diff --git a/web/src/lib/components/layout/LeftSidebar.svelte b/web/src/lib/components/layout/LeftSidebar.svelte
index 4579c87..41b6399 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/components/layout/LeftSidebar.svelte
+++ b/web/src/lib/components/layout/LeftSidebar.svelte
@@ -92,6 +92,16 @@
 		enabled: isAuthenticated()
 	}));
 
+	// PhotoPrism's /api/v1/config.count returns library-wide aggregates
+	// to any authenticated session regardless of role — the timeline
+	// itself IS scoped per-user, but the precomputed counters aren't.
+	// Showing those numbers in a non-admin's sidebar is misleading
+	// (e.g. the `test` user with role=guest saw the admin's library
+	// totals next to Review / Hidden / Archive). Until PhotoPrism gains
+	// per-user count scoping, just suppress the global-derived badges
+	// for anyone who isn't the admin.
+	const isAdminUser = $derived(session.user?.Role === 'admin');
+
 	const marksQuery = createQuery<PhotoMarksMap>(() => ({
 		queryKey: ['marks'],
 		queryFn: getAllMarks,
@@ -213,7 +223,9 @@
 	}));
 	const rootCount = $derived(
 		userBasePath() === ''
-			? (configQuery.data?.count?.all ?? 0)
+			? isAdminUser
+				? (configQuery.data?.count?.all ?? 0)
+				: 0
 			: (scopedRootCountQuery.data?.[''] ?? 0)
 	);
 
@@ -425,16 +437,19 @@
 	// separate "everything regardless of folder" destination would just
 	// duplicate it for users whose photos live under the root.
 	const views: ViewItem[] = [
-		{ kind: 'route', href: '/map', label: 'Map', getCount: () => geoQuery.data?.features?.length },
+		{ kind: 'route', href: '/map', label: 'Map', getCount: () => (isAdminUser ? geoQuery.data?.features?.length : undefined) },
 		// Tags hosts four tabs (Labels (auto) / Keywords / Ratings / Colors);
 		// the badge sums each tab's badge so the sidebar number is the
 		// total of what the inner tabs show. Keywords is lazy — it only
 		// contributes after /tags?tab=keywords has been visited once.
+		// Suppressed for non-admins because every contributing query is
+		// library-wide rather than per-user.
 		{
 			kind: 'route',
 			href: '/tags',
 			label: 'Tags',
 			getCount: () => {
+				if (!isAdminUser) return undefined;
 				const labels = configQuery.data?.count?.labels;
 				if (labels === undefined) return undefined;
 				const keywords = keywordsQuery.data?.length ?? 0;
@@ -449,13 +464,14 @@
 			href: '/review',
 			label: 'Review',
 			getCount: () => {
+				if (!isAdminUser) return undefined;
 				const review = configQuery.data?.count?.review;
 				if (review === undefined) return undefined;
 				return review + (stacksQuery.data?.length ?? 0) + (crossFolderQuery.data?.groups.length ?? 0);
 			}
 		},
-		{ kind: 'section', id: 'hidden', label: 'Hidden', getCount: () => configQuery.data?.count?.hidden },
-		{ kind: 'section', id: 'archive', label: 'Archive', getCount: () => configQuery.data?.count?.archived }
+		{ kind: 'section', id: 'hidden', label: 'Hidden', getCount: () => (isAdminUser ? configQuery.data?.count?.hidden : undefined) },
+		{ kind: 'section', id: 'archive', label: 'Archive', getCount: () => (isAdminUser ? configQuery.data?.count?.archived : undefined) }
 	];
 
 	function isRouteActive(href: string): boolean {