diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/opencamera/MainActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/opencamera/MainActivity.java
index 27553fcea6fc14fa9189fbc475683d1d6a23fe5b..14330f5a256bcd65e993a4093810db274f4f079f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/opencamera/MainActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/opencamera/MainActivity.java
@@ -4090,7 +4090,7 @@ public class MainActivity extends Activity {
                     }
                 });
 
-                if( sharedPreferences.getBoolean(PreferenceKeys.ShowZoomSliderControlsPreferenceKey, true) ) {
+                if( sharedPreferences.getBoolean(PreferenceKeys.ShowZoomSliderControlsPreferenceKey, false) ) {
                     if( !mainUI.inImmersiveMode() ) {
                         zoomSeekBar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
                     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/opencamera/ui/MainUI.java b/app/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/opencamera/ui/MainUI.java
index db34045804e3053ae6190db8ba4b2a6d3a1743d0..8e4246c959a81579c1fc70fbb477833ecebece75 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/opencamera/ui/MainUI.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/opencamera/ui/MainUI.java
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ public class MainUI {
                 if (main_activity.getPreview().supportsZoom() && sharedPreferences.getBoolean(PreferenceKeys.ShowZoomControlsPreferenceKey, false)) {
                     zoomControls.setVisibility(visibility);
                 }
-                if (main_activity.getPreview().supportsZoom() && sharedPreferences.getBoolean(PreferenceKeys.ShowZoomSliderControlsPreferenceKey, true)) {
+                if (main_activity.getPreview().supportsZoom() && sharedPreferences.getBoolean(PreferenceKeys.ShowZoomSliderControlsPreferenceKey, false)) {
                     zoomSeekBar.setVisibility(visibility);
                 }
                 String pref_immersive_mode = sharedPreferences.getString(PreferenceKeys.ImmersiveModePreferenceKey, "immersive_mode_low_profile");
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml
index ee4f5b0022f30d480cd3ffabdcfa9f2cdc8b8e3d..f4e9ed12e16fd797f7f3dd652363ec4a48e88f4f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@
                 android:key="preference_show_zoom_slider_controls"
                 android:title="@string/preference_show_zoom_slider_controls"
                 android:summary="@string/preference_show_zoom_slider_controls_summary"
-                android:defaultValue="true"
+                android:defaultValue="false"
                 />
 
             <CheckBoxPreference