diff --git a/web/ui/mantine-ui/src/components/SettingsMenu.tsx b/web/ui/mantine-ui/src/components/SettingsMenu.tsx
index 79d9c201c..d7fe458ca 100644
--- a/web/ui/mantine-ui/src/components/SettingsMenu.tsx
+++ b/web/ui/mantine-ui/src/components/SettingsMenu.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
   Checkbox,
   Stack,
   Group,
-  NumberInput
+  NumberInput,
 } from "@mantine/core";
 import { IconSettings } from "@tabler/icons-react";
 import { FC } from "react";
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ const SettingsMenu: FC = () => {
     showAnnotations,
     hideEmptyGroups,
     ruleGroupsPerPage,
-    alertGroupsPerPage
+    alertGroupsPerPage,
+    showEmptyPools,
   } = useSettings();
   const dispatch = useAppDispatch();
 
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ const SettingsMenu: FC = () => {
                 onChange={(event) =>
                   dispatch(
                     updateSettings({
-                      useLocalTime: event.currentTarget.checked
+                      useLocalTime: event.currentTarget.checked,
                     })
                   )
                 }
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ const SettingsMenu: FC = () => {
                   onChange={(event) =>
                     dispatch(
                       updateSettings({
-                        enableQueryHistory: event.currentTarget.checked
+                        enableQueryHistory: event.currentTarget.checked,
                       })
                     )
                   }
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ const SettingsMenu: FC = () => {
                   onChange={(event) =>
                     dispatch(
                       updateSettings({
-                        enableAutocomplete: event.currentTarget.checked
+                        enableAutocomplete: event.currentTarget.checked,
                       })
                     )
                   }
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ const SettingsMenu: FC = () => {
                   onChange={(event) =>
                     dispatch(
                       updateSettings({
-                        enableSyntaxHighlighting: event.currentTarget.checked
+                        enableSyntaxHighlighting: event.currentTarget.checked,
                       })
                     )
                   }
@@ -97,13 +98,26 @@ const SettingsMenu: FC = () => {
                   onChange={(event) =>
                     dispatch(
                       updateSettings({
-                        enableLinter: event.currentTarget.checked
+                        enableLinter: event.currentTarget.checked,
                       })
                     )
                   }
                 />
               </Stack>
             </Fieldset>
+            <Fieldset p="md" legend="Targets page settings">
+              <Checkbox
+                checked={showEmptyPools}
+                label="Show empty pools"
+                onChange={(event) =>
+                  dispatch(
+                    updateSettings({
+                      showEmptyPools: event.currentTarget.checked,
+                    })
+                  )
+                }
+              />
+            </Fieldset>
           </Stack>
 
           <Stack>
@@ -115,7 +129,7 @@ const SettingsMenu: FC = () => {
                   onChange={(event) =>
                     dispatch(
                       updateSettings({
-                        showAnnotations: event.currentTarget.checked
+                        showAnnotations: event.currentTarget.checked,
                       })
                     )
                   }
@@ -126,7 +140,7 @@ const SettingsMenu: FC = () => {
                   onChange={(event) =>
                     dispatch(
                       updateSettings({
-                        hideEmptyGroups: event.currentTarget.checked
+                        hideEmptyGroups: event.currentTarget.checked,
                       })
                     )
                   }
@@ -146,7 +160,7 @@ const SettingsMenu: FC = () => {
 
                   dispatch(
                     updateSettings({
-                      alertGroupsPerPage: value
+                      alertGroupsPerPage: value,
                     })
                   );
                 }}
@@ -165,7 +179,7 @@ const SettingsMenu: FC = () => {
 
                   dispatch(
                     updateSettings({
-                      ruleGroupsPerPage: value
+                      ruleGroupsPerPage: value,
                     })
                   );
                 }}
diff --git a/web/ui/mantine-ui/src/pages/AlertsPage.tsx b/web/ui/mantine-ui/src/pages/AlertsPage.tsx
index 33e170556..69c4d7f13 100644
--- a/web/ui/mantine-ui/src/pages/AlertsPage.tsx
+++ b/web/ui/mantine-ui/src/pages/AlertsPage.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
   Alert,
   TextInput,
   Anchor,
-  Pagination
+  Pagination,
 } from "@mantine/core";
 import { useSuspenseAPIQuery } from "../api/api";
 import { AlertingRule, AlertingRulesResult } from "../api/responseTypes/rules";
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import {
   NumberParam,
   StringParam,
   useQueryParam,
-  withDefault
+  withDefault,
 } from "use-query-params";
 import { useDebouncedValue } from "@mantine/hooks";
 import { KVSearch } from "@nexucis/kvsearch";
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ type AlertsPageData = {
 
