Feature Request — Option to disable user preference persistence for collapsible fields

[hendrik244]

Hi,

Currently, Payload automatically persists various UI preferences per user (https://payloadcms.com/docs/admin/preferences), such as:
• Active columns and their order
• Last active locale
• Collapsed/expanded state of collapsible fields, arrays, and blocks
• Navigation panel state, etc.

For one of our clients, we have a requirement where fields should always render as collapsed by default, regardless of previous user interactions. However, the collapsed state is currently restored from user preferences, which makes this impossible to achieve without modifying core behavior.

Feature request:
Add an optional configuration flag to disable persistence of user preferences for specific UI elements (or globally).

Some clients prefer a consistent UI layout across all users, and do not want personal UI states to persist between sessions.