+
+    /// Sweep now, then once more on the next runloop turn — a scroll view for a
+    /// tab or sheet mounted in this same update pass may not be in the tree yet.
+    @objc func sweep() {
+        applyOverlayStyle()
+        DispatchQueue.main.async { [weak self] in
+            MainActor.assumeIsolated { self?.applyOverlayStyle() }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func applyOverlayStyle() {
+        guard let root = window?.contentView else { return }
+        Self.forEachScrollView(in: root) { scrollView in
+            if scrollView.scrollerStyle != .overlay { scrollView.scrollerStyle = .overlay }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static func forEachScrollView(in view: NSView, _ body: (NSScrollView) -> Void) {
+        if let scrollView = view as? NSScrollView { body(scrollView) }
+        for subview in view.subviews { forEachScrollView(in: subview, body) }
+    }
+
+    deinit { NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(self) }
+}
diff --git a/Sources/LockIME/UI/AboutView.swift b/Sources/LockIME/UI/AboutView.swift
index bb0723f..736fb79 100644
--- a/Sources/LockIME/UI/AboutView.swift
+++ b/Sources/LockIME/UI/AboutView.swift
@@ -127,5 +127,6 @@ struct AcknowledgementsView: View {
             }
         }
         .frame(width: DS.Window.acknowledgementsWidth, height: DS.Window.acknowledgementsHeight)
+        .overlayScrollers()
     }
 }
diff --git a/Sources/LockIME/UI/Settings/AppPickerSheet.swift b/Sources/LockIME/UI/Settings/AppPickerSheet.swift
index b277356..87fe090 100644
--- a/Sources/LockIME/UI/Settings/AppPickerSheet.swift
+++ b/Sources/LockIME/UI/Settings/AppPickerSheet.swift
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ struct AppPickerSheet: View {
             .searchable(text: $query, placement: .toolbar)
         }
         .frame(width: DS.Window.pickerWidth, height: DS.Window.pickerHeight)
+        .overlayScrollers()
         .task {
             let scanned = InstalledAppsScanner.scan()
             apps = scanned
diff --git a/Sources/LockIME/UI/Settings/ImportReviewSheet.swift b/Sources/LockIME/UI/Settings/ImportReviewSheet.swift
index 620a8d2..98beb38 100644
--- a/Sources/LockIME/UI/Settings/ImportReviewSheet.swift
+++ b/Sources/LockIME/UI/Settings/ImportReviewSheet.swift
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ struct ImportReviewSheet: View {
             footer
         }
         .frame(width: 600, height: 620)
+        .overlayScrollers()
     }
 
     // MARK: Header
diff --git a/Sources/LockIME/UI/SettingsRootView.swift b/Sources/LockIME/UI/SettingsRootView.swift
index 265850f..5e20475 100644
--- a/Sources/LockIME/UI/SettingsRootView.swift
+++ b/Sources/LockIME/UI/SettingsRootView.swift
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ struct SettingsRootView: View {
         }
         .scenePadding()
         .frame(minWidth: 680, idealWidth: 700, minHeight: 600)
+        // Thin, auto-hiding overlay scrollers for every pane (incl. the Log
+        // table), even when the system is pinned to wide legacy bars. Keyed on
+        // the selected tab so the sweep re-runs for each lazily-mounted pane.
+        .overlayScrollers(trigger: state.settingsTab)
         // The Settings *window* closing (not a tab switch — this root outlives
         // those) is the "abandon" signal for an in-flight Accessibility grant.
         .onDisappear { state.stopAccessibilityWatch() }
diff --git a/Sources/LockIME/UI/UpdateWindowView.swift b/Sources/LockIME/UI/UpdateWindowView.swift
index c119ce0..2775678 100644
--- a/Sources/LockIME/UI/UpdateWindowView.swift
+++ b/Sources/LockIME/UI/UpdateWindowView.swift
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ struct UpdateWindowView: View {
             footer
         }
         .frame(width: DS.Window.updateWidth, height: DS.Window.updateHeight)
+        .overlayScrollers()
     }
 
     // MARK: Header