diff --git a/ios/App/App/AppDelegate.swift b/ios/App/App/AppDelegate.swift
index 42432e3c4f..334f2e39e3 100644
--- a/ios/App/App/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/ios/App/App/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate, UINavigationControllerDel
     var navController: UINavigationController?
     private var pathStack: [String] = ["/"]
     private var ignoreRoutePopCount = 0
+    private lazy var navigationSwipeGesture: UISwipeGestureRecognizer = {
+        let gesture = UISwipeGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(handleNavigationSwipe(_:)))
+        gesture.direction = .right // allow back/open without edge-only gesture
+        gesture.cancelsTouchesInView = false
+        return gesture
+    }()
     private lazy var sidebarCloseGesture: UISwipeGestureRecognizer = {
         let gesture = UISwipeGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(handleSidebarCloseSwipe(_:)))
         gesture.direction = .left // right-to-left swipe to close
@@ -211,6 +217,7 @@ class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate, UINavigationControllerDel
     func navigationController(_ navigationController: UINavigationController, didShow viewController: UIViewController, animated: Bool) {
         guard let current = viewController as? NativePageViewController else { return }
         SharedWebViewController.instance.attach(to: current)
+        attachNavigationSwipeGesture()
         updateSidebarGestureAttachment(for: current)
     }
 
@@ -227,6 +234,16 @@ class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate, UINavigationControllerDel
         return pageVC.targetPath == "/left-sidebar"
     }
 
+    private func attachNavigationSwipeGesture() {
+        guard let nav = navController else { return }
+        if let edgePan = nav.interactivePopGestureRecognizer {
+            navigationSwipeGesture.require(toFail: edgePan)
+        }
+        if navigationSwipeGesture.view !== nav.view {
+            nav.view.addGestureRecognizer(navigationSwipeGesture)
+        }
+    }
+
     private func updateSidebarGestureAttachment(for vc: NativePageViewController) {
         guard let nav = navController else { return }
         if isLeftSidebar(vc) {
@@ -238,6 +255,21 @@ class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate, UINavigationControllerDel
         }
     }
 
+    @objc private func handleNavigationSwipe(_ gesture: UISwipeGestureRecognizer) {
+        guard gesture.state == .ended else { return }
+        guard let nav = navController else { return }
+
+        if nav.viewControllers.count > 1 {
+            nav.popViewController(animated: true)
+            return
+        }
+
+        if shouldAllowSidebarOpen("/left-sidebar") {
+            print("debug open left sidebar")
+            openURL("logseq://mobile/go/left-sidebar")
+        }
+    }
+
     @objc private func handleSidebarCloseSwipe(_ gesture: UISwipeGestureRecognizer) {
         guard gesture.state == .ended else { return }
         guard let nav = navController,
diff --git a/src/main/mobile/deeplink.cljs b/src/main/mobile/deeplink.cljs
index 666f66f538..66ee9eb036 100644
--- a/src/main/mobile/deeplink.cljs
+++ b/src/main/mobile/deeplink.cljs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
             [frontend.util.text :as text-util]
             [goog :refer [Uri]]
             [logseq.common.util :as common-util]
+            [mobile.state :as mobile-state]
             [promesa.core :as p]))
 
 (def *link-to-another-graph (atom false))
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@
       (state/pub-event! [:mobile/start-audio-record])
       (and (= hostname "mobile") (= pathname "/go/quick-add"))
       (editor-handler/show-quick-add)
+      (and (= hostname "mobile") (= pathname "/go/left-sidebar"))
+      (mobile-state/open-left-sidebar!)
       (= hostname "graph")
       (let [graph-name (some-> pathname
                                (string/replace "/" "")
diff --git a/src/main/mobile/state.cljs b/src/main/mobile/state.cljs
index d89b2714b4..4c4c25502f 100644
--- a/src/main/mobile/state.cljs
+++ b/src/main/mobile/state.cljs
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@
 (defn close-left-sidebar!
   []
   (reset! *left-sidebar-open? false)
-  (redirect-to-tab! "home")
   (state/pub-event! [:mobile/redirect-to {:k :home}]))
 
 (defonce *log (atom []))