diff --git a/bandopen_sources.go b/bandopen_sources.go
index 930542c..f999d7a 100644
--- a/bandopen_sources.go
+++ b/bandopen_sources.go
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ import (
 
 	"hamlog/internal/applog"
 	"hamlog/internal/bandopen"
+	"hamlog/internal/cluster"
 	"hamlog/internal/geo"
 	"hamlog/internal/gridcache"
-	"hamlog/internal/cluster"
 	"hamlog/internal/pskr"
 )
 
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ func (a *App) startBandOpenFeed() {
 	}
 	s := a.GetBandOpenSettings()
 	a.bandOpen.on.Store(s.Enabled)
+	a.setBandOpenBands(s.Bands)
 	if !s.Enabled {
 		// Put out whatever is currently lit. Leaving the badges up would keep
 		// announcing an opening from a watch that is now off, and they only fade
@@ -204,7 +205,7 @@ func (a *App) startBandOpenFeed() {
 // so it does the least possible: the detector's own window and de-duplication
 // by callsign are what turn that flood into one announcement.
 func (a *App) feedBandOpen(s pskr.Spot) {
-	if !bandopen.Watched(s.Band) {
+	if !a.bandOpenWanted(s.Band) {
 		return
 	}
 	a.bandOpen.mu.Lock()
diff --git a/bandopening.go b/bandopening.go
index d75c71a..18e3987 100644
--- a/bandopening.go
+++ b/bandopening.go
@@ -28,8 +28,15 @@ type bandOpenState struct {
 	// settings query per spot is exactly what the rest of this file avoids.
 	// startBandOpenFeed owns it — it runs at startup and again on every save, so
 	// the switch takes effect without a restart.
-	on   atomic.Bool
-	mu   sync.Mutex
+	on atomic.Bool
+	// bands is the operator's SELECTED set, held as map[string]bool.
+	//
+	// bandopen.Watched only says which bands the detector is capable of; it
+	// knows nothing about the chips in Settings. Nothing checked the selection
+	// on either feed path, so unticking 10 m and 2 m changed the subscription and
+	// left the cluster path announcing them anyway.
+	bands atomic.Value
+	mu    sync.Mutex
 	det  *bandopen.Detector
 	last []bandopen.Opening // most recent first, for the UI
 	// live holds the announced openings that are still going, keyed by band, and
@@ -60,7 +67,7 @@ func (a *App) detectBandOpening(s cluster.Spot) {
 	// itself ran on every ordinary cluster spot. So an operator who had never
 	// enabled the watch still got opening banners, from a feature they had
 	// deliberately left off.
-	if !a.bandOpen.on.Load() {
+	if !a.bandOpen.on.Load() || !a.bandOpenWanted(s.Band) {
 		return
 	}
 	// No operator grid = no distance and no bearing on the spot, and the whole
@@ -140,6 +147,41 @@ func (a *App) GetLiveOpenings() []bandopen.Opening {
 	return out
 }
 
