diff --git a/config.el b/config.el
index f32b142..7c4c1d4 100644
--- a/config.el
+++ b/config.el
@@ -866,9 +866,13 @@ Skip for beamer exports — beamer uses adjustbox on plain tabular."
 ;;; ============================================================
 
 ;; Always hide file details (permissions, size, date) for VoiceOver.
-;; Toggle with ( in dired/dirvish buffers.
+;; Toggle visibility with ( in dired/dirvish buffers.
+;; Three layers of insurance: dirvish-hide-details, dired-mode-hook,
+;; and dired-after-readin-hook (catches late buffer setup).
 (add-hook 'dired-mode-hook #'dired-hide-details-mode)
-(add-hook 'dirvish-directory-view-mode-hook #'dired-hide-details-mode)
+(add-hook 'dired-after-readin-hook
+          (lambda () (unless dired-hide-details-mode
+                       (dired-hide-details-mode 1))))
 
 ;; Emacs 31 may not autoload dired-read-dir-and-switches early enough
 (require 'dired)
@@ -885,7 +889,8 @@ Skip for beamer exports — beamer uses adjustbox on plain tabular."
 (use-package! dirvish
   :init (dirvish-override-dired-mode)
   :config
-  (setq dirvish-mode-line-format '(:left (sort symlink) :right (omit yank index))
+  (setq dirvish-hide-details t
+        dirvish-mode-line-format '(:left (sort symlink) :right (omit yank index))
         ;; Minimal attributes for VoiceOver: no file-time/file-size by
         ;; default so screen reader reads only filenames.  Toggle full
         ;; details with "D" in dirvish buffers.