diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 701baad5d3..aabfd08883 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 - replace BlueprintJS Button, Icon, Radio, RadioGroup, Collapse, Dialog with our implementation #4006, #4226
 - Update `@deltachat/stdio-rpc-server` and `deltachat/jsonrpc-client` to `1.147.1`
 - Update proxy configuration - a full url can be entered now
+- show "Mark All As Read" in account menu unconditionally #4234
 
 ### Fixed
 - fix that you can not click header button in dialog when they are on top of the navbar #4093
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@
 - some reactions dialog items not being clickable on secondary accounts (profiles) #4228
 - target-electron: make sure log of stdio server is also logged to file
 - improve accessibility a little #4133
+- fix "Mark All As Read" in account menu mark also archived chats as read
 - use authname instead of displayname for vcard filename #4233
 
 
diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/components/AccountListSidebar/AccountItem.tsx b/packages/frontend/src/components/AccountListSidebar/AccountItem.tsx
index be93e2c828..8fc67d78df 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/src/components/AccountListSidebar/AccountItem.tsx
+++ b/packages/frontend/src/components/AccountListSidebar/AccountItem.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import Icon from '../Icon'
 
 import styles from './styles.module.scss'
 
-import type { T } from '@deltachat/jsonrpc-client'
+import { C, type T } from '@deltachat/jsonrpc-client'
 import { openMapWebxdc } from '../../system-integration/webxdc'
 
 type Props = {
@@ -73,13 +73,6 @@ export default function AccountItem({
   const bgSyncDisabled = syncAllAccounts === false && !isSelected
 
   const { onContextMenu, isContextMenuActive } = useContextMenuWithActiveState([
-    !bgSyncDisabled &&
-      unreadCount > 0 && {
-        label: tx('mark_all_as_read'),
-        action: () => {
-          markAccountAsRead(account.id)
-        },
-      },
     muted
       ? {
           label: tx('menu_unmute'),
@@ -113,6 +106,12 @@ export default function AccountItem({
         openMapWebxdc(account.id)
       },
     },
+    {
+      label: tx('mark_all_as_read'),
+      action: () => {
+        markAccountAsRead(account.id)
+      },
+    },
     {
       label: tx('menu_settings'),
       action: async () => {
@@ -251,6 +250,8 @@ async function markAccountAsRead(accountId: number) {
       }
     }
   }
+  // Add archived chats to also mark them as read
+  uniqueChatIds.add(C.DC_CHAT_ID_ARCHIVED_LINK)
 
   for (const chatId of uniqueChatIds) {
     await EffectfulBackendActions.marknoticedChat(accountId, chatId)