diff --git a/config.example.yaml b/config.example.yaml
index 7a3265b4..40bb8721 100644
--- a/config.example.yaml
+++ b/config.example.yaml
@@ -201,6 +201,9 @@ nonstream-keepalive-interval: 0
 #         alias: "vertex-flash"                   # client-visible alias
 #       - name: "gemini-2.5-pro"
 #         alias: "vertex-pro"
+#     excluded-models:                            # optional: models to exclude from listing
+#       - "imagen-3.0-generate-002"
+#       - "imagen-*"
 
 # Amp Integration
 # ampcode:
diff --git a/internal/api/handlers/management/config_lists.go b/internal/api/handlers/management/config_lists.go
index 66e89992..503179c1 100644
--- a/internal/api/handlers/management/config_lists.go
+++ b/internal/api/handlers/management/config_lists.go
@@ -516,12 +516,13 @@ func (h *Handler) PutVertexCompatKeys(c *gin.Context) {
 }
 func (h *Handler) PatchVertexCompatKey(c *gin.Context) {
 	type vertexCompatPatch struct {
-		APIKey   *string                     `json:"api-key"`
-		Prefix   *string                     `json:"prefix"`
-		BaseURL  *string                     `json:"base-url"`
-		ProxyURL *string                     `json:"proxy-url"`
-		Headers  *map[string]string          `json:"headers"`
-		Models   *[]config.VertexCompatModel `json:"models"`
+		APIKey         *string                     `json:"api-key"`
+		Prefix         *string                     `json:"prefix"`
+		BaseURL        *string                     `json:"base-url"`
+		ProxyURL       *string                     `json:"proxy-url"`
+		Headers        *map[string]string          `json:"headers"`
+		Models         *[]config.VertexCompatModel `json:"models"`
+		ExcludedModels *[]string                   `json:"excluded-models"`
 	}
 	var body struct {
 		Index *int               `json:"index"`
@@ -585,6 +586,9 @@ func (h *Handler) PatchVertexCompatKey(c *gin.Context) {
 	if body.Value.Models != nil {
 		entry.Models = append([]config.VertexCompatModel(nil), (*body.Value.Models)...)
 	}
+	if body.Value.ExcludedModels != nil {
+		entry.ExcludedModels = config.NormalizeExcludedModels(*body.Value.ExcludedModels)
+	}
 	normalizeVertexCompatKey(&entry)
 	h.cfg.VertexCompatAPIKey[targetIndex] = entry
 	h.cfg.SanitizeVertexCompatKeys()
@@ -1025,6 +1029,7 @@ func normalizeVertexCompatKey(entry *config.VertexCompatKey) {
 	entry.BaseURL = strings.TrimSpace(entry.BaseURL)
 	entry.ProxyURL = strings.TrimSpace(entry.ProxyURL)
 	entry.Headers = config.NormalizeHeaders(entry.Headers)
+	entry.ExcludedModels = config.NormalizeExcludedModels(entry.ExcludedModels)
 	if len(entry.Models) == 0 {
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/internal/config/vertex_compat.go b/internal/config/vertex_compat.go
index 786c5318..5f6c7c88 100644
--- a/internal/config/vertex_compat.go
+++ b/internal/config/vertex_compat.go
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ type VertexCompatKey struct {
 
 	// Models defines the model configurations including aliases for routing.
 	Models []VertexCompatModel `yaml:"models,omitempty" json:"models,omitempty"`
+
+	// ExcludedModels lists model IDs that should be excluded for this provider.
+	ExcludedModels []string `yaml:"excluded-models,omitempty" json:"excluded-models,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (k VertexCompatKey) GetAPIKey() string  { return k.APIKey }
@@ -74,6 +77,7 @@ func (cfg *Config) SanitizeVertexCompatKeys() {
 		}
 		entry.ProxyURL = strings.TrimSpace(entry.ProxyURL)
 		entry.Headers = NormalizeHeaders(entry.Headers)
+		entry.ExcludedModels = NormalizeExcludedModels(entry.ExcludedModels)
 
 		// Sanitize models: remove entries without valid alias
 		sanitizedModels := make([]VertexCompatModel, 0, len(entry.Models))
diff --git a/internal/watcher/diff/config_diff.go b/internal/watcher/diff/config_diff.go
index b7d537da..7997f04e 100644
--- a/internal/watcher/diff/config_diff.go
+++ b/internal/watcher/diff/config_diff.go
@@ -304,6 +304,11 @@ func BuildConfigChangeDetails(oldCfg, newCfg *config.Config) []string {
 			if oldModels.hash != newModels.hash {
 				changes = append(changes, fmt.Sprintf("vertex[%d].models: updated (%d -> %d entries)", i, oldModels.count, newModels.count))
 			}
+			oldExcluded := SummarizeExcludedModels(o.ExcludedModels)
+			newExcluded := SummarizeExcludedModels(n.ExcludedModels)
+			if oldExcluded.hash != newExcluded.hash {
+				changes = append(changes, fmt.Sprintf("vertex[%d].excluded-models: updated (%d -> %d entries)", i, oldExcluded.count, newExcluded.count))
+			}
 			if !equalStringMap(o.Headers, n.Headers) {
 				changes = append(changes, fmt.Sprintf("vertex[%d].headers: updated", i))
 			}
diff --git a/internal/watcher/synthesizer/config.go b/internal/watcher/synthesizer/config.go
index 69194efc..52ae9a48 100644
--- a/internal/watcher/synthesizer/config.go
+++ b/internal/watcher/synthesizer/config.go
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ func (s *ConfigSynthesizer) synthesizeVertexCompat(ctx *SynthesisContext) []*cor
 			CreatedAt:  now,
 			UpdatedAt:  now,
 		}
-		ApplyAuthExcludedModelsMeta(a, cfg, nil, "apikey")
+		ApplyAuthExcludedModelsMeta(a, cfg, compat.ExcludedModels, "apikey")
 		out = append(out, a)
 	}
 	return out
diff --git a/sdk/cliproxy/service.go b/sdk/cliproxy/service.go
index 9952e7b2..6124f8b1 100644
--- a/sdk/cliproxy/service.go
+++ b/sdk/cliproxy/service.go
@@ -791,10 +791,13 @@ func (s *Service) registerModelsForAuth(a *coreauth.Auth) {
 	case "vertex":
 		// Vertex AI Gemini supports the same model identifiers as Gemini.
 		models = registry.GetGeminiVertexModels()
-		if authKind == "apikey" {
-			if entry := s.resolveConfigVertexCompatKey(a); entry != nil && len(entry.Models) > 0 {
+		if entry := s.resolveConfigVertexCompatKey(a); entry != nil {
+			if len(entry.Models) > 0 {
 				models = buildVertexCompatConfigModels(entry)
 			}
+			if authKind == "apikey" {
+				excluded = entry.ExcludedModels
+			}
 		}
 		models = applyExcludedModels(models, excluded)
 	case "gemini-cli":