diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/document-link/document-link.component.spec.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/document-link/document-link.component.spec.ts
index 34c427cf6..e00460ec5 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/document-link/document-link.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/document-link/document-link.component.spec.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ const documents = [
     id: 12,
     title: 'Document 12 bar',
   },
+  {
+    id: 16,
+    title: 'Document 16 bar',
+  },
   {
     id: 23,
     title: 'Document 23 bar',
@@ -101,7 +105,7 @@ describe('DocumentLinkComponent', () => {
     })
     component.writeValue([12, 23])
     expect(component.value).toEqual([12, 23])
-    expect(component.selectedDocuments).toEqual([documents[1], documents[2]])
+    expect(component.selectedDocuments).toEqual([documents[1], documents[3]])
     component.writeValue(null)
     expect(component.value).toEqual([])
     expect(component.selectedDocuments).toEqual([])
@@ -131,4 +135,26 @@ describe('DocumentLinkComponent', () => {
     expect(component.compareDocuments(documents[0], { id: 2 })).toBeFalsy()
     expect(component.trackByFn(documents[1])).toEqual(12)
   })
+
+  it('should not include the current document or already selected documents in results', () => {
+    let foundDocs
+    component.foundDocuments$.subscribe((found) => (foundDocs = found))
+    component.parentDocumentID = 23
+    component.selectedDocuments = [documents[2]]
+    const listSpy = jest.spyOn(documentService, 'listFiltered')
+    listSpy.mockImplementation(
+      (page, pageSize, sortField, sortReverse, filterRules, extraParams) => {
+        const docs = documents.filter((d) =>
+          d.title.includes(filterRules[0].value)
+        )
+        return of({
+          count: docs.length,
+          results: docs,
+          all: docs.map((d) => d.id),
+        })
+      }
+    )
+    component.documentsInput$.next('bar')
+    expect(foundDocs).toEqual([documents[1]])
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/document-link/document-link.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/document-link/document-link.component.ts
index 72482d1a1..77a0fb99a 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/document-link/document-link.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/document-link/document-link.component.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ export class DocumentLinkComponent
   @Input()
   notFoundText: string = $localize`No documents found`
 
+  @Input()
+  parentDocumentID: number
+
   constructor(private documentsService: DocumentService) {
     super()
   }
@@ -86,7 +89,13 @@ export class DocumentLinkComponent
               { truncate_content: true }
             )
             .pipe(
-              map((results) => results.results),
+              map((results) =>
+                results.results.filter(
+                  (d) =>
+                    d.id !== this.parentDocumentID &&
+                    !this.selectedDocuments.find((sd) => sd.id === d.id)
+                )
+              ),
               catchError(() => of([])), // empty on error
               tap(() => (this.loading = false))
             )
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.html
index 192680e57..3211e60ed 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.html
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
                                     <pngx-input-number *ngSwitchCase="PaperlessCustomFieldDataType.Monetary" formControlName="value" [title]="getCustomFieldFromInstance(fieldInstance)?.name" [removable]="true" (removed)="removeField(fieldInstance)" [horizontal]="true" [showAdd]="false" [step]=".01" [error]="getCustomFieldError(i)"></pngx-input-number>
                                     <pngx-input-check *ngSwitchCase="PaperlessCustomFieldDataType.Boolean" formControlName="value" [title]="getCustomFieldFromInstance(fieldInstance)?.name" [removable]="true" (removed)="removeField(fieldInstance)" [horizontal]="true"></pngx-input-check>
                                     <pngx-input-url *ngSwitchCase="PaperlessCustomFieldDataType.Url" formControlName="value" [title]="getCustomFieldFromInstance(fieldInstance)?.name" [removable]="true" (removed)="removeField(fieldInstance)" [horizontal]="true" [error]="getCustomFieldError(i)"></pngx-input-url>
-                                    <pngx-input-document-link *ngSwitchCase="PaperlessCustomFieldDataType.DocumentLink" formControlName="value" [title]="getCustomFieldFromInstance(fieldInstance)?.name" [removable]="true" (removed)="removeField(fieldInstance)" [horizontal]="true" [error]="getCustomFieldError(i)"></pngx-input-document-link>
+                                    <pngx-input-document-link *ngSwitchCase="PaperlessCustomFieldDataType.DocumentLink" formControlName="value" [title]="getCustomFieldFromInstance(fieldInstance)?.name" [parentDocumentID]="documentId" [removable]="true" (removed)="removeField(fieldInstance)" [horizontal]="true" [error]="getCustomFieldError(i)"></pngx-input-document-link>
                                 </div>
                             </ng-container>
                         </div>