diff --git a/cmd.go b/cmd.go
index 7d90738bd..fe72a3421 100644
--- a/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd.go
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ func usage(logger *text.Logger) {
 		{"--cleanmenu", gotext.Get("Give the option to clean build PKGBUILDS")},
 		{"--diffmenu", gotext.Get("Give the option to show diffs for build files")},
 		{"--editmenu", gotext.Get("Give the option to edit/view PKGBUILDS")},
+		{"--noupgrademenu", gotext.Get("Do not prompt for package exclusions during upgrades")},
 		{"--askremovemake", gotext.Get("Ask to remove makedepends after install")},
 		{"--askyesremovemake", gotext.Get("Ask to remove makedepends after install(\"Y\" as default)")},
 		{"--removemake", gotext.Get("Remove makedepends after install")},
diff --git a/completions/bash b/completions/bash
index 6aff02642..fb63333a8 100644
--- a/completions/bash
+++ b/completions/bash
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ _yay() {
           save builddir editor editorflags makepkg pacman git gitflags gpg gpgflags mflags config requestsplitn sudoloop sudo sudoflags
           redownload noredownload redownloadall rebuild rebuildall rebuildtree norebuild sortby
           singlelineresults doublelineresults answerclean answerdiff answeredit answerupgrade noanswerclean noanswerdiff
-          noansweredit noanswerupgrade cleanmenu diffmenu editmenu cleanafter keepsrc topdown bottomup devel separatesources
+          noansweredit noanswerupgrade cleanmenu diffmenu editmenu noupgrademenu cleanafter keepsrc topdown bottomup devel separatesources
           provides pgpfetch
           useask combinedupgrade aur repo makepkgconf
           nomakepkgconf askremovemake askyesremovemake removemake noremovemake completioninterval aururl aurrpcurl
diff --git a/completions/fish b/completions/fish
index 0bde2f124..5277d24c4 100644
--- a/completions/fish
+++ b/completions/fish
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ complete -c $progname -n "not $noopt" -l noanswerupgrade -d 'Unset the answer fo
 complete -c $progname -n "not $noopt" -l cleanmenu -d 'Give the option to clean build PKGBUILDS' -f
 complete -c $progname -n "not $noopt" -l diffmenu -d 'Give the option to show diffs for build files' -f
 complete -c $progname -n "not $noopt" -l editmenu -d 'Give the option to edit/view PKGBUILDS' -f
+complete -c $progname -n "not $noopt" -l noupgrademenu -d 'Do not prompt for package exclusions during upgrades' -f
 complete -c $progname -n "not $noopt" -l askremovemake -d 'Ask to remove make deps after install' -f
 complete -c $progname -n "not $noopt" -l askyesremovemake -d 'Ask to remove make deps after install(with "Y" as default)' -f
 complete -c $progname -n "not $noopt" -l removemake -d 'Remove make deps after install' -f
diff --git a/completions/zsh b/completions/zsh
index bf4b51c25..58a8f367a 100644
--- a/completions/zsh
+++ b/completions/zsh
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ _pacman_opts_common=(
 	'--cleanmenu[Give the option to clean build PKGBUILDS]'
 	'--diffmenu[Give the option to show diffs for build files]'
 	'--editmenu[Give the option to edit/view PKGBUILDS]'
+	'--noupgrademenu[Do not prompt for package exclusions during upgrades]'
 	'(--askyesremovemake --removemake --noremovemake)--askremovemake[Ask to remove makedepends after install]'
 	'(--askremovemake --removemake --noremovemake)--askyesremovemake[Ask to remove makedepends after install(with "Y" as default)]'
 	'(--askremovemake --askyesremovemake --noremovemake)--removemake[Remove makedepends after install]'
diff --git a/doc/lua.md b/doc/lua.md
index 632db98e8..411aaba80 100644
--- a/doc/lua.md
+++ b/doc/lua.md
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ startup and reports the offending keys/values so misconfigurations fail fast.
 **Booleans**
 
 `bottom_up`, `sudo_loop`, `devel`, `clean_after`, `keep_src`, `provides`,
-`pgp_fetch`, `clean_menu`, `diff_menu`, `edit_menu`, `combined_upgrade`,
+`pgp_fetch`, `clean_menu`, `diff_menu`, `edit_menu`, `no_upgrade_menu`, `combined_upgrade`,
 `use_ask`, `batch_install`, `single_line_results`, `separate_sources`, `debug`,
 `rpc`, `double_confirm`
 
diff --git a/doc/yay.8 b/doc/yay.8
index fc897bb94..325c1523c 100644
--- a/doc/yay.8
+++ b/doc/yay.8
@@ -320,6 +320,13 @@ before building.
 \fBWarning\fR: Yay resolves dependencies ahead of time via the RPC. It is not
 recommended to edit pkgbuild variables unless you know what you are doing.
 
