diff --git a/CONTEXT.md b/CONTEXT.md
index 6f4b852c..bd4127a9 100644
--- a/CONTEXT.md
+++ b/CONTEXT.md
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
 - **Sensitive information**: Server passwords, plugin options (sensitive in their entirety), and nonempty user-provided remote URLs, including subscription, external PAC, and custom GFW List URLs.
 - **Credential exposure boundary**: This product reduces accidental disclosure and exposure to other user accounts, but does not guarantee protection against a compromised same-user process, root access, or APFS snapshots and backups; it does not promise secure erasure.
 - **Credential reference**: A non-secret association from a server configuration, subscription, or remote-URL setting to its durable credential; the credential value is kept outside the configuration tree and resolved only when needed.
+- **System-level shortcut**: A user-configurable keyboard action registered by the app that can trigger an app action even when the app has no focus.
+  _Avoid_: global hotkey, global shortcut.
+- **Window-local default action shortcut**: A keyboard action bound to the focused app window or form context, such as confirming a dialog; it is distinct from a system-level shortcut.
 
 ## Relationships and invariants
 
diff --git a/ShadowsocksX-NG2/App/GlobalShortcuts.swift b/ShadowsocksX-NG2/App/GlobalShortcuts.swift
deleted file mode 100644
index 809f9c20..00000000
--- a/ShadowsocksX-NG2/App/GlobalShortcuts.swift
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-import KeyboardShortcuts
-
-/// 全局快捷键（spec #21 D11，issue #31）：开关代理、切换模式两个系统级热键。
-/// 快捷键不迁移 Legacy（D12），用 2.0 默认键位（Name.initialShortcut：用户
-/// 未改过即生效）；编辑 UI 在设置区（#33）。
-extension KeyboardShortcuts.Name {
-  /// ⌃⌥⌘S：开关代理。
-  static let toggleProxy = Self(
-    "toggleProxy",
-    initial: .init(.s, modifiers: [.control, .option, .command]))
-  /// ⌃⌥⌘M：在 PAC / 全局 / 手动三个内置模式间循环切换。
-  static let cycleProxyMode = Self(
-    "cycleProxyMode",
-    initial: .init(.m, modifiers: [.control, .option, .command]))
-}
-
-enum GlobalShortcuts {
-  /// 接线快捷键动作（应用启动时调用一次）。两个动作都与菜单栏同名项走同一
-  /// 控制器入口，状态一致由 @Published 事实来源保证；「开关代理」的意图判定
-  /// 与菜单开关联用同一 `isOn(state:)` 口径（含启动失败等中间态的「开」判定）。
-  @MainActor
-  static func wire(controller: ProxyRuntimeController) {
-    KeyboardShortcuts.onKeyUp(for: .toggleProxy) {
-      Task { @MainActor in
-        await controller.setProxyEnabled(!StatusMenuModel.isOn(state: controller.state))
-      }
-    }
-    KeyboardShortcuts.onKeyUp(for: .cycleProxyMode) {
-      Task { @MainActor in
-        await controller.setProxyMode(
-          StatusMenuModel.nextMode(
-            after: controller.proxyMode, availableModes: controller.settings.enabledModes))
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/ShadowsocksX-NG2/App/MainApp.swift b/ShadowsocksX-NG2/App/MainApp.swift
index 0c52afca..c41d53f5 100644
--- a/ShadowsocksX-NG2/App/MainApp.swift
+++ b/ShadowsocksX-NG2/App/MainApp.swift
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ struct ShadowsocksXNG2App: App {
     MenuBarExtra("ShadowsocksX-NG 2.0", systemImage: "network") {
       ProxyStatusMenu(controller: proxyController, catalogWorkflow: catalogWorkflow)
         .task {
-          // 全局快捷键（issue #31）：开关代理、切换模式，与菜单项同一入口。
-          GlobalShortcuts.wire(controller: proxyController)
           await proxyController.resyncOnLaunch()
         }
     }
diff --git a/ShadowsocksX-NG2/App/SettingsView.swift b/ShadowsocksX-NG2/App/SettingsView.swift
index 603f4f23..bc3e9999 100644
--- a/ShadowsocksX-NG2/App/SettingsView.swift
+++ b/ShadowsocksX-NG2/App/SettingsView.swift
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import AppKit
-import KeyboardShortcuts
 import SwiftUI
 
