diff --git a/messages/de.json b/messages/de.json
index bdab5ce76..2ac02982f 100644
--- a/messages/de.json
+++ b/messages/de.json
@@ -2438,6 +2438,10 @@
       "danger-zone": {
         "title": "Gefahrenzone",
         "subtitle": "Destruktive systemweite Operationen."
+      },
+      "about": {
+        "title": "Über",
+        "subtitle": "Version, Lizenz, Quellcode und Update-Prüfung."
       }
     },
     "carrier": "Anbieter",
diff --git a/messages/en.json b/messages/en.json
index f05009440..8c948adcd 100644
--- a/messages/en.json
+++ b/messages/en.json
@@ -2438,6 +2438,10 @@
       "danger-zone": {
         "title": "Danger Zone",
         "subtitle": "Destructive system-wide operations."
+      },
+      "about": {
+        "title": "About",
+        "subtitle": "Version, license, source, and update check."
       }
     },
     "carrier": "Carrier",
diff --git a/messages/es.json b/messages/es.json
index 04805cd8c..79fe0560b 100644
--- a/messages/es.json
+++ b/messages/es.json
@@ -2438,6 +2438,10 @@
       "danger-zone": {
         "title": "Danger Zone",
         "subtitle": "Destructive system-wide operations."
+      },
+      "about": {
+        "title": "About",
+        "subtitle": "Version, license, source, and update check."
       }
     },
     "carrier": "Operador",
diff --git a/messages/fr.json b/messages/fr.json
index 8afaf44e1..b73b6cd22 100644
--- a/messages/fr.json
+++ b/messages/fr.json
@@ -2438,6 +2438,10 @@
       "danger-zone": {
         "title": "Danger Zone",
         "subtitle": "Destructive system-wide operations."
+      },
+      "about": {
+        "title": "About",
+        "subtitle": "Version, license, source, and update check."
       }
     },
     "carrier": "Opérateur",
diff --git a/messages/it.json b/messages/it.json
index 5485270fa..fa665b2ce 100644
--- a/messages/it.json
+++ b/messages/it.json
@@ -2438,6 +2438,10 @@
       "danger-zone": {
         "title": "Danger Zone",
         "subtitle": "Destructive system-wide operations."
+      },
+      "about": {
+        "title": "About",
+        "subtitle": "Version, license, source, and update check."
       }
     },
     "carrier": "Operatore",
diff --git a/messages/pl.json b/messages/pl.json
index 89e6390c5..b17f4c127 100644
--- a/messages/pl.json
+++ b/messages/pl.json
@@ -2438,6 +2438,10 @@
       "danger-zone": {
         "title": "Danger Zone",
         "subtitle": "Destructive system-wide operations."
+      },
+      "about": {
+        "title": "About",
+        "subtitle": "Version, license, source, and update check."
       }
     },
     "carrier": "Operator",
diff --git a/src/app/admin/[section]/renderer.tsx b/src/app/admin/[section]/renderer.tsx
index dd22db0bc..304cbf512 100644
--- a/src/app/admin/[section]/renderer.tsx
+++ b/src/app/admin/[section]/renderer.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import type { JSX } from "react";
 
 import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/use-auth";
 import { useTranslations } from "@/lib/i18n/context";
+import { AboutSection } from "@/components/settings/about-section";
 import { AiQualitySection } from "@/components/admin/ai-quality-section";
 import { AssistantSection } from "@/components/admin/assistant-section";
 import { CoachFeedbackSection } from "@/components/admin/coach-feedback-section";
@@ -185,6 +186,11 @@ export function AdminSectionRenderer({
           <DangerZoneSection />
         </SectionFrame>
       );
+    case "about":
+      // v1.4.36 W4e — About section reused as-is from the settings
+      // surface. The component owns its own heading + cards layout
+      // so no SectionFrame wrapper.
+      return <AboutSection />;
     default:
       slug satisfies never;
       return null;
diff --git a/src/components/admin/admin-shell.tsx b/src/components/admin/admin-shell.tsx
index 65a764c62..d0da17c02 100644
--- a/src/components/admin/admin-shell.tsx
+++ b/src/components/admin/admin-shell.tsx
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
   Bell,
   Database,
   FileText,
+  Info,
   KeyRound,
   Inbox,
   Plug,
@@ -125,6 +126,12 @@ export const ADMIN_SECTIONS: readonly AdminSection[] = [
     titleKey: "admin.section.danger-zone.title",
     icon: ShieldAlert,
   },
+  // v1.4.36 W4e — About / version / update check folded into Admin.
+  {
+    slug: "about",
+    titleKey: "admin.section.about.title",
+    icon: Info,
+  },
 ] as const;
 
