diff --git a/src/renderer/App.tsx b/src/renderer/App.tsx
index c9f0294..e559044 100644
--- a/src/renderer/App.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/App.tsx
@@ -4805,6 +4805,20 @@ export function App(): ReactElement {
   }), [actionBusy, columnOrder, downloadDisclosureRevision, downloadPackageSpeeds, downloadQueueTotalBytes, downloadRemaining, downloadsSortColumn, downloadsSortDescending, downloadsViewCore, editingName, editingPackageId, gridTemplate, liveDownloadSpeedBps, providerStats.length, scheduleCountdown, schedulePickerOpen, scheduleTimeInput, snapshot.canPause, snapshot.canStart, snapshot.canStop, snapshot.clipboardActive, snapshot.etaText, snapshot.reconnectSeconds, snapshot.session.items, snapshot.session.paused, snapshot.session.reconnectReason, snapshot.session.running, snapshot.settings.animatePackageDisclosure, snapshot.settings.scheduledStartEpochMs, snapshot.stats.totalDownloaded, snapshot.stats.totalPackages]);
 
   const downloadsActions: DownloadsViewActions = {
+    onResetColumnLayout: () => {
+      if (columnDragSettleTimerRef.current !== null) {
+        window.clearTimeout(columnDragSettleTimerRef.current);
+        columnDragSettleTimerRef.current = null;
+      }
+      cancelColumnDragAnimations();
+      if (columnDragSessionRef.current) {
+        clearDownloadColumnDrag(columnDragSessionRef.current);
+        columnDragSessionRef.current = null;
+      }
+      setColumnOrder(DEFAULT_COLUMN_ORDER);
+      persistColumnOrder(DEFAULT_COLUMN_ORDER);
+      showToast("Spaltenlayout zurückgesetzt", 1800);
+    },
     onDisplayModeChange: setDownloadDisplayMode,
     onFilterChange: setDownloadFilter,
     onProviderFilterChange: setDownloadProviderFilter,
diff --git a/tests/app-shell.test.tsx b/tests/app-shell.test.tsx
index 9c7ed46..e763867 100644
--- a/tests/app-shell.test.tsx
+++ b/tests/app-shell.test.tsx
@@ -83,6 +83,16 @@ describe("desktop shell", () => {
     expect(pointerUp).toContain("snapshot.settings.animatePackageDisclosure");
   });
 
+  it("resets the download columns immediately and persists the default order", () => {
+    const source = readFileSync(new URL("../src/renderer/App.tsx", import.meta.url), "utf8");
+    const actions = source.slice(source.indexOf("const downloadsActions"), source.indexOf("const statisticsActions"));
+
+    expect(actions).toContain("onResetColumnLayout");
+    expect(actions).toContain("setColumnOrder(DEFAULT_COLUMN_ORDER)");
+    expect(actions).toContain("persistColumnOrder(DEFAULT_COLUMN_ORDER)");
+    expect(actions).toContain('showToast("Spaltenlayout zurückgesetzt"');
+  });
+
   it("keeps application menus mounted for animated opening and closing", () => {
     const source = readFileSync(new URL("../src/renderer/App.tsx", import.meta.url), "utf8");
     const css = readFileSync(new URL("../src/renderer/styles.css", import.meta.url), "utf8");