diff --git a/app/src/components/ChartHeader.jsx b/app/src/components/ChartHeader.jsx
index 74fa7dcb..dfe788ba 100644
--- a/app/src/components/ChartHeader.jsx
+++ b/app/src/components/ChartHeader.jsx
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ const ChartHeader = ({
     setShowLegend,
     showOtherGroundTruthSeasons,
     setShowOtherGroundTruthSeasons,
+    showHistogram,
+    setShowHistogram,
   } = useView();
 
   const about = useContext(ChartAboutContext);
@@ -148,6 +150,10 @@ const ChartHeader = ({
               setShowOtherGroundTruthSeasons={setShowOtherGroundTruthSeasons}
               disableOtherGroundTruthSeasons={isSurveillance}
               showIntervals={!isSurveillance}
+              showHistogram={showHistogram}
+              setShowHistogram={
+                viewType === "flu_forecasts" ? setShowHistogram : null
+              }
             />
           </Popover.Dropdown>
         </Popover>
diff --git a/app/src/components/ViewSelector.jsx b/app/src/components/ViewSelector.jsx
index aa12e721..d67fb510 100644
--- a/app/src/components/ViewSelector.jsx
+++ b/app/src/components/ViewSelector.jsx
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@ const ViewSelector = ({ showActive = true, onNavigate }) => {
       label: "Standard view",
       value: DATASETS.flu.defaultView,
     },
-    {
-      label: "Detailed view",
-      value: "fludetailed",
-    },
     {
       label: "Peak forecasts",
       value: "flu_peak",
@@ -63,7 +59,7 @@ const ViewSelector = ({ showActive = true, onNavigate }) => {
   ];
 
   const fluViewValues = new Set(fluViews.map((view) => view.value));
-  const isFluActive = fluViewValues.has(viewType);
+  const isFluActive = fluViewValues.has(viewType) || viewType === "fludetailed";
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (isFluActive) {
diff --git a/app/src/components/controls/ForecastChartControls.jsx b/app/src/components/controls/ForecastChartControls.jsx
index 2b3297ef..adb2d03f 100644
--- a/app/src/components/controls/ForecastChartControls.jsx
+++ b/app/src/components/controls/ForecastChartControls.jsx
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ const ForecastChartControls = ({
   disableOtherGroundTruthSeasons = false,
   showIntervals = true,
   intervalOptions = INTERVAL_OPTIONS,
+  showHistogram = false,
+  setShowHistogram = null,
 }) => {
   const selectedIntervals = intervalOptions
     .filter((option) => intervalVisibility?.[option.value])
@@ -92,6 +94,21 @@ const ForecastChartControls = ({
           offLabel="Off"
         />
       </Group>
+      {typeof setShowHistogram === "function" && (
+        <Group align="center" gap="md">
+          <Text size="xs" c="dimmed" style={{ minWidth: 90 }}>
+            Histogram
+          </Text>
+          <Switch
+            aria-label="Histogram"
+            checked={showHistogram}
+            onChange={(event) => setShowHistogram(event.currentTarget.checked)}
+            size="sm"
+            onLabel="On"
+            offLabel="Off"
+          />
+        </Group>
+      )}
       {typeof setShowOtherGroundTruthSeasons === "function" && (
         <Group align="center" gap="md">
           <Text
diff --git a/app/src/components/views/FluView.jsx b/app/src/components/views/FluView.jsx
index 35f4cfa9..5cf2b08c 100644
--- a/app/src/components/views/FluView.jsx
+++ b/app/src/components/views/FluView.jsx
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ const FluView = ({
     intervalVisibility,
     showLegend,
     showOtherGroundTruthSeasons,
+    showHistogram,
   } = useView();
+  const histogramVisible =
+    viewType === "fludetailed" ||
+    (viewType === "flu_forecasts" && showHistogram);
   const forecasts = data?.forecasts;
   const stableModelOrderRef = useRef([]);
   const stableModelOrder = useMemo(() => {
@@ -90,14 +94,14 @@ const FluView = ({
   ]);
 
   const extraTraces = useMemo(() => {
-    if (viewType !== "fludetailed") return [];
+    if (!histogramVisible) return [];
     return rateChangeData.map((trace) => ({
       ...trace,
       orientation: "h",
       xaxis: "x2",
       yaxis: "y2",
     }));
-  }, [rateChangeData, viewType]);
+  }, [rateChangeData, histogramVisible]);
 
   const activeModels = useMemo(() => {
     const activeModelSet = new Set();
@@ -127,7 +131,7 @@ const FluView = ({
         }
       }
 
-      if (viewType === "fludetailed") {
+      if (histogramVisible) {
         const rateChangeSet = forecastsForDate["wk flu hosp rate change"];
         if (rateChangeSet) {
           Object.keys(rateChangeSet).forEach((model) =>
@@ -138,7 +142,7 @@ const FluView = ({
     });
 
     return activeModelSet;
-  }, [forecasts, selectedDates, selectedTarget, viewType]);
+  }, [forecasts, selectedDates, selectedTarget, viewType, histogramVisible]);
 
   const forecastTarget =
     viewType === "flu" || viewType === "flu_forecasts"
@@ -154,7 +158,7 @@ const FluView = ({
     (baseLayout) => {
       const baseXAxis = {
         ...baseLayout.xaxis,
-        domain: viewType === "fludetailed" ? [0, 0.8] : baseLayout.xaxis.domain,
+        domain: histogramVisible ? [0, 0.8] : baseLayout.xaxis.domain,
       };
 
       const nextLayout = {
@@ -163,7 +167,7 @@ const FluView = ({
         xaxis: baseXAxis,
       };
 
