diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/account/account-routing.module.ts b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/account/account-routing.module.ts
index 3afb6b6e4..2889feb73 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/account/account-routing.module.ts
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/account/account-routing.module.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { RouterModule, Routes } from '@angular/router';
 import { CompositeRouteGuard, IqserAuthGuard } from '@iqser/common-ui';
 import { RedRoleGuard } from '@users/red-role.guard';
 import { BaseAccountScreenComponent } from './base-account-screen/base-account-screen-component';
+import { PreferencesComponent } from './screens/preferences/preferences.component';
 
 const routes: Routes = [
     { path: '', redirectTo: 'user-profile', pathMatch: 'full' },
@@ -25,6 +26,20 @@ const routes: Routes = [
         },
         loadChildren: () => import('./screens/notifications/notifications.module').then(m => m.NotificationsModule),
     },
+    {
+        path: 'preferences',
+        component: BaseAccountScreenComponent,
+        canActivate: [CompositeRouteGuard],
+        data: {
+            routeGuards: [IqserAuthGuard, RedRoleGuard],
+        },
+        children: [
+            {
+                path: '',
+                component: PreferencesComponent,
+            },
+        ],
+    },
 ];
 
 @NgModule({
diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/account/account-side-nav/account-side-nav.component.ts b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/account/account-side-nav/account-side-nav.component.ts
index ffbd2978f..dff976f63 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/account/account-side-nav/account-side-nav.component.ts
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/account/account-side-nav/account-side-nav.component.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ export class AccountSideNavComponent {
             label: _('notifications.label'),
             hideIf: !this._userService.currentUser.isUser,
         },
+        {
+            screen: 'preferences',
+            label: _('preferences-screen.label'),
+        },
     ];
 
     constructor(private readonly _userService: UserService) {}
diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/account/account.module.ts b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/account/account.module.ts
index ea692b816..df77271c3 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/account/account.module.ts
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/account/account.module.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ import { NotificationPreferencesService } from './services/notification-preferen
 import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import { IqserSharedModule } from '@iqser/common-ui';
 import { IqserHelpModeModule } from '@iqser/common-ui';
+import { PreferencesComponent } from './screens/preferences/preferences.component';
 
 @NgModule({
-    declarations: [AccountSideNavComponent, BaseAccountScreenComponent],
+    declarations: [AccountSideNavComponent, BaseAccountScreenComponent, PreferencesComponent],
     imports: [CommonModule, SharedModule, AccountRoutingModule, TranslateModule, IqserSharedModule, IqserHelpModeModule],
     providers: [NotificationPreferencesService],
 })
diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/account/screens/preferences/preferences.component.html b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/account/screens/preferences/preferences.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..93e976b9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/account/screens/preferences/preferences.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<form (submit)="save()" [formGroup]="form">
+    <div class="dialog-content">
+        <div class="dialog-content-left">
+            <div class="iqser-input-group">
+                <mat-slide-toggle color="primary" formControlName="autoExpandFiltersOnActions">
+                    {{ 'preferences-screen.form.auto-expand-filters-on-action' | translate }}
+                </mat-slide-toggle>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="dialog-actions">
+        <button [disabled]="!valid || !changed" color="primary" mat-flat-button type="submit">
+            {{ 'preferences-screen.actions.save' | translate }}
+        </button>
+    </div>
+</form>
diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/account/screens/preferences/preferences.component.scss b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/account/screens/preferences/preferences.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/account/screens/preferences/preferences.component.ts b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/account/screens/preferences/preferences.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f5b74db0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/account/screens/preferences/preferences.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component } from '@angular/core';
+import { UserPreferenceService } from '@users/user-preference.service';
+import { FormBuilder, FormControl, FormGroup } from '@angular/forms';
+import { BaseFormComponent } from '@iqser/common-ui';
+
+interface PreferencesForm {
+    autoExpandFiltersOnActions: boolean;
+
+    [k: string]: any;
+}
+
+type AsControl<T> = { [K in keyof T]: FormControl<T[K]> };
+
+@Component({
+    selector: 'redaction-preferences',
+    templateUrl: './preferences.component.html',
+    styleUrls: ['./preferences.component.scss'],
+    changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush,
+})
+export class PreferencesComponent extends BaseFormComponent {
+    readonly form: FormGroup<AsControl<PreferencesForm>>;
+    initialFormValue: PreferencesForm;
+
+    constructor(readonly userPreferenceService: UserPreferenceService, private readonly _formBuilder: FormBuilder) {
+        super();
+        this.form = this._formBuilder.group({
+            autoExpandFiltersOnActions: [this.userPreferenceService.getAutoExpandFiltersOnActions()],
+        });
+        this.initialFormValue = this.form.getRawValue();
+    }
+
+    async save(): Promise<any> {
+        if (this.form.controls.autoExpandFiltersOnActions.value !== this.userPreferenceService.getAutoExpandFiltersOnActions()) {
+            await this.userPreferenceService.toggleAutoExpandFiltersOnActions();
+        }
+        await this.userPreferenceService.reload();
+        this.form.patchValue({ autoExpandFiltersOnActions: this.userPreferenceService.getAutoExpandFiltersOnActions() });
+        this.initialFormValue = this.form.getRawValue();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/account/screens/user-profile/user-profile-screen/user-profile-screen.component.ts b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/account/screens/user-profile/user-profile-screen/user-profile-screen.component.ts
index 7e20a3d37..bcf8aa812 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/account/screens/user-profile/user-profile-screen/user-profile-screen.component.ts
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/account/screens/user-profile/user-profile-screen/user-profile-screen.component.ts
@@ -101,10 +101,10 @@ export class UserProfileScreenComponent extends BaseFormComponent implements OnI
 
