diff --git a/public/css/welcome.css b/public/css/welcome.css
index dfb6cf504..06795dad5 100644
--- a/public/css/welcome.css
+++ b/public/css/welcome.css
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
     width: 100%;
 }
 
+.welcomePanel:has(.showMoreChats) {
+    padding-bottom: 5px;
+}
+
 body.bubblechat .welcomePanel {
     border-radius: 10px;
     background-color: var(--SmartThemeBotMesBlurTintColor);
@@ -22,7 +26,7 @@ body.bubblechat .welcomePanel {
 
 .welcomePanel .recentChatsTitle {
     flex-grow: 1;
-    font-size: calc(var(--mainFontSize) * 1.1);
+    font-size: calc(var(--mainFontSize) * 1.15);
     font-weight: 600;
 }
 
@@ -36,7 +40,7 @@ body.bubblechat .welcomePanel {
 }
 
 .welcomePanel .welcomeHeaderVersionDisplay {
-    font-size: calc(var(--mainFontSize) * 1.2);
+    font-size: calc(var(--mainFontSize) * 1.3);
     font-weight: 600;
 }
 
@@ -174,6 +178,14 @@ body.big-avatars .welcomeRecent .recentChatList .recentChat .chatMessageContaine
     font-size: calc(var(--mainFontSize) * 0.95);
 }
 
+.welcomeRecent .recentChatList .recentChat.hidden {
+    display: none;
+}
+
+.welcomeRecent .recentChatList .showMoreChats {
+    align-self: center;
+}
+
 @media screen and (max-width: 1000px) {
     .welcomePanel .welcomeShortcuts a span {
         display: none;
diff --git a/public/scripts/templates/welcomePanel.html b/public/scripts/templates/welcomePanel.html
index e58292aa4..77d20f98a 100644
--- a/public/scripts/templates/welcomePanel.html
+++ b/public/scripts/templates/welcomePanel.html
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
         {{/if}}
         {{#each chats}}
             {{#with this}}
-            <div class="recentChat" data-file="{{chat_name}}" data-avatar="{{avatar}}">
+            <div class="recentChat {{#if hidden}}hidden{{/if}}" data-file="{{chat_name}}" data-avatar="{{avatar}}">
                 <div class="avatar" title="{{char_name}}">
                     <img src="{{char_thumbnail}}" alt="{{char_name}}">
                 </div>
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@
             </div>
             {{/with}}
         {{/each}}
+        {{#if more}}
+            <button class="menu_button menu_button_icon showMoreChats">
+                <small data-i18n="Show more">
+                    Show more
+                </small>
+            </button>
+        {{/if}}
         </div>
     </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/public/scripts/welcome-screen.js b/public/scripts/welcome-screen.js
index 5ea15aaac..3d43fa893 100644
--- a/public/scripts/welcome-screen.js
+++ b/public/scripts/welcome-screen.js
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ async function sendWelcomePanel() {
             chats,
             empty: !chats.length,
             version: displayVersion,
+            more: chats.some(chat => chat.hidden),
         };
         const template = await renderTemplateAsync('welcomePanel', templateData);
         const fragment = document.createRange().createContextualFragment(template);
@@ -74,8 +75,19 @@ async function sendWelcomePanel() {
                 }
             });
         });
-        fragment.querySelector('button.openTemporaryChat').addEventListener('click', () => {
-            void newAssistantChat({ temporary: true });
+        const hiddenChats = fragment.querySelectorAll('.recentChat.hidden');
+        fragment.querySelectorAll('button.showMoreChats').forEach((button) => {
+            button.addEventListener('click', () => {
+                hiddenChats.forEach((chatItem) => {
+                    chatItem.classList.remove('hidden');
+                });
+                button.remove();
+            });
+        });
+        fragment.querySelectorAll('button.openTemporaryChat').forEach((button) => {
+            button.addEventListener('click', () => {
+                void newAssistantChat({ temporary: true });
+            });
         });
         chatElement.append(fragment.firstChild);
     } catch (error) {
@@ -125,6 +137,7 @@ async function openRecentChat(avatarId, fileName) {
  * @property {string} char_name Character name
  * @property {string} date_short Date in short format
  * @property {string} date_long Date in long format
+ * @property {boolean} hidden Chat will be hidden by default
  */
 async function getRecentChats() {
     const response = await fetch('/api/characters/recent', {
@@ -141,13 +154,15 @@ async function getRecentChats() {
     data.sort((a, b) => b.last_mes - a.last_mes)
         .map(chat => ({ chat, character: characters.find(x => x.avatar === chat.avatar) }))
         .filter(t => t.character)
-        .forEach(({ chat, character }) => {
+        .forEach(({ chat, character }, index) => {
+            const DEFAULT_DISPLAYED = 5;
             const chatTimestamp = timestampToMoment(chat.last_mes);
             chat.char_name = character.name;
             chat.date_short = chatTimestamp.format('l');
             chat.date_long = chatTimestamp.format('LL LT');
             chat.chat_name = chat.file_name.replace('.jsonl', '');
             chat.char_thumbnail = getThumbnailUrl('avatar', character.avatar);
+            chat.hidden = index >= DEFAULT_DISPLAYED;
         });
 
     return data;
diff --git a/src/endpoints/characters.js b/src/endpoints/characters.js
index fd29fc2c3..0ea9caf12 100644
--- a/src/endpoints/characters.js
+++ b/src/endpoints/characters.js
@@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@ router.post('/recent', async function (request, response) {
             }
         }
 
-        const recentChats = allChatFiles.sort((a, b) => b.mtime - a.mtime).slice(0, 5);
+        const recentChats = allChatFiles.sort((a, b) => b.mtime - a.mtime).slice(0, 15);
         const jsonFilesPromise = recentChats.map((file) => {
             return getChatInfo(file.filePath, { avatar: file.pngFile });
         });