 export interface AdminShellProps {
diff --git a/src/components/admin/section-slugs.ts b/src/components/admin/section-slugs.ts
index 449a07560..d5a20e925 100644
--- a/src/components/admin/section-slugs.ts
+++ b/src/components/admin/section-slugs.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ export const ADMIN_SECTION_SLUGS = [
   "app-logs",
   "backups",
   "danger-zone",
+  // v1.4.36 W4e — About / version / update check folded into Admin
+  // Console. Lives at /admin/about; the legacy /settings/about route
+  // is unlinked from the user-card dropdown.
+  "about",
 ] as const;
 
 export type AdminSectionSlug = (typeof ADMIN_SECTION_SLUGS)[number];
diff --git a/src/components/layout/sidebar-nav.tsx b/src/components/layout/sidebar-nav.tsx
index 9da47bdc9..8a4249bc0 100644
--- a/src/components/layout/sidebar-nav.tsx
+++ b/src/components/layout/sidebar-nav.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import {
   ChevronsLeft,
   ChevronsRight,
   Home,
-  Info,
   Lightbulb,
   LogOut,
   Monitor,
@@ -144,17 +143,10 @@ function SidebarUserSection({ collapsed }: { collapsed: boolean }) {
           {t("nav.notifications")}
         </Link>
       </DropdownMenuItem>
-      {/* v1.4.33 IW7 — "About" used to live as its own Settings
-          section but the three small cards inside (identity / links /
-          update check) collectively get read once or twice a year, so
-          the top-level slot has been collapsed into this dropdown. The
-          route stays alive at `/settings/about`. */}
-      <DropdownMenuItem asChild>
-        <Link href="/settings/about" className="cursor-pointer">
-          <Info className="mr-2 h-4 w-4" />
-          {t("nav.about")}
-        </Link>
-      </DropdownMenuItem>
+      {/* v1.4.36 W4e — About moved into the Admin Console
+          (`/admin/about`). Admins reach it through the Admin sidebar
+          and the mobile section strip; non-admin users see the
+          public `/about` landing instead. */}
       <DropdownMenuSub>
         <DropdownMenuSubTrigger>
           {themeIcon}
diff --git a/src/components/layout/top-bar.tsx b/src/components/layout/top-bar.tsx
index 3564e19a3..aa9071014 100644
--- a/src/components/layout/top-bar.tsx
+++ b/src/components/layout/top-bar.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import {
   Bell,
   ChevronDown,
-  Info,
   LogIn,
   LogOut,
   Monitor,
@@ -95,15 +94,10 @@ export function TopBar() {
                   {t("nav.notifications")}
                 </Link>
               </DropdownMenuItem>
-              {/* v1.4.33 IW7 — "About" folded out of Settings into the
-                  user-card dropdown; mobile dropdown mirrors the
-                  desktop sidebar so the entry shows up here too. */}
-              <DropdownMenuItem asChild>
-                <Link href="/settings/about" className="cursor-pointer">
-                  <Info className="mr-2 h-4 w-4" />
-                  {t("nav.about")}
-                </Link>
-              </DropdownMenuItem>
+              {/* v1.4.36 W4e — About moved into the Admin Console
+                  (`/admin/about`). The dropdown entry was redundant
+                  for the small audience that still reaches it (admins
+                  only, on the order of once or twice a year). */}
               <DropdownMenuSub>
                 <DropdownMenuSubTrigger>
                   {themeIcon}