 /// Native macOS settings for issue #33. The view edits one local snapshot and
@@ -66,7 +64,7 @@ struct SettingsView: View {
       }
       Button("取消", role: .cancel) {}
     } message: {
-      Text("端口、监听范围、快捷键意图和 PAC 设置都会恢复为出厂值。")
+      Text("端口、监听范围和 PAC 设置都会恢复为出厂值。")
     }
   }
 
@@ -88,13 +86,6 @@ struct SettingsView: View {
           .foregroundStyle(.red)
       }
 
-      LabeledContent("全局快捷键") {
-        VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 8) {
-          KeyboardShortcuts.Recorder("开关代理", name: .toggleProxy)
-          KeyboardShortcuts.Recorder("切换模式", name: .cycleProxyMode)
-        }
-      }
-
       Picker("系统代理模式", selection: modeBinding) {
         if isModeAvailable(.pac) {
           Text(ProxyMode.pac.label).tag(ProxyMode.pac)
@@ -407,7 +398,6 @@ extension SettingsView {
     Task { @MainActor in
       do {
         try await proxyController.resetPreferences()
-        KeyboardShortcuts.reset(.toggleProxy, .cycleProxyMode)
         loginController.resetToDefaults()
         draft = proxyController.settings
         refreshPortOccupancy()
diff --git a/ShadowsocksX-NG2/App/StatusMenuModel.swift b/ShadowsocksX-NG2/App/StatusMenuModel.swift
index 9e8a64e4..99097cc3 100644
--- a/ShadowsocksX-NG2/App/StatusMenuModel.swift
+++ b/ShadowsocksX-NG2/App/StatusMenuModel.swift
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ enum StatusMenuModel {
       targetPath: targetPath)
   }
 
-  /// 代理开关的当前意图（菜单开关与全局快捷键共用的同一判定）：启动失败等
-  /// 中间态视为未开——两个入口的下一步动作都是「启动」。
+  /// 代理开关的当前意图（状态菜单与当前运行端口判断共用同一判定）：启动失败等
+  /// 中间态视为未开——状态菜单的下一步动作是「启动」。
   static func isOn(state: ProxyRuntimeController.ProxyState) -> Bool {
     switch state {
     case .off, .launchFailed, .activationFailed, .serviceFailed:
@@ -78,29 +78,6 @@ enum StatusMenuModel {
     return "export http_proxy=\(endpoint);export https_proxy=\(endpoint);"
   }
 
-  /// 全局快捷键「切换模式」的循环序：仅内置三模式参与；外部 PAC 的 URL 只能
-  /// 在设置区配置（#33），不进循环——快捷键从外部 PAC 回到第一个可用内置模式。
-  static func nextMode(
-    after mode: ProxyMode,
-    availableModes: Set<ProxyModeKind> = ProxySettings.defaultEnabledModes
-  ) -> ProxyMode {
-    let cycle = [ProxyModeKind.pac, .global, .manual].filter(availableModes.contains)
-    guard !cycle.isEmpty else { return mode }
-    guard let currentIndex = cycle.firstIndex(of: mode.kind) else {
-      return proxyMode(for: cycle[0])
-    }
-    return proxyMode(for: cycle[(currentIndex + 1) % cycle.count])
-  }
-
-  private static func proxyMode(for kind: ProxyModeKind) -> ProxyMode {
-    switch kind {
-    case .pac: .pac
-    case .global: .global
-    case .manual: .manual
-    case .externalPAC: .pac
-    }
-  }
-
   /// 活动目标的显示名路径（根 → 节点，" / " 连接）；基于目录树 projection
   /// 派生（issue #41）。未激活或目标已不在树中为 nil。
   static func targetPath(in nodes: [CatalogTreeNode], activeTargetID: NodeID?) -> String? {
diff --git a/ShadowsocksX-NG2/Tests/StatusMenuModelTests.swift b/ShadowsocksX-NG2/Tests/StatusMenuModelTests.swift
index 5fb5cab9..c3f9c333 100644
--- a/ShadowsocksX-NG2/Tests/StatusMenuModelTests.swift
+++ b/ShadowsocksX-NG2/Tests/StatusMenuModelTests.swift
@@ -83,31 +83,6 @@ final class StatusMenuModelTests: XCTestCase {
     XCTAssertNil(StatusMenuModel.httpExportLine(settings: settings))
   }
 