 const kvSearch = new KVSearch<AlertingRule>({
   shouldSort: true,
-  indexedKeys: ["name", "labels", ["labels", /.*/]]
+  indexedKeys: ["name", "labels", ["labels", /.*/]],
 });
 
 const buildAlertsPageData = (
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ const buildAlertsPageData = (
     globalCounts: {
       inactive: 0,
       pending: 0,
-      firing: 0
+      firing: 0,
     },
-    groups: []
+    groups: [],
   };
 
   for (const group of data.groups) {
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ const buildAlertsPageData = (
       total: 0,
       inactive: 0,
       pending: 0,
-      firing: 0
+      firing: 0,
     };
 
     for (const r of group.rules) {
@@ -126,9 +126,9 @@ const buildAlertsPageData = (
         rule: r,
         counts: {
           firing: r.alerts.filter((a) => a.state === "firing").length,
-          pending: r.alerts.filter((a) => a.state === "pending").length
-        }
-      }))
+          pending: r.alerts.filter((a) => a.state === "pending").length,
+        },
+      })),
     });
   }
 
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ export default function AlertsPage() {
   const { data } = useSuspenseAPIQuery<AlertingRulesResult>({
     path: `/rules`,
     params: {
-      type: "alert"
-    }
+      type: "alert",
+    },
   });
 
   const { hideEmptyGroups, showAnnotations } = useSettings();
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ export default function AlertsPage() {
                 onClick={() => {
                   dispatch(
                     updateSettings({
-                      hideEmptyGroups: true
+                      hideEmptyGroups: true,
                     })
                   );
                 }}
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ export default function AlertsPage() {
                 onClick={() => {
                   dispatch(
                     updateSettings({
-                      hideEmptyGroups: true
+                      hideEmptyGroups: true,
                     })
                   );
                 }}
@@ -295,8 +295,8 @@ export default function AlertsPage() {
                             // have a different background color than their surrounding group card in dark mode,
                             // but it would be better to use CSS to override the light/dark colors for
                             // collapsed/expanded accordion items.
-                            backgroundColor: "#c0c0c015"
-                          }
+                            backgroundColor: "#c0c0c015",
+                          },
                         }}
                         key={j}
                         value={j.toString()}
diff --git a/web/ui/mantine-ui/src/pages/targets/ScrapePoolsList.tsx b/web/ui/mantine-ui/src/pages/targets/ScrapePoolsList.tsx
index be91b149b..68c1db184 100644
--- a/web/ui/mantine-ui/src/pages/targets/ScrapePoolsList.tsx
+++ b/web/ui/mantine-ui/src/pages/targets/ScrapePoolsList.tsx
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import {
   setCollapsedPools,
   setShowLimitAlert,
 } from "../../state/targetsPageSlice";
+import { useSettings, updateSettings } from "../../state/settingsSlice";
 import EndpointLink from "../../components/EndpointLink";
 import CustomInfiniteScroll from "../../components/CustomInfiniteScroll";
 
@@ -38,7 +39,6 @@ import panelClasses from "../../Panel.module.css";
 import TargetLabels from "./TargetLabels";
 import { useDebouncedValue } from "@mantine/hooks";
 import { targetPoolDisplayLimit } from "./TargetsPage";
-import { BooleanParam, useQueryParam, withDefault } from "use-query-params";
 import { badgeIconStyle } from "../../styles";
 
 type ScrapePool = {
@@ -164,11 +164,8 @@ const ScrapePoolList: FC<ScrapePoolListProp> = ({
     },
   });
 
