diff --git a/web-admin/src/features/projects/ProjectTabs.svelte b/web-admin/src/features/projects/ProjectTabs.svelte
index 0c951097c68..313bf234104 100644
--- a/web-admin/src/features/projects/ProjectTabs.svelte
+++ b/web-admin/src/features/projects/ProjectTabs.svelte
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   } from "@rilldata/web-admin//components/nav/Tab.svelte";
   import Tab from "@rilldata/web-admin/components/nav/Tab.svelte";
   import { removeBranchFromPath } from "@rilldata/web-admin/features/branches/branch-utils";
+  import { viewAsUserStore } from "@rilldata/web-admin/features/view-as-user/viewAsUserStore";
   import { featureFlags } from "@rilldata/web-common/features/feature-flags";
   import { type V1ProjectPermissions } from "../../client";
 
@@ -16,48 +17,59 @@
 
   const { chat, reports, alerts } = featureFlags;
 
-  $: tabs = [
-    {
-      route: `/${organization}/${project}${branchPrefix}`,
-      label: "Home",
-      hasPermission: true,
-    },
-    {
-      route: `/${organization}/${project}${branchPrefix}/-/ai`,
-      label: "AI",
-      hasPermission: $chat,
-    },
-    {
-      route: `/${organization}/${project}${branchPrefix}/-/dashboards`,
-      label: "Dashboards",
-      hasPermission: true,
-    },
-    {
-      route: `/${organization}/${project}${branchPrefix}/-/query`,
-      label: "Query",
-      hasPermission: false,
-    },
-    {
-      route: `/${organization}/${project}${branchPrefix}/-/reports`,
-      label: "Reports",
-      hasPermission: $reports,
-    },
-    {
-      route: `/${organization}/${project}${branchPrefix}/-/alerts`,
-      label: "Alerts",
-      hasPermission: $alerts,
-    },
-    {
-      route: `/${organization}/${project}${branchPrefix}/-/status`,
-      label: "Status",
-      hasPermission: projectPermissions.manageProject,
-    },
-    {
-      route: `/${organization}/${project}${branchPrefix}/-/settings`,
-      label: "Settings",
-      hasPermission: projectPermissions.manageProject,
-    },
-  ];
+  // While "View As" is active, the project view is scoped to dashboards
+  // only — other tabs (Home, AI, Reports, Alerts, Status, Settings) are
+  // hidden and their routes redirect in the project layout.
+  $: tabs = $viewAsUserStore
+    ? [
+        {
+          route: `/${organization}/${project}${branchPrefix}/-/dashboards`,
+          label: "Dashboards",
+          hasPermission: true,
+        },
+      ]
+    : [
+        {
+          route: `/${organization}/${project}${branchPrefix}`,
+          label: "Home",
+          hasPermission: true,
+        },
+        {
+          route: `/${organization}/${project}${branchPrefix}/-/ai`,
+          label: "AI",
+          hasPermission: $chat,
+        },
+        {
+          route: `/${organization}/${project}${branchPrefix}/-/dashboards`,
+          label: "Dashboards",
+          hasPermission: true,
+        },
+        {
+          route: `/${organization}/${project}${branchPrefix}/-/query`,
+          label: "Query",
+          hasPermission: false,
+        },
+        {
+          route: `/${organization}/${project}${branchPrefix}/-/reports`,
+          label: "Reports",
+          hasPermission: $reports,
+        },
+        {
+          route: `/${organization}/${project}${branchPrefix}/-/alerts`,
+          label: "Alerts",
+          hasPermission: $alerts,
+        },
+        {
+          route: `/${organization}/${project}${branchPrefix}/-/status`,
+          label: "Status",
+          hasPermission: projectPermissions.manageProject,
+        },
+        {
+          route: `/${organization}/${project}${branchPrefix}/-/settings`,
+          label: "Settings",
+          hasPermission: projectPermissions.manageProject,
+        },
+      ];
 
   $: selectedIndex = tabs?.findLastIndex((t) => isSelected(t.route, pathname));
 
diff --git a/web-admin/src/routes/[organization]/[project]/+layout.svelte b/web-admin/src/routes/[organization]/[project]/+layout.svelte
index ec31aef10f0..a5abf09951b 100644
--- a/web-admin/src/routes/[organization]/[project]/+layout.svelte
+++ b/web-admin/src/routes/[organization]/[project]/+layout.svelte
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     branchPathPrefix,
     extractBranchFromPath,
     handleBranchNavigation,
+    removeBranchFromPath,
   } from "@rilldata/web-admin/features/branches/branch-utils";
   import {
     V1DeploymentStatus,
@@ -109,6 +110,21 @@
     };
   });
 
+  // While "View As" is active, scope the project view to dashboards only.
+  // Any other project page (Home, AI, Reports, Alerts, Status, Settings) is
+  // redirected — entering View As is a deliberate "see what they see" mode,
+  // and admin surfaces aren't part of that.
+  $effect(() => {
+    if (!$viewAsUserStore) return;
+    if (!onProjectPage) return;
+    const dashboardsPath = `/${organization}/${project}${branchPrefix}/-/dashboards`;
+    const normalizedPath = removeBranchFromPath(page.url.pathname);
+    const normalizedDashboards = removeBranchFromPath(dashboardsPath);
+    if (!normalizedPath.startsWith(normalizedDashboards)) {
+      void goto(dashboardsPath);
+    }
+  });
+
   // --- Queries (three auth strategies; cookie and token are mutually exclusive,
   //     mock is an overlay that runs in parallel when View As is active) ---