diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/preferences/preferences_advanced.js b/chrome/content/zotero/preferences/preferences_advanced.js
index 1891b4a7f1..bb6178dfec 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/preferences/preferences_advanced.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/preferences/preferences_advanced.js
@@ -50,18 +50,6 @@ Zotero_Preferences.Advanced = {
 		document.getElementById('baseAttachmentPath').addEventListener('syncfrompreference',
 			() => Zotero_Preferences.Attachment_Base_Directory.updateUI());
 		
-		document.getElementById('data-dir').addEventListener('syncfrompreference', (event) => {
-			event.target.value = this.onDataDirLoad();
-		});
-
-		document.getElementById('data-dir').addEventListener('synctopreference', () => {
-			this.onDataDirUpdate();
-		});
-
-		document.getElementById('data-dir-path').addEventListener('syncfrompreference', (event) => {
-			event.target.value = this.getDataDirPath();
-		});
-		
 		this.onDataDirLoad();
 
 		document.getElementById('fulltext-rebuildIndex').setAttribute('label',
@@ -350,64 +338,46 @@ Zotero_Preferences.Advanced = {
 	
 	
 	onDataDirLoad: function () {
-		var useDataDir = Zotero.Prefs.get('useDataDir');
-		var dataDir = Zotero.Prefs.get('lastDataDir') || Zotero.Prefs.get('dataDir');
 		var currentDir = Zotero.DataDirectory.dir;
-		var defaultDataDir = Zotero.DataDirectory.defaultDir;
 		
 		if (Zotero.forceDataDir) {
 			document.getElementById('command-line-data-dir-path').textContent = currentDir;
 			document.getElementById('command-line-data-dir').hidden = false;
-			document.getElementById('data-dir').hidden = true;
 		}
 		
-		// Change "Use profile directory" label to home directory location unless using profile dir
-		if (useDataDir || currentDir == defaultDataDir) {
-			document.getElementById('default-data-dir').setAttribute(
-				'label', Zotero.getString('dataDir.default', Zotero.DataDirectory.defaultDir)
-			);
-		}
-		
-		// Don't show custom data dir as in-use if set to the default
-		if (dataDir == defaultDataDir) {
-			useDataDir = false;
-		}
-		
-		document.getElementById('data-dir-path').setAttribute('disabled', !useDataDir);
 		document.getElementById('migrate-data-dir').setAttribute(
 			'hidden', !Zotero.DataDirectory.canMigrate()
 		);
-		
-		return useDataDir;
+
+		let revertToDefaultDir = document.getElementById("reset-data-dir");
+		revertToDefaultDir.hidden = this._usingDefaultDataDir();
+		revertToDefaultDir.setAttribute('data-l10n-args', `{"tooltiptext": "${Zotero.DataDirectory.defaultDir}"}`);
+		this.setDataDirInput();
 	},
 	
 	
-	onDataDirUpdate: Zotero.Promise.coroutine(function* (forceNew) {
-		var radiogroup = document.getElementById('data-dir');
-		var newUseDataDir = radiogroup.selectedIndex == 1;
-		
-		if (!forceNew && newUseDataDir && !this._usingDefaultDataDir()) {
-			return;
-		}
+	dataDirUpdate: Zotero.Promise.coroutine(function* (isCustomSelection) {
+		if (!isCustomSelection && this._usingDefaultDataDir()) return;
 		
 		// This call shows a filepicker if needed, forces a restart if required, and does nothing if
 		// cancel was pressed or value hasn't changed
 		yield Zotero.DataDirectory.choose(
 			true,
-			!newUseDataDir,
+			!isCustomSelection,
 			() => Zotero.launchURL('https://www.zotero.org/support/zotero_data')
 		);
-		radiogroup.selectedIndex = this._usingDefaultDataDir() ? 0 : 1;
 	}),
 	
