diff --git a/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/app/home/controllers/homeController.js b/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/app/home/controllers/homeController.js
index 92c149e6ba..8d84b49e1a 100644
--- a/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/app/home/controllers/homeController.js
+++ b/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/app/home/controllers/homeController.js
@@ -62,12 +62,14 @@ angular.module('home').controller('homeController', ['$scope', '$injector',
     ];
     
     /**
-     * Returns true if recent connections should be displayed on the Guacamole
-     * home page, otherwise false.
+     * Returns whether the "Recent Connections" section should be displayed on
+     * the home screen.
      * 
      * @returns {!boolean}
+     *     true if recent connections should be displayed on the home screen,
+     *     false otherwise.
      */
-    $scope.willShowRecentConnections = function willShowRecentConnections() {
+    $scope.isRecentConnectionsVisible = function isRecentConnectionsVisible() {
         return preferenceService.preferences.showRecentConnections;
     };
 
diff --git a/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/app/home/directives/guacRecentConnections.js b/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/app/home/directives/guacRecentConnections.js
index 57f141f3f2..4be6065248 100644
--- a/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/app/home/directives/guacRecentConnections.js
+++ b/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/app/home/directives/guacRecentConnections.js
@@ -74,16 +74,6 @@ angular.module('home').directive('guacRecentConnections', [function guacRecentCo
                         && guacHistory.removeEntry(recentConnection.entry.id));
             };
             
-            /**
-             * Returns whether or not recent connections should be displayed.
-             * 
-             * @returns {!boolean}
-             *     true if recent connections should be displayed, otherwise false.
-             */
-            $scope.willShowRecentConnections = function willShowRecentConnections() {
-                return preferenceService.preferences.showRecentConnections;
-            };
-
             /**
              * Returns whether recent connections are available for display.
              *
diff --git a/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/app/home/styles/home.css b/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/app/home/styles/home.css
index 7699fe87ed..8ae0486ed6 100644
--- a/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/app/home/styles/home.css
+++ b/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/app/home/styles/home.css
@@ -77,9 +77,12 @@ a.home-connection, .empty.balancer a.home-connection-group {
     display: none;
 }
 
-.header-app-name {
-    font-size: 0.85em;
-    box-shadow: none;
+.recent-connections .connection .remove-recent {
+    visibility: hidden;
+}
+
+.recent-connections .connection:hover .remove-recent {
+    visibility: visible;
 }
 
 .recent-connections .connection .remove-recent::after {
@@ -90,11 +93,10 @@ a.home-connection, .empty.balancer a.home-connection-group {
     background-repeat: no-repeat;
     background-size: contain;
     background-position: center center;
-    background-image: url('images/x.svg');
+    background-image: url('images/x-black.svg');
 }
 
 .recent-connections .connection .remove-recent {
-    background-color: red;
     height: 1em;
     width: 1em;
     position: absolute;
diff --git a/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/app/home/templates/guacRecentConnections.html b/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/app/home/templates/guacRecentConnections.html
index d243974453..2d25bc1db8 100644
--- a/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/app/home/templates/guacRecentConnections.html
+++ b/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/app/home/templates/guacRecentConnections.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<div class="recent-connections" ng-show="willShowRecentConnections()">
+<div class="recent-connections">
 
     <!-- Text displayed if no recent connections exist -->
     <p class="placeholder" ng-hide="hasRecentConnections()">{{'HOME.INFO_NO_RECENT_CONNECTIONS' | translate}}</p>
diff --git a/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/app/home/templates/home.html b/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/app/home/templates/home.html
index 6ba553025a..872ac98033 100644
--- a/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/app/home/templates/home.html
+++ b/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/app/home/templates/home.html
@@ -2,16 +2,14 @@
 
