diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d0a5c5e5cb..7ae60ecf95 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
 - Fix user `geo` being dropped from the native scope by forwarding it as a structured object instead of a JSON string ([#6309](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/6309))
 - Remove unused `React/RCTTextView.h` import that broke iOS builds on React Native 0.87, where the header was removed as part of the legacy architecture cleanup ([#6322](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/6322))
 
+### Internal
+
+- Hide the `dataCollection` option until it is fully supported in React Native. It is exposed by `@sentry/core` but is not yet honored by the native SDKs (iOS/Android) nor by the RN-specific `sendDefaultPii` gates, so setting it would silently have no effect. Use `sendDefaultPii` instead. ([#6345](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/6345))
+
 ### Dependencies
 
 - Bump JavaScript SDK from v10.58.0 to v10.60.0 ([#6321](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/6321), [#6332](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/6332))
diff --git a/packages/core/etc/sentry-react-native.api.md b/packages/core/etc/sentry-react-native.api.md
index adccaaaa7b..ecaca332e5 100644
--- a/packages/core/etc/sentry-react-native.api.md
+++ b/packages/core/etc/sentry-react-native.api.md
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ export const reactNativeNavigationIntegration: (input: ReactNativeNavigationOpti
 // Warning: (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "BaseReactNativeOptions" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
 //
 // @public
-export interface ReactNativeOptions extends Omit<Options<ReactNativeTransportOptions>, '_experiments'>, BaseReactNativeOptions {
+export interface ReactNativeOptions extends Omit<Options<ReactNativeTransportOptions>, '_experiments' | 'dataCollection'>, BaseReactNativeOptions {
 }
 
 // Warning: (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "ReactNativeTracingOptions" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
diff --git a/packages/core/src/js/options.ts b/packages/core/src/js/options.ts
index e3593cf465..d836144351 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/js/options.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/js/options.ts
@@ -512,11 +512,17 @@ export interface ReactNativeTransportOptions extends BrowserTransportOptions {
  * @see ReactNativeFrontend for more information.
  */
 
+// `dataCollection` is omitted until the option is fully supported in React Native. It is exposed by
+// `@sentry/core` but is not yet honored by the native SDKs (iOS/Android) nor by the RN-specific
+// `sendDefaultPii` gates (e.g. IP inference, deep links, navigation params). Use `sendDefaultPii`
+// instead.
 export interface ReactNativeOptions
-  extends Omit<Options<ReactNativeTransportOptions>, '_experiments'>, BaseReactNativeOptions {}
+  extends Omit<Options<ReactNativeTransportOptions>, '_experiments' | 'dataCollection'>, BaseReactNativeOptions {}
 
 export interface ReactNativeClientOptions
-  extends Omit<ClientOptions<ReactNativeTransportOptions>, 'tunnel' | '_experiments'>, BaseReactNativeOptions {}
+  extends
+    Omit<ClientOptions<ReactNativeTransportOptions>, 'tunnel' | '_experiments' | 'dataCollection'>,
+    BaseReactNativeOptions {}
 
 export interface ReactNativeWrapperOptions {
   /** Props for the root React profiler */