diff --git a/docs/releases/unreleased.md b/docs/releases/unreleased.md
index b967e6790..5d36191b5 100644
--- a/docs/releases/unreleased.md
+++ b/docs/releases/unreleased.md
@@ -41,3 +41,4 @@ When a change has user-facing documentation, include a canonical tasknotes.dev l
 ## Fixed
 
 - (#2382) Fixed Kanban settings being ignored in existing `.base` files when nested under `options:` or `config:`, including empty-column hiding and pinned columns. Newly generated default files and exported v3 views now write settings directly on each view; existing files remain unchanged. See [Kanban View](https://tasknotes.dev/views/kanban-view/#configuration). Thanks to @techwiththiru for reporting this.
+- (#2390) Fixed the "Add to Project" modal listing notes from folders set in the Excluded folders setting. Thanks to @hikatamika for reporting this.
diff --git a/src/modals/ProjectSelectModal.ts b/src/modals/ProjectSelectModal.ts
index 8c23aa851..069d76e9e 100644
--- a/src/modals/ProjectSelectModal.ts
+++ b/src/modals/ProjectSelectModal.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { getProjectPropertyFilter, matchesProjectProperty } from "../utils/proje
 import { FilterUtils } from "../utils/FilterUtils";
 import { collectCacheTags } from "../utils/tagExtraction";
 import { getActiveFolderPath, isPathInIncludedFolders } from "../suggest/FileSuggestHelper";
+import { isPathInExcludedFolder, parseExcludedFolders } from "../utils/pathExclusions";
 import { createTaskNotesLogger } from "../utils/tasknotesLogger";
 
 const tasknotesLogger = createTaskNotesLogger({ tag: "Modals/ProjectSelectModal" });
@@ -38,13 +39,15 @@ export class ProjectSelectModal extends FuzzySuggestModal<TAbstractFile> {
 	}
 
 	getItems(): TAbstractFile[] {
+		const excludedFolders = parseExcludedFolders(this.plugin.settings?.excludedFolders);
 		const allFiles = this.app.vault
 			.getAllLoadedFiles()
 			.filter(
 				(file) =>
 					file instanceof TFile &&
 					file.extension === "md" &&
-					!file.path.includes(".trash")
+					!file.path.includes(".trash") &&
+					!isPathInExcludedFolder(file.path, excludedFolders)
 			);
 
 		// Get filtering settings
diff --git a/tests/unit/modals/ProjectSelectModal.property-filter.test.ts b/tests/unit/modals/ProjectSelectModal.property-filter.test.ts
index c534dd058..39a91de53 100644
--- a/tests/unit/modals/ProjectSelectModal.property-filter.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/modals/ProjectSelectModal.property-filter.test.ts
@@ -99,4 +99,20 @@ describe('ProjectSelectModal property filtering', () => {
     expect(paths).not.toContain('Projects/Alpha.md');
     expect(paths).not.toContain('Notes/Idea.md');
   });
+
+  it('excludes files in the configured excluded folders even without other filters', async () => {
+    mockPlugin.settings.projectAutosuggest.propertyKey = '';
+    mockPlugin.settings.projectAutosuggest.propertyValue = '';
+    mockPlugin.settings.excludedFolders = '_src, Notes';
+
+    await mockApp.vault.create('_src/Hidden.md', '');
+    mockApp.metadataCache.setCache('_src/Hidden.md', { frontmatter: {}, tags: [] });
+
+    const modal = new ProjectSelectModal(mockApp, mockPlugin, jest.fn());
+    const paths = modal.getItems().map(item => (item as any).path ?? '');
+
+    expect(paths).toContain('Projects/Alpha.md');
+    expect(paths).not.toContain('_src/Hidden.md');
+    expect(paths).not.toContain('Notes/Idea.md');
+  });
 });