diff --git a/lib/Controller/PageController.php b/lib/Controller/PageController.php
index b2b670b04..ca100c7f7 100644
--- a/lib/Controller/PageController.php
+++ b/lib/Controller/PageController.php
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ public function index(): TemplateResponse
             'oldestFirst',
             'showAll',
             'disableRefresh',
+            'titleFilterRegex',
             'displaymode',
             'splitmode',
             'starredOpenState'
diff --git a/lib/Service/FeedServiceV2.php b/lib/Service/FeedServiceV2.php
index 8c78fb268..1a955080b 100644
--- a/lib/Service/FeedServiceV2.php
+++ b/lib/Service/FeedServiceV2.php
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 use OCP\AppFramework\Db\Entity;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Db\DoesNotExistException;
 use OCP\IAppConfig;
+use OCP\Config\IUserConfig;
 
 use OCA\News\Db\Feed;
 use OCA\News\Db\Item;
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ class FeedServiceV2 extends Service
      * @param HtmlSanitizer   $purifier    HTML Sanitizer
      * @param LoggerInterface $logger      Logger
      * @param IAppConfig      $config      App config
+     * @param IUserConfig     $userConfig  User config
      */
     public function __construct(
         FeedMapperV2 $mapper,
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ public function __construct(
         HtmlSanitizer $purifier,
         LoggerInterface $logger,
         IAppConfig $config,
+        IUserConfig $userConfig,
         AppData $appData
     ) {
         parent::__construct($mapper, $logger);
@@ -102,6 +105,7 @@ public function __construct(
         $this->explorer    = $explorer;
         $this->purifier    = $purifier;
         $this->config      = $config;
+        $this->userConfig  = $userConfig;
         $this->appData     = $appData;
     }
 
@@ -282,6 +286,25 @@ public function create(
         return $this->mapper->insert($feed);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get regex pattern for filtering article titles
+     *
+     * @param String $userId UserId for configuration access
+     *
+     * @return valid regex pattern or empty string if invalid
+     */
+    private function getTitleFilterRegex(String $userId): String
+    {
+        $pattern = $this->userConfig->getValueString($userId, 'news', 'titleFilterRegex');
+        if (empty($pattern)) {
+            return '';
+        }
+        if (@preg_match($pattern, '') === false) {
+            $this->logger->warning('Pattern in titleFilterRegex is not valid: {pattern}', [ 'pattern' => $pattern ]);
+            return '';
+        }
+        return $pattern;
+    }
 
     /**
      * Update a feed
@@ -384,7 +407,14 @@ public function fetch(Entity $feed): Entity
             $feed->setFaviconLink($fetchedFavicon);
         }
 
+        $filterBy = $this->getTitleFilterRegex($feed->getUserId());
         foreach (array_reverse($items) as &$item) {
+            if ($item->getTitle() !== null && !empty($filterBy) && preg_match($filterBy, $item->getTitle())) {
+                $this->logger->info('Item filtered: matched by = {filterBy} title = {title}', [ 'title' => $item->getTitle(), 'filterBy' => $filterBy ]);
+                continue;
+            }
+
+
             $item->setFeedId($feed->getId())
                 ->setBody($this->purifier->purify($item->getBody()));
 
diff --git a/src/components/modals/AppSettingsDialog.vue b/src/components/modals/AppSettingsDialog.vue
index cdab2ad26..9709e334d 100644
--- a/src/components/modals/AppSettingsDialog.vue
+++ b/src/components/modals/AppSettingsDialog.vue
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@
 					v-model="disableRefresh"
 					:label="t('news', 'Disable automatic refresh')" />
 			</NcFormBox>
+			<NcTextField
+				v-model="titleFilterRegex"
+				:label="t('news', 'Drop new articles with title matching regex')"
+				:placeholder="t('news', '/spam|ads/')" />
 		</NcAppSettingsSection>
 