-  // MARK: - 全局快捷键「切换模式」循环
-
-  func testNextModeCyclesBuiltinModes() {
-    XCTAssertEqual(StatusMenuModel.nextMode(after: .pac), .global)
-    XCTAssertEqual(StatusMenuModel.nextMode(after: .global), .manual)
-    XCTAssertEqual(StatusMenuModel.nextMode(after: .manual), .pac)
-  }
-
-  func testNextModeFromExternalPACReturnsToPAC() {
-    XCTAssertEqual(
-      StatusMenuModel.nextMode(after: .externalPAC(URL(string: "http://example.com/pac")!)),
-      .pac)
-  }
-
-  func testNextModeSkipsLegacyDisabledModes() {
-    let enabledModes: Set<ProxyModeKind> = [.pac, .manual]
-
-    XCTAssertEqual(
-      StatusMenuModel.nextMode(after: .pac, availableModes: enabledModes),
-      .manual)
-    XCTAssertEqual(
-      StatusMenuModel.nextMode(after: .manual, availableModes: enabledModes),
-      .pac)
-  }
-
   // MARK: - 活动目标路径（目录树 projection 派生，issue #41）
 
   /// 目录树 projection 构建夹具（同工作流 module 的推导路径）。
diff --git a/ShadowsocksX-NG2/project.yml b/ShadowsocksX-NG2/project.yml
index 03a93d11..1d2d1afe 100644
--- a/ShadowsocksX-NG2/project.yml
+++ b/ShadowsocksX-NG2/project.yml
@@ -4,12 +4,6 @@ options:
   developmentLanguage: zh-Hans
   deploymentTarget:
     macOS: "15.0"
-# Swift 包依赖：全局快捷键（spec #21 D11，issue #31）用 KeyboardShortcuts；
-# 快捷键不迁移 Legacy（D12），默认键位见 App/GlobalShortcuts.swift。
-packages:
-  KeyboardShortcuts:
-    url: https://github.com/sindresorhus/KeyboardShortcuts
-    from: 3.1.0
 settings:
   base:
     ARCHS: arm64
@@ -96,8 +90,6 @@ targets:
         copy:
           destination: wrapper
           subpath: Contents/MacOS
-      # 全局快捷键（D11，issue #31）：开关代理、切换模式。
-      - package: KeyboardShortcuts
   ShadowsocksX-NG2Agent:
     type: tool
     platform: macOS
diff --git a/docs/adr/0003-remove-system-level-shortcuts.md b/docs/adr/0003-remove-system-level-shortcuts.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a8065c4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/adr/0003-remove-system-level-shortcuts.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Remove system-level shortcuts from NG2
+
+NG2 no longer provides user-configurable system-level shortcuts for toggling the proxy or cycling proxy modes. We remove the `KeyboardShortcuts` integration and keep status-menu controls and window-local default action shortcuts; Legacy remains frozen, and existing stored shortcut preferences are neither migrated nor proactively cleaned up.
+
+## Considered options
+
+- Keep the feature or replace it with another global shortcut library: rejected because the product now has an explicit menu-driven interaction boundary and no approved replacement gesture.
+- Remove only the UI while retaining the dependency and handlers: rejected because it would leave an invisible system-level behavior and dead configuration state.
+
+## Consequences
+
+- Proxy enablement and mode selection remain available from the status menu and settings/window flows.
+- The `nextMode` helper and its tests are removed because no remaining product behavior needs implicit mode cycling.
+- Historical Legacy research and prior ADRs remain unchanged as historical records.