diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api.rs b/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api.rs
index 8fa77eb9dd..7477eef46c 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api.rs
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use deltachat::chat::{
     marknoticed_chat, remove_contact_from_chat, Chat, ChatId, ChatItem, MessageListOptions,
 };
 use deltachat::chatlist::Chatlist;
-use deltachat::config::Config;
+use deltachat::config::{get_all_ui_config_keys, Config};
 use deltachat::constants::DC_MSG_ID_DAYMARKER;
 use deltachat::contact::{may_be_valid_addr, Contact, ContactId, Origin};
 use deltachat::context::get_info;
@@ -458,6 +458,12 @@ impl CommandApi {
         Ok(result)
     }
 
+    /// Returns all `ui.*` config keys that were set by the UI.
+    async fn get_all_ui_config_keys(&self, account_id: u32) -> Result<Vec<String>> {
+        let ctx = self.get_context(account_id).await?;
+        get_all_ui_config_keys(&ctx).await
+    }
+
     async fn set_stock_strings(&self, strings: HashMap<u32, String>) -> Result<()> {
         let accounts = self.accounts.read().await;
         for (stock_id, stock_message) in strings {
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index bdb5ca2b14..3969c53e9f 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -987,5 +987,18 @@ fn get_config_keys_string() -> String {
     format!(" {keys} ")
 }
 
+/// Returns all `ui.*` config keys that were set by the UI.
+pub async fn get_all_ui_config_keys(context: &Context) -> Result<Vec<String>> {
+    let ui_keys = context
+        .sql
+        .query_map_vec(
+            "SELECT keyname FROM config WHERE keyname GLOB 'ui.*' ORDER BY config.id",
+            (),
+            |row| Ok(row.get::<_, String>(0)?),
+        )
+        .await?;
+    Ok(ui_keys)
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod config_tests;
diff --git a/src/config/config_tests.rs b/src/config/config_tests.rs
index aabe0e7f5f..78481f2941 100644
--- a/src/config/config_tests.rs
+++ b/src/config/config_tests.rs
@@ -81,6 +81,37 @@ async fn test_ui_config() -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
+async fn test_get_all_ui_config_keys() -> Result<()> {
+    let t = TestContext::new().await;
+
+    t.set_ui_config("ui.android.screen_security", Some("safe"))
+        .await?;
+    t.set_ui_config("ui.lastchatid", Some("231")).await?;
+    t.set_ui_config(
+        "ui.desktop.webxdcBounds.528490",
+        Some(r#"{"x":954,"y":356,"width":378,"height":671}"#),
+    )
+    .await?;
+    t.set_ui_config(
+        "ui.desktop.webxdcBounds.556543",
+        Some(r#"{"x":954,"y":356,"width":378,"height":671}"#),
+    )
+    .await?;
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        get_all_ui_config_keys(&t).await?,
+        vec![
+            "ui.android.screen_security",
+            "ui.lastchatid",
+            "ui.desktop.webxdcBounds.528490",
+            "ui.desktop.webxdcBounds.556543"
+        ]
+    );
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 /// Regression test for https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust/issues/3012
 #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
 async fn test_set_config_bool() -> Result<()> {