diff --git a/src/static/js/pad.ts b/src/static/js/pad.ts
index d9698f5e776..76fc2616bf4 100644
--- a/src/static/js/pad.ts
+++ b/src/static/js/pad.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,22 @@ const getParameters = [
       $('#editbar').css('display', 'flex');
     },
   },
+  {
+    // showMenuRight accepts 'true' or 'false'. Explicit 'false' hides the
+    // right-side toolbar (import/export/timeslider/settings/share/users);
+    // explicit 'true' forces it visible, overriding the readonly
+    // auto-hide applied further down (issue #5182). Any other value is
+    // a no-op — the menu stays in its default state.
+    name: 'showMenuRight',
+    checkVal: null,
+    callback: (val) => {
+      if (val === 'false') {
+        $('#editbar .menu_right').hide();
+      } else if (val === 'true') {
+        $('#editbar .menu_right').show();
+      }
+    },
+  },
   {
     name: 'showChat',
     checkVal: null,
@@ -678,6 +694,14 @@ const pad = {
       $('#chaticon').hide();
       $('#options-chatandusers').parent().hide();
       $('#options-stickychat').parent().hide();
+      // Hide the right-side toolbar on readonly pads — import/export,
+      // timeslider, settings, share, users are all noise for viewers
+      // who can't interact with the pad. Callers who need those
+      // controls visible on a readonly pad can force them back via
+      // `?showMenuRight=true`, which runs in getParameters() above.
+      if (getUrlVars().get('showMenuRight') !== 'true') {
+        $('#editbar .menu_right').hide();
+      }
     } else if (!settings.hideChat) { $('#chaticon').show(); }
 
     $('body').addClass(window.clientVars.readonly ? 'readonly' : 'readwrite');
diff --git a/src/tests/frontend-new/specs/hide_menu_right.spec.ts b/src/tests/frontend-new/specs/hide_menu_right.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5d09749a27c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/frontend-new/specs/hide_menu_right.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import {expect, Page, test} from "@playwright/test";
+import {appendQueryParams, goToNewPad} from "../helper/padHelper";
+
+test.beforeEach(async ({page}) => {
+  // clearCookies on the page's own context — creating a separate
+  // BrowserContext and clearing cookies on it is a no-op for the page
+  // fixture (Qodo review feedback on #7553).
+  await page.context().clearCookies();
+  await goToNewPad(page);
+});
+
+test.describe('showMenuRight URL parameter', function () {
+  test('without the parameter, .menu_right is visible', async function ({page}) {
+    await expect(page.locator('#editbar .menu_right')).toBeVisible();
+  });
+
+  test('showMenuRight=false hides .menu_right', async function ({page}) {
+    await appendQueryParams(page, {showMenuRight: 'false'});
+    await expect(page.locator('#editbar .menu_right')).toBeHidden();
+    // The left menu stays visible so the pad remains navigable.
+    await expect(page.locator('#editbar .menu_left')).toBeVisible();
+  });
+
+  test('showMenuRight=true keeps .menu_right visible', async function ({page}) {
+    await appendQueryParams(page, {showMenuRight: 'true'});
+    await expect(page.locator('#editbar .menu_right')).toBeVisible();
+  });
+
+  // Helper: open the Share popup, flip it to read-only, read the r.* URL
+  // back out of #linkinput. The readonly toggle is a checkbox
+  // (`#readonlyinput`) that rewrites #linkinput's value live. The popup
+  // animates open, so the checkbox is briefly "not stable" — wait for
+  // the popup's show class before interacting, and use force:true so a
+  // trailing transform doesn't trip Playwright's stability check.
+  const getReadonlyUrl = async (page: Page) => {
+    await page.locator('.buttonicon-embed').click();
+    await page.locator('#embed.popup-show').waitFor({state: 'visible'});
+    await page.locator('#readonlyinput').check({force: true});
+    await page.waitForFunction(
+        () => (document.querySelector('#linkinput') as HTMLInputElement | null)
+            ?.value.includes('/p/r.'));
+    const url = await page.locator('#linkinput').inputValue();
+    expect(url).toMatch(/\/p\/r\./);
+    return url;
+  };
+
+  test('readonly pad hides .menu_right by default', async function ({page}) {
+    const readonlyUrl = await getReadonlyUrl(page);
+    await page.goto(readonlyUrl);
+    await page.waitForSelector('#editorcontainer.initialized');
+    await expect(page.locator('#editbar .menu_right')).toBeHidden();
+  });
+
+  test('readonly pad with showMenuRight=true keeps the menu visible', async function ({page}) {
+    const readonlyUrl = await getReadonlyUrl(page);
+    await page.goto(`${readonlyUrl}?showMenuRight=true`);
+    await page.waitForSelector('#editorcontainer.initialized');
+    await expect(page.locator('#editbar .menu_right')).toBeVisible();
+  });
+});