diff --git a/backend/open_webui/utils/middleware.py b/backend/open_webui/utils/middleware.py
index 35812cb803..9ea9a5cc96 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/utils/middleware.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/utils/middleware.py
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ from open_webui.models.config import Config
 from open_webui.models.folders import Folders
 from open_webui.models.functions import Functions
 from open_webui.models.models import Models
+from open_webui.models.notes import Notes
 from open_webui.models.oauth_sessions import OAuthSessions
 from open_webui.models.users import UserModel, Users
 from open_webui.retrieval.utils import get_sources_from_items
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ from open_webui.socket.main import (
     get_event_emitter,
 )
 from open_webui.utils.access_control import has_connection_access, has_permission
+from open_webui.models.access_grants import AccessGrants
 from open_webui.utils.access_control.folders import has_folder_access
 from open_webui.utils.chat import generate_chat_completion
 from open_webui.utils.code_interpreter import execute_code_jupyter
@@ -2526,6 +2528,30 @@ async def process_chat_payload(request, form_data, user, metadata, model):
     chat = None
     if metadata.get('chat_id') and not metadata['chat_id'].startswith(('local:', 'channel:')):
         chat = await Chats.get_chat_by_id(metadata['chat_id'])
+
+    if chat and (chat.meta or {}).get('internal') is True and (chat.meta or {}).get('type') == 'note':
+        note_id = (chat.meta or {}).get('note_id')
+        note = await Notes.get_note_by_id(note_id) if note_id else None
+        if note and (
+            user.role == 'admin'
+            or note.user_id == user.id
+            or await AccessGrants.has_access(
+                user_id=user.id,
+                resource_type='note',
+                resource_id=note.id,
+                permission='read',
+            )
+        ):
+            note_files = [
+                file
+                for file in ((note.data or {}).get('files') or [])
+                if isinstance(file, dict)
+                and file.get('type') != 'image'
+                and not (file.get('content_type') or '').startswith('image/')
+            ]
+            if note_files:
+                files = [*(files or []), *note_files]
+
     use_builtin_tools = (
         (chat and (chat.meta or {}).get('internal') is True and (chat.meta or {}).get('type') == 'note')
         or (
diff --git a/src/lib/components/notes/NoteEditor.svelte b/src/lib/components/notes/NoteEditor.svelte
index 1e725f67a7..3544ef24a0 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/notes/NoteEditor.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/notes/NoteEditor.svelte
@@ -143,22 +143,10 @@
 	let noteChatCreating = false;
 
 	let selectedContent = null;
-	let noteChatFiles = [];
 	let noteAttachmentFiles = [];
 	let pendingNoteEvent = null;
 	let pendingNoteEventTimer = null;
 	let lastLocalContentChangeAt = 0;
-	$: {
-		const seen = new Set();
-		noteChatFiles = note
-			? (note?.data?.files ?? files ?? []).filter((file) => {
-					const key = `${file?.type ?? ''}:${file?.id ?? file?.url ?? file?.name ?? ''}`;
-					if (seen.has(key)) return false;
-					seen.add(key);
-					return true;
-				})
-			: [];
-	}
 	$: noteAttachmentFiles = (files ?? []).filter(
 		(file) => file?.type !== 'image' && !(file?.content_type ?? '').startsWith('image/')
 	);
@@ -1482,7 +1470,6 @@ ${content}
 				chatIdProp={noteChatId ?? ''}
 				embeddedChats={noteChats}
 				embeddedDraftKey={noteChatDraftKey}
-				initialFiles={noteChatFiles}
 				selectedText={selectedContent?.text ?? ''}
 				onInsertToNote={insertHandler}
 				onNewEmbeddedChat={createNoteChat}