     <div class="connection-list-ui">
 
-        <div class="header header-app-name">
-            <h2 id="section-header-app-name">{{'APP.NAME' | translate}}</h2>
-            <guac-user-menu></guac-user-menu>
-        </div>
-        
         <!-- The recent connections for this user -->
-        <div class="header" ng-show="willShowRecentConnections()">
+        <div class="header" ng-show="isRecentConnectionsVisible()">
             <h2 id="section-header-recent-connections">{{'HOME.SECTION_HEADER_RECENT_CONNECTIONS' | translate}}</h2>
+            <guac-user-menu></guac-user-menu>
         </div>
-        <guac-recent-connections root-groups="rootConnectionGroups" ng-show="willShowRecentConnections()"></guac-recent-connections>
+        <guac-recent-connections
+            root-groups="rootConnectionGroups"
+            ng-show="isRecentConnectionsVisible()"></guac-recent-connections>
 
         <!-- All connections for this user -->
         <div class="header">
@@ -21,6 +19,7 @@ <h2 id="section-header-all-connections">{{'HOME.SECTION_HEADER_ALL_CONNECTIONS'
                 placeholder="'HOME.FIELD_PLACEHOLDER_FILTER' | translate"
                 connection-properties="filteredConnectionProperties"
                 connection-group-properties="filteredConnectionGroupProperties"></guac-group-list-filter>
+            <guac-user-menu></guac-user-menu>
         </div>
         <div class="all-connections">
             <guac-group-list
diff --git a/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/app/index/styles/headers.css b/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/app/index/styles/headers.css
index 245fa398cd..457eb5210b 100644
--- a/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/app/index/styles/headers.css
+++ b/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/app/index/styles/headers.css
@@ -78,9 +78,8 @@ h2 {
     margin-bottom: 0;
 }
 
-.header ~ * .header,
-.header ~ .header {
-    margin-top: 0;
+.header:not(.ng-hide) ~ * .header,
+.header:not(.ng-hide) ~ .header {
     border-top: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.125);
 }
 
@@ -106,3 +105,7 @@ h2 {
     border-left: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.125);
     background-color: transparent;
 }
+
+.header:not(.ng-hide) ~ .header .user-menu {
+    display: none;
+}
diff --git a/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/app/settings/templates/settingsPreferences.html b/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/app/settings/templates/settingsPreferences.html
index 84ebc72300..bf9684295a 100644
--- a/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/app/settings/templates/settingsPreferences.html
+++ b/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/app/settings/templates/settingsPreferences.html
@@ -5,7 +5,25 @@
         <p>{{'SETTINGS_PREFERENCES.HELP_LOCALE' | translate}}</p>
         <guac-form content="localeFields" model="preferences" namespace="'SETTINGS_PREFERENCES'"></guac-form>
     </div>
-    
+
+    <!-- Appearance -->
+    <h2 class="header">{{'SETTINGS_PREFERENCES.SECTION_HEADER_APPEARANCE' | translate}}</h2>
+    <div class="settings section appearance">
+        <p>{{'SETTINGS_PREFERENCES.HELP_APPEARANCE' | translate}}</p>
+        <div class='form'>
+            <table class='fields'>
+                <tr>
+                    <th>{{'SETTINGS_PREFERENCES.FIELD_HEADER_SHOW_RECENT_CONNECTIONS' | translate}}</th>
+                    <td><input ng-model="preferences.showRecentConnections" type="checkbox"/></td>
+                </tr>
+                <tr>
+                    <th>{{'SETTINGS_PREFERENCES.FIELD_HEADER_NUMBER_RECENT_CONNECTIONS' | translate}}</th>
+                    <td><input ng-model="preferences.numberOfRecentConnections" type="number" min="1" max="20"/></td>
+                </tr>
+            </table>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
     <!-- Password update -->
     <h2 class="header" ng-show="canUpdateSelf">{{'SETTINGS_PREFERENCES.SECTION_HEADER_UPDATE_PASSWORD' | translate}}</h2>
     <div class="settings section update-password" ng-show="canUpdateSelf">
@@ -89,24 +107,6 @@ <h2 class="header">{{'SETTINGS_PREFERENCES.SECTION_HEADER_DEFAULT_MOUSE_MODE' |
         </div>
     </div>
     
