diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/presentation/more/settings/screen/SettingsLibraryScreen.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/presentation/more/settings/screen/SettingsLibraryScreen.kt
index 4d58a79b5..22d48fe72 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/presentation/more/settings/screen/SettingsLibraryScreen.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/presentation/more/settings/screen/SettingsLibraryScreen.kt
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import uy.kohesive.injekt.Injekt
 import uy.kohesive.injekt.api.get
 
 object SettingsLibraryScreen : SearchableSettings {
+    @Suppress("unused")
     private fun readResolve(): Any = SettingsLibraryScreen
 
     @Composable
@@ -291,6 +292,12 @@ object SettingsLibraryScreen : SearchableSettings {
                     preference = libraryPreferences.hideMissingChapters(),
                     title = stringResource(MR.strings.pref_hide_missing_chapter_indicators),
                 ),
+                // KMK -->
+                Preference.PreferenceItem.SwitchPreference(
+                    preference = libraryPreferences.showEmptyCategoriesSearch(),
+                    title = stringResource(KMR.strings.pref_show_empty_categories_search),
+                ),
+                // KMK <--
             ),
         )
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/library/LibraryScreenModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/library/LibraryScreenModel.kt
index b78a37398..6d4034b10 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/library/LibraryScreenModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/library/LibraryScreenModel.kt
@@ -252,7 +252,8 @@ class LibraryScreenModel(
                 combine(
                     libraryPreferences.sortingMode().changes(),
                     libraryPreferences.showHiddenCategories().changes(),
-                    ::Pair,
+                    libraryPreferences.showEmptyCategoriesSearch().changes(),
+                    ::Triple,
                 ),
                 combine(
                     state.map { it.filterCategory }.distinctUntilChanged(),
@@ -260,7 +261,7 @@ class LibraryScreenModel(
                     ::Pair,
                 ),
                 // KMK <--
-            ) { (data, groupType, noActiveFilterOrSearch), (sort, showHiddenCategories), (filterCategory, includedCategories) ->
+            ) { (data, groupType, noActiveFilterOrSearch), (sort, showHiddenCategories, showEmptyCategoriesSearch), (filterCategory, includedCategories) ->
                 data.favorites
                     .applyGrouping(
                         data.categories,
@@ -285,7 +286,7 @@ class LibraryScreenModel(
                     // KMK -->
                     .filter {
                         // Hide empty categories if no active filter or search
-                        noActiveFilterOrSearch || it.value.isNotEmpty()
+                        showEmptyCategoriesSearch || noActiveFilterOrSearch || it.value.isNotEmpty()
                     }
                     .let {
                         // Fall back to default category if no categories are present
@@ -934,7 +935,6 @@ class LibraryScreenModel(
                                 manga.ogTitle,
                                 // SY <--
                                 manga.source,
-
                             )
                     }
                     .let { if (amount != null) it.take(amount) else it }
@@ -946,17 +946,25 @@ class LibraryScreenModel(
 
     // SY -->
     fun cleanTitles() {
+        val regex1 = "\\[.*?]".toRegex()
+        val regex2 = "\\(.*?\\)".toRegex()
+        val regex3 = "\\{.*?\\}".toRegex()
+        val regex4 = ".*\\|".toRegex()
         state.value.selectedManga.fastFilter {
             it.isEhBasedManga() ||
                 it.source in nHentaiSourceIds
         }.fastForEach { manga ->
-            val editedTitle = manga.title.replace("\\[.*?]".toRegex(), "").trim().replace("\\(.*?\\)".toRegex(), "").trim().replace("\\{.*?\\}".toRegex(), "").trim().let {
-                if (it.contains("|")) {
-                    it.replace(".*\\|".toRegex(), "").trim()
-                } else {
-                    it
+            val editedTitle = manga.title
+                .replace(regex1, "").trim()
+                .replace(regex2, "").trim()
+                .replace(regex3, "").trim()
+                .let {
+                    if (it.contains("|")) {
+                        it.replace(regex4, "").trim()
+                    } else {
+                        it
+                    }
                 }
-            }
             if (manga.title == editedTitle) return@fastForEach
             val mangaInfo = CustomMangaInfo(
                 id = manga.id,
diff --git a/domain/src/main/java/tachiyomi/domain/library/service/LibraryPreferences.kt b/domain/src/main/java/tachiyomi/domain/library/service/LibraryPreferences.kt
index 05bcf06e4..258440db2 100644
--- a/domain/src/main/java/tachiyomi/domain/library/service/LibraryPreferences.kt
+++ b/domain/src/main/java/tachiyomi/domain/library/service/LibraryPreferences.kt
@@ -224,6 +224,10 @@ class LibraryPreferences(
     fun autoClearChapterCache() = preferenceStore.getBoolean("auto_clear_chapter_cache", false)
 
     fun hideMissingChapters() = preferenceStore.getBoolean("pref_hide_missing_chapter_indicators", false)
+
+    // KMK -->
+    fun showEmptyCategoriesSearch() = preferenceStore.getBoolean("show_empty_categories_search", false)
+    // KMK <--
     // endregion
 
     // region Swipe Actions
diff --git a/i18n-kmk/src/commonMain/moko-resources/base/strings.xml b/i18n-kmk/src/commonMain/moko-resources/base/strings.xml
index 46a3c99aa..f08f8aaa1 100644
--- a/i18n-kmk/src/commonMain/moko-resources/base/strings.xml
+++ b/i18n-kmk/src/commonMain/moko-resources/base/strings.xml
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
     <string name="action_display_language_icon">Use language icon</string>
     <string name="pref_library_filter_categories_details">Entries in excluded categories will not be shown even if they are also in included categories.</string>
     <string name="updating">Updating</string>
+    <string name="pref_show_empty_categories_search">Show empty categories during search/filtering.</string>
     <!-- Extension section -->
     <string name="extensions_page_need_refresh">Refresh extension page to update list.</string>
     <string name="extensions_page_more">More extensions...</string>