diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 24694bea..0715f44a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 - Dev: Added a `run-and-kill.sh` script to help debug crash-on-exit bugs. (#6188)
 - Dev: Refactored the `TimeoutStackStyle` enum into its own file. (#6216)
 - Dev: Refactored `Notebook`-related enums into their own file. (#6220)
+- Dev: Refactored `SettingWidget::dropdown` for string enums to the source file. (#6293)
 - Dev: Don't try to save emote popup bounds if we're quitting. (#6292)
 - Dev: Implemented customizable display names for enums. (#6238)
 - Dev: Refactored event API initialization away from Application and into TwitchIrcServer. (#6198)
diff --git a/src/widgets/settingspages/SettingWidget.cpp b/src/widgets/settingspages/SettingWidget.cpp
index cd782d90..467c69bb 100644
--- a/src/widgets/settingspages/SettingWidget.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/settingspages/SettingWidget.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "widgets/settingspages/SettingWidget.hpp"
 
+#include "singletons/Settings.hpp"
 #include "util/RapidJsonSerializeQString.hpp"  // IWYU pragma: keep
 #include "widgets/dialogs/ColorPickerDialog.hpp"
 #include "widgets/helper/color/ColorButton.hpp"
@@ -156,6 +157,77 @@ SettingWidget *SettingWidget::intInput(const QString &label,
     return widget;
 }
 
+template <typename T>
+SettingWidget *SettingWidget::dropdown(const QString &label,
+                                       EnumStringSetting<T> &setting)
+{
+    auto *widget = new SettingWidget(label);
+
+    auto *lbl = new QLabel(label % ":");
+    auto *combo = new ComboBox;
+    combo->setFocusPolicy(Qt::StrongFocus);
+
+    for (const auto value : magic_enum::enum_values<T>())
+    {
+        combo->addItem(qmagicenum::enumDisplayNameString(value),
+                       QVariant(static_cast<std::underlying_type_t<T>>(value)));
+    }
+
+    // TODO: this can probably use some other size hint/size strategy
+    combo->setMinimumWidth(combo->minimumSizeHint().width());
+
+    widget->actionWidget = combo;
+    widget->label = lbl;
+
+    widget->hLayout->addWidget(lbl);
+    widget->hLayout->addStretch(1);
+    widget->hLayout->addWidget(combo);
+
+    setting.connect(
+        [&setting, combo](const QString &value) {
+            auto enumValue =
+                qmagicenum::enumCast<T>(value, qmagicenum::CASE_INSENSITIVE)
+                    .value_or(setting.defaultValue);
+
+            auto i = magic_enum::enum_index(enumValue).value_or(0);
+
+            combo->setCurrentIndex(i);
+        },
+        widget->managedConnections);
+
+    QObject::connect(
+        combo, &QComboBox::currentTextChanged,
+        [label, combo, &setting](const auto &newText) {
+            bool ok = true;
+            auto enumValue = combo->currentData().toInt(&ok);
+            if (!ok)
+            {
+                qCWarning(chatterinoWidget)
+                    << "Combo" << label << " with value" << newText
+                    << "did not contain an intable UserRole data";
+                return;
+            }
+
+            setting = qmagicenum::enumNameString(static_cast<T>(enumValue));
+        });
+
+    return widget;
+}
+
+template SettingWidget *SettingWidget::dropdown<SoundBackend>(
+    const QString &label, EnumStringSetting<SoundBackend> &setting);
+template SettingWidget *SettingWidget::dropdown<EmoteTooltipScale>(
+    const QString &label, EnumStringSetting<EmoteTooltipScale> &setting);
+template SettingWidget *SettingWidget::dropdown<StreamLinkPreferredQuality>(
+    const QString &label,
+    EnumStringSetting<StreamLinkPreferredQuality> &setting);
+template SettingWidget *SettingWidget::dropdown<ChatSendProtocol>(
+    const QString &label, EnumStringSetting<ChatSendProtocol> &setting);
+template SettingWidget *SettingWidget::dropdown<TabStyle>(
+    const QString &label, EnumStringSetting<TabStyle> &setting);
+template SettingWidget *SettingWidget::dropdown<ShowModerationState>(
+    const QString &label, EnumStringSetting<ShowModerationState> &setting);
+
 SettingWidget *SettingWidget::colorButton(const QString &label,
                                           QStringSetting &setting)
 {
diff --git a/src/widgets/settingspages/SettingWidget.hpp b/src/widgets/settingspages/SettingWidget.hpp
index ebfd5559..32a3a516 100644
--- a/src/widgets/settingspages/SettingWidget.hpp
+++ b/src/widgets/settingspages/SettingWidget.hpp
@@ -55,61 +55,8 @@ public:
 
     template <typename T>
     static SettingWidget *dropdown(const QString &label,
-                                   EnumStringSetting<T> &setting)
-    {
-        auto *widget = new SettingWidget(label);
+                                   EnumStringSetting<T> &setting);
 
-        auto *lbl = new QLabel(label % ":");
-        auto *combo = new ComboBox;
-        combo->setFocusPolicy(Qt::StrongFocus);
-
-        for (const auto value : magic_enum::enum_values<T>())
-        {
-            combo->addItem(
-                qmagicenum::enumDisplayNameString(value),
-                QVariant(static_cast<std::underlying_type_t<T>>(value)));
-        }
-
-        // TODO: this can probably use some other size hint/size strategy
-        combo->setMinimumWidth(combo->minimumSizeHint().width());
-
-        widget->actionWidget = combo;
-        widget->label = lbl;
-
-        widget->hLayout->addWidget(lbl);
-        widget->hLayout->addStretch(1);
-        widget->hLayout->addWidget(combo);
-
-        setting.connect(
-            [&setting, combo](const QString &value) {
-                auto enumValue =
-                    qmagicenum::enumCast<T>(value, qmagicenum::CASE_INSENSITIVE)
-                        .value_or(setting.defaultValue);
-
-                auto i = magic_enum::enum_integer(enumValue);
-
-                combo->setCurrentIndex(i);
-            },
-            widget->managedConnections);
-
-        QObject::connect(
-            combo, &QComboBox::currentTextChanged,
-            [label, combo, &setting](const auto &newText) {
-                bool ok = true;
-                auto enumValue = combo->currentData().toInt(&ok);
-                if (!ok)
-                {
-                    qCWarning(chatterinoWidget)
-                        << "Combo" << label << " with value" << newText
-                        << "did not contain an intable UserRole data";
-                    return;
-                }
-
-                setting = qmagicenum::enumNameString(static_cast<T>(enumValue));
-            });
-
-        return widget;
-    }
     static SettingWidget *colorButton(const QString &label,
                                       QStringSetting &setting);
     static SettingWidget *lineEdit(const QString &label,