diff --git a/src/lib/routes/admin-api/metrics.ts b/src/lib/routes/admin-api/metrics.ts
index be753f2f6e..7bec106fcc 100644
--- a/src/lib/routes/admin-api/metrics.ts
+++ b/src/lib/routes/admin-api/metrics.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
     getStandardResponses,
 } from '../../openapi/util/standard-responses';
 import { CreateApplicationSchema } from '../../openapi/spec/create-application-schema';
+import { IAuthRequest } from '../unleash-types';
 
 class MetricsController extends Controller {
     private logger: Logger;
@@ -148,14 +149,16 @@ class MetricsController extends Controller {
     }
 
     async getApplications(
-        req: Request,
+        req: IAuthRequest,
         res: Response<ApplicationsSchema>,
     ): Promise<void> {
+        const { user } = req;
         const query = req.query.strategyName
             ? { strategyName: req.query.strategyName as string }
             : {};
         const applications = await this.clientInstanceService.getApplications(
             query,
+            user.id,
         );
         res.json({ applications });
     }
diff --git a/src/lib/services/client-metrics/instance-service.test.ts b/src/lib/services/client-metrics/instance-service.test.ts
index dc3b490780..dcb53880dc 100644
--- a/src/lib/services/client-metrics/instance-service.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/services/client-metrics/instance-service.test.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { IClientApp } from '../../types/model';
 import { secondsToMilliseconds } from 'date-fns';
 import FakeEventStore from '../../../test/fixtures/fake-event-store';
 import { createTestConfig } from '../../../test/config/test-config';
+import { FakePrivateProjectChecker } from '../../features/private-project/fakePrivateProjectChecker';
 
 /**
  * A utility to wait for any pending promises in the test subject code.
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ test('Multiple registrations of same appname and instanceid within same time per
             eventStore: new FakeEventStore(),
         },
         config,
+        new FakePrivateProjectChecker(),
     );
     const client1: IClientApp = {
         appName: 'test_app',
@@ -111,6 +113,7 @@ test('Multiple unique clients causes multiple registrations', async () => {
             eventStore: new FakeEventStore(),
         },
         config,
+        new FakePrivateProjectChecker(),
     );
     const client1 = {
         appName: 'test_app',
@@ -164,6 +167,7 @@ test('Same client registered outside of dedup interval will be registered twice'
             eventStore: new FakeEventStore(),
         },
         config,
+        new FakePrivateProjectChecker(),
         bulkInterval,
     );
     const client1 = {
@@ -217,6 +221,7 @@ test('No registrations during a time period will not call stores', async () => {
             eventStore: new FakeEventStore(),
         },
         config,
+        new FakePrivateProjectChecker(),
     );
     jest.advanceTimersByTime(6000);
     expect(appStoreSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
diff --git a/src/lib/services/client-metrics/instance-service.ts b/src/lib/services/client-metrics/instance-service.ts
index b6f7f96008..8cb503d5a7 100644
--- a/src/lib/services/client-metrics/instance-service.ts
+++ b/src/lib/services/client-metrics/instance-service.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ import { minutesToMilliseconds, secondsToMilliseconds } from 'date-fns';
 import { IClientMetricsStoreV2 } from '../../types/stores/client-metrics-store-v2';
 import { clientMetricsSchema } from './schema';
 import { PartialSome } from '../../types/partial';
+import { IPrivateProjectChecker } from '../../features/private-project/privateProjectCheckerType';
+import { IFlagResolver } from '../../types';
 
 export default class ClientInstanceService {
     apps = {};
@@ -40,6 +42,10 @@ export default class ClientInstanceService {
 
     private eventStore: IEventStore;
 
