diff --git a/quartz.config.ts b/quartz.config.ts
index b3db3d60d..de17574fa 100644
--- a/quartz.config.ts
+++ b/quartz.config.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const config: QuartzConfig = {
     locale: "en-US",
     baseUrl: "quartz.jzhao.xyz",
     ignorePatterns: ["private", "templates", ".obsidian"],
+    unlistedPatterns: [],
     defaultDateType: "modified",
     theme: {
       fontOrigin: "googleFonts",
diff --git a/quartz/cfg.ts b/quartz/cfg.ts
index 57dff5c75..12d3e3457 100644
--- a/quartz/cfg.ts
+++ b/quartz/cfg.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ export interface GlobalConfiguration {
   analytics: Analytics
   /** Glob patterns to not search */
   ignorePatterns: string[]
+  /** Glob patterns to mark files as unlisted (hidden from listings but still accessible via direct link) */
+  unlistedPatterns?: string[]
   /** Whether to use created, modified, or published as the default type of date */
   defaultDateType: ValidDateType
   /** Base URL to use for CNAME files, sitemaps, and RSS feeds that require an absolute URL.
diff --git a/quartz/components/Breadcrumbs.tsx b/quartz/components/Breadcrumbs.tsx
index 5144a314d..17a32104e 100644
--- a/quartz/components/Breadcrumbs.tsx
+++ b/quartz/components/Breadcrumbs.tsx
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export default ((opts?: Partial<BreadcrumbOptions>) => {
     displayClass,
     ctx,
   }: QuartzComponentProps) => {
-    const trie = (ctx.trie ??= trieFromAllFiles(allFiles))
+    const trie = (ctx.trie ??= trieFromAllFiles(allFiles, ctx.cfg))
     const slugParts = fileData.slug!.split("/")
     const pathNodes = trie.ancestryChain(slugParts)
 
diff --git a/quartz/components/pages/FolderContent.tsx b/quartz/components/pages/FolderContent.tsx
index afd4f5d7e..16cfad202 100644
--- a/quartz/components/pages/FolderContent.tsx
+++ b/quartz/components/pages/FolderContent.tsx
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export default ((opts?: Partial<FolderContentOptions>) => {
   const FolderContent: QuartzComponent = (props: QuartzComponentProps) => {
     const { tree, fileData, allFiles, cfg } = props
 
-    const trie = (props.ctx.trie ??= trieFromAllFiles(allFiles))
+    const trie = (props.ctx.trie ??= trieFromAllFiles(allFiles, props.ctx.cfg))
     const folder = trie.findNode(fileData.slug!.split("/"))
     if (!folder) {
       return null
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/emitters/contentIndex.tsx b/quartz/plugins/emitters/contentIndex.tsx
index 56392b358..138831358 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/emitters/contentIndex.tsx
+++ b/quartz/plugins/emitters/contentIndex.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { QuartzEmitterPlugin } from "../types"
 import { toHtml } from "hast-util-to-html"
 import { write } from "./helpers"
 import { i18n } from "../../i18n"
+import { isUnlisted } from "../filters/unlisted"
 
 export type ContentIndexMap = Map<FullSlug, ContentDetails>
 export type ContentDetails = {
@@ -102,6 +103,11 @@ export const ContentIndex: QuartzEmitterPlugin<Partial<Options>> = (opts) => {
       for (const [tree, file] of content) {
         const slug = file.data.slug!
         const date = getDate(ctx.cfg.configuration, file.data) ?? new Date()
+
+        if(isUnlisted(file.data, cfg)) {
+          continue
+        }
+
         if (opts?.includeEmptyFiles || (file.data.text && file.data.text !== "")) {
           linkIndex.set(slug, {
             slug,
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/emitters/contentPage.tsx b/quartz/plugins/emitters/contentPage.tsx
index c3410ecc3..b67cff207 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/emitters/contentPage.tsx
+++ b/quartz/plugins/emitters/contentPage.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { BuildCtx } from "../../util/ctx"
 import { Node } from "unist"
 import { StaticResources } from "../../util/resources"
 import { QuartzPluginData } from "../vfile"
+import { isUnlisted } from "../filters/unlisted"
 
 async function processContent(
   ctx: BuildCtx,
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ export const ContentPage: QuartzEmitterPlugin<Partial<FullPageLayout>> = (userOp
       ]
     },
     async *emit(ctx, content, resources) {
-      const allFiles = content.map((c) => c[1].data)
+      const allFiles = content.map((c) => c[1].data).filter(f => !isUnlisted(f, ctx.cfg.configuration))
       let containsIndex = false
 
       for (const [tree, file] of content) {
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ export const ContentPage: QuartzEmitterPlugin<Partial<FullPageLayout>> = (userOp
       }
     },
     async *partialEmit(ctx, content, resources, changeEvents) {
-      const allFiles = content.map((c) => c[1].data)
+      const allFiles = content.map((c) => c[1].data).filter(f => !isUnlisted(f, ctx.cfg.configuration))
 
