diff --git a/packages/cli/src/config/footerItems.ts b/packages/cli/src/config/footerItems.ts
index 49c851f5ae..ba3c4a1307 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/config/footerItems.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/config/footerItems.ts
@@ -9,17 +9,17 @@ import type { MergedSettings } from './settings.js';
 export const ALL_ITEMS = [
   {
     id: 'cwd',
-    header: 'Path',
+    header: 'workspace (/directory)',
     description: 'Current working directory',
   },
   {
     id: 'git-branch',
-    header: 'Branch',
+    header: 'branch',
     description: 'Current git branch name (not shown when unavailable)',
   },
   {
     id: 'sandbox-status',
-    header: '/docs',
+    header: 'sandbox',
     description: 'Sandbox type and trust indicator',
   },
   {
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export const ALL_ITEMS = [
   },
   {
     id: 'context-remaining',
-    header: 'Context',
+    header: 'context',
     description: 'Percentage of context window remaining',
   },
   {
@@ -39,22 +39,22 @@ export const ALL_ITEMS = [
   },
   {
     id: 'memory-usage',
-    header: 'Memory',
+    header: 'memory',
     description: 'Memory used by the application',
   },
   {
     id: 'session-id',
-    header: 'Session',
+    header: 'session',
     description: 'Unique identifier for the current session',
   },
   {
     id: 'code-changes',
-    header: 'Diff',
+    header: 'diff',
     description: 'Lines added/removed in the session (not shown when zero)',
   },
   {
     id: 'token-count',
-    header: 'Tokens',
+    header: 'tokens',
     description: 'Total tokens used in the session (not shown when zero)',
   },
 ] as const;
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/config/settingsSchema.ts b/packages/cli/src/config/settingsSchema.ts
index ccca95b147..85655bfb49 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/config/settingsSchema.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/config/settingsSchema.ts
@@ -598,8 +598,7 @@ const SETTINGS_SCHEMA = {
             category: 'UI',
             requiresRestart: false,
             default: false,
-            description:
-              'Hide the current working directory path in the footer.',
+            description: 'Hide the current working directory in the footer.',
             showInDialog: true,
           },
           hideSandboxStatus: {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/Footer.test.tsx b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/Footer.test.tsx
index d8892d0b28..92ae87e6d8 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/Footer.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/Footer.test.tsx
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ describe('<Footer />', () => {
 
       const output = lastFrame();
       const modelIdx = output.indexOf('/model');
-      const cwdIdx = output.indexOf('Path');
+      const cwdIdx = output.indexOf('workspace (/directory)');
       expect(modelIdx).toBeLessThan(cwdIdx);
       unmount();
     });
@@ -653,9 +653,9 @@ describe('<Footer />', () => {
       const output = lastFrame();
       expect(output).toBeDefined();
       // Headers should be present
-      expect(output).toContain('Path');
-      expect(output).toContain('Branch');
-      expect(output).toContain('/docs');
+      expect(output).toContain('workspace (/directory)');
+      expect(output).toContain('branch');
+      expect(output).toContain('sandbox');
       expect(output).toContain('/model');
       // Data should be present
       expect(output).toContain('main');
@@ -708,8 +708,8 @@ describe('<Footer />', () => {
 
       const output = lastFrame();
       expect(output).toBeDefined();
-      expect(output).not.toContain('Branch');
-      expect(output).toContain('Path');
+      expect(output).not.toContain('branch');
+      expect(output).toContain('workspace (/directory)');
       expect(output).toContain('/model');
       unmount();
     });
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/FooterConfigDialog.test.tsx b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/FooterConfigDialog.test.tsx
index 07dc6a7859..337d12d453 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/FooterConfigDialog.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/FooterConfigDialog.test.tsx
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ describe('<FooterConfigDialog />', () => {
     });
 
     await waitFor(() => {
-      expect(lastFrame()).toContain('[ ] cwd');
+      expect(lastFrame()).toContain('[ ] workspace (/directory)');
     });
 
     act(() => {
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ describe('<FooterConfigDialog />', () => {
     });
 
     await waitFor(() => {
-      expect(lastFrame()).toContain('[✓] cwd');
+      expect(lastFrame()).toContain('[✓] workspace (/directory)');
     });
   });
 
