diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4a5fae3fca..684981b16f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # QOwnNotes Changelog
 
 ## 23.11.3
+- if the current note is encrypted, read-only or the doesn't exist any more now
+  some menu actions are also disabled to prevent writing to the note text edit
+  (for [#2904](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/2904))
 - a PPA for Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble Numbat) was added
 
 ## 23.11.2
diff --git a/src/mainwindow.cpp b/src/mainwindow.cpp
index 311ed62cb3..b60c583d33 100644
--- a/src/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -3825,6 +3825,18 @@ void MainWindow::updateCurrentNoteTextHash() {
             .toHex());
 }
 
+void MainWindow::updateActionUiEnabled() {
+    const bool allowEditing = !ui->noteTextEdit->isReadOnly();
+
+    setMenuEnabled(ui->menuEditNote, allowEditing);
+    setMenuEnabled(ui->menuInsert, allowEditing);
+    setMenuEnabled(ui->menuFormat, allowEditing);
+    ui->actionPaste_image->setEnabled(allowEditing);
+    ui->actionReplace_in_current_note->setEnabled(allowEditing);
+    ui->actionAutocomplete->setEnabled(allowEditing);
+    ui->actionSplit_note_at_cursor_position->setEnabled(allowEditing);
+}
+
 /**
  * Sets the note text edit to readonly if the note does not exist or the
  * note file is not writable or the note is encrypted
@@ -3837,6 +3849,9 @@ void MainWindow::updateNoteTextEditReadOnly() {
         ui->noteTextEdit->setReadOnly(true);
     }
 
+    // Also update the other UI elements
+    updateActionUiEnabled();
+
     ui->noteTextEdit->setTextInteractionFlags(ui->noteTextEdit->textInteractionFlags() |
                                               Qt::TextSelectableByKeyboard);
 }
@@ -10842,14 +10857,7 @@ void MainWindow::on_actionAllow_note_editing_triggered(bool checked) {
     settings.setValue(QStringLiteral("allowNoteEditing"), checked);
 
     updateNoteTextEditReadOnly();
-    setMenuEnabled(ui->menuEditNote, checked);
-    setMenuEnabled(ui->menuInsert, checked);
-    setMenuEnabled(ui->menuFormat, checked);
     setMenuEnabled(ui->menuEncryption, checked);
-    ui->actionPaste_image->setEnabled(checked);
-    ui->actionReplace_in_current_note->setEnabled(checked);
-    ui->actionAutocomplete->setEnabled(checked);
-    ui->actionSplit_note_at_cursor_position->setEnabled(checked);
     _readOnlyButton->setHidden(checked);
 
     ui->actionAllow_note_editing->setText(checked ? tr("Disallow all note editing")
diff --git a/src/mainwindow.h b/src/mainwindow.h
index 11f60b599a..054e693489 100644
--- a/src/mainwindow.h
+++ b/src/mainwindow.h
@@ -1100,4 +1100,5 @@ class MainWindow : public QMainWindow {
     void updateJumpToActionsAvailability();
     int getNoteTabIndex(int noteId) const;
     bool startAutoReadOnlyModeIfEnabled();
+    void updateActionUiEnabled();
 };