     private _getForm(): UntypedFormGroup {
         return this._formBuilder.group({
-            email: [undefined, [Validators.required, Validators.email]],
-            firstName: [undefined],
-            lastName: [undefined],
-            language: [undefined],
+            email: ['', [Validators.required, Validators.email]],
+            firstName: [''],
+            lastName: [''],
+            language: [''],
             darkTheme: [false],
         });
     }
@@ -113,10 +113,10 @@ export class UserProfileScreenComponent extends BaseFormComponent implements OnI
         try {
             this.form = this._getForm();
             this.#profileModel = {
-                email: this._userService.currentUser.email,
-                firstName: this._userService.currentUser.firstName,
-                lastName: this._userService.currentUser.lastName,
-                language: this._languageService.currentLanguage,
+                email: this._userService.currentUser.email ?? '',
+                firstName: this._userService.currentUser.firstName ?? '',
+                lastName: this._userService.currentUser.lastName ?? '',
+                language: this._languageService.currentLanguage ?? '',
                 darkTheme: this._userPreferenceService.getTheme() === 'dark',
             };
             if (this._userService.currentUser.email) {
diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/file-preview/file-preview-screen.component.ts b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/file-preview/file-preview-screen.component.ts
index e21d93713..04d63d286 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/file-preview/file-preview-screen.component.ts
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/file-preview/file-preview-screen.component.ts
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ export class FilePreviewScreenComponent
         const secondaryFilters = this._filterService.getGroup('secondaryFilters').filters;
         const hasAnyFilterSet = [...primaryFilters, ...secondaryFilters].some(f => f.checked || f.indeterminate);
 
-        if (!hasAnyFilterSet) {
+        if (!hasAnyFilterSet || !this.userPreferenceService.getAutoExpandFiltersOnActions()) {
             return;
         }
 
diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/app/translations/account-translations.ts b/apps/red-ui/src/app/translations/account-translations.ts
index ecd67aa2b..88b9efac4 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/app/translations/account-translations.ts
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/app/translations/account-translations.ts
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ import { marker as _ } from '@biesbjerg/ngx-translate-extract-marker';
 export const accountTranslations: Record<string, string> = {
     notifications: _('notifications-screen.title'),
     'user-profile': _('user-profile-screen.title'),
+    preferences: _('preferences-screen.title'),
 };
diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/app/users/user-preference.service.ts b/apps/red-ui/src/app/users/user-preference.service.ts
index 2f0971551..b2e142e9b 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/app/users/user-preference.service.ts
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/app/users/user-preference.service.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const KEYS = {
     filePreviewTooltips: 'File-Preview-Tooltips',
     lastDossierTemplate: 'Last-Dossier-Template',
     filesListingMode: 'Files-Listing-Mode',
+    autoExpandFiltersOnActions: 'Auto-Expand-Filters-On-Actions',
 } as const;
 
 @Injectable({
@@ -40,6 +41,15 @@ export class UserPreferenceService extends IqserUserPreferenceService {
         await this._save(KEYS.filePreviewTooltips, nextValue);
     }
 
+    getAutoExpandFiltersOnActions(): boolean {
+        return this._getAttribute(KEYS.autoExpandFiltersOnActions, 'false') === 'true';
+    }
+
+    async toggleAutoExpandFiltersOnActions(): Promise<void> {
+        const nextValue = (!this.getAutoExpandFiltersOnActions()).toString();
+        await this._save(KEYS.autoExpandFiltersOnActions, nextValue);
+    }
+
     getFilesListingMode(): ListingMode {
         return this._getAttribute(KEYS.filesListingMode) as ListingMode;
     }
diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/assets/i18n/de.json b/apps/red-ui/src/assets/i18n/de.json
index f4c474c8d..961686495 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/assets/i18n/de.json
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/assets/i18n/de.json
@@ -1785,6 +1785,16 @@
       "title": ""
     }
   },
+  "preferences-screen": {
+    "actions": {
+      "save": ""
+    },
+    "form": {
+      "auto-expand-filters-on-action": ""
+    },
+    "label": "",
+    "title": ""
+  },
   "processing-status": {
     "ocr": "",
     "pending": "",
diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/assets/i18n/en.json b/apps/red-ui/src/assets/i18n/en.json
index b66a6dfc0..b933f5ae4 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/assets/i18n/en.json
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/assets/i18n/en.json
@@ -1785,6 +1785,16 @@
       "title": "{length} {length, plural, one{Permission} other{Permissions}}"
     }
   },
+  "preferences-screen": {
+    "actions": {
+      "save": "Save changes"
+    },
+    "form": {
+      "auto-expand-filters-on-action": "Auto expand filters on action"
+    },
+    "label": "Preferences",
+    "title": "Edit preferences"
+  },
   "processing-status": {
     "ocr": "OCR",
     "pending": "Pending",
diff --git a/libs/common-ui b/libs/common-ui
index 440b8e6b8..f65831525 160000
--- a/libs/common-ui
+++ b/libs/common-ui
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 440b8e6b829c099a499f4a80a4d6c27941178812
+Subproject commit f65831525473687990749eb5e6bf6bd17e744e87