@@ -66,23 +66,23 @@ describe('<FooterConfigDialog />', () => {
     );
 
     await waitUntilReady();
-    // Initial order: cwd, git-branch, ...
+    // Initial order: workspace (/directory), branch, ...
     const output = lastFrame();
-    const cwdIdx = output!.indexOf('] cwd');
-    const branchIdx = output!.indexOf('] git-branch');
+    const cwdIdx = output.indexOf('] workspace (/directory)');
+    const branchIdx = output.indexOf('] branch');
     expect(cwdIdx).toBeGreaterThan(-1);
     expect(branchIdx).toBeGreaterThan(-1);
     expect(cwdIdx).toBeLessThan(branchIdx);
 
-    // Move cwd down (right arrow)
+    // Move workspace (/directory) down (right arrow)
     act(() => {
       stdin.write('\u001b[C'); // Right arrow
     });
 
     await waitFor(() => {
       const outputAfter = lastFrame();
-      const cwdIdxAfter = outputAfter!.indexOf('] cwd');
-      const branchIdxAfter = outputAfter!.indexOf('] git-branch');
+      const cwdIdxAfter = outputAfter.indexOf('] workspace (/directory)');
+      const branchIdxAfter = outputAfter.indexOf('] branch');
       expect(cwdIdxAfter).toBeGreaterThan(-1);
       expect(branchIdxAfter).toBeGreaterThan(-1);
       expect(branchIdxAfter).toBeLessThan(cwdIdxAfter);
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/FooterConfigDialog.tsx b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/FooterConfigDialog.tsx
index 74a532585c..7652e01973 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/FooterConfigDialog.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/FooterConfigDialog.tsx
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ export const FooterConfigDialog: React.FC<FooterConfigDialogProps> = ({
           if (!item) return null;
           return {
             key: id,
-            label: id,
+            label: item.header,
             description: item.description as string,
           };
         })
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/__snapshots__/Footer.test.tsx.snap b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/__snapshots__/Footer.test.tsx.snap
index b0b76218b1..6a59ce6dfc 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/__snapshots__/Footer.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/__snapshots__/Footer.test.tsx.snap
@@ -1,31 +1,31 @@
 // Vitest Snapshot v1, https://vitest.dev/guide/snapshot.html
 
 exports[`<Footer /> > displays "Limit reached" message when remaining is 0 1`] = `
-" Path                                                          /docs        /model       /stats
+" workspace (/directory)                                        sandbox      /model       /stats
  ~/project/foo/bar/and/some/more/directories/to/make/it/long   no sandbox   gemini-pro   limit reached
 "
 `;
 
 exports[`<Footer /> > displays the usage indicator when usage is low 1`] = `
-" Path                                                          /docs        /model       /stats
+" workspace (/directory)                                        sandbox      /model       /stats
  ~/project/foo/bar/and/some/more/directories/to/make/it/long   no sandbox   gemini-pro   daily 15%
 "
 `;
 
 exports[`<Footer /> > footer configuration filtering (golden snapshots) > renders complete footer in narrow terminal (baseline narrow) > complete-footer-narrow 1`] = `
-" Path                                     /docs        /model       Context
+" workspace (/directory)                   sandbox      /model       context
  ~/.../more/directories/to/make/it/long   no sandbox   gemini-pro   86%
 "
 `;
 
 exports[`<Footer /> > footer configuration filtering (golden snapshots) > renders complete footer with all sections visible (baseline) > complete-footer-wide 1`] = `
-" Path                                                          /docs        /model       Context
+" workspace (/directory)                                        sandbox      /model       context
  ~/project/foo/bar/and/some/more/directories/to/make/it/long   no sandbox   gemini-pro   86% left
 "
 `;
 
