diff --git a/editor/editor_export.cpp b/editor/editor_export.cpp
index 949306de425..4f60258d95f 100644
--- a/editor/editor_export.cpp
+++ b/editor/editor_export.cpp
@@ -507,6 +507,11 @@ void EditorExportPlatform::_edit_files_with_filter(DirAccess *da, const Vector<S
 		if (dir.begins_with(".")) {
 			continue;
 		}
+
+		if (EditorFileSystem::_should_skip_directory(cur_dir + dir)) {
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		da->change_dir(dir);
 		_edit_files_with_filter(da, p_filters, r_list, exclude);
 		da->change_dir("..");
diff --git a/editor/editor_file_system.cpp b/editor/editor_file_system.cpp
index 3c6649a66a5..dce022e86ea 100644
--- a/editor/editor_file_system.cpp
+++ b/editor/editor_file_system.cpp
@@ -669,10 +669,7 @@ void EditorFileSystem::_scan_new_dir(EditorFileSystemDirectory *p_dir, DirAccess
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			if (FileAccess::exists(cd.plus_file(f).plus_file("project.godot"))) { // skip if another project inside this
-				continue;
-			}
-			if (FileAccess::exists(cd.plus_file(f).plus_file(".gdignore"))) { // skip if another project inside this
+			if (_should_skip_directory(cd.plus_file(f))) {
 				continue;
 			}
 
@@ -874,10 +871,7 @@ void EditorFileSystem::_scan_fs_changes(EditorFileSystemDirectory *p_dir, const
 
 				int idx = p_dir->find_dir_index(f);
 				if (idx == -1) {
-					if (FileAccess::exists(cd.plus_file(f).plus_file("project.godot"))) { // skip if another project inside this
-						continue;
-					}
-					if (FileAccess::exists(cd.plus_file(f).plus_file(".gdignore"))) { // skip if another project inside this
+					if (_should_skip_directory(cd.plus_file(f))) {
 						continue;
 					}
 
@@ -1979,6 +1973,20 @@ Error EditorFileSystem::_resource_import(const String &p_path) {
 	return OK;
 }
 
+bool EditorFileSystem::_should_skip_directory(const String &p_path) {
+	if (FileAccess::exists(p_path.plus_file("project.godot"))) {
+		// skip if another project inside this
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	if (FileAccess::exists(p_path.plus_file(".gdignore"))) {
+		// skip if a `.gdignore` file is inside this
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 bool EditorFileSystem::is_group_file(const String &p_path) const {
 	return group_file_cache.has(p_path);
 }
diff --git a/editor/editor_file_system.h b/editor/editor_file_system.h
index dec23302568..59bde238a80 100644
--- a/editor/editor_file_system.h
+++ b/editor/editor_file_system.h
@@ -262,6 +262,8 @@ public:
 	bool is_group_file(const String &p_path) const;
 	void move_group_file(const String &p_path, const String &p_new_path);
 
+	static bool _should_skip_directory(const String &p_path);
+
 	EditorFileSystem();
 	~EditorFileSystem();
 };
diff --git a/platform/android/export/export.cpp b/platform/android/export/export.cpp
index da3ffab094f..088bb35f626 100644
--- a/platform/android/export/export.cpp
+++ b/platform/android/export/export.cpp
@@ -2414,6 +2414,9 @@ public:
 		print_verbose("- custom build enabled: " + bool_to_string(use_custom_build));
 		print_verbose("- apk expansion enabled: " + bool_to_string(apk_expansion));
 		print_verbose("- enabled abis: " + String(",").join(enabled_abis));
+		print_verbose("- export filter: " + itos(p_preset->get_export_filter()));
+		print_verbose("- include filter: " + p_preset->get_include_filter());
+		print_verbose("- exclude filter: " + p_preset->get_exclude_filter());
 
 		Ref<Image> splash_image;
 		Ref<Image> splash_bg_color_image;