-    <!-- Recent connections -->
-    <h2 class="header">{{'SETTINGS_PREFERENCES.SECTION_HEADER_RECENT_CONNECTIONS' | translate}}</h2>
-    <div class="settings section recent">
-        <p>{{'SETTINGS_PREFERENCES.HELP_RECENT_CONNECTIONS' | translate}}</p>
-        <div class='form'>
-            <table class='fields'>
-                <tr>
-                    <th>{{'SETTINGS_PREFERENCES.FIELD_HEADER_SHOW_RECENT_CONNECTIONS' | translate}}</th>
-                    <td><input ng-model="preferences.showRecentConnections" type="checkbox"/></td>
-                </tr>
-                <tr>
-                    <th>{{'SETTINGS_PREFERENCES.FIELD_HEADER_NUMBER_RECENT_CONNECTIONS' | translate}}</th>
-                    <td><input ng-model="preferences.numberOfRecentConnections" type="number" min="1" max="20"/></td>
-                </tr>
-            </table>
-        </div>
-    </div>
-
     <!-- User attributes section -->
     <div class="attributes" ng-show="canUpdateSelf && attributes.length">
         <guac-form namespace="'USER_ATTRIBUTES'" content="attributes"
diff --git a/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/images/x-black.svg b/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/images/x-black.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..785889a0e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/images/x-black.svg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="64" height="64"><g style="fill:#000;fill-opacity:1"><path d="M-203.492 487.824h325.537v71.505h-325.537z" style="fill:#000;stroke:none;fill-opacity:1" transform="rotate(-45 -70.224 18.065)scale(.19138)"/><path d="M-686.345 4.971h325.537v71.505h-325.537z" style="fill:#000;stroke:none;fill-opacity:1" transform="scale(-.19138 .19138)rotate(-45 -192.713 -326.21)"/></g></svg>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/translations/en.json b/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/translations/en.json
index 0cd0cc9cf6..a28016b9d1 100644
--- a/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/translations/en.json
+++ b/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/translations/en.json
@@ -1075,6 +1075,7 @@
         "FIELD_HEADER_TIMEZONE"                  : "Timezone:",
         "FIELD_HEADER_USERNAME"                  : "Username:",
         
+        "HELP_APPEARANCE"           : "Here you can enable or disable whether the \"Recent Connections\" section is shown on the home screen, and adjust the number of recent connections included.",
         "HELP_DEFAULT_INPUT_METHOD" : "The default input method determines how keyboard events are received by Guacamole. Changing this setting may be necessary when using a mobile device, or when typing through an IME. This setting can be overridden on a per-connection basis within the Guacamole menu.",
         "HELP_DEFAULT_MOUSE_MODE"   : "The default mouse emulation mode determines how the remote mouse will behave in new connections with respect to touches. This setting can be overridden on a per-connection basis within the Guacamole menu.",
         "HELP_INPUT_METHOD_NONE"    : "@:CLIENT.HELP_INPUT_METHOD_NONE",
@@ -1083,7 +1084,6 @@
         "HELP_LOCALE"               : "Options below are related to the locale of the user and will impact how various parts of the interface are displayed.",
         "HELP_MOUSE_MODE_ABSOLUTE"  : "@:CLIENT.HELP_MOUSE_MODE_ABSOLUTE",
         "HELP_MOUSE_MODE_RELATIVE"  : "@:CLIENT.HELP_MOUSE_MODE_RELATIVE",
-        "HELP_RECENT_CONNECTIONS"   : "Here you can enable or disable recent conections in the Guacamole Home Page, and adjust the number of recent connections that will be displayed.",
         "HELP_UPDATE_PASSWORD"      : "If you wish to change your password, enter your current password and the desired new password below, and click \"Update Password\". The change will take effect immediately.",
 
