diff --git a/browser_tests/tests/widget.spec.ts b/browser_tests/tests/widget.spec.ts
index 0e6045bc2..1c3e809eb 100644
--- a/browser_tests/tests/widget.spec.ts
+++ b/browser_tests/tests/widget.spec.ts
@@ -192,3 +192,19 @@ test.describe('Load audio widget', () => {
     await expect(comfyPage.canvas).toHaveScreenshot('load_audio_widget.png')
   })
 })
+
+test.describe('Unserialized widgets', () => {
+  test('Unserialized widgets values do not mark graph as modified', async ({
+    comfyPage
+  }) => {
+    // Add workflow w/ LoadImage node, which contains file upload and image preview widgets (not serialized)
+    await comfyPage.loadWorkflow('widgets/load_image_widget')
+
+    // Move mouse and click to trigger the `graphEqual` check in `changeTracker.ts`
+    await comfyPage.page.mouse.move(10, 10)
+    await comfyPage.page.mouse.click(10, 10)
+
+    // Expect the graph to not be modified
+    expect(await comfyPage.isCurrentWorkflowModified()).toBe(false)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/composables/node/useNodeAnimatedImage.ts b/src/composables/node/useNodeAnimatedImage.ts
index 6586ac3a5..0a4c6fee9 100644
--- a/src/composables/node/useNodeAnimatedImage.ts
+++ b/src/composables/node/useNodeAnimatedImage.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ export function useNodeAnimatedImage() {
       }) as IWidget & {
         options: { host: ReturnType<typeof createImageHost> }
       }
+      widget.serialize = false
       widget.serializeValue = () => undefined
       widget.options.host.updateImages(node.imgs)
     }
diff --git a/src/composables/node/useNodeImage.ts b/src/composables/node/useNodeImage.ts
index 43abbd1f2..80fc52f78 100644
--- a/src/composables/node/useNodeImage.ts
+++ b/src/composables/node/useNodeImage.ts
@@ -155,9 +155,9 @@ export const useNodeVideo = (node: LGraphNode) => {
     const hasWidget = node.widgets?.some((w) => w.name === VIDEO_WIDGET_NAME)
     if (!hasWidget) {
       const widget = node.addDOMWidget(VIDEO_WIDGET_NAME, 'video', container, {
-        hideOnZoom: false,
-        serialize: false
+        hideOnZoom: false
       })
+      widget.serialize = false
       widget.computeLayoutSize = () => ({
         minHeight,
         minWidth
diff --git a/src/composables/widgets/useImagePreviewWidget.ts b/src/composables/widgets/useImagePreviewWidget.ts
index eec7e678e..304bd7b34 100644
--- a/src/composables/widgets/useImagePreviewWidget.ts
+++ b/src/composables/widgets/useImagePreviewWidget.ts
@@ -238,9 +238,11 @@ class ImagePreviewWidget implements ICustomWidget {
   readonly type: 'custom'
   readonly name: string
   readonly options: IWidgetOptions<unknown>
-  // Dummy value to satisfy type requirements
+  /** Dummy value to satisfy type requirements. */
   value: string
   y: number = 0
+  /** Don't serialize the widget value. */
+  serialize: boolean = false
 
   constructor(name: string, options: IWidgetOptions<unknown>) {
     this.type = 'custom'
diff --git a/src/extensions/core/uploadAudio.ts b/src/extensions/core/uploadAudio.ts
index fb0bc15e6..11fc34c26 100644
--- a/src/extensions/core/uploadAudio.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/core/uploadAudio.ts
@@ -108,9 +108,8 @@ app.registerExtension({
         audio.setAttribute('name', 'media')
 
         const audioUIWidget: DOMWidget<HTMLAudioElement, string> =
-          node.addDOMWidget(inputName, /* name=*/ 'audioUI', audio, {
-            serialize: false
-          })
+          node.addDOMWidget(inputName, /* name=*/ 'audioUI', audio)
+        audioUIWidget.serialize = false
 
         const isOutputNode = node.constructor.nodeData.output_node
         if (isOutputNode) {
diff --git a/src/types/litegraph-augmentation.d.ts b/src/types/litegraph-augmentation.d.ts
index c35f75bca..9f6a9e7d4 100644
--- a/src/types/litegraph-augmentation.d.ts
+++ b/src/types/litegraph-augmentation.d.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ declare module '@comfyorg/litegraph/dist/types/widgets' {
      * Controls whether the widget's value is included in the API workflow/prompt.
      * - If false, the value will be excluded from the API workflow but still serialized as part of the graph state
      * - If true or undefined, the value will be included in both the API workflow and graph state
+     * @default true
+     * @use {@link IBaseWidget.serialize} if you don't want the widget value to be included in both
+     * the API workflow and graph state.
      */
     serialize?: boolean
     /**