diff --git a/docs/assets/images/note-embed-type-demo.gif b/docs/assets/images/note-embed-type-demo.gif
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..759a456da
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diff --git a/docs/user/features/built-in-note-embedding-types.md b/docs/user/features/built-in-note-embedding-types.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..64cd6e54d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/user/features/built-in-note-embedding-types.md
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Built-In Note Embedding Types
+
+When embedding a note, there are a few ways to modify the scope of the content as well as its display style. The following are Foam keywords that are used to describe note embedding.
+
+Note, this only applies to note embedding, not embedding of attachments or images.
+
+![Note Embed Types GIF](../../assets/images/note-embed-type-demo.gif)
+
+## Scope
+
+- `full` - the entire note in the case of `![[note]]` or the entire section in the case of `![[note#section1]]`
+- `content` - everything excluding the title of the section. So the entire note minus the title for `![[note]]`, or the entire section minus the section header for `![[note#section1]]`
+
+## Style
+
+- `card` - outlines the embedded note with a border
+- `inline` - adds the note continuously as if the text were part of the calling note
+
+## Default Setting
+
+Foam expresses note display type as `<scope>-<style>`.
+
+By default, Foam configures note embedding to be `full-card`. That is, whenever the standard embedding syntax is used, `![[note]]`, the note will have `full` scope and `card` style display. This setting is stored under `foam.preview.embedNoteStyle` and can be modified.
+
+## Explicit Modifiers
+
+Prepend the wikilink with one of the scope or style keywords, or a combination of the two to explicitly modify a note embedding if you would like to override the default setting.
+
+For example, given your `foam.embedNoteStyle` is set to `content-card`, embedding a note with standard syntax `![[note-a]]` would show a bordered note without its title. Say, for a specific `note-b` you would like to display the title. You can simply use one of the above keywords to override your default setting like so: `full![[note-b]]`. In this case, `full` overrides the default `content` scope and because a style is not specified, it falls back to the default style setting, `card`. If you would like it to be inline, override that as well: `full-inline![[note-b]]`.
diff --git a/docs/user/features/including-notes.md b/docs/user/features/including-notes.md
index ab35e39f3..781039266 100644
--- a/docs/user/features/including-notes.md
+++ b/docs/user/features/including-notes.md
@@ -8,13 +8,16 @@ Including a note can be done by adding an `!` before a wikilink definition. For
 
 ## Custom styling
 
-Displaying the inclusion of notes allows for some custom styling, see [[custom-markdown-preview-styles]]
+To modify how an embedded note looks and the scope of its content, see [[built-in-note-embedding-types]]
+
+For more fine-grained custom styling, see [[custom-markdown-preview-styles]]
 
 ## Future possibilities
 
 Work on this feature is evolving and progressing. See the [[inclusion-of-notes]] proposal for the current discussion.
 
-[//begin]: # "Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility"
-[custom-markdown-preview-styles]: custom-markdown-preview-styles.md "Custom Markdown Preview Styles"
-[inclusion-of-notes]: ../../dev/proposals/inclusion-of-notes.md "Inclusion of notes Proposal "
-[//end]: # "Autogenerated link references"
+[//begin]: # 'Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility'
+[built-in-note-embedding-types]: built-in-note-embedding-types.md 'Built-In Note Embedding Types'
+[custom-markdown-preview-styles]: custom-markdown-preview-styles.md 'Custom Markdown Preview Styles'
+[inclusion-of-notes]: ../../dev/proposals/inclusion-of-notes.md 'Inclusion of notes Proposal '
+[//end]: # 'Autogenerated link references'
diff --git a/packages/foam-vscode/package.json b/packages/foam-vscode/package.json
index 22e5e7187..742464425 100644
--- a/packages/foam-vscode/package.json
+++ b/packages/foam-vscode/package.json
@@ -609,12 +609,6 @@
           ],
           "description": "Whether or not to navigate to the target daily note when a daily note snippet is selected."
         },
-        "foam.preview.embedNoteInContainer": {
-          "type": "boolean",
-          "default": true,
-          "description": "Wrap embedded notes in a container when displayed in preview panel",
-          "deprecationMessage": "*DEPRECATED* use foam.preview.embedNoteType instead."
-        },
         "foam.preview.embedNoteType": {
           "type": "string",
           "default": "full-card",
diff --git a/packages/foam-vscode/src/features/preview/wikilink-embed.spec.ts b/packages/foam-vscode/src/features/preview/wikilink-embed.spec.ts
index a335d3b7e..40918b067 100644
--- a/packages/foam-vscode/src/features/preview/wikilink-embed.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/foam-vscode/src/features/preview/wikilink-embed.spec.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import {
 import {
   default as markdownItWikilinkEmbed,
   CONFIG_EMBED_NOTE_TYPE,
-  CONFIG_EMBED_NOTE_IN_CONTAINER,
 } from './wikilink-embed';
 
