diff --git a/.idea/runConfigurations/_template__of_JavaScriptTestRunnerJest.xml b/.idea/runConfigurations/_template__of_JavaScriptTestRunnerJest.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7fe3092814..0000000000
--- a/.idea/runConfigurations/_template__of_JavaScriptTestRunnerJest.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<component name="ProjectRunConfigurationManager">
-  <configuration default="true" type="JavaScriptTestRunnerJest">
-    <node-interpreter value="project" />
-    <node-options value="--no-deprecation" />
-    <envs />
-    <scope-kind value="ALL" />
-    <method v="2" />
-  </configuration>
-</component>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/payload/src/fields/hooks/afterRead/promise.ts b/packages/payload/src/fields/hooks/afterRead/promise.ts
index a06c7ab706..daefdf77e5 100644
--- a/packages/payload/src/fields/hooks/afterRead/promise.ts
+++ b/packages/payload/src/fields/hooks/afterRead/promise.ts
@@ -307,7 +307,11 @@ export const promise = async ({
       }
     }
 
-    if ('virtual' in field && typeof field.virtual === 'string') {
+    if (
+      'virtual' in field &&
+      typeof field.virtual === 'string' &&
+      (!field.hidden || showHiddenFields)
+    ) {
       populationPromises.push(
         virtualFieldPopulationPromise({
           name: field.name,
diff --git a/test/database/config.ts b/test/database/config.ts
index a25e358a0c..1302c5b95b 100644
--- a/test/database/config.ts
+++ b/test/database/config.ts
@@ -466,6 +466,12 @@ export default buildConfigWithDefaults({
           type: 'text',
           virtual: 'post.title',
         },
+        {
+          name: 'postTitleHidden',
+          type: 'text',
+          virtual: 'post.title',
+          hidden: true,
+        },
         {
           name: 'postCategoryTitle',
           type: 'text',
diff --git a/test/database/int.spec.ts b/test/database/int.spec.ts
index a7dbf81032..100bac8069 100644
--- a/test/database/int.spec.ts
+++ b/test/database/int.spec.ts
@@ -2014,6 +2014,26 @@ describe('database', () => {
       expect(doc.postTitle).toBe('my-title-10')
     })
 
+    it('should respect hidden: true for virtual fields with reference', async () => {
+      const post = await payload.create({ collection: 'posts', data: { title: 'my-title-3' } })
+      const { id } = await payload.create({
+        collection: 'virtual-relations',
+        depth: 0,
+        data: { post: post.id },
+      })
+
+      const doc = await payload.findByID({ collection: 'virtual-relations', depth: 0, id })
+      expect(doc.postTitleHidden).toBeUndefined()
+
+      const doc_show = await payload.findByID({
+        collection: 'virtual-relations',
+        depth: 0,
+        id,
+        showHiddenFields: true,
+      })
+      expect(doc_show.postTitleHidden).toBe('my-title-3')
+    })
+
     it('should allow virtual field as reference to ID', async () => {
       const post = await payload.create({ collection: 'posts', data: { title: 'my-title' } })
       const { id } = await payload.create({
diff --git a/test/database/payload-types.ts b/test/database/payload-types.ts
index 88bc6d131d..ce2a3354d2 100644
--- a/test/database/payload-types.ts
+++ b/test/database/payload-types.ts
@@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ export interface Place {
 export interface VirtualRelation {
   id: string;
   postTitle?: string | null;
+  postTitleHidden?: string | null;
   postCategoryTitle?: string | null;
   postCategoryID?:
     | {
@@ -828,6 +829,7 @@ export interface PlacesSelect<T extends boolean = true> {
  */
 export interface VirtualRelationsSelect<T extends boolean = true> {
   postTitle?: T;
+  postTitleHidden?: T;
   postCategoryTitle?: T;
   postCategoryID?: T;
   postID?: T;