-      if (viewType !== "fludetailed") {
+      if (!histogramVisible) {
         return nextLayout;
       }
 
@@ -207,7 +211,7 @@ const FluView = ({
         },
       };
     },
-    [viewType, lastSelectedDate, colorScheme],
+    [histogramVisible, lastSelectedDate, colorScheme],
   );
 
   if (viewType === "flu_peak") {
diff --git a/app/src/contexts/ViewContext.jsx b/app/src/contexts/ViewContext.jsx
index 81b976e2..275a272b 100644
--- a/app/src/contexts/ViewContext.jsx
+++ b/app/src/contexts/ViewContext.jsx
@@ -401,6 +401,9 @@ export const ViewProvider = ({ children }) => {
   );
   const [showOtherGroundTruthSeasons, setShowOtherGroundTruthSeasons] =
     useState(() => urlManager.getAdvancedParams().showOtherGroundTruthSeasons);
+  const [showHistogram, setShowHistogram] = useState(
+    () => urlManager.getAdvancedParams().showHistogram,
+  );
 
   const {
     data,
@@ -875,6 +878,7 @@ export const ViewProvider = ({ children }) => {
       intervalVisibility: urlIntervals,
       showLegend: urlLegend,
       showOtherGroundTruthSeasons: urlShowOtherGroundTruthSeasons,
+      showHistogram: urlShowHistogram,
     } = urlManager.getAdvancedParams();
 
     if (isSurveillanceView && urlShowOtherGroundTruthSeasons) {
@@ -899,6 +903,9 @@ export const ViewProvider = ({ children }) => {
     if (urlShowOtherGroundTruthSeasons !== showOtherGroundTruthSeasons) {
       setShowOtherGroundTruthSeasons(urlShowOtherGroundTruthSeasons);
     }
+    if (urlShowHistogram !== showHistogram) {
+      setShowHistogram(urlShowHistogram);
+    }
   }, [
     searchParams,
     location.pathname,
@@ -909,6 +916,7 @@ export const ViewProvider = ({ children }) => {
     intervalVisibility,
     showLegend,
     showOtherGroundTruthSeasons,
+    showHistogram,
   ]);
 
   const setChartScaleWithUrl = useCallback(
@@ -956,6 +964,16 @@ export const ViewProvider = ({ children }) => {
     [urlManager, isForecastPage],
   );
 
+  const setShowHistogramWithUrl = useCallback(
+    (nextValue) => {
+      setShowHistogram(nextValue);
+      if (isForecastPage) {
+        urlManager.updateAdvancedParams({ showHistogram: nextValue });
+      }
+    },
+    [urlManager, isForecastPage],
+  );
+
   const contextValue = {
     selectedLocation,
     locationMessage,
@@ -1018,6 +1036,8 @@ export const ViewProvider = ({ children }) => {
     setShowLegend: setShowLegendWithUrl,
     showOtherGroundTruthSeasons,
     setShowOtherGroundTruthSeasons: setShowOtherGroundTruthSeasonsWithUrl,
+    showHistogram,
+    setShowHistogram: setShowHistogramWithUrl,
   };
 
   return (
diff --git a/app/src/utils/urlManager.js b/app/src/utils/urlManager.js
index 688d16b3..2a21e48a 100644
--- a/app/src/utils/urlManager.js
+++ b/app/src/utils/urlManager.js
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ export class URLParameterManager {
     const intervalsParam = this.searchParams.get("intervals");
     const legendParam = this.searchParams.get("legend");
     const otherGtParam = this.searchParams.get("other_gt");
+    const histogramParam = this.searchParams.get("histogram");
 
     const chartScale = normalizeChartScale(scaleParam || DEFAULT_CHART_SCALE);
     let intervalVisibility = { ...DEFAULT_INTERVAL_VISIBILITY };
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ export class URLParameterManager {
       intervalVisibility,
       showLegend,
       showOtherGroundTruthSeasons,
+      showHistogram: histogramParam === "1" || histogramParam === "true",
     };
   }
 
@@ -142,6 +144,7 @@ export class URLParameterManager {
     intervalVisibility,
     showLegend,
     showOtherGroundTruthSeasons,
+    showHistogram,
   }) {
     const updatedParams = new URLSearchParams(this.searchParams);
 
@@ -182,6 +185,14 @@ export class URLParameterManager {
       }
     }
 
+    if (typeof showHistogram === "boolean") {
+      if (showHistogram) {
+        updatedParams.set("histogram", "1");
+      } else {
+        updatedParams.delete("histogram");
+      }
+    }
+
     if (updatedParams.toString() !== this.searchParams.toString()) {
       this.setSearchParams(updatedParams, { replace: true });
     }