diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/qt/onroad/alerts.cc b/selfdrive/ui/qt/onroad/alerts.cc
index 456927b6..82080680 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/qt/onroad/alerts.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/qt/onroad/alerts.cc
@@ -8,8 +8,12 @@
 void OnroadAlerts::updateState(const UIState &s, const FrogPilotUIState &fs) {
   Alert a = getAlert(*(s.sm), *(fs.sm), s.scene.started_frame);
   if (!alert.equal(a)) {
-    alert = a;
-    update();
+    if (alert.status == cereal::SelfdriveState::AlertStatus::NORMAL && frogpilot_toggles.value("hide_alerts").toBool()) {
+      clear();
+    } else {
+      alert = a;
+      update();
+    }
   }
 
   // FrogPilot variables