diff --git a/packages/desktop-client/src/components/budget-views/BudgetViews.tsx b/packages/desktop-client/src/components/budget-views/BudgetViews.tsx
index 8567bb37cb..468bcc5902 100644
--- a/packages/desktop-client/src/components/budget-views/BudgetViews.tsx
+++ b/packages/desktop-client/src/components/budget-views/BudgetViews.tsx
@@ -3,14 +3,16 @@ import { Trans, useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 
 import { Button } from '@actual-app/components/button';
 import { SvgDelete } from '@actual-app/components/icons/v0';
-import { SvgAdd, SvgEditPencil, SvgPencilWrite } from '@actual-app/components/icons/v1';
+import {
+  SvgAdd,
+  SvgEditPencil,
+  SvgPencilWrite,
+} from '@actual-app/components/icons/v1';
 import { SpaceBetween } from '@actual-app/components/space-between';
 import { Text } from '@actual-app/components/text';
 import { theme } from '@actual-app/components/theme';
 import { View } from '@actual-app/components/view';
 
-import { type CategoryEntity } from 'loot-core/types/models';
-
 import {
   useDraggable,
   useDroppable,
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@ import {
   type OnDropCallback,
   type DragState,
 } from '@desktop-client/components/sort';
+import { useBudgetViews } from '@desktop-client/hooks/useBudgetViews';
 import { useCategories } from '@desktop-client/hooks/useCategories';
 import { useDragRef } from '@desktop-client/hooks/useDragRef';
 import { useSyncedPrefJson } from '@desktop-client/hooks/useSyncedPrefJson';
@@ -123,7 +126,8 @@ function BudgetViewItem({
 export function BudgetViews() {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
-  const { list: categories, grouped: categoryGroups = [] } = useCategories();
+  const { list: categories } = useCategories();
+  const { setViewCategoryOrder, setViewGroupOrder } = useBudgetViews();
   const [budgetViewMap = {}, setBudgetViewMapPref] = useSyncedPrefJson<
     'budget.budgetViewMap',
     Record<string, string[]>
@@ -207,6 +211,8 @@ export function BudgetViews() {
       if (Array.isArray(customViews)) {
         setCustomViews(customViews.filter((v: BudgetView) => v.id !== viewId));
       }
+      setViewCategoryOrder(viewId, []);
+      setViewGroupOrder(viewId, []);
     },
     [
       budgetViewMap,
@@ -214,6 +220,8 @@ export function BudgetViews() {
       views,
       setBudgetViewMapPref,
       setCustomViews,
+      setViewCategoryOrder,
+      setViewGroupOrder,
       t,
     ],
   );
diff --git a/packages/desktop-client/src/components/budget/index.tsx b/packages/desktop-client/src/components/budget/index.tsx
index cbaec6d706..d7ecfdd257 100644
--- a/packages/desktop-client/src/components/budget/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/desktop-client/src/components/budget/index.tsx
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ function BudgetInner(props: BudgetInnerProps) {
     string[] | null
   >(null);
   const {
+    views = [],
+    viewCategoryOrder = {},
+    viewGroupOrder = {},
     setViewCategoryOrder,
     setViewGroupOrder,
     viewMap = {},
@@ -128,6 +131,76 @@ function BudgetInner(props: BudgetInnerProps) {
     });
   }, [props.accountId]);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!categoryGroups || categoryGroups.length === 0) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const validGroupIds = new Set(categoryGroups.map(group => group.id));
+
+    Object.entries(viewGroupOrder).forEach(([viewId, order]) => {
+      if (!Array.isArray(order) || order.length === 0) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const filtered = order.filter(groupId => validGroupIds.has(groupId));
+
+      if (filtered.length !== order.length) {
+        setViewGroupOrder(viewId, filtered);
+      }
+    });
+  }, [categoryGroups, viewGroupOrder, setViewGroupOrder]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!categoryGroups || categoryGroups.length === 0) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const globalCategoryOrder = categoryGroups.flatMap(group =>
+      (group.categories || []).map(category => category.id),
+    );
+
+    const getCategoriesForView = (viewId: string) =>
+      globalCategoryOrder.filter(catId =>
+        Array.isArray(viewMap[catId]) ? viewMap[catId].includes(viewId) : false,
+      );
+
+    const getGroupsForView = (viewId: string) =>
+      categoryGroups
+        .filter(group =>
+          (group.categories || []).some(category =>
+            Array.isArray(viewMap[category.id])
+              ? viewMap[category.id].includes(viewId)
+              : false,
+          ),
+        )
+        .map(group => group.id);
+
+    views.forEach(view => {
+      if (!viewCategoryOrder[view.id]) {
+        const categoryIds = getCategoriesForView(view.id);
+        if (categoryIds.length > 0) {
+          setViewCategoryOrder(view.id, categoryIds);
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (!viewGroupOrder[view.id]) {
+        const groupIds = getGroupsForView(view.id);
+        if (groupIds.length > 0) {
+          setViewGroupOrder(view.id, groupIds);
+        }
+      }
+    });
+  }, [
+    categoryGroups,
+    views,
+    viewMap,
+    viewCategoryOrder,
+    viewGroupOrder,
+    setViewCategoryOrder,
+    setViewGroupOrder,
+  ]);
+
   const onMonthSelect = async (month, numDisplayed) => {
     setStartMonthPref(month);
 
diff --git a/packages/desktop-client/src/hooks/useBudgetViews.ts b/packages/desktop-client/src/hooks/useBudgetViews.ts
index 3cb18eefdb..bc7c2287b4 100644
--- a/packages/desktop-client/src/hooks/useBudgetViews.ts
+++ b/packages/desktop-client/src/hooks/useBudgetViews.ts
@@ -136,6 +136,23 @@ export function useBudgetViews(): {
 
   // Set category order for a specific view
   const setViewCategoryOrder = (viewId: string, categoryIds: string[]) => {
+    if (!categoryIds || categoryIds.length === 0) {
+      if (viewCategoryOrder[viewId]) {
+        const { [viewId]: _, ...rest } = viewCategoryOrder;
+        setViewCategoryOrderPref(rest);
+      }
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const existingOrder = viewCategoryOrder[viewId];
+    if (
+      existingOrder &&
+      existingOrder.length === categoryIds.length &&
+      existingOrder.every((id, index) => id === categoryIds[index])
+    ) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     setViewCategoryOrderPref({
       ...viewCategoryOrder,
       [viewId]: categoryIds,
@@ -143,6 +160,23 @@ export function useBudgetViews(): {
   };
 
   const setViewGroupOrder = (viewId: string, groupIds: string[]) => {
+    if (!groupIds || groupIds.length === 0) {
+      if (viewGroupOrder[viewId]) {
+        const { [viewId]: _, ...rest } = viewGroupOrder;
+        setViewGroupOrderPref(rest);
+      }
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const existingOrder = viewGroupOrder[viewId];
+    if (
+      existingOrder &&
+      existingOrder.length === groupIds.length &&
+      existingOrder.every((id, index) => id === groupIds[index])
+    ) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     setViewGroupOrderPref({
       ...viewGroupOrder,
       [viewId]: groupIds,