diff --git a/frontend/obsidian-plugin/src/vault-link-plugin.ts b/frontend/obsidian-plugin/src/vault-link-plugin.ts
index 1e4fafb7..e889bf9b 100644
--- a/frontend/obsidian-plugin/src/vault-link-plugin.ts
+++ b/frontend/obsidian-plugin/src/vault-link-plugin.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ export default class VaultLinkPlugin extends Plugin {
 	>();
 
 	public async onload(): Promise<void> {
-		DEFAULT_SETTINGS.ignorePatterns.push(".obsidian/**", ".git/**");
+		DEFAULT_SETTINGS.ignorePatterns.push(
+			".obsidian/**",
+			".git/**",
+			".trash/**"
+		);
 
 		this.client = await SyncClient.create({
 			fs: new ObsidianFileSystemOperations(