diff --git a/imgui_internal.h b/imgui_internal.h
index c77d3081..03ad431b 100644
--- a/imgui_internal.h
+++ b/imgui_internal.h
@@ -1952,7 +1952,7 @@ struct ImGuiTable
     ImU64                       ActiveMaskByIndex;          // Column Index -> IsActive map (Active == not hidden by user/api) in a format adequate for iterating column without touching cold data
     ImU64                       ActiveMaskByDisplayOrder;   // Column DisplayOrder -> IsActive map
     ImU64                       VisibleMaskByIndex;         // Visible (== Active and not Clipped)
-    ImGuiTableFlags             SettingsSaveFlags;          // Pre-compute which data we are going to save into the .ini file (e.g. when order is not altered we won't save order)
+    ImGuiTableFlags             SettingsLoadedFlags;        // Which data were loaded from the .ini file (e.g. when order is not altered we won't save order)
     int                         SettingsOffset;             // Offset in g.SettingsTables
     int                         LastFrameActive;
     int                         ColumnsCount;               // Number of columns declared in BeginTable()
@@ -2022,7 +2022,6 @@ struct ImGuiTable
     bool                        IsUsingHeaders;             // Set when the first row had the ImGuiTableRowFlags_Headers flag.
     bool                        IsContextPopupOpen;         // Set when default context menu is open (also see: ContextPopupColumn, InstanceInteracted).
     bool                        IsSettingsRequestLoad;
-    bool                        IsSettingsLoaded;
     bool                        IsSettingsDirty;            // Set when table settings have changed and needs to be reported into ImGuiTableSetttings data.
     bool                        IsDefaultDisplayOrder;      // Set when display order is unchanged from default (DisplayOrder contains 0...Count-1)
     bool                        IsResetDisplayOrderRequest;
@@ -2050,7 +2049,7 @@ struct ImGuiTableColumnSettings
     ImS8    DisplayOrder;
     ImS8    SortOrder;
     ImS8    SortDirection : 7;
-    ImU8    Visible : 1;        // This is called Active in ImGuiTableColumn, in .ini file we call it Visible.
+    ImU8    Visible : 1;        // This is called Active in ImGuiTableColumn, but in user-facing code we call this Visible (thus in .ini file)
 
     ImGuiTableColumnSettings()
     {
diff --git a/imgui_tables.cpp b/imgui_tables.cpp
index ae209ec5..80c1f89b 100644
--- a/imgui_tables.cpp
+++ b/imgui_tables.cpp
@@ -1466,12 +1466,12 @@ void    ImGui::TableSetupColumn(const char* label, ImGuiTableColumnFlags flags,
             column->ResizeWeight = 1.0f;
         }
     }
-    if (table->IsInitializing && !table->IsSettingsLoaded)
+    if (table->IsInitializing)
     {
         // Init default visibility/sort state
-        if (flags & ImGuiTableColumnFlags_DefaultHide)
+        if ((flags & ImGuiTableColumnFlags_DefaultHide) && (table->SettingsLoadedFlags & ImGuiTableFlags_Hideable) == 0)
             column->IsActive = column->IsActiveNextFrame = false;
-        if (flags & ImGuiTableColumnFlags_DefaultSort)
+        if (flags & ImGuiTableColumnFlags_DefaultSort && (table->SettingsLoadedFlags & ImGuiTableFlags_Sortable) == 0)
         {
             column->SortOrder = 0; // Multiple columns using _DefaultSort will be reordered when building the sort specs.
             column->SortDirection = (column->Flags & ImGuiTableColumnFlags_PreferSortDescending) ? (ImS8)ImGuiSortDirection_Descending : (ImU8)(ImGuiSortDirection_Ascending);
@@ -2360,7 +2360,7 @@ void ImGui::TableSaveSettings(ImGuiTable* table)
     }
     settings->ColumnsCount = (ImS8)table->ColumnsCount;
 
-    // Serialize ImGuiTableSettings/ImGuiTableColumnSettings --> ImGuiTable/ImGuiTableColumn
+    // Serialize ImGuiTable/ImGuiTableColumn into ImGuiTableSettings/ImGuiTableColumnSettings
     IM_ASSERT(settings->ID == table->ID);
     IM_ASSERT(settings->ColumnsCount == table->ColumnsCount && settings->ColumnsCountMax >= settings->ColumnsCount);
     ImGuiTableColumn* column = table->Columns.Data;
@@ -2378,7 +2378,7 @@ void ImGui::TableSaveSettings(ImGuiTable* table)
         column_settings->Visible = column->IsActive;
 
         // We skip saving some data in the .ini file when they are unnecessary to restore our state
-        // FIXME-TABLE: We don't have logic to easily compare SortOrder to DefaultSortOrder yet.
+        // FIXME-TABLE: We don't have logic to easily compare SortOrder to DefaultSortOrder yet so it's always saved.
         if (column->DisplayOrder != n)
             settings->SaveFlags |= ImGuiTableFlags_Reorderable;
         if (column_settings->SortOrder != -1)
@@ -2411,10 +2411,9 @@ void ImGui::TableLoadSettings(ImGuiTable* table)
     {
         settings = g.SettingsTables.ptr_from_offset(table->SettingsOffset);
     }
-    table->IsSettingsLoaded = true;
-    settings->SaveFlags = table->Flags;
+    table->SettingsLoadedFlags = settings->SaveFlags;
 
-    // Serialize ImGuiTable/ImGuiTableColumn --> ImGuiTableSettings/ImGuiTableColumnSettings
+    // Serialize ImGuiTableSettings/ImGuiTableColumnSettings into ImGuiTable/ImGuiTableColumn
     ImGuiTableColumnSettings* column_settings = settings->GetColumnSettings();
     for (int data_n = 0; data_n < settings->ColumnsCount; data_n++, column_settings++)
     {