diff --git a/cosmic-settings/src/pages/display/mod.rs b/cosmic-settings/src/pages/display/mod.rs
index 4a0db76c..462b48c8 100644
--- a/cosmic-settings/src/pages/display/mod.rs
+++ b/cosmic-settings/src/pages/display/mod.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,19 @@ static DPI_SCALES: &[u32] = &[50, 75, 100, 125, 150, 175, 200, 225, 250, 275, 30
 static DPI_SCALE_LABELS: LazyLock<Vec<String>> =
     LazyLock::new(|| DPI_SCALES.iter().map(|scale| format!("{scale}%")).collect());
 
+/// Guard that ensures display identifiers are dismissed when dropped
+/// This handles the case where the app is killed and async cleanup doesn't complete
+struct DisplayIdentifierGuard;
+
+impl Drop for DisplayIdentifierGuard {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        // Run synchronously to ensure it completes even if the process is being killed
+        let _ = std::process::Command::new("cosmic-osd")
+            .arg("dismiss-display-identifiers")
+            .output();
+    }
+}
+
 /// Display color depth options
 #[allow(dead_code)]
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
@@ -138,6 +151,8 @@ pub struct Page {
     active_display: OutputKey,
     randr_handle: Option<(oneshot::Sender<()>, cosmic::iced::task::Handle)>,
     hotplug_handle: Option<(oneshot::Sender<()>, cosmic::iced::task::Handle)>,
+    display_identifier_handle: Option<(oneshot::Sender<()>, cosmic::iced::task::Handle)>,
+    display_identifier_guard: Option<DisplayIdentifierGuard>,
     config: Config,
     cache: ViewCache,
     // context: Option<ContextDrawer>,
@@ -163,6 +178,8 @@ impl Default for Page {
             active_display: OutputKey::default(),
             randr_handle: None,
             hotplug_handle: None,
+            display_identifier_handle: None,
+            display_identifier_guard: None,
             config: Config::default(),
             cache: ViewCache::default(),
             // context: None,
@@ -365,6 +382,57 @@ impl page::Page<crate::pages::Message> for Page {
         tasks.push(hotplug_task);
         self.hotplug_handle = Some((hotplug_cancel_tx, hotplug_handle));
 
+        // Start a periodic task to send identify displays message every 0.5 seconds
+        // This resets the 1-second auto-close timer in cosmic-osd
+        let (identifier_cancel_tx, identifier_cancel_rx) = oneshot::channel::<()>();
+        let (identifier_task, identifier_handle) =
+            Task::stream(async_fn_stream::fn_stream(|_emitter| async move {
+                let identifier_loop = async {
+                    loop {
+                        match tokio::process::Command::new("cosmic-osd")
+                            .arg("identify-displays")
+                            .output()
+                            .await
+                        {
+                            Ok(output) => {
+                                if !output.status.success() {
+                                    tracing::error!(
+                                        "cosmic-osd identify-displays failed: {}",
+                                        String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr)
+                                    );
+                                }
+                            }
+                            Err(why) => {
+                                tracing::error!(
+                                    why = why.to_string(),
+                                    "failed to execute cosmic-osd identify-displays"
+                                );
+                            }
+                        }
+
+                        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(500)).await;
+                    }
+                };
+
+                tokio::select! {
+                    _ = identifier_cancel_rx => {
+                        let _ = tokio::process::Command::new("cosmic-osd")
+                            .arg("dismiss-display-identifiers")
+                            .output()
+                            .await;
+                    }
+                    _ = identifier_loop => {
+                        // Loop will never complete, but this branch is needed for tokio::select
+                    }
+                }
+            }))
+            .abortable();
+
+        tasks.push(identifier_task);
+        self.display_identifier_handle = Some((identifier_cancel_tx, identifier_handle));
+        // Create guard that will dismiss identifiers immediately if the app is killed
+        self.display_identifier_guard = Some(DisplayIdentifierGuard);
+
         cosmic::task::batch(tasks)
     }
 
@@ -379,6 +447,14 @@ impl page::Page<crate::pages::Message> for Page {
             handle.abort();
         }
 
+        if let Some((canceller, handle)) = self.display_identifier_handle.take() {
+            _ = canceller.send(());
+            handle.abort();
+        }
+
+        // Remove the guard so it doesn't dismiss again after the async task completes
+        self.display_identifier_guard = None;
+
         Task::none()
     }