diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.spec.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.spec.ts
index 7dfaf376f..4395c6038 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.spec.ts
@@ -154,6 +154,19 @@ describe('SuggestionsDropdownComponent', () => {
     expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent).not.toContain('existing value')
   })
 
+  it('should not count title or date suggestions matching the current values', () => {
+    fixture.componentRef.setInput('suggestions', {
+      title: 'Current title',
+      dates: ['2026-01-04', '2026-02-01'],
+    })
+    expect(component.fieldSuggestions).toBe(3)
+
+    fixture.componentRef.setInput('appliedTitle', 'Current title')
+    fixture.componentRef.setInput('appliedCreated', '2026-01-04')
+    expect(component.fieldSuggestions).toBe(1)
+    expect(component.totalSuggestions).toBe(1)
+  })
+
   it('should show when a completed request returned no suggestions', () => {
     fixture.componentRef.setInput('suggestions', {
       correspondents: [],
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.ts
index 6290e4867..2c04f6ecc 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ export class SuggestionsDropdownComponent {
   readonly appliedCorrespondent = input<number>(null)
   readonly appliedDocumentType = input<number>(null)
   readonly appliedStoragePath = input<number>(null)
+  readonly appliedTitle = input<string>(null)
+  readonly appliedCreated = input<string>(null)
 
   @Output()
   getSuggestions: EventEmitter<SuggestionSource> = new EventEmitter()
@@ -134,11 +136,24 @@ export class SuggestionsDropdownComponent {
   get fieldSuggestions(): number {
     return (
       this.reusableSuggestions +
-      (this.suggestions()?.title ? 1 : 0) +
-      (this.suggestions()?.dates?.length ?? 0)
+      this.unappliedTitleSuggestions +
+      this.unappliedDateSuggestions
     )
   }
 
+  // hide a title or date suggestion equal to the current value
+  private get unappliedTitleSuggestions(): number {
+    const title = this.suggestions()?.title
+    return title && title !== this.appliedTitle() ? 1 : 0
+  }
+
+  private get unappliedDateSuggestions(): number {
+    const created = this.appliedCreated()
+    return (this.suggestions()?.dates ?? []).filter(
+      (date) => !created || date !== created
+    ).length
+  }
+
   private countUnapplied(suggested: number[], applied: number[]): number {
     return (suggested ?? []).filter((id) => !(applied ?? []).includes(id))
       .length
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.html
index c0b7b6321..184b623ab 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.html
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@
                 [appliedCorrespondent]="documentForm.value.correspondent"
                 [appliedDocumentType]="documentForm.value.document_type"
                 [appliedStoragePath]="documentForm.value.storage_path"
+                [appliedTitle]="documentForm.value.title"
+                [appliedCreated]="documentForm.value.created"
                 (getSuggestions)="getSuggestions($event)"
                 (sourceChange)="suggestionSourceOverride.set($event)"
                 (addTag)="createTag($event)"