diff --git a/packages/web-app-files/src/components/FilesList/KeyboardActions.vue b/packages/web-app-files/src/components/FilesList/KeyboardActions.vue
index edf8135211a..c6f686c6440 100644
--- a/packages/web-app-files/src/components/FilesList/KeyboardActions.vue
+++ b/packages/web-app-files/src/components/FilesList/KeyboardActions.vue
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
       scrollToResource({ id: nextResourceId } as any)
       selectionCursor.value = unref(selectionCursor) + 1
     }
-    const handleShiftClickAction = (resource) => {
+    const handleShiftClickAction = ({ resource, skipTargetSelection }) => {
       const parent = document.querySelectorAll(`[data-item-id='${resource.id}']`)[0]
       const resourceNodes = Object.values(parent.parentNode.children)
       const latestNode = resourceNodes.find(
@@ -184,6 +184,9 @@ export default defineComponent({
 
       for (let i = minIndex; i <= maxIndex; i++) {
         const nodeId = resourceNodes[i].getAttribute('data-item-id')
+        if (skipTargetSelection && nodeId === resource.id) {
+          continue
+        }
         store.commit('Files/ADD_FILE_SELECTION', { id: nodeId })
       }
       store.commit('Files/SET_LATEST_SELECTED_FILE_ID', resource.id)
diff --git a/packages/web-app-files/src/components/FilesList/ResourceTable.vue b/packages/web-app-files/src/components/FilesList/ResourceTable.vue
index 23e457923b2..44cce0becca 100644
--- a/packages/web-app-files/src/components/FilesList/ResourceTable.vue
+++ b/packages/web-app-files/src/components/FilesList/ResourceTable.vue
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
         :model-value="isResourceSelected(item)"
         :outline="isLatestSelectedItem(item)"
         @update:model-value="setSelection($event, item)"
-        @click.stop="fileClicked([item, $event])"
+        @click.stop="fileClicked([item, $event, true])"
       />
     </template>
     <template #name="{ item }">
@@ -729,6 +729,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
        */
       const resource = data[0]
       const eventData = data[1]
+      const skipTargetSelection = data[2] ?? false
 
       const isCheckboxClicked = eventData?.target.getAttribute('type') === 'checkbox'
       const contextActionClicked = eventData?.target?.closest('div')?.id === 'oc-files-context-menu'
@@ -739,7 +740,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
         return eventBus.publish('app.files.list.clicked.meta', resource)
       }
       if (eventData && eventData.shiftKey) {
-        return eventBus.publish('app.files.list.clicked.shift', resource)
+        return eventBus.publish('app.files.list.clicked.shift', { resource, skipTargetSelection })
       }
       if (isCheckboxClicked) {
         return
diff --git a/packages/web-app-files/tests/unit/components/FilesList/KeyboardActions.spec.ts b/packages/web-app-files/tests/unit/components/FilesList/KeyboardActions.spec.ts
index 7448a291d02..ab63b01dbd5 100644
--- a/packages/web-app-files/tests/unit/components/FilesList/KeyboardActions.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/web-app-files/tests/unit/components/FilesList/KeyboardActions.spec.ts
@@ -137,7 +137,10 @@ describe('KeyboardActions', () => {
 
     it('adds the clicked file to the current selection', () => {
       const { wrapper, storeOptions } = getWrapper()
-      wrapper.vm.handleShiftClickAction(mock<Resource>({ id: resourceId }))
+      wrapper.vm.handleShiftClickAction({
+        resource: mock<Resource>({ id: resourceId }),
+        skipTargetSelection: false
+      })
       expect(storeOptions.modules.Files.mutations.ADD_FILE_SELECTION).toHaveBeenCalled()
       expect(storeOptions.modules.Files.mutations.SET_LATEST_SELECTED_FILE_ID).toHaveBeenCalled()
     })