 exports[`<Footer /> > footer configuration filtering (golden snapshots) > renders footer with CWD and model info hidden to test alignment (only sandbox visible) > footer-only-sandbox 1`] = `
-" /docs
+" sandbox
  no sandbox
 "
 `;
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ exports[`<Footer /> > footer configuration filtering (golden snapshots) > render
 exports[`<Footer /> > footer configuration filtering (golden snapshots) > renders footer with all optional sections hidden (minimal footer) > footer-minimal 1`] = `""`;
 
 exports[`<Footer /> > footer configuration filtering (golden snapshots) > renders footer with only model info hidden (partial filtering) > footer-no-model 1`] = `
-" Path                                                          /docs
+" workspace (/directory)                                        sandbox
  ~/project/foo/bar/and/some/more/directories/to/make/it/long   no sandbox
 "
 `;
 
 exports[`<Footer /> > hides the usage indicator when usage is not near limit 1`] = `
-" Path                                                          /docs        /model       /stats
+" workspace (/directory)                                        sandbox      /model       /stats
  ~/project/foo/bar/and/some/more/directories/to/make/it/long   no sandbox   gemini-pro   daily 85%
 "
 `;
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/__snapshots__/FooterConfigDialog.test.tsx.snap b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/__snapshots__/FooterConfigDialog.test.tsx.snap
index 85f03e8786..a1bb87f9db 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/__snapshots__/FooterConfigDialog.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/__snapshots__/FooterConfigDialog.test.tsx.snap
@@ -7,16 +7,16 @@ exports[`<FooterConfigDialog /> > renders correctly with default settings 1`] =
 │                                                                                                  │
 │  Select which items to display in the footer.                                                    │
 │                                                                                                  │
-│  > [✓] cwd                Current working directory                                              │
-│    [✓] git-branch         Current git branch name (not shown when unavailable)                   │
-│    [✓] sandbox-status     Sandbox type and trust indicator                                       │
-│    [✓] model-name         Current model identifier                                               │
-│    [✓] usage-limit        Remaining usage on daily limit (not shown when unavailable)            │
-│    [ ] context-remaining  Percentage of context window remaining                                 │
-│    [ ] memory-usage       Memory used by the application                                         │
-│    [ ] session-id         Unique identifier for the current session                              │
-│    [ ] code-changes       Lines added/removed in the session (not shown when zero)               │
-│    [ ] token-count        Total tokens used in the session (not shown when zero)                 │
+│  > [✓] workspace (/directory)  Current working directory                                         │
+│    [✓] branch                  Current git branch name (not shown when unavailable)              │
+│    [✓] sandbox                 Sandbox type and trust indicator                                  │
+│    [✓] /model                  Current model identifier                                          │
+│    [✓] /stats                  Remaining usage on daily limit (not shown when unavailable)       │
+│    [ ] context                 Percentage of context window remaining                            │
+│    [ ] memory                  Memory used by the application                                    │
+│    [ ] session                 Unique identifier for the current session                         │
+│    [ ] diff                    Lines added/removed in the session (not shown when zero)          │
+│    [ ] tokens                  Total tokens used in the session (not shown when zero)            │
 │                                                                                                  │
 │    [✓] Show footer labels                                                                        │
 │    Reset to default footer                                                                       │
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ exports[`<FooterConfigDialog /> > renders correctly with default settings 1`] =
 │                                                                                                  │
 │  ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐  │
 │  │ Preview:                                                                                   │  │
-│  │ Path             Branch   /docs    /model           /stats                                 │  │
-│  │ ~/project/path   main     docker   gemini-2.5-pro   daily 97%                              │  │
+│  │ workspace (/directory)   branch   sandbox   /model           /stats                        │  │
+│  │ ~/project/path           main     docker    gemini-2.5-pro   daily 97%                     │  │
 │  └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘  │
 │                                                                                                  │
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