diff --git a/src/lib/features/project/project-service.e2e.test.ts b/src/lib/features/project/project-service.e2e.test.ts
index 71dfe1219e..be318f0fe1 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/project/project-service.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/project/project-service.e2e.test.ts
@@ -79,7 +79,10 @@ beforeAll(async () => {
         email: 'test@example.com',
     });
     await stores.accessStore.addUserToRole(opsUser.id, 1, '');
-    const config = createTestConfig({ getLogger });
+    const config = createTestConfig({
+        getLogger,
+        experimental: { flags: { archiveProjects: true } },
+    });
     eventService = new EventService(stores, config);
     accessService = createAccessService(db.rawDatabase, config);
 
@@ -299,6 +302,10 @@ test('should archive project', async () => {
         type: 'project-archived',
         createdBy: TEST_AUDIT_USER.username,
     });
+
+    const projects = await projectService.getProjects();
+    expect(projects.find((p) => p.id === project.id)).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(projects.length).not.toBe(0);
 });
 
 test('should not be able to archive project with flags', async () => {
diff --git a/src/lib/features/project/project-store.ts b/src/lib/features/project/project-store.ts
index feefb4c99d..127bd50a6b 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/project/project-store.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/project/project-store.ts
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ class ProjectStore implements IProjectStore {
             )
             .leftJoin('project_stats', 'project_stats.project', 'projects.id')
             .orderBy('projects.name', 'asc');
+        if (this.flagResolver.isEnabled('archiveProjects')) {
+            projects = projects.where('projects.archived_at', null);
+        }
 
         if (query) {
             projects = projects.where(query);
diff --git a/src/test/fixtures/fake-project-store.ts b/src/test/fixtures/fake-project-store.ts
index deaa79e3bf..a12d70e328 100644
--- a/src/test/fixtures/fake-project-store.ts
+++ b/src/test/fixtures/fake-project-store.ts
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ import type {
     ProjectEnvironment,
 } from '../../lib/features/project/project-store-type';
 
+type ArchivableProject = IProject & { archivedAt: null | Date };
+
 export default class FakeProjectStore implements IProjectStore {
-    projects: IProject[] = [];
+    projects: ArchivableProject[] = [];
 
     projectEnvironment: Map<string, Set<string>> = new Map();
 
@@ -47,25 +49,28 @@ export default class FakeProjectStore implements IProjectStore {
     }
 
     async getProjectsWithCounts(): Promise<IProjectWithCount[]> {
-        return this.projects.map((project) => {
-            return {
-                ...project,
-                memberCount: 0,
-                featureCount: 0,
-                staleFeatureCount: 0,
-                potentiallyStaleFeatureCount: 0,
-                avgTimeToProduction: 0,
-            };
-        });
+        return this.projects
+            .filter((project) => project.archivedAt !== null)
+            .map((project) => {
+                return {
+                    ...project,
+                    memberCount: 0,
+                    featureCount: 0,
+                    staleFeatureCount: 0,
+                    potentiallyStaleFeatureCount: 0,
+                    avgTimeToProduction: 0,
+                };
+            });
     }
 
     private createInternal(project: IProjectInsert): IProject {
-        const newProj: IProject = {
+        const newProj: ArchivableProject = {
             ...project,
             health: 100,
             createdAt: new Date(),
             mode: 'open',
             defaultStickiness: 'default',
+            archivedAt: null,
         };
         this.projects.push(newProj);
         return newProj;
@@ -215,5 +220,11 @@ export default class FakeProjectStore implements IProjectStore {
         throw new Error('Method not implemented.');
     }
 
-    async archive(id: string): Promise<void> {}
+    async archive(id: string): Promise<void> {
+        this.projects = this.projects.map((project) =>
+            project.id === id
+                ? { ...project, archivedAt: new Date() }
+                : project,
+        );
+    }
 }