diff --git a/src/app/useHotkeys.test.tsx b/src/app/useHotkeys.test.tsx
index 71d38e76..a697450c 100644
--- a/src/app/useHotkeys.test.tsx
+++ b/src/app/useHotkeys.test.tsx
@@ -43,11 +43,22 @@ describe("useHotkeys — Console-only listener (#1218)", () => {
     expect(ev.defaultPrevented).toBe(false);
   });
 
-  it("does not navigate screens from off-Console (F1–F6 are Console-only now)", () => {
+  it("navigates screens from off-Console via the always-on F-key listener (#2403)", () => {
+    // #1218 accidentally made F-key screen nav Console-only; the global listener restores it everywhere.
     useAppStore.setState({ activeWorkspace: "settings" });
     renderHook(() => useHotkeys());
 
-    const ev = pressKey({ code: "F1" }); // screen-console hotkey
+    const ev = pressKey({ code: "F6" }); // screen-github
+
+    expect(useAppStore.getState().activeWorkspace).toBe("github");
+    expect(ev.defaultPrevented).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("F1 no longer navigates — the console screen hotkey was removed (#2403)", () => {
+    useAppStore.setState({ activeWorkspace: "settings" });
+    renderHook(() => useHotkeys());
+
+    const ev = pressKey({ code: "F1" });
 
     expect(useAppStore.getState().activeWorkspace).toBe("settings");
     expect(ev.defaultPrevented).toBe(false);
diff --git a/src/app/useHotkeys.ts b/src/app/useHotkeys.ts
index 67fb2b47..a7d3c68f 100644
--- a/src/app/useHotkeys.ts
+++ b/src/app/useHotkeys.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,17 @@ import {
   type RebindableId,
 } from "@/features/settings";
 import { VIEW_ORDER } from "@/app/console/panes/viewDefs";
+import type { Workspace } from "@/app/chrome/Rail";
+
+/** If `e` matches a screen-navigation F-key (per the active bindings), return the target workspace, else
+ *  null. Shared by the always-on global screen-nav listener (every page) and the Console pane-hotkey
+ *  effect, so the F-key → screen map lives in exactly one place. */
+function screenForEvent(e: KeyboardEvent, bindings: Parameters<typeof matchesBinding>[1]): Workspace | null {
+  for (const h of SCREEN_HOTKEYS) {
+    if (matchesBinding(e, bindings, `screen-${h.screen}` as RebindableId)) return h.screen;
+  }
+  return null;
+}
 
 function keyToTermBytes(e: KeyboardEvent): string | null {
   const { key, ctrlKey, altKey, shiftKey } = e;
@@ -83,6 +94,24 @@ export function useHotkeys() {
   const digitBufferRef = useRef("");
   const commitTimerRef = useRef<ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null>(null);
 
+  // Screen-navigation F-keys switch rail workspaces, so they must fire on EVERY page — NOT just the
+  // Console (the pane hotkeys below are Console-only per #1218, which accidentally made F-key nav
+  // Console-only too — #2403). This always-on listener handles them OFF the Console page; on the Console
+  // page the pane-hotkey effect below handles nav itself (after its broadcast intercept, so an F-key still
+  // broadcasts in broadcast mode), so this one is gated off-Console to avoid double-firing.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (activeWorkspace === "console") return;
+    function onKeyDown(e: KeyboardEvent) {
+      const t = e.target as HTMLElement;
+      // Don't yank focus away while the user is typing in a field (matches the Console effect's guard).
+      if (t.tagName === "INPUT" || t.tagName === "TEXTAREA" || t.isContentEditable) return;
+      const navTo = screenForEvent(e, useAppStore.getState().keybindings);
+      if (navTo) { e.preventDefault(); setWorkspace(navTo); }
+    }
+    document.addEventListener("keydown", onKeyDown, true);
+    return () => document.removeEventListener("keydown", onKeyDown, true);
+  }, [activeWorkspace, setWorkspace]);
+
   useEffect(() => {
     // #1218: the hotkeys are Console-only. Don't attach the document listeners at all unless the
     // Console page is active AND no pane is maximized — so every other screen, and a maximized
@@ -263,13 +292,14 @@ export function useHotkeys() {
       // Plain typing in inputs is fine; modifier combos still fire
       if (inInput && !e.ctrlKey && !e.metaKey && !e.altKey) return;
 
