diff --git a/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee b/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee
index bfef64e30..7622fc24f 100644
--- a/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee
@@ -2191,4 +2191,14 @@ describe "Editor", ->
         editor.splitLeft()
         editor.splitRight()
 
+  describe "when 'close' is triggered", ->
+    it "calls remove on the editor if mini is false", ->
+      expect(editor.mini).toBeFalsy()
+      spyOn(editor, 'remove')
+      editor.trigger 'close'
+      expect(editor.remove).toHaveBeenCalled()
 
+      editor = new Editor(mini: true)
+      spyOn(editor, 'remove')
+      editor.trigger 'close'
+      expect(editor.remove).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
diff --git a/src/app/editor.coffee b/src/app/editor.coffee
index fc61c8d0c..d37df58e9 100644
--- a/src/app/editor.coffee
+++ b/src/app/editor.coffee
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class Editor extends View
 
     new Editor(viewState)
 
-  initialize: ({editSessions, activeEditSessionIndex, buffer, isFocused}) ->
+  initialize: ({editSessions, activeEditSessionIndex, buffer, isFocused, @mini}) ->
     requireStylesheet 'editor.css'
     requireStylesheet 'theme/twilight.css'
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class Editor extends View
       'split-right': @splitRight
       'split-up': @splitUp
       'split-down': @splitDown
-      'close': @remove
+      'close': @close
       'show-next-buffer': @loadNextEditSession
       'show-previous-buffer': @loadPreviousEditSession
 
@@ -542,6 +542,9 @@ class Editor extends View
   pane: ->
     @parent('.pane').view()
 
+  close: ->
+    @remove() unless @mini
+
   remove: (selector, keepData) ->
     return super if keepData