diff --git a/release/scripts/startup/bl_operators/object_quick_effects.py b/release/scripts/startup/bl_operators/object_quick_effects.py
index 06f44336972..dc3edcd9b75 100644
--- a/release/scripts/startup/bl_operators/object_quick_effects.py
+++ b/release/scripts/startup/bl_operators/object_quick_effects.py
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ class QuickFur(ObjectModeOperator, Operator):
             bpy.ops.wm.append(directory=assets_directory,
                               filename=name,
                               use_recursive=True,
+                              clear_asset_data=True,
                               do_reuse_local_id=True)
         generate_group = bpy.data.node_groups["Generate Hair Curves"]
         interpolate_group = bpy.data.node_groups["Interpolate Hair Curves"]
diff --git a/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_files_link.c b/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_files_link.c
index bbe53bf7355..3af7d2f26f0 100644
--- a/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_files_link.c
+++ b/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_files_link.c
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ static int wm_link_append_flag(wmOperator *op)
     if (RNA_boolean_get(op->ptr, "do_reuse_local_id")) {
       flag |= BLO_LIBLINK_APPEND_LOCAL_ID_REUSE;
     }
+    if (RNA_boolean_get(op->ptr, "clear_asset_data")) {
+      flag |= BLO_LIBLINK_APPEND_ASSET_DATA_CLEAR;
+    }
   }
   if (RNA_boolean_get(op->ptr, "instance_collections")) {
     flag |= BLO_LIBLINK_COLLECTION_INSTANCE;
@@ -400,6 +403,12 @@ static void wm_link_append_properties_common(wmOperatorType *ot, bool is_link)
       "Re-Use Local Data",
       "Try to re-use previously matching appended data-blocks instead of appending a new copy");
   RNA_def_property_flag(prop, PROP_SKIP_SAVE | PROP_HIDDEN);
+  prop = RNA_def_boolean(ot->srna,
+                         "clear_asset_data",
+                         false,
+                         "Clear Asset Data",
+                         "Don't add asset meta-data or tags from the original data-block");
+  RNA_def_property_flag(prop, PROP_SKIP_SAVE | PROP_HIDDEN);
 
   prop = RNA_def_boolean(ot->srna, "autoselect", true, "Select", "Select new objects");
   RNA_def_property_flag(prop, PROP_SKIP_SAVE);