-      // Screen navigation (F1–F6 by default, rebindable per screen #773).
-      for (const h of SCREEN_HOTKEYS) {
-        if (matchesBinding(e, bindings, `screen-${h.screen}` as RebindableId)) {
-          e.preventDefault();
-          setWorkspace(h.screen);
-          return;
-        }
+      // Screen navigation (F-keys, rebindable per screen #773) — handled here too so it works on the
+      // Console page. It sits AFTER the broadcast intercept above, so in broadcast mode an F-key is sent
+      // to the panes rather than navigating (unchanged). Off-Console, the always-on effect above owns it.
+      const navTo = screenForEvent(e, bindings);
+      if (navTo) {
+        e.preventDefault();
+        setWorkspace(navTo);
+        return;
       }
 
       // ── CTRL = SELECT ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
diff --git a/src/features/settings/cards/KeyboardCard.test.tsx b/src/features/settings/cards/KeyboardCard.test.tsx
index 27180e23..4cc788af 100644
--- a/src/features/settings/cards/KeyboardCard.test.tsx
+++ b/src/features/settings/cards/KeyboardCard.test.tsx
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ describe("KeyboardCard", () => {
 
   it("screen-nav and zoom rows are now rebindable (#773)", () => {
     render(<KeyboardCard />);
-    // Screen nav: "Go to Console" can be rebound.
-    const navBtn = screen.getByRole("button", { name: /Rebind Go to Console/ });
+    // Screen nav: "Go to Planner" can be rebound.
+    const navBtn = screen.getByRole("button", { name: /Rebind Go to Planner/ });
     fireEvent.click(navBtn);
     fireEvent.keyDown(document, { code: "F9" });
-    expect(useAppStore.getState().keybindings["screen-console"]).toBe("F9");
+    expect(useAppStore.getState().keybindings["screen-projects"]).toBe("F9");
 
     // Zoom: "Increase terminal font size" can be rebound.
     const zoomBtn = screen.getByRole("button", { name: /Rebind Increase terminal font size/ });
diff --git a/src/features/settings/lib/keybindings.test.ts b/src/features/settings/lib/keybindings.test.ts
index 466a5f72..24a2536d 100644
--- a/src/features/settings/lib/keybindings.test.ts
+++ b/src/features/settings/lib/keybindings.test.ts
@@ -116,16 +116,16 @@ describe("registry wiring", () => {
   });
 
   it("screen-nav and zoom are rebindable single chords (#773)", () => {
-    expect(DEFAULT_BINDINGS["screen-console"]).toBe("F1");
+    expect(DEFAULT_BINDINGS["screen-projects"]).toBe("F2");
     expect(DEFAULT_BINDINGS["screen-github"]).toBe("F6");
     expect(DEFAULT_BINDINGS["screen-settings"]).toBe("F8");
     expect(DEFAULT_BINDINGS["zoom-in"]).toBe("Ctrl+Equal");
     expect(DEFAULT_BINDINGS["zoom-reset"]).toBe("Ctrl+Digit0");
     // A bare F-key serializes to just the code, with no modifiers.
-    expect(eventToChord(ev({ code: "F1" }))).toBe("F1");
-    expect(matchesBinding(ev({ code: "F1" }), {}, "screen-console")).toBe(true);
+    expect(eventToChord(ev({ code: "F2" }))).toBe("F2");
+    expect(matchesBinding(ev({ code: "F2" }), {}, "screen-projects")).toBe(true);
     // Conflict detection spans the whole rebindable set, screen + console actions included.
-    expect(findConflict({}, "screen-automation", "F1")).toBe("screen-console");
+    expect(findConflict({}, "screen-automation", "F2")).toBe("screen-projects");
   });
 
