diff --git a/app/activeproject.cpp b/app/activeproject.cpp
index 78d786a9e..5d7a9b421 100644
--- a/app/activeproject.cpp
+++ b/app/activeproject.cpp
@@ -608,6 +608,16 @@ bool ActiveProject::recordingAllowed( QgsMapLayer *layer ) const
   if ( layer->readOnly() )
     return false;
 
+  if ( layer )
+  {
+    bool isPrivate = layer->flags() & QgsMapLayer::LayerFlag::Private;
+
+    if ( isPrivate )
+    {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
   return QgsMapLayerProxyModel::layerMatchesFilters( layer, Qgis::LayerFilter::HasGeometry | Qgis::LayerFilter::WritableLayer ) && layer->id() != positionTrackingLayerId() && layer->id() != mapSketchesLayerId();
 }
 
diff --git a/app/recordinglayersproxymodel.cpp b/app/recordinglayersproxymodel.cpp
index 1ad1ed328..801128596 100644
--- a/app/recordinglayersproxymodel.cpp
+++ b/app/recordinglayersproxymodel.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,16 @@ bool RecordingLayersProxyModel::filterAcceptsRow( int source_row, const QModelIn
   QModelIndex index = mModel->index( source_row, 0, source_parent );
   QgsMapLayer *layer = mModel->layerFromIndex( index );
 
+  if ( layer )
+  {
+    bool isPrivate = layer->flags() & QgsMapLayer::LayerFlag::Private;
+
+    if ( isPrivate )
+    {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
   return mModel->data( index, LayersModel::LayerVisible ).toBool();
 }