       // find all slugs that changed or were added
       const changedSlugs = new Set<string>()
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/emitters/folderPage.tsx b/quartz/plugins/emitters/folderPage.tsx
index f9b181dff..ef610a5bd 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/emitters/folderPage.tsx
+++ b/quartz/plugins/emitters/folderPage.tsx
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { write } from "./helpers"
 import { i18n, TRANSLATIONS } from "../../i18n"
 import { BuildCtx } from "../../util/ctx"
 import { StaticResources } from "../../util/resources"
+import { isUnlisted } from "../filters/unlisted"
 interface FolderPageOptions extends FullPageLayout {
   sort?: (f1: QuartzPluginData, f2: QuartzPluginData) => number
 }
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ export const FolderPage: QuartzEmitterPlugin<Partial<FolderPageOptions>> = (user
       ]
     },
     async *emit(ctx, content, resources) {
-      const allFiles = content.map((c) => c[1].data)
+      const allFiles = content.map((c) => c[1].data).filter(f => !isUnlisted(f, ctx.cfg.configuration))
       const cfg = ctx.cfg.configuration
 
       const folders: Set<SimpleSlug> = new Set(
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ export const FolderPage: QuartzEmitterPlugin<Partial<FolderPageOptions>> = (user
       yield* processFolderInfo(ctx, folderInfo, allFiles, opts, resources)
     },
     async *partialEmit(ctx, content, resources, changeEvents) {
-      const allFiles = content.map((c) => c[1].data)
+      const allFiles = content.map((c) => c[1].data).filter(f => !isUnlisted(f, ctx.cfg.configuration))
       const cfg = ctx.cfg.configuration
 
       // Find all folders that need to be updated based on changed files
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/emitters/tagPage.tsx b/quartz/plugins/emitters/tagPage.tsx
index 5f238932d..04d2363db 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/emitters/tagPage.tsx
+++ b/quartz/plugins/emitters/tagPage.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { write } from "./helpers"
 import { i18n, TRANSLATIONS } from "../../i18n"
 import { BuildCtx } from "../../util/ctx"
 import { StaticResources } from "../../util/resources"
+import { isUnlisted } from "../filters/unlisted"
 
 interface TagPageOptions extends FullPageLayout {
   sort?: (f1: QuartzPluginData, f2: QuartzPluginData) => number
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ export const TagPage: QuartzEmitterPlugin<Partial<TagPageOptions>> = (userOpts)
       ]
     },
     async *emit(ctx, content, resources) {
-      const allFiles = content.map((c) => c[1].data)
+      const allFiles = content.map((c) => c[1].data).filter(f => !isUnlisted(f, ctx.cfg.configuration))
       const cfg = ctx.cfg.configuration
       const [tags, tagDescriptions] = computeTagInfo(allFiles, content, cfg.locale)
 
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ export const TagPage: QuartzEmitterPlugin<Partial<TagPageOptions>> = (userOpts)
       }
     },
     async *partialEmit(ctx, content, resources, changeEvents) {
-      const allFiles = content.map((c) => c[1].data)
+      const allFiles = content.map((c) => c[1].data).filter(f => !isUnlisted(f, ctx.cfg.configuration))
       const cfg = ctx.cfg.configuration
 
       // Find all tags that need to be updated based on changed files
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/filters/unlisted.ts b/quartz/plugins/filters/unlisted.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07d6e0856
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quartz/plugins/filters/unlisted.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { minimatch } from "minimatch"
+import { QuartzPluginData } from "../vfile"
+import { GlobalConfiguration } from "../../cfg"
+
+export function isUnlisted(
+    fileData: QuartzPluginData,
+    cfg: GlobalConfiguration,
+    unlistedPatterns?: string[]
+): boolean {
+    const unlistedFlag: boolean =
+        fileData?.frontmatter?.unlisted === true ||
+        fileData?.frontmatter?.unlisted === "true"
+        
+    if (unlistedFlag) return true
+
+    const patterns = unlistedPatterns ?? cfg.unlistedPatterns
+    if (patterns && patterns.length > 0 && fileData.slug) {
+        const slug = fileData.slug as string
+        for (const pattern of patterns) {
+            if (minimatch(slug, pattern)) {
+                return true
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return false
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/transformers/frontmatter.ts b/quartz/plugins/transformers/frontmatter.ts
index 1103900c5..6bd04c782 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/transformers/frontmatter.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/transformers/frontmatter.ts
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ declare module "vfile" {
         socialDescription: string
         publish: boolean | string
         draft: boolean | string
+        unlisted: boolean | string
         lang: string
         enableToc: string
         cssclasses: string[]
diff --git a/quartz/util/ctx.ts b/quartz/util/ctx.ts
index 80115ec27..d1eb4a5ba 100644
--- a/quartz/util/ctx.ts
+++ b/quartz/util/ctx.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { QuartzConfig } from "../cfg"
+import { isUnlisted } from "../plugins/filters/unlisted"
 import { QuartzPluginData } from "../plugins/vfile"
 import { FileTrieNode } from "./fileTrie"
 import { FilePath, FullSlug } from "./path"
@@ -31,10 +32,16 @@ export interface BuildCtx {
   incremental: boolean
 }
 
-export function trieFromAllFiles(allFiles: QuartzPluginData[]): FileTrieNode<BuildTimeTrieData> {
+export function trieFromAllFiles(
+  allFiles: QuartzPluginData[],
+  cfg?: QuartzConfig
+): FileTrieNode<BuildTimeTrieData> {
   const trie = new FileTrieNode<BuildTimeTrieData>([])
   allFiles.forEach((file) => {
     if (file.frontmatter) {
+      if (cfg && isUnlisted(file, cfg.configuration)) {
+        return
+      }
       trie.add({
         ...file,
         slug: file.slug!,