         "INFO_PASSWORD_CHANGED" : "Password changed.",
@@ -1093,9 +1093,9 @@
         "NAME_INPUT_METHOD_OSK"  : "@:CLIENT.NAME_INPUT_METHOD_OSK",
         "NAME_INPUT_METHOD_TEXT" : "@:CLIENT.NAME_INPUT_METHOD_TEXT",
 
+        "SECTION_HEADER_APPEARANCE"           : "Appearance",
         "SECTION_HEADER_DEFAULT_INPUT_METHOD" : "Default Input Method",
         "SECTION_HEADER_DEFAULT_MOUSE_MODE"   : "Default Mouse Emulation Mode",
-        "SECTION_HEADER_RECENT_CONNECTIONS"   : "Recent Connections Preferences",
         "SECTION_HEADER_UPDATE_PASSWORD"      : "Change Password"
 
     },
diff --git a/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/translations/fr.json b/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/translations/fr.json
index f6477400d3..6149868928 100644
--- a/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/translations/fr.json
+++ b/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/translations/fr.json
@@ -1045,6 +1045,7 @@
         "FIELD_HEADER_TIMEZONE"                  : "Fuseau horaire:",
         "FIELD_HEADER_USERNAME"                  : "Identifiant:",
 
+        "HELP_APPEARANCE"           : "Vous pouvez ici activer ou désactiver les connexions récentes sur la page d'accueil de Guacamole, et ajuster le nombre de connexions récentes qui seront affichées.",
         "HELP_DEFAULT_INPUT_METHOD" : "La méthode de saisie par défaut détermine comment les événements clavier sont reçus par Guacamole. Modifier ce paramètre peut être nécessaire lors de l'utilisation d'un appareil mobile. Ce paramètre peut être remplacé pour chaque connexion dans le menu de Guacamole.",
         "HELP_DEFAULT_MOUSE_MODE"   : "Le mode d'émulation de la souris par défaut détermine le comportement de la souris distante dans de nouvelles connexions par rapport aux touches. Ce paramètre peut être remplacé pour chaque connexion dans le menu Guacamole.",
         "HELP_INPUT_METHOD_NONE"    : "@:CLIENT.HELP_INPUT_METHOD_NONE",
@@ -1053,7 +1054,6 @@
         "HELP_LOCALE"               : "Les options ci-dessous sont liées à la localisation de l'utilisateur et auront un impact sur l'affichage de différentes parties de l'interface.",
         "HELP_MOUSE_MODE_ABSOLUTE"  : "@:CLIENT.HELP_MOUSE_MODE_ABSOLUTE",
         "HELP_MOUSE_MODE_RELATIVE"  : "@:CLIENT.HELP_MOUSE_MODE_RELATIVE",
-        "HELP_RECENT_CONNECTIONS"   : "Vous pouvez ici activer ou désactiver les connexions récentes sur la page d'accueil de Guacamole, et ajuster le nombre de connexions récentes qui seront affichées.",
         "HELP_UPDATE_PASSWORD"      : "Si vous souhaitez changer votre mot de passe, saisissez votre mot de passe actuel ainsi que le nouveau mot de passe souhaité ci-dessous, puis cliquez sur \"Mettre à jour Mot de passe\". Le changement prendra effet immédiatement.",
 
         "INFO_PASSWORD_CHANGED" : "Mot de passe modifié.",
@@ -1065,7 +1065,6 @@
 
         "SECTION_HEADER_DEFAULT_INPUT_METHOD" : "Méthode de saisie par défaut",
         "SECTION_HEADER_DEFAULT_MOUSE_MODE"   : "Mode d'émulation de la souris par défaut",
-        "SECTION_HEADER_RECENT_CONNECTIONS"   : "Préférences des connexions récentes",
         "SECTION_HEADER_UPDATE_PASSWORD"      : "Modifier Mot de passe"
 
     },