diff --git a/src/plugins/dashboard/common/dashboard_container/types.ts b/src/plugins/dashboard/common/dashboard_container/types.ts
index 8324c6cb8400b..bcb7670f18e12 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dashboard/common/dashboard_container/types.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/dashboard/common/dashboard_container/types.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ export interface DashboardContainerInput extends EmbeddableInput {
   timeRange?: TimeRange;
   timeslice?: [number, number];
   refreshInterval?: RefreshInterval;
-  fullScreenMode?: boolean;
 
   // dashboard meta info
   title: string;
diff --git a/src/plugins/dashboard/public/dashboard_api/types.ts b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/dashboard_api/types.ts
index e0b6b8d3e4824..ec89a93dcd66e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dashboard/public/dashboard_api/types.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/dashboard_api/types.ts
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ export interface DashboardCreationOptions {
 
   validateLoadedSavedObject?: (result: LoadDashboardReturn) => 'valid' | 'invalid' | 'redirected';
 
+  fullScreenMode?: boolean;
   isEmbeddedExternally?: boolean;
 
   getEmbeddableAppContext?: (dashboardId?: string) => EmbeddableAppContext;
diff --git a/src/plugins/dashboard/public/dashboard_app/dashboard_app.tsx b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/dashboard_app/dashboard_app.tsx
index f65ee8f7a80ca..400d56e97df09 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dashboard/public/dashboard_app/dashboard_app.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/dashboard_app/dashboard_app.tsx
@@ -119,9 +119,9 @@ export function DashboardApp({
    */
   const getCreationOptions = useCallback((): Promise<DashboardCreationOptions> => {
     const searchSessionIdFromURL = getSearchSessionIdFromURL(history);
-    const initialUrlState = loadAndRemoveDashboardState(kbnUrlStateStorage);
     const getInitialInput = () => {
       const stateFromLocator = loadDashboardHistoryLocationState(getScopedHistory);
+      const initialUrlState = loadAndRemoveDashboardState(kbnUrlStateStorage);
 
       // Override all state with URL + Locator input
       return {
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ export function DashboardApp({
       },
       getInitialInput,
       validateLoadedSavedObject: validateOutcome,
+      fullScreenMode:
+        kbnUrlStateStorage.get<{ fullScreenMode?: boolean }>(DASHBOARD_STATE_STORAGE_KEY)
+          ?.fullScreenMode ?? false,
       isEmbeddedExternally: Boolean(embedSettings), // embed settings are only sent if the dashboard URL has `embed=true`
       getEmbeddableAppContext: (dashboardId) => ({
         currentAppId: DASHBOARD_APP_ID,
diff --git a/src/plugins/dashboard/public/dashboard_container/embeddable/create/create_dashboard.ts b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/dashboard_container/embeddable/create/create_dashboard.ts
index d491d907c67b8..2510f2e015dfb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dashboard/public/dashboard_container/embeddable/create/create_dashboard.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/dashboard_container/embeddable/create/create_dashboard.ts
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export const createDashboard = async (
     },
     lastSavedId: savedObjectId,
     managed: savedObjectResult.managed ?? false,
-    fullScreenMode: creationOptions?.getInitialInput?.().fullScreenMode ?? false,
+    fullScreenMode: creationOptions?.fullScreenMode ?? false,
   };
 
   const dashboardContainer = new DashboardContainer(