diff --git a/src/components/layout/__tests__/useConnectionSwitching.test.ts b/src/components/layout/__tests__/useConnectionSwitching.test.ts
index 99381478..4baecf89 100644
--- a/src/components/layout/__tests__/useConnectionSwitching.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/layout/__tests__/useConnectionSwitching.test.ts
@@ -110,4 +110,29 @@ describe("editor tab and selected connection agree (#788)", () => {
     expect(activeTab()?.connectionId).toBe("sqlite-1");
     expect(useEditorStore.getState().tabs.find((t) => t.id === "tab-0")?.connectionId).toBe("dev");
   });
+
+  it("drops the old server's profile from a tab a SQLite file takes over (#962)", () => {
+    // The tab's server is gone, so the file takes the tab rather than a new one.
+    setConnections([], null);
+    const { result } = renderHook(() => useConnectionSwitching());
+    useSqliteStore.setState({ sessions: [{ id: "sqlite-1", path: "data.db" } as unknown as SqliteSession] });
+
+    act(() => result.current.attachSqliteSession("sqlite-1"));
+
+    expect(activeTab()?.id).toBe("tab-0");
+    expect(activeTab()?.connectionId).toBe("sqlite-1");
+    // Kept, it would reconnect p-dev and bind the tab back to it at the next start.
+    expect(activeTab()?.profileId).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it("replaces the old server's profile on a tab a new server takes over", () => {
+    setConnections([], null);
+    const { result } = renderHook(() => useConnectionSwitching());
+    setConnections([prod], "prod");
+
+    act(() => result.current.attachNewConnection(prod));
+
+    expect(activeTab()?.id).toBe("tab-0");
+    expect(activeTab()?.profileId).toBe("p-prod");
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/components/layout/useConnectionSwitching.ts b/src/components/layout/useConnectionSwitching.ts
index 9ea8235f..7e8e9942 100644
--- a/src/components/layout/useConnectionSwitching.ts
+++ b/src/components/layout/useConnectionSwitching.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,10 @@ export function useConnectionSwitching() {
     if (active && !activeHasServer) {
       // Only a tab with no live server is taken over, so this does not
       // normally move a session; through the guard all the same (#843).
-      requestTabConnection(active.id, connectionId, conn?.database ?? undefined, conn?.profile_id);
+      // A SQLite file has no profile. `null` drops the one the tab still has
+      // from the server it was on, which would otherwise send it back there
+      // at the next start (#962).
+      requestTabConnection(active.id, connectionId, conn?.database ?? undefined, conn?.profile_id ?? null);
       return;
     }
     openTabFor(connectionId, conn);
diff --git a/src/components/schema/SchemaTree.tsx b/src/components/schema/SchemaTree.tsx
index bfec03ab..3708c593 100644
--- a/src/components/schema/SchemaTree.tsx
+++ b/src/components/schema/SchemaTree.tsx
@@ -129,7 +129,9 @@ export function SchemaTree({ connectionId }: { connectionId: string }) {
   const selectDatabase = (dbName: string) => {
     if (!activeTabId) return;
     const conn = activeConnections.find((c) => c.id === connectionId);
-    requestTabConnection(activeTabId, connectionId, dbName, conn?.profile_id);
+    // `null` for a tree with no profile (a SQLite file), so the tab does not
+    // keep the profile of the server it is moved from (#962).
+    requestTabConnection(activeTabId, connectionId, dbName, conn?.profile_id ?? null);
   };
 
   // Tracks pending single-click timers keyed by "db.name"
diff --git a/src/stores/editorStore.ts b/src/stores/editorStore.ts
index a0932c73..a1f99d6a 100644
--- a/src/stores/editorStore.ts
+++ b/src/stores/editorStore.ts
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ interface EditorState {
    * server where its transaction is open (#843). `setTabConnection` sets it
    * unconditionally.
    */
-  requestTabConnection: (id: string, connectionId: string, database?: string, profileId?: string) => void;
+  requestTabConnection: (id: string, connectionId: string, database?: string, profileId?: string | null) => void;
   setActiveTab: (id: string) => void;
   updateTabContent: (id: string, content: string) => void;
   /**