diff --git a/api/user_setting.go b/api/user_setting.go
index ff5b0bb7..fb7490cb 100644
--- a/api/user_setting.go
+++ b/api/user_setting.go
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ package api
 type UserSettingKey string
 
 const (
-	// UserSettingLocaleKey is the key type for user locale
+	// UserSettingLocaleKey is the key type for user locale.
 	UserSettingLocaleKey UserSettingKey = "locale"
+	// UserSettingMemoVisibilityKey is the key type for user perference memo default visibility.
+	UserSettingMemoVisibilityKey UserSettingKey = "memo-visibility"
 )
 
 // String returns the string format of UserSettingKey type.
@@ -12,6 +14,8 @@ func (key UserSettingKey) String() string {
 	switch key {
 	case UserSettingLocaleKey:
 		return "locale"
+	case UserSettingMemoVisibilityKey:
+		return "memo-visibility"
 	}
 	return ""
 }
@@ -31,4 +35,6 @@ type UserSettingUpsert struct {
 
 type UserSettingFind struct {
 	UserID int
+
+	Key *UserSettingKey `json:"key"`
 }
diff --git a/server/memo.go b/server/memo.go
index 75671295..367ff7cf 100644
--- a/server/memo.go
+++ b/server/memo.go
@@ -27,6 +27,18 @@ func (s *Server) registerMemoRoutes(g *echo.Group) {
 			return echo.NewHTTPError(http.StatusBadRequest, "Malformatted post memo request").SetInternal(err)
 		}
 
+		userSettingMemoVisibilityKey := api.UserSettingMemoVisibilityKey
+		userMemoVisibilitySetting, err := s.Store.FindUserSetting(ctx, &api.UserSettingFind{
+			UserID: userID,
+			Key:    &userSettingMemoVisibilityKey,
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			return echo.NewHTTPError(http.StatusInternalServerError, "Failed to find user setting").SetInternal(err)
+		}
+		if userMemoVisibilitySetting != nil {
+			memoCreate.Visibility = (*api.Visibility)(&userMemoVisibilitySetting.Value)
+		}
+
 		if memoCreate.Visibility == nil || *memoCreate.Visibility == "" {
 			private := api.Privite
 			memoCreate.Visibility = &private
diff --git a/store/user_setting.go b/store/user_setting.go
index 2f32a1f1..39f69e6d 100644
--- a/store/user_setting.go
+++ b/store/user_setting.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package store
 import (
 	"context"
 	"database/sql"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/usememos/memos/api"
 )
@@ -62,6 +63,27 @@ func (s *Store) FindUserSettingList(ctx context.Context, find *api.UserSettingFi
 	return list, nil
 }
 
+func (s *Store) FindUserSetting(ctx context.Context, find *api.UserSettingFind) (*api.UserSetting, error) {
+	tx, err := s.db.BeginTx(ctx, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, FormatError(err)
+	}
+	defer tx.Rollback()
+
+	list, err := findUserSettingList(ctx, tx, find)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if len(list) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	userSetting := list[0].toUserSetting()
+
+	return userSetting, nil
+}
+
 func upsertUserSetting(ctx context.Context, tx *sql.Tx, upsert *api.UserSettingUpsert) (*userSettingRaw, error) {
 	query := `
 		INSERT INTO user_setting (
@@ -86,15 +108,22 @@ func upsertUserSetting(ctx context.Context, tx *sql.Tx, upsert *api.UserSettingU
 }
 
 func findUserSettingList(ctx context.Context, tx *sql.Tx, find *api.UserSettingFind) ([]*userSettingRaw, error) {
+	where, args := []string{"1 = 1"}, []interface{}{}
+
+	if v := find.Key; v != nil {
+		where, args = append(where, "key = ?"), append(args, (*v).String())
+	}
+
+	where, args = append(where, "user_id = ?"), append(args, find.UserID)
+
 	query := `
 		SELECT
 			user_id,
 		  key,
 			value
 		FROM user_setting
-		WHERE user_id = ?
-	`
-	rows, err := tx.QueryContext(ctx, query, find.UserID)
+		WHERE ` + strings.Join(where, " AND ")
+	rows, err := tx.QueryContext(ctx, query, args...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, FormatError(err)
 	}