 	
-	chooseDataDir: function() {
-		let radiogroup = document.getElementById('data-dir');
-		if (radiogroup.selectedIndex == 0) {
-			radiogroup.selectedIndex = 1;
+	setDataDirInput: async function () {
+		var filefield = document.getElementById('data-dir-path');
+		var path = Zotero.Prefs.get('dataDir');
+		if (path && await IOUtils.exists(path)) {
+			filefield.style.backgroundImage = 'url(moz-icon://' + Zotero.File.pathToFileURI(path) + '?size=16)';
+			filefield.value = path;
 		}
 		else {
-			this.onDataDirUpdate(true);
+			filefield.value = '';
 		}
 	},
 	
diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/preferences/preferences_advanced.xhtml b/chrome/content/zotero/preferences/preferences_advanced.xhtml
index a8ba365eca..1be28e8462 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/preferences/preferences_advanced.xhtml
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/preferences/preferences_advanced.xhtml
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 					readonly="true"
 					flex="1"
 					tabindex="0"
+					class="directory-path"
 					aria-labelledby="baseAttachmentPathLabel"/>
 				<button id="baseAttachmentPathButton"
 					label="&zotero.preferences.attachmentBaseDir.selectBasePath;"
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@
 					aria-describedby="baseAttachmentPathLabel"/>
 			</hbox>
 			
-			<hbox>
+			<hbox class="preferences-button-group">
 				<button id="resetBasePath"
 					label="&zotero.preferences.attachmentBaseDir.resetBasePath;"
 					oncommand="Zotero_Preferences.Attachment_Base_Directory.clearPath()"
@@ -86,26 +87,25 @@
 		<groupbox>
 			<label><html:h2>&zotero.preferences.dataDir;</html:h2></label>
 			
-			<radiogroup id="data-dir"
-					preference="extensions.zotero.useDataDir">
-				<radio id="default-data-dir" label="&zotero.preferences.dataDir.useProfile;" value="false"/>
-				<hbox align="center">
-					<radio label="&zotero.preferences.dataDir.custom;" value="true"/>
-					<html:input type="text" id="data-dir-path" preference="extensions.zotero.dataDir"
-						readonly="true" style="flex: 1"/>
-					<button label="&zotero.preferences.dataDir.choose;"
-						oncommand="return Zotero_Preferences.Advanced.chooseDataDir()"/>
-				</hbox>
-			</radiogroup>
+			<hbox align="center">
+				<label id="dara-dir-label" value="Data directory:" control="data-dir-path"></label>
+				<html:input type="text" id="data-dir-path" preference="extensions.zotero.dataDir"
+					readonly="true" class="directory-path"/>
+				<button id="change-data-dir" label="&zotero.preferences.attachmentBaseDir.selectBasePath;"
+					aria-describedby="dara-dir-label"
+					oncommand="Zotero_Preferences.Advanced.dataDirUpdate(true)"/>
+			</hbox>
 			
 			<vbox id="command-line-data-dir" hidden="true">
 				<description id="command-line-data-dir-path"/>
 				<label value="&zotero.preferences.dataDir.viaCommandLine;"/>
 			</vbox>
 			
-			<hbox>
+			<hbox class="preferences-button-group">
 				<button label="&zotero.preferences.dataDir.reveal;"
 					oncommand="Zotero.DataDirectory.reveal()"/>
+				<button id="reset-data-dir" data-l10n-id="preferences-advanced-reset-data-dir"
+					oncommand="Zotero_Preferences.Advanced.dataDirUpdate(false)"/>
 				<button id="migrate-data-dir" label="&zotero.preferences.dataDir.migrate;"
 					oncommand="Zotero_Preferences.Advanced.migrateDataDirectory()" hidden="true"/>
 			</hbox>
diff --git a/chrome/locale/en-US/zotero/preferences.ftl b/chrome/locale/en-US/zotero/preferences.ftl
index f115a247d9..efc756deae 100644
--- a/chrome/locale/en-US/zotero/preferences.ftl
+++ b/chrome/locale/en-US/zotero/preferences.ftl
@@ -74,3 +74,6 @@ preferences-advanced-enable-local-api =
 preferences-advanced-language-and-region-title = Language and Region
 preferences-advanced-enable-bidi-ui =
     .label = Enable bidirectional text editing utilities
+preferences-advanced-reset-data-dir =
+    .label =  Restore to default location
+    .tooltiptext = { $tooltiptext }
diff --git a/scss/preferences/_advanced.scss b/scss/preferences/_advanced.scss
index 5f92a20f71..afbb11d097 100644
--- a/scss/preferences/_advanced.scss
+++ b/scss/preferences/_advanced.scss
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 	align-items: center;
 }
 
-#baseAttachmentPath {
+.directory-path {
 	padding-inline-start: 24px;
 	/* Background set in JS */
 	background: none;
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@
 	border: none;
 }
 
+.preferences-button-group {
+	gap: 6px;
+	margin-top: 4px;
+}
+
 #zotero-prefpane-advanced-open-buttons {
 	display: block;
 	text-align: end;