+    private privateProjectChecker: IPrivateProjectChecker;
+
+    private flagResolver: IFlagResolver;
+
     private bulkInterval: number;
 
     private announcementInterval: number;
@@ -61,7 +67,11 @@ export default class ClientInstanceService {
             | 'clientInstanceStore'
             | 'eventStore'
         >,
-        { getLogger }: Pick<IUnleashConfig, 'getLogger'>,
+        {
+            getLogger,
+            flagResolver,
+        }: Pick<IUnleashConfig, 'getLogger' | 'flagResolver'>,
+        privateProjectChecker: IPrivateProjectChecker,
         bulkInterval = secondsToMilliseconds(5),
         announcementInterval = minutesToMilliseconds(5),
     ) {
@@ -71,6 +81,8 @@ export default class ClientInstanceService {
         this.clientApplicationsStore = clientApplicationsStore;
         this.clientInstanceStore = clientInstanceStore;
         this.eventStore = eventStore;
+        this.privateProjectChecker = privateProjectChecker;
+        this.flagResolver = flagResolver;
         this.logger = getLogger(
             '/services/client-metrics/client-instance-service.ts',
         );
@@ -162,8 +174,27 @@ export default class ClientInstanceService {
 
     async getApplications(
         query: IApplicationQuery,
+        userId: number,
     ): Promise<IClientApplication[]> {
-        return this.clientApplicationsStore.getAppsForStrategy(query);
+        const applications =
+            await this.clientApplicationsStore.getAppsForStrategy(query);
+        if (this.flagResolver.isEnabled('privateProjects') && userId) {
+            const accessibleProjects =
+                await this.privateProjectChecker.getUserAccessibleProjects(
+                    userId,
+                );
+            return applications.map((application) => {
+                return {
+                    ...application,
+                    usage: application.usage?.filter(
+                        (usageItem) =>
+                            usageItem.project === '*' ||
+                            accessibleProjects.includes(usageItem.project),
+                    ),
+                };
+            });
+        }
+        return applications;
     }
 
     async getApplication(appName: string): Promise<IApplication> {
diff --git a/src/lib/services/index.ts b/src/lib/services/index.ts
index 8f1053a947..433f008bb9 100644
--- a/src/lib/services/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/services/index.ts
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ export const createServices = (
     const groupService = new GroupService(stores, config);
     const accessService = new AccessService(stores, config, groupService);
     const apiTokenService = new ApiTokenService(stores, config);
-    const clientInstanceService = new ClientInstanceService(stores, config);
     const lastSeenService = new LastSeenService(stores, config);
     const clientMetricsServiceV2 = new ClientMetricsServiceV2(
         stores,
@@ -205,6 +204,11 @@ export const createServices = (
     const privateProjectChecker = db
         ? createPrivateProjectChecker(db, config)
         : createFakePrivateProjectChecker();
+    const clientInstanceService = new ClientInstanceService(
+        stores,
+        config,
+        privateProjectChecker,
+    );
     const featureToggleServiceV2 = new FeatureToggleService(
         stores,
         config,
diff --git a/src/server-dev.ts b/src/server-dev.ts
index c4d3c9b0ca..4853f62166 100644
--- a/src/server-dev.ts
+++ b/src/server-dev.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ process.nextTick(async () => {
                         featureNamingPattern: true,
                         doraMetrics: true,
                         variantTypeNumber: true,
-                        privateProjects: false,
+                        privateProjects: true,
                         accessOverview: true,
                         datadogJsonTemplate: true,
                     },
diff --git a/src/test/e2e/services/client-metrics-service.e2e.test.ts b/src/test/e2e/services/client-metrics-service.e2e.test.ts
index 732e99b14c..2f258e19a8 100644
--- a/src/test/e2e/services/client-metrics-service.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/e2e/services/client-metrics-service.e2e.test.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { IClientApp } from '../../../lib/types/model';
 import { secondsToMilliseconds } from 'date-fns';
 import { createTestConfig } from '../../config/test-config';
 import { IUnleashConfig } from '../../../lib/types';
+import { FakePrivateProjectChecker } from '../../../lib/features/private-project/fakePrivateProjectChecker';
 
 const faker = require('faker');
 const dbInit = require('../helpers/database-init');
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ beforeAll(async () => {
     clientInstanceService = new ClientInstanceService(
         stores,
         config,
+        new FakePrivateProjectChecker(),
         bulkInterval,
         announcementInterval,
     );