diff --git a/apps/client/src/services/content_renderer.ts b/apps/client/src/services/content_renderer.ts
index c5d93fd51..b0a10b868 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/services/content_renderer.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/services/content_renderer.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ interface Options {
     tooltip?: boolean;
     trim?: boolean;
     imageHasZoom?: boolean;
+    /** If enabled, it will prevent the default behavior in which an empty note would display a list of children. */
+    noChildrenList?: boolean;
 }
 
 const CODE_MIME_TYPES = new Set(["application/json"]);
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ async function getRenderedContent(this: {} | { ctx: string }, entity: FNote | FA
     const $renderedContent = $('<div class="rendered-content">');
 
     if (type === "text" || type === "book") {
-        await renderText(entity, $renderedContent);
+        await renderText(entity, $renderedContent, options);
     } else if (type === "code") {
         await renderCode(entity, $renderedContent);
     } else if (["image", "canvas", "mindMap"].includes(type)) {
@@ -114,7 +116,7 @@ async function getRenderedContent(this: {} | { ctx: string }, entity: FNote | FA
     };
 }
 
-async function renderText(note: FNote | FAttachment, $renderedContent: JQuery<HTMLElement>) {
+async function renderText(note: FNote | FAttachment, $renderedContent: JQuery<HTMLElement>, options: Options = {}) {
     // entity must be FNote
     const blob = await note.getBlob();
 
@@ -135,7 +137,7 @@ async function renderText(note: FNote | FAttachment, $renderedContent: JQuery<HT
         }
 
         await formatCodeBlocks($renderedContent);
-    } else if (note instanceof FNote) {
+    } else if (note instanceof FNote && !options.noChildrenList) {
         await renderChildrenList($renderedContent, note);
     }
 }
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/legacy/ListOrGridView.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/legacy/ListOrGridView.tsx
index 274ef2111..db087e840 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/legacy/ListOrGridView.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/legacy/ListOrGridView.tsx
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ function ListNoteCard({ note, parentNote, expand, highlightedTokens }: { note: F
             </h5>
 
             {isExpanded && <>
-                <NoteContent note={note} highlightedTokens={highlightedTokens} />
+                <NoteContent note={note} highlightedTokens={highlightedTokens} noChildrenList />
                 <NoteChildren note={note} parentNote={parentNote} highlightedTokens={highlightedTokens} />
             </>}
         </div>
@@ -110,7 +110,11 @@ function GridNoteCard({ note, parentNote, highlightedTokens }: { note: FNote, pa
                 <span ref={titleRef} className="note-book-title">{noteTitle}</span>
                 <NoteAttributes note={note} />
             </h5>
-            <NoteContent note={note} trim highlightedTokens={highlightedTokens} />
+            <NoteContent
+                note={note}
+                trim
+                highlightedTokens={highlightedTokens}
+            />
         </div>
     )
 }
@@ -126,12 +130,15 @@ function NoteAttributes({ note }: { note: FNote }) {
     return <span className="note-list-attributes" ref={ref} />
 }
 
-function NoteContent({ note, trim, highlightedTokens }: { note: FNote, trim?: boolean, highlightedTokens }) {
+function NoteContent({ note, trim, noChildrenList, highlightedTokens }: { note: FNote, trim?: boolean, noChildrenList?: boolean, highlightedTokens: string[] | null | undefined }) {
     const contentRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
     const highlightSearch = useImperativeSearchHighlighlighting(highlightedTokens);
 
     useEffect(() => {
-        content_renderer.getRenderedContent(note, { trim })
+        content_renderer.getRenderedContent(note, {
+            trim,
+            noChildrenList
+        })
             .then(({ $renderedContent, type }) => {
                 if (!contentRef.current) return;
                 contentRef.current.replaceChildren(...$renderedContent);