diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/browser/actions/layoutActions.ts b/src/vs/workbench/browser/actions/layoutActions.ts
index d877dea64d6..e728b33e2ca 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/browser/actions/layoutActions.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/browser/actions/layoutActions.ts
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ export class HideEditorTabsAction extends Action2 {
 				original: 'Hide Editor Tabs'
 			},
 			category: Categories.View,
-			precondition: ContextKeyExpr.equals('config.workbench.editor.showTabs', 'none').negate(),
+			precondition: ContextKeyExpr.and(ContextKeyExpr.equals('config.workbench.editor.showTabs', 'none').negate(), InEditorZenModeContext.negate()),
 			f1: true
 		});
 	}
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ export class ShowMultipleEditorTabsAction extends Action2 {
 				original: 'Show Multiple Editor Tabs'
 			},
 			category: Categories.View,
-			precondition: ContextKeyExpr.equals('config.workbench.editor.showTabs', 'multiple').negate(),
+			precondition: ContextKeyExpr.and(ContextKeyExpr.equals('config.workbench.editor.showTabs', 'multiple').negate(), InEditorZenModeContext.negate()),
 			f1: true
 		});
 	}
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ export class ShowSingleEditorTabAction extends Action2 {
 				original: 'Show Single Editor Tab'
 			},
 			category: Categories.View,
-			precondition: ContextKeyExpr.equals('config.workbench.editor.showTabs', 'single').negate(),
+			precondition: ContextKeyExpr.and(ContextKeyExpr.equals('config.workbench.editor.showTabs', 'single').negate(), InEditorZenModeContext.negate()),
 			f1: true
 		});
 	}
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/editor/editor.contribution.ts b/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/editor/editor.contribution.ts
index 7f309572d05..fa77674ef5e 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/editor/editor.contribution.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/editor/editor.contribution.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { IEditorFactoryRegistry, EditorExtensions } from 'vs/workbench/common/ed
 import {
 	TextCompareEditorActiveContext, ActiveEditorPinnedContext, EditorGroupEditorsCountContext, ActiveEditorStickyContext, ActiveEditorAvailableEditorIdsContext,
 	EditorPartMultipleEditorGroupsContext, ActiveEditorDirtyContext, ActiveEditorGroupLockedContext, ActiveEditorCanSplitInGroupContext, SideBySideEditorActiveContext,
-	EditorTabsVisibleContext, ActiveEditorLastInGroupContext, EditorPartMaximizedEditorGroupContext, MultipleEditorGroupsContext
+	EditorTabsVisibleContext, ActiveEditorLastInGroupContext, EditorPartMaximizedEditorGroupContext, MultipleEditorGroupsContext, InEditorZenModeContext
 } from 'vs/workbench/common/contextkeys';
 import { SideBySideEditorInput, SideBySideEditorInputSerializer } from 'vs/workbench/common/editor/sideBySideEditorInput';
 import { TextResourceEditor } from 'vs/workbench/browser/parts/editor/textResourceEditor';
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ MenuRegistry.appendMenuItem(MenuId.EditorTabsBarContext, { command: { id: SPLIT_
 MenuRegistry.appendMenuItem(MenuId.EditorTabsBarContext, { command: { id: SPLIT_EDITOR_LEFT, title: localize('splitLeft', "Split Left") }, group: '2_split', order: 30 });
 MenuRegistry.appendMenuItem(MenuId.EditorTabsBarContext, { command: { id: SPLIT_EDITOR_RIGHT, title: localize('splitRight', "Split Right") }, group: '2_split', order: 40 });
 
-MenuRegistry.appendMenuItem(MenuId.EditorTabsBarContext, { submenu: MenuId.EditorTabsBarShowTabsSubmenu, title: localize('tabBar', "Tab Bar"), group: '3_config', order: 10 });
+MenuRegistry.appendMenuItem(MenuId.EditorTabsBarContext, { submenu: MenuId.EditorTabsBarShowTabsSubmenu, title: localize('tabBar', "Tab Bar"), group: '3_config', order: 10, when: InEditorZenModeContext.negate() });
 MenuRegistry.appendMenuItem(MenuId.EditorTabsBarShowTabsSubmenu, { command: { id: ShowMultipleEditorTabsAction.ID, title: localize('multipleTabs', "Multiple Tabs"), toggled: ContextKeyExpr.equals('config.workbench.editor.showTabs', 'multiple') }, group: '1_config', order: 10 });
 MenuRegistry.appendMenuItem(MenuId.EditorTabsBarShowTabsSubmenu, { command: { id: ShowSingleEditorTabAction.ID, title: localize('singleTab', "Single Tab"), toggled: ContextKeyExpr.equals('config.workbench.editor.showTabs', 'single') }, group: '1_config', order: 20 });
 MenuRegistry.appendMenuItem(MenuId.EditorTabsBarShowTabsSubmenu, { command: { id: HideEditorTabsAction.ID, title: localize('hideTabBar', "Hide"), toggled: ContextKeyExpr.equals('config.workbench.editor.showTabs', 'none') }, group: '1_config', order: 30 });