+.TP
+.B \-\-noupgrademenu
+Do not show the package exclusion prompt after listing available upgrades. All
+remaining packages are accepted; exclusions from UpgradeSelect hooks still
+apply. Set 'noupgrademenu' in the configuration file, or use
+'--noupgrademenu=false' temporarily, to restore the prompt.
+
 .TP
 .B \-\-askremovemake
 Ask to remove makedepends after installing packages.
diff --git a/meta/yay.d.lua b/meta/yay.d.lua
index 7766410bd..92ff1b103 100644
--- a/meta/yay.d.lua
+++ b/meta/yay.d.lua
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 ---@field clean_menu boolean Show pre-build clean menu.
 ---@field diff_menu boolean Show diff menu before building.
 ---@field edit_menu boolean Show PKGBUILD edit menu before building.
+---@field no_upgrade_menu boolean Skip the package exclusion prompt after listing upgrades.
 ---@field combined_upgrade boolean Use combined repo+AUR upgrade flow on sysupgrade.
 ---@field use_ask boolean Use pacman's --ask to auto-confirm known conflicts.
 ---@field batch_install boolean Queue AUR package installs instead of installing each package immediately.
diff --git a/pkg/settings/args.go b/pkg/settings/args.go
index 9ed9ca901..473564cf8 100644
--- a/pkg/settings/args.go
+++ b/pkg/settings/args.go
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ func (c *Configuration) handleOption(option, value string) bool {
 		c.DiffMenu = boolValue
 	case "editmenu":
 		c.EditMenu = boolValue
+	case "noupgrademenu":
+		c.NoUpgradeMenu = boolValue
 	case "useask":
 		c.UseAsk = boolValue
 	case "combinedupgrade":
diff --git a/pkg/settings/args_test.go b/pkg/settings/args_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..485534080
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/settings/args_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+//go:build !integration
+
+package settings
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/Jguer/yay/v13/pkg/settings/parser"
+)
+
+func TestConfiguration_ParseCommandLineNoUpgradeMenu(t *testing.T) {
+	originalArgs := os.Args
+	t.Cleanup(func() { os.Args = originalArgs })
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name  string
+		arg   string
+		start bool
+		want  bool
+	}{
+		{name: "enable", arg: "--noupgrademenu", start: false, want: true},
+		{name: "disable", arg: "--noupgrademenu=false", start: true, want: false},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			os.Args = []string{"yay", tt.arg}
+			cfg := &Configuration{NoUpgradeMenu: tt.start}
+			args := parser.MakeArguments()
+
+			require.NoError(t, cfg.ParseCommandLine(args))
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, cfg.NoUpgradeMenu)
+			assert.NotContains(t, args.Options, "noupgrademenu")
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDefaultConfigShowsUpgradeMenu(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	assert.False(t, DefaultConfig("test").NoUpgradeMenu)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/settings/config.go b/pkg/settings/config.go
index 54946c6e5..2fa95e0e3 100644
--- a/pkg/settings/config.go
+++ b/pkg/settings/config.go
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ type Configuration struct {
 	CleanMenu              bool   `json:"cleanmenu" lua:"clean_menu"`
 	DiffMenu               bool   `json:"diffmenu" lua:"diff_menu"`
 	EditMenu               bool   `json:"editmenu" lua:"edit_menu"`
+	NoUpgradeMenu          bool   `json:"noupgrademenu" lua:"no_upgrade_menu"`
 	CombinedUpgrade        bool   `json:"combinedupgrade" lua:"combined_upgrade"`
 	UseAsk                 bool   `json:"useask" lua:"use_ask"`
 	BatchInstall           bool   `json:"batchinstall" lua:"batch_install"`
@@ -231,6 +232,7 @@ func DefaultConfig(version string) *Configuration {
 		CleanMenu:              true,
 		DiffMenu:               true,
 		EditMenu:               false,
+		NoUpgradeMenu:          false,
 		UseAsk:                 false,
 		CombinedUpgrade:        true,
 		SeparateSources:        true,
diff --git a/pkg/settings/lua/lua_test.go b/pkg/settings/lua/lua_test.go
index ff279a1b9..dde3d0ba5 100644
--- a/pkg/settings/lua/lua_test.go
+++ b/pkg/settings/lua/lua_test.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ type testConfig struct {
 	BuildDir      string `json:"buildDir" lua:"build_dir"`
 	RequestSplitN int    `json:"requestsplitn" lua:"request_split_n"`
 	Devel         bool   `json:"devel" lua:"devel"`
+	NoUpgradeMenu bool   `json:"noupgrademenu" lua:"no_upgrade_menu"`
 	AnswerClean   string `json:"answerclean" lua:"answer_clean"`
 	AnswerDiff    string `json:"answerdiff" lua:"answer_diff"`
 	AnswerEdit    string `json:"answeredit" lua:"answer_edit"`
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ func TestApply(t *testing.T) {
 		yay.opt.build_dir = "/tmp/yay"
 		yay.opt.request_split_n = 200
 		yay.opt.devel = true
+		yay.opt.no_upgrade_menu = true
 	`))
 
