diff --git a/app/menus/DocumentMenu.tsx b/app/menus/DocumentMenu.tsx
index 479a48eb5..8100e6e20 100644
--- a/app/menus/DocumentMenu.tsx
+++ b/app/menus/DocumentMenu.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { toast } from "sonner";
 import styled from "styled-components";
 import breakpoint from "styled-components-breakpoint";
 import { s, ellipsis } from "@shared/styles";
+import { UserPreference } from "@shared/types";
 import { getEventFiles } from "@shared/utils/files";
 import Document from "~/models/Document";
 import ContextMenu from "~/components/ContextMenu";
@@ -324,7 +325,13 @@ function DocumentMenu({
                   label={t("Full width")}
                   checked={document.fullWidth}
                   onChange={(ev) => {
-                    document.fullWidth = ev.currentTarget.checked;
+                    const fullWidth = ev.currentTarget.checked;
+                    user.setPreference(
+                      UserPreference.FullWidthDocuments,
+                      fullWidth
+                    );
+                    void user.save();
+                    document.fullWidth = fullWidth;
                     void document.save();
                   }}
                 />
diff --git a/app/scenes/DocumentNew.tsx b/app/scenes/DocumentNew.tsx
index aadd2a1fe..7fe618cff 100644
--- a/app/scenes/DocumentNew.tsx
+++ b/app/scenes/DocumentNew.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { useEffect } from "react";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { useHistory, useLocation, useRouteMatch } from "react-router-dom";
 import { toast } from "sonner";
+import { UserPreference } from "@shared/types";
 import CenteredContent from "~/components/CenteredContent";
 import Flex from "~/components/Flex";
 import PlaceholderDocument from "~/components/PlaceholderDocument";
@@ -42,7 +43,9 @@ function DocumentNew({ template }: Props) {
         const document = await documents.create({
           collectionId: collection?.id,
           parentDocumentId,
-          fullWidth: parentDocument?.fullWidth,
+          fullWidth:
+            parentDocument?.fullWidth ||
+            user.getPreference(UserPreference.FullWidthDocuments),
           templateId: query.get("templateId") ?? undefined,
           template,
           title: "",
diff --git a/shared/types.ts b/shared/types.ts
index 3802e52ab..5f72a9635 100644
--- a/shared/types.ts
+++ b/shared/types.ts
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ export enum UserPreference {
   CodeBlockLineNumers = "codeBlockLineNumbers",
   /** Whether documents have a separate edit mode instead of always editing. */
   SeamlessEdit = "seamlessEdit",
+  /** Whether documents should start in full-width mode. */
+  FullWidthDocuments = "fullWidthDocuments",
 }
 
 export type UserPreferences = { [key in UserPreference]?: boolean };