diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/document-link/document-link.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/document-link/document-link.component.html
index 94f4f21b4..70b6d8263 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/document-link/document-link.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/document-link/document-link.component.html
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     (change)="onChange(selectedDocuments)">
     <ng-template ng-label-tmp let-document="item">
       <div class="d-flex align-items-center">
-        <button class="btn p-0 lh-1" (click)="unselect(document)" title="Remove link" i18n-title><i-bs name="x"></i-bs></button>
+        <button class="btn p-0 lh-1" [disabled]="disabled" (click)="unselect(document)" title="Remove link" i18n-title><i-bs name="x"></i-bs></button>
         <a routerLink="/documents/{{document.id}}" class="badge bg-light text-primary" (mousedown)="$event.stopImmediatePropagation();" title="Open link" i18n-title>
           <i-bs width="0.9em" height="0.9em" name="file-text"></i-bs>&nbsp;<span>{{document.title}}</span>
         </a>
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/document-link/document-link.component.scss b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/document-link/document-link.component.scss
index 5541def31..270b02727 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/document-link/document-link.component.scss
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/document-link/document-link.component.scss
@@ -3,7 +3,18 @@
 
     .ng-value {
         background-color: transparent !important;
-        border-color: transparent;
+        border-color: transparent !important;
+    }
+}
+
+.paperless-input-select.disabled {
+    ::ng-deep ng-select {
+        .ng-select-container {
+            div, .ng-arrow-wrapper, input {
+                cursor: not-allowed;
+            }
+            background-color: var(--pngx-bg-alt) !important;
+        }
     }
 }