 	cfg := &testConfig{}
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ func TestApply(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "/tmp/yay", cfg.BuildDir)
 	assert.Equal(t, 200, cfg.RequestSplitN)
 	assert.True(t, cfg.Devel)
+	assert.True(t, cfg.NoUpgradeMenu)
 }
 
 func TestApplyUnknownAndTypeMismatch(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/settings/parser/parser.go b/pkg/settings/parser/parser.go
index a0e73e7c5..66110ae17 100644
--- a/pkg/settings/parser/parser.go
+++ b/pkg/settings/parser/parser.go
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ func isArg(arg string) bool {
 	case "cleanmenu":
 	case "diffmenu":
 	case "editmenu":
+	case "noupgrademenu":
 	case "useask":
 	case "combinedupgrade":
 	case "a", "aur":
diff --git a/pkg/settings/parser/parser_test.go b/pkg/settings/parser/parser_test.go
index a53d80769..683a926f9 100644
--- a/pkg/settings/parser/parser_test.go
+++ b/pkg/settings/parser/parser_test.go
@@ -326,6 +326,9 @@ func Test_isArg(t *testing.T) {
 
 	got = isArg("dbpath")
 	assert.True(t, got)
+
+	got = isArg("noupgrademenu")
+	assert.True(t, got)
 }
 
 func TestArguments_ParseStdin(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/upgrade/service.go b/pkg/upgrade/service.go
index a93abc813..8de1b06b8 100644
--- a/pkg/upgrade/service.go
+++ b/pkg/upgrade/service.go
@@ -385,6 +385,9 @@ func (u *UpgradeService) UserExcludeUpgrades(graph *topo.Graph[string, *dep.Inst
 	}
 
 	u.printUpgradeSelection(allUp)
+	if u.cfg.NoUpgradeMenu {
+		return excluded, nil
+	}
 
 	u.log.Infoln(gotext.Get("Packages to exclude: (eg: \"1 2 3\", \"1-3\", \"^4\" or repo name)"))
 	u.log.Warnln(gotext.Get("Excluding packages may cause partial upgrades and break systems"))
diff --git a/pkg/upgrade/service_test.go b/pkg/upgrade/service_test.go
index 9df30c779..132c168a8 100644
--- a/pkg/upgrade/service_test.go
+++ b/pkg/upgrade/service_test.go
@@ -838,6 +838,53 @@ func TestUpgradeService_UserExcludeUpgradesWithoutLuaHookUsesNativeMenu(t *testi
 	assert.False(t, graph.Exists("new-dep"))
 }
 
+func TestUpgradeService_UserExcludeUpgradesNoUpgradeMenuAvoidsInput(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	graph := newUpgradeSelectTestGraph(t)
+	var output strings.Builder
+	logger := text.NewLogger(&output, io.Discard, strings.NewReader(""), true, "test")
+	u := newUpgradeSelectTestService(strings.NewReader(""), nil)
+	u.log = logger
+	u.cfg.NoUpgradeMenu = true
+
+	excluded, err := u.UserExcludeUpgrades(graph)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assert.Empty(t, excluded)
+	assert.True(t, graph.Exists("linux"))
+	assert.True(t, graph.Exists("yay"))
+	assert.True(t, graph.Exists("example-git"))
+	assert.True(t, graph.Exists("new-dep"))
+	assert.Contains(t, output.String(), "to upgrade/install")
+	assert.NotContains(t, output.String(), "Packages to exclude")
+}
+
+func TestUpgradeService_UserExcludeUpgradesNoUpgradeMenuStillRunsLuaHook(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	engine := settingslua.New()
+	defer engine.Close()
+	require.NoError(t, engine.L.DoString(`
+		yay.create_autocmd("UpgradeSelect", {
+			callback = function()
+				return { exclude = { "example-git" } }
+			end,
+		})
+	`))
+
+	graph := newUpgradeSelectTestGraph(t)
+	u := newUpgradeSelectTestService(strings.NewReader(""), engine)
+	u.cfg.NoUpgradeMenu = true
+
+	excluded, err := u.UserExcludeUpgrades(graph)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assert.ElementsMatch(t, []string{"example-git", "new-dep"}, excluded)
+	assert.True(t, graph.Exists("linux"))
+	assert.True(t, graph.Exists("yay"))
+	assert.False(t, graph.Exists("example-git"))
+	assert.False(t, graph.Exists("new-dep"))
+}
+
 func TestUpgradeService_UserExcludeUpgradesLuaHookPrunesGraph(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	engine := settingslua.New()