 		<NcAppSettingsSection id="settings-display" :name="t('news', 'Appearance')">
@@ -218,6 +222,7 @@ import NcLoadingIcon from '@nextcloud/vue/components/NcLoadingIcon'
 import NcNoteCard from '@nextcloud/vue/components/NcNoteCard'
 import NcRadioGroup from '@nextcloud/vue/components/NcRadioGroup'
 import NcRadioGroupButton from '@nextcloud/vue/components/NcRadioGroupButton'
+import NcTextField from '@nextcloud/vue/components/NcTextField'
 import DownloadIcon from 'vue-material-design-icons/Download.vue'
 import UploadIcon from 'vue-material-design-icons/Upload.vue'
 import { DISPLAY_MODE, SPLIT_MODE } from '../../enums/index.ts'
@@ -240,6 +245,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
 		NcNoteCard,
 		NcRadioGroup,
 		NcRadioGroupButton,
+		NcTextField,
 		DownloadIcon,
 		UploadIcon,
 	},
@@ -353,6 +359,16 @@ export default defineComponent({
 			},
 		},
 
+		titleFilterRegex: {
+			get() {
+				return this.$store.getters.titleFilterRegex
+			},
+
+			set(newValue) {
+				this.saveSetting('titleFilterRegex', newValue)
+			},
+		},
+
 		uploadOpmlStatusMessage() {
 			return this.$store.getters.lastOpmlImportMessage?.message
 		},
diff --git a/src/store/app.ts b/src/store/app.ts
index 8901432bb..a251f8ec3 100644
--- a/src/store/app.ts
+++ b/src/store/app.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export type AppInfoState = {
 	preventReadOnScroll: boolean
 	showAll: boolean
 	disableRefresh: boolean
+	titleFilterRegex: string
 	lastViewedFeedId: string
 	lastViewedFeedType: string
 	starredOpenState: boolean
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ const state: AppInfoState = reactive({
 	preventReadOnScroll: loadState('news', 'preventReadOnScroll', null) === '1',
 	showAll: loadState('news', 'showAll', null) === '1',
 	disableRefresh: loadState('news', 'disableRefresh', null) === '1',
+	titleFilterRegex: loadState('news', 'titleFilterRegex', ''),
 	lastViewedFeedId: loadState('news', 'lastViewedFeedId', '0'),
 	lastViewedFeedType: loadState('news', 'lastViewedFeedType', '6'),
 	starredOpenState: loadState('news', 'starredOpenState', null) === '1',
@@ -71,6 +73,9 @@ const getters = {
 	disableRefresh(state: AppInfoState) {
 		return state.disableRefresh
 	},
+	titleFilterRegex(state: AppInfoState) {
+		return state.titleFilterRegex
+	},
 	lastViewedFeedId(state: AppInfoState) {
 		return state.lastViewedFeedId
 	},
@@ -149,6 +154,12 @@ export const mutations = {
 	) {
 		state.disableRefresh = value
 	},
+	titleFilterRegex(
+		state: AppInfoState,
+		{ value }: { value: string },
+	) {
+		state.titleFilterRegex = value
+	},
 	starredOpenState(
 		state: AppInfoState,
 		{ value }: { value: boolean },
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Service/FeedServiceTest.php b/tests/Unit/Service/FeedServiceTest.php
index 786dad4d4..2010527e5 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Service/FeedServiceTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Service/FeedServiceTest.php
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 use OCA\News\Utility\HtmlSanitizer;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Db\DoesNotExistException;
 use OCP\IAppConfig;
+use OCP\IUserConfig;
 
 use OCA\News\Db\Feed;
 use OCA\News\Db\Item;
@@ -129,11 +130,15 @@ protected function setUp(): void
             ->getMockBuilder(IAppConfig::class)
             ->disableOriginalConstructor()
             ->getMock();
+        $this->userConfig = $this
+            ->getMockBuilder(IUserConfig::class)
+            ->disableOriginalConstructor()
+            ->getMock();
         $this->appData = $this
             ->getMockBuilder(AppData::class)
             ->disableOriginalConstructor()
             ->getMock();
-        
+
         $this->class = new FeedServiceV2(
             $this->mapper,
             $this->fetcher,
@@ -142,6 +147,7 @@ protected function setUp(): void
             $this->purifier,
             $this->logger,
             $this->config,
+            $this->userConfig,
             $this->appData
         );
         $this->uid = 'jack';