diff --git a/public/app/features/provisioning/File/FilesView.test.tsx b/public/app/features/provisioning/File/FilesView.test.tsx
index 8f3412188b1..ed29db649ae 100644
--- a/public/app/features/provisioning/File/FilesView.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/provisioning/File/FilesView.test.tsx
@@ -146,4 +146,21 @@ describe('FilesView', () => {
     expect(screen.getByRole('link', { name: 'View' })).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.queryByRole('link', { name: 'History' })).not.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
+
+  it('renders plain text and hides actions for .keep files', () => {
+    mockRepositoryFilesQuery({
+      isSuccess: true,
+      status: 'fulfilled',
+      data: {
+        items: [{ path: 'dashboards/.keep', hash: 'abc', size: '0' }],
+      },
+    });
+
+    renderComponent();
+
+    expect(screen.getByText('dashboards/.keep')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByRole('link', { name: 'dashboards/.keep' })).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByRole('link', { name: 'View' })).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByRole('link', { name: 'History' })).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/public/app/features/provisioning/File/FilesView.tsx b/public/app/features/provisioning/File/FilesView.tsx
index 031784c0d20..97ac77b2fc4 100644
--- a/public/app/features/provisioning/File/FilesView.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/provisioning/File/FilesView.tsx
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ export function FilesView({ repo }: FilesViewProps) {
       sortType: 'string',
       cell: ({ row: { original } }: FileCell<'path'>) => {
         const { path } = original;
+        const isDotKeepFile = getIsDotKeepFile(path);
+        if (isDotKeepFile) {
+          return path;
+        }
         return <a href={`${PROVISIONING_URL}/${name}/file/${path}`}>{path}</a>;
       },
     },
@@ -44,6 +48,10 @@ export function FilesView({ repo }: FilesViewProps) {
       header: '',
       cell: ({ row: { original } }: FileCell<'path'>) => {
         const { path } = original;
+        const isDotKeepFile = getIsDotKeepFile(path);
+        if (isDotKeepFile) {
+          return null;
+        }
         return (
           <Stack>
             {(path.endsWith('.json') || path.endsWith('.yaml') || path.endsWith('.yml')) && (
@@ -84,3 +92,8 @@ export function FilesView({ repo }: FilesViewProps) {
     </Stack>
   );
 }
+
+function getIsDotKeepFile(path: string): boolean {
+  // e.g. 'dashboards/.keep' → true, 'dashboards/example.keep.json' → false
+  return path.split('/').pop() === '.keep';
+}