diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4154fa8..aac56a6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ TMDB ("Fetch Data") are working for both TV episodes and movies — including fu
 title disambiguation, so a search that returns several similarly-named results doesn't
 just take TMDB's top-ranked hit — and the actual on-disk rename operation is wired up
 (skip-on-conflict, with a confirmation step showing the full old-path/new-path plan
-before anything touches disk). Rename can also organize files into subfolders —
+before anything touches disk, and a per-row ✕ to drop an individual file from that plan
+at the last step). Rename can also organize files into subfolders —
 including ones that don't exist yet — when the naming scheme includes a `/`. Every
 completed rename is logged to a history panel that can undo it, moving files back to
 their original paths. A single loaded batch can freely mix TV episodes and movies —
@@ -230,12 +231,10 @@ ported from, for anyone picking this up:
    `--conflict` variants beyond skip (auto-number, override), and the CLI flag surface
    itself.
 7. **The rest of the UI** — the Rename panel (file loading, drag-drop, live preview,
-   local matching, confirmed rename, rename history/undo) is built; the other five
-   sidebar panels (Episodes/Subtitles/SFV/Filter/List) are still stub screens, plus
-   Align up/down reordering and Presets on the Rename panel itself are still no-ops.
-   There's also no per-item exclude inside the rename confirmation modal yet (it's
-   all-or-nothing — use "Exclude Selected" on the file list beforehand to leave a file
-   out entirely).
+   local TV/movie matching, confirmed rename with per-item exclude, rename history/undo)
+   is built; the other five sidebar panels (Episodes/Subtitles/SFV/Filter/List) are
+   still stub screens, plus Align up/down reordering and Presets on the Rename panel
+   itself are still no-ops.
 8. **Undo/history for renames** — done, as a flat JSON-backed undo stack rather than a
    full port of `net.filebot.HistoryDialog`'s session/element log
    (`crates/renamr-core/src/history`, `src-tauri/src/history.rs`). Every successful
diff --git a/src/components/RenamePanel.css b/src/components/RenamePanel.css
index df6eb1f..fcaabd2 100644
--- a/src/components/RenamePanel.css
+++ b/src/components/RenamePanel.css
@@ -403,6 +403,31 @@
   font-weight: 600;
 }
 
+.modal-plan-remove {
+  all: unset;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  flex: 0 0 auto;
+  width: 22px;
+  height: 22px;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  border-radius: 6px;
+  color: var(--muted-text);
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+
+.modal-plan-remove:hover {
+  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.06);
+  color: #ff8a8a;
+}
+
+.modal-plan-remove:disabled {
+  opacity: 0.35;
+  cursor: default;
+  pointer-events: none;
+}
+
 .modal-note {
   margin: 10px 0 0;
   font-size: 11px;
diff --git a/src/components/RenamePanel.tsx b/src/components/RenamePanel.tsx
index 52628c7..435dcc2 100644
--- a/src/components/RenamePanel.tsx
+++ b/src/components/RenamePanel.tsx
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ export default function RenamePanel() {
   // on disk via the Rust `execute_rename` command, then reconcile local state (a
   // renamed file's id, which is its path, changes) and report the outcome.
   const confirmRename = async () => {
-    if (!renamePlan) return;
+    if (!renamePlan || renamePlan.length === 0) return;
     setRenaming(true);
 
     try {
@@ -649,6 +649,15 @@ export default function RenamePanel() {
     setRenamePlan(null);
   };
 
+  // Per-item exclude, inside the confirmation modal itself: drops one row from the
+  // plan without closing the modal or having to cancel and re-select beforehand. Every
+  // bit of the modal's copy (file counts, the confirm button's label) reads directly
+  // from `renamePlan.length`, so removing a row here updates all of it for free.
+  const excludeFromPlan = (id: string) => {
+    if (renaming) return;
+    setRenamePlan((prev) => (prev ? prev.filter((p) => p.id !== id) : prev));
+  };
+
   // Rename history / undo - Renamr's only safety net beyond the confirm-before-execute
   // step, since a filesystem rename has no OS-level undo. `execute_rename` records a
   // batch of every successfully-renamed file after each Rename; this panel lists those
@@ -1073,24 +1082,37 @@ export default function RenamePanel() {
             <h2 className="modal-title">Confirm Rename</h2>
             <p className="modal-subtitle">
               This will rename {renamePlan.length} file{renamePlan.length === 1 ? "" : "s"} on disk right now.
-              There's no undo yet — review the list below before continuing.
+              There's no undo yet — review the list below before continuing, and use the ✕ on any row to drop just
+              that file from this batch.
               {renamePlanSkipped > 0 &&
                 ` (${renamePlanSkipped} other file${renamePlanSkipped === 1 ? "" : "s"} excluded: no valid preview.)`}
               {renamePlan.some((p) => p.newName.includes("/")) &&
                 " Some of these also move the file into a new subfolder — any missing folders are created automatically."}
             </p>
             <div className="modal-plan-list">
-              {renamePlan.map((p) => (
-                <div className="modal-plan-row" key={p.id}>
-                  <span className="modal-plan-old" title={p.currentName}>
-                    {p.currentName}
-                  </span>
-                  <span className="modal-plan-arrow">→</span>
-                  <span className="modal-plan-new" title={p.newName}>
-                    {p.newName}
-                  </span>
-                </div>
-              ))}
+              {renamePlan.length === 0 ? (
+                <div className="list-empty-hint">Every file was excluded — nothing left to rename.</div>
+              ) : (
+                renamePlan.map((p) => (
+                  <div className="modal-plan-row" key={p.id}>
+                    <span className="modal-plan-old" title={p.currentName}>
+                      {p.currentName}
+                    </span>
+                    <span className="modal-plan-arrow">→</span>
+                    <span className="modal-plan-new" title={p.newName}>
+                      {p.newName}
+                    </span>
+                    <button
+                      className="modal-plan-remove"
+                      title="Exclude this file from the rename"
+                      onClick={() => excludeFromPlan(p.id)}
+                      disabled={renaming}
+                    >
+                      <RemoveIcon />
+                    </button>
+                  </div>
+                ))
+              )}
             </div>
             <p className="modal-note">
               If a computed name already exists on disk, that file is skipped rather than overwritten.
@@ -1099,7 +1121,11 @@ export default function RenamePanel() {
               <button className="action-button" onClick={cancelRename} disabled={renaming}>
                 Cancel
               </button>
-              <button className="action-button primary" onClick={confirmRename} disabled={renaming}>
+              <button
+                className="action-button primary"
+                onClick={confirmRename}
+                disabled={renaming || renamePlan.length === 0}
+              >
                 {renaming ? "Renaming…" : `Rename ${renamePlan.length} File${renamePlan.length === 1 ? "" : "s"}`}
               </button>
             </div>