   it("chordToCaps labels the zoom symbol codes", () => {
diff --git a/src/features/settings/lib/keybindings.ts b/src/features/settings/lib/keybindings.ts
index 0d0c1cb2..54269a43 100644
--- a/src/features/settings/lib/keybindings.ts
+++ b/src/features/settings/lib/keybindings.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ export const REBINDABLE_IDS = [
   "clear-input",
   "redraw-pane",
   "send-all-enter",
-  "screen-console",
   "screen-projects",
   "screen-skills",
   "screen-automation",
@@ -52,7 +51,6 @@ export const DEFAULT_BINDINGS: Record<RebindableId, string> = {
   "clear-input":        "Ctrl+Shift+Backspace",
   "redraw-pane":        "Ctrl+Shift+KeyR",
   "send-all-enter":     "Alt+Shift+Enter",
-  "screen-console":     "F1",
   "screen-projects":    "F2",
   "screen-skills":      "F3",
   "screen-automation":  "F4",
diff --git a/src/features/settings/lib/shortcuts.test.ts b/src/features/settings/lib/shortcuts.test.ts
index 0e181e0d..6fb0349c 100644
--- a/src/features/settings/lib/shortcuts.test.ts
+++ b/src/features/settings/lib/shortcuts.test.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ describe("shortcuts registry", () => {
     for (const h of SCREEN_HOTKEYS) {
       expect(SCREEN_KEY_MAP[h.key]).toBe(h.screen);
     }
-    // Spot-check the canonical F-key bindings.
-    expect(SCREEN_KEY_MAP.F1).toBe("console");
+    // Spot-check the canonical F-key bindings. F1 → Console was retired (#2372/#2403).
+    expect(SCREEN_KEY_MAP.F1).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(SCREEN_KEY_MAP.F2).toBe("projects");
     expect(SCREEN_KEY_MAP.F6).toBe("github");
     expect(SCREEN_KEY_MAP.F7).toBe("agents");
     expect(SCREEN_KEY_MAP.F8).toBe("settings");
diff --git a/src/features/settings/lib/shortcuts.ts b/src/features/settings/lib/shortcuts.ts
index 1d64def7..c61f9414 100644
--- a/src/features/settings/lib/shortcuts.ts
+++ b/src/features/settings/lib/shortcuts.ts
@@ -16,10 +16,9 @@ export interface ScreenHotkey {
   label: string;
 }
 
-/** F1–F6 navigate the rail screens. The one definition both the handler and the
- *  reference derive from. */
+/** F2–F8 navigate the rail screens. The one definition both the handler and the reference derive from.
+ *  (F1 → Console was removed with the console page's retirement, #2372/#2403.) */
 export const SCREEN_HOTKEYS: ScreenHotkey[] = [
-  { key: "F1", screen: "console",    label: "Console" },
   { key: "F2", screen: "projects",   label: "Planner" },
   { key: "F3", screen: "skills",     label: "Skills" },
   { key: "F4", screen: "automation", label: "Automations" },
@@ -107,7 +106,6 @@ export interface ShortcutDef {
 /** Single source of truth for every keyboard shortcut in the app. The Keyboard settings page
  *  derives its reference list from this registry; the `useHotkeys` handler (app shell) consumes it. */
 export const SHORTCUT_REGISTRY: ShortcutDef[] = [
-  { id: "screen-console",      label: "Go to Console",            keys: "F1",                  description: "Switch to the Console screen" },
   { id: "screen-automation",   label: "Go to Automations",        keys: "F3",                  description: "Switch to the Automations screen" },
   { id: "screen-github",       label: "Go to GitHub",             keys: "F4",                  description: "Switch to the GitHub screen" },
   { id: "screen-projects",     label: "Go to Projects",           keys: "F5",                  description: "Switch to the Projects screen" },