+// bandOpenWanted reports whether the operator has this band ticked. Falls back
+// to the detector's own set until a selection has been stored, so a band is
+// never silently dropped before the settings have been read.
+func (a *App) bandOpenWanted(band string) bool {
+	if !bandopen.Watched(band) {
+		return false
+	}
+	sel, ok := a.bandOpen.bands.Load().(map[string]bool)
+	if !ok || len(sel) == 0 {
+		return true
+	}
+	return sel[strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(band))]
+}
+
+// setBandOpenBands records the selection and puts out badges for bands that
+// have just been unticked — they fade on a timer fed by spots the detector no
+// longer looks at, so they would otherwise stay lit until the next restart.
+func (a *App) setBandOpenBands(bands []string) {
+	sel := make(map[string]bool, len(bands))
+	for _, b := range bands {
+		sel[strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(b))] = true
+	}
+	a.bandOpen.bands.Store(sel)
+
+	a.bandOpen.mu.Lock()
+	defer a.bandOpen.mu.Unlock()
+	for b := range a.bandOpen.live {
+		if len(sel) > 0 && !sel[b] {
+			delete(a.bandOpen.live, b)
+			delete(a.bandOpen.aliveUntil, b)
+			applog.Printf("bandopen: %s is no longer watched — badge cleared", strings.ToUpper(b))
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // clearBandOpenings puts out every lit badge and forgets the detector's window.
 // Called when the watch is switched off: the badges fade on a timer fed by
 // spots the detector no longer looks at, so without this they would stay up
diff --git a/bandopening_gate_test.go b/bandopening_gate_test.go
index 7acb4d7..eeaa220 100644
--- a/bandopening_gate_test.go
+++ b/bandopening_gate_test.go
@@ -63,3 +63,56 @@ func TestClearBandOpeningsPutsTheBadgesOut(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("the remembered openings were thrown away")
 	}
 }
+
+// Unticking a band in Settings must actually stop its announcements.
+//
+// Nothing checked the operator's selection on either feed path: bandopen.Watched
+// only says which bands the detector is CAPABLE of. So a station with just 6 m
+// ticked still got 10 m and 2 m badges, from the cluster path and — once grid
+// chasing widened the subscription to every band — from PSK Reporter too.
+func TestBandOpenHonoursTheSelectedBands(t *testing.T) {
+	a := &App{opSet: true, opLat: 48, opLon: 2}
+	a.bandOpen.on.Store(true)
+	a.setBandOpenBands([]string{"6m"})
+
+	if !a.bandOpenWanted("6m") {
+		t.Error("6m is ticked and was refused")
+	}
+	for _, b := range []string{"10m", "2m", "4m"} {
+		if a.bandOpenWanted(b) {
+			t.Errorf("%s is not ticked and was accepted", b)
+		}
+	}
+	// A band the detector cannot watch at all stays out whatever is stored.
+	if a.bandOpenWanted("20m") {
+		t.Error("20m is not a watched band and was accepted")
+	}
+
+	// And the cluster path must obey it too.
+	a.detectBandOpening(cluster.Spot{
+		DXCall: "K1ABC", Band: "10m", DistanceKm: 6000, ShortPath: 280, ReceivedAt: time.Now(),
+	})
+	if a.bandOpen.det != nil {
+		t.Error("a spot on an unticked band reached the detector")
+	}
+}
+
+// Unticking a band puts its badge out. They fade on a timer fed by spots the
+// detector no longer looks at, so it would otherwise stay lit until a restart.
+func TestUntickingABandClearsItsBadge(t *testing.T) {
+	a := &App{}
+	a.bandOpen.live = map[string]bandopen.Opening{
+		"6m":  {Band: "6m", Calls: 9},
+		"10m": {Band: "10m", Calls: 5},
+	}
+	a.bandOpen.aliveUntil = map[string]time.Time{
+		"6m":  time.Now().Add(time.Hour),
+		"10m": time.Now().Add(time.Hour),
+	}
+	a.setBandOpenBands([]string{"6m"})
+
+	live := a.GetLiveOpenings()
+	if len(live) != 1 || live[0].Band != "6m" {
+		t.Errorf("live openings = %v, want only 6m", live)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/changelog.json b/changelog.json
index 37b0946..47d7788 100644
--- a/changelog.json
+++ b/changelog.json
@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@
     "en": [
       "Cluster: the grid cache now holds 100,000 callsigns and rotates instead of emptying itself, so locators stop vanishing from the list.",
       "New option \"Chase new grids\": locators learnt from your decodes and from PSK Reporter are kept in their own database, with their source.",
-      "Band openings: the PSK Reporter feed is now filtered at the broker, which cuts it from about 83 messages a second to under two."
+      "Band openings: the PSK Reporter feed is now filtered at the broker, which cuts it from about 83 messages a second to under two.",
+      "Band openings: unticking a band now actually stops its announcements, and puts its badge out."
     ],
     "fr": [
       "Cluster : le cache de locators garde 100 000 indicatifs et tourne au lieu de se vider, les locators ne disparaissent donc plus de la liste.",
       "Nouvelle option « Chasse aux nouveaux carrés » : les locators appris de tes décodes et de PSK Reporter sont conservés dans leur propre base, avec leur source.",
-      "Ouvertures de bande : le flux PSK Reporter est désormais filtré chez le broker, ce qui le fait passer d environ 83 messages par seconde à moins de deux."
+      "Ouvertures de bande : le flux PSK Reporter est désormais filtré chez le broker, ce qui le fait passer d environ 83 messages par seconde à moins de deux.",
+      "Ouvertures de bande : décocher une bande arrête réellement ses annonces et éteint son badge."
     ]
   },
   {