diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/common/views.ts b/src/vs/workbench/common/views.ts
index da69831713055..ace2b76084d45 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/common/views.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/common/views.ts
@@ -622,6 +622,7 @@ export interface IViewDescriptorService {
 	getDefaultViewContainer(location: ViewContainerLocation): ViewContainer | undefined;
 	getViewContainerById(id: string): ViewContainer | null;
 	isViewContainerRemovedPermanently(id: string): boolean;
+	isGeneratedContainerId(id: string): boolean;
 	getDefaultViewContainerLocation(viewContainer: ViewContainer): ViewContainerLocation | null;
 	getViewContainerLocation(viewContainer: ViewContainer): ViewContainerLocation | null;
 	getViewContainersByLocation(location: ViewContainerLocation): ViewContainer[];
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/views/browser/viewDescriptorService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/views/browser/viewDescriptorService.ts
index bd6adee686bad..4cdbd18e3ace6 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/views/browser/viewDescriptorService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/views/browser/viewDescriptorService.ts
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ export class ViewDescriptorService extends Disposable implements IViewDescriptor
 		});
 	}
 
-	private isGeneratedContainerId(id: string): boolean {
+	isGeneratedContainerId(id: string): boolean {
 		return id.startsWith(ViewDescriptorService.COMMON_CONTAINER_ID_PREFIX);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/views/browser/viewsService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/views/browser/viewsService.ts
index 69c6c0c252a1d..9bef6fce7c5cc 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/views/browser/viewsService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/views/browser/viewsService.ts
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ export class ViewsService extends Disposable implements IViewsService {
 		for (const viewDescriptor of views) {
 			const disposables = new DisposableStore();
 			disposables.add(this.registerOpenViewAction(viewDescriptor));
-			disposables.add(this.registerFocusViewAction(viewDescriptor, container.title));
+			disposables.add(this.registerFocusViewAction(viewDescriptor, this.viewDescriptorService.isGeneratedContainerId(container.id) ? undefined : container.title));
 			disposables.add(this.registerResetViewLocationAction(viewDescriptor));
 			this.viewDisposable.set(viewDescriptor, disposables);
 		}