+  const { showEmptyPools } = useSettings();
   const dispatch = useAppDispatch();
-  const [showEmptyPools, setShowEmptyPools] = useQueryParam(
-    "showEmptyPools",
-    withDefault(BooleanParam, true)
-  );
 
   const { collapsedPools, showLimitAlert } = useAppSelector(
     (state) => state.targetsPage
@@ -207,7 +204,11 @@ const ScrapePoolList: FC<ScrapePoolListProp> = ({
           >
             Hiding {allPoolNames.length - shownPoolNames.length} empty pools due
             to filters or no targets.
-            <Anchor ml="md" fz="1em" onClick={() => setShowEmptyPools(true)}>
+            <Anchor
+              ml="md"
+              fz="1em"
+              onClick={() => dispatch(updateSettings({ showEmptyPools: true }))}
+            >
               Show empty pools
             </Anchor>
           </Alert>
@@ -281,7 +282,9 @@ const ScrapePoolList: FC<ScrapePoolListProp> = ({
                     <Anchor
                       ml="md"
                       fz="1em"
-                      onClick={() => setShowEmptyPools(false)}
+                      onClick={() =>
+                        dispatch(updateSettings({ showEmptyPools: false }))
+                      }
                     >
                       Hide empty pools
                     </Anchor>
@@ -293,7 +296,9 @@ const ScrapePoolList: FC<ScrapePoolListProp> = ({
                     <Anchor
                       ml="md"
                       fz="1em"
-                      onClick={() => setShowEmptyPools(false)}
+                      onClick={() =>
+                        dispatch(updateSettings({ showEmptyPools: false }))
+                      }
                     >
                       Hide empty pools
                     </Anchor>
diff --git a/web/ui/mantine-ui/src/state/localStorageMiddleware.ts b/web/ui/mantine-ui/src/state/localStorageMiddleware.ts
index b3dc70662..e27e85844 100644
--- a/web/ui/mantine-ui/src/state/localStorageMiddleware.ts
+++ b/web/ui/mantine-ui/src/state/localStorageMiddleware.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ startAppListening({
   effect: ({ payload }) => {
     persistToLocalStorage(
       localStorageKeyServiceDiscoveryPageCollapsedPools,
-      payload,
+      payload
     );
   },
 });
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ startAppListening({
   effect: (_, { getState }) => {
     persistToLocalStorage(
       localStorageKeyQueryHistory,
-      getState().queryPage.queryHistory,
+      getState().queryPage.queryHistory
     );
   },
 });
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ startAppListening({
         case "hideEmptyGroups":
         case "showAnnotations":
         case "ruleGroupsPerPage":
+        case "showEmptyPools":
           return persistToLocalStorage(`settings.${key}`, value);
       }
     });
diff --git a/web/ui/mantine-ui/src/state/settingsSlice.ts b/web/ui/mantine-ui/src/state/settingsSlice.ts
index da1c1546b..06b4c06ca 100644
--- a/web/ui/mantine-ui/src/state/settingsSlice.ts
+++ b/web/ui/mantine-ui/src/state/settingsSlice.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ interface Settings {
   showAnnotations: boolean;
   ruleGroupsPerPage: number;
   alertGroupsPerPage: number;
+  showEmptyPools: boolean;
 }
 
 // Declared/defined in public/index.html, value replaced by Prometheus when serving bundle.
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ export const localStorageKeyHideEmptyGroups = "settings.hideEmptyGroups";
 export const localStorageKeyShowAnnotations = "settings.showAnnotations";
 export const localStorageKeyRuleGroupsPerPage = "settings.ruleGroupsPerPage";
 export const localStorageKeyAlertGroupsPerPage = "settings.alertGroupsPerPage";
+export const localStorageKeyShowEmptyPools = "settings.showEmptyPools";
 
 // This dynamically/generically determines the pathPrefix by stripping the first known
 // endpoint suffix from the window location path. It works out of the box for both direct
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ const getPathPrefix = (path: string) => {
     "/flags",
     "/config",
     "/alertmanager-discovery",
-    "/agent"
+    "/agent",
   ];
 
   const pagePath = pagePaths.find((p) => path.endsWith(p));
@@ -112,7 +114,11 @@ export const initialState: Settings = {
   alertGroupsPerPage: initializeFromLocalStorage<number>(
     localStorageKeyAlertGroupsPerPage,
     10
-  )
+  ),
+  showEmptyPools: initializeFromLocalStorage<boolean>(
+    localStorageKeyShowEmptyPools,
+    true
+  ),
 };
 
 export const settingsSlice = createSlice({
@@ -121,8 +127,8 @@ export const settingsSlice = createSlice({
   reducers: {
     updateSettings: (state, { payload }: PayloadAction<Partial<Settings>>) => {
       Object.assign(state, payload);
-    }
-  }
+    },
+  },
 });
 
 export const { updateSettings } = settingsSlice.actions;