diff --git a/src/app/services/create-file-from-template.service.spec.ts b/src/app/services/create-file-from-template.service.spec.ts
index 70e7c89be..bcf7626e9 100644
--- a/src/app/services/create-file-from-template.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/services/create-file-from-template.service.spec.ts
@@ -153,4 +153,52 @@ describe('CreateFileFromTemplateService', () => {
       new SnackbarErrorAction('APP.MESSAGES.ERRORS.GENERIC')
     );
   }));
+
+  it('should return true if row is not a `link` nodeType', () => {
+    spyOn(
+      alfrescoApiService.getInstance().nodes,
+      'getNodeInfo'
+    ).and.returnValue(
+      of({
+        id: 'templates-folder-id',
+        path: {
+          elements: [],
+          name: '/Company Home/Data Dictionary'
+        }
+      })
+    );
+    spyOn(dialog, 'open');
+
+    createFileFromTemplateService.openTemplatesDialog();
+
+    expect(
+      dialog.open['calls'].argsFor(0)[1].data.rowFilter({
+        node: { entry: { nodeType: 'text' } }
+      })
+    ).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('should return false if row is a `link` nodeType', () => {
+    spyOn(
+      alfrescoApiService.getInstance().nodes,
+      'getNodeInfo'
+    ).and.returnValue(
+      of({
+        id: 'templates-folder-id',
+        path: {
+          elements: [],
+          name: '/Company Home/Data Dictionary'
+        }
+      })
+    );
+    spyOn(dialog, 'open');
+
+    createFileFromTemplateService.openTemplatesDialog();
+
+    expect(
+      dialog.open['calls'].argsFor(0)[1].data.rowFilter({
+        node: { entry: { nodeType: 'app:filelink' } }
+      })
+    ).toBe(false);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/app/services/create-file-from-template.service.ts b/src/app/services/create-file-from-template.service.ts
index f9a8d8790..f99a7cb54 100644
--- a/src/app/services/create-file-from-template.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/services/create-file-from-template.service.ts
@@ -27,14 +27,15 @@ import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { MatDialog, MatDialogConfig, MatDialogRef } from '@angular/material';
 import { CreateFileFromTemplateDialogComponent } from '../dialogs/node-templates/create-from-template.dialog';
 import { Subject, from, of } from 'rxjs';
-import { Node, MinimalNode } from '@alfresco/js-api';
+import { Node, MinimalNode, MinimalNodeEntryEntity } from '@alfresco/js-api';
 import { AlfrescoApiService, TranslationService } from '@alfresco/adf-core';
 import { switchMap, catchError } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 import { AppStore, SnackbarErrorAction } from '@alfresco/aca-shared/store';
 import {
   ContentNodeSelectorComponent,
-  ContentNodeSelectorComponentData
+  ContentNodeSelectorComponentData,
+  ShareDataRow
 } from '@alfresco/adf-content-services';
 
 @Injectable({
@@ -62,7 +63,8 @@ export class CreateFileFromTemplateService {
       dropdownSiteList: null,
       breadcrumbTransform: this.transformNode.bind(this),
       select,
-      isSelectionValid: this.isSelectionValid.bind(this)
+      isSelectionValid: this.isSelectionValid.bind(this),
+      rowFilter: this.rowFilter.bind(this)
     };
 
     from(
@@ -131,4 +133,9 @@ export class CreateFileFromTemplateService {
   private get title() {
     return this.translation.instant('NODE_SELECTOR.SELECT_TEMPLATE_TITLE');
   }
+
+  private rowFilter(row: ShareDataRow): boolean {
+    const node: MinimalNodeEntryEntity = row.node.entry;
+    return node.nodeType !== 'app:filelink';
+  }
 }