 const parser = createMarkdownParser();
@@ -22,25 +21,19 @@ describe('Displaying included notes in preview', () => {
     ]);
     const ws = new FoamWorkspace().set(parser.parse(note.uri, note.content));
     await withModifiedFoamConfiguration(
-      CONFIG_EMBED_NOTE_IN_CONTAINER,
-      null,
-      async () => {
-        await withModifiedFoamConfiguration(
-          CONFIG_EMBED_NOTE_TYPE,
-          'full-inline',
-          () => {
-            const md = markdownItWikilinkEmbed(MarkdownIt(), ws, parser);
-
-            expect(
-              md.render(`This is the root node. 
+      CONFIG_EMBED_NOTE_TYPE,
+      'full-inline',
+      () => {
+        const md = markdownItWikilinkEmbed(MarkdownIt(), ws, parser);
+
+        expect(
+          md.render(`This is the root node. 
   
    ![[note-a]]`)
-            ).toMatch(
-              `<p>This is the root node.</p>
+        ).toMatch(
+          `<p>This is the root node.</p>
 <p><p>This is the text of note A</p>
 </p>`
-            );
-          }
         );
       }
     );
@@ -55,21 +48,15 @@ describe('Displaying included notes in preview', () => {
     const ws = new FoamWorkspace().set(parser.parse(note.uri, note.content));
 
     await withModifiedFoamConfiguration(
-      CONFIG_EMBED_NOTE_IN_CONTAINER,
-      null,
-      async () => {
-        await withModifiedFoamConfiguration(
-          CONFIG_EMBED_NOTE_TYPE,
-          'full-card',
-          () => {
-            const md = markdownItWikilinkEmbed(MarkdownIt(), ws, parser);
-
-            const res = md.render(`This is the root node. ![[note-a]]`);
-            expect(res).toContain('This is the root node');
-            expect(res).toContain('embed-container-note');
-            expect(res).toContain('This is the text of note A');
-          }
-        );
+      CONFIG_EMBED_NOTE_TYPE,
+      'full-card',
+      () => {
+        const md = markdownItWikilinkEmbed(MarkdownIt(), ws, parser);
+
+        const res = md.render(`This is the root node. ![[note-a]]`);
+        expect(res).toContain('This is the root node');
+        expect(res).toContain('embed-container-note');
+        expect(res).toContain('This is the text of note A');
       }
     );
     await deleteFile(note);
@@ -96,24 +83,18 @@ This is the third section of note E
     const md = markdownItWikilinkEmbed(MarkdownIt(), ws, parser);
 
     await withModifiedFoamConfiguration(
-      CONFIG_EMBED_NOTE_IN_CONTAINER,
-      null,
-      async () => {
-        await withModifiedFoamConfiguration(
-          CONFIG_EMBED_NOTE_TYPE,
-          'full-inline',
-          () => {
-            expect(
-              md.render(`This is the root node. 
+      CONFIG_EMBED_NOTE_TYPE,
+      'full-inline',
+      () => {
+        expect(
+          md.render(`This is the root node. 
 
  ![[note-e#Section 2]]`)
-            ).toMatch(
-              `<p>This is the root node.</p>
+        ).toMatch(
+          `<p>This is the root node.</p>
 <p><h1>Section 2</h1>
 <p>This is the second section of note E</p>
 </p>`
-            );
-          }
         );
       }
     );
@@ -139,24 +120,18 @@ This is the third section of note E
     const ws = new FoamWorkspace().set(parser.parse(note.uri, note.content));
 
     await withModifiedFoamConfiguration(
-      CONFIG_EMBED_NOTE_IN_CONTAINER,
-      null,
-      async () => {
-        await withModifiedFoamConfiguration(
-          CONFIG_EMBED_NOTE_TYPE,
-          'full-card',
-          () => {
-            const md = markdownItWikilinkEmbed(MarkdownIt(), ws, parser);
-
-            const res = md.render(
-              `This is the root node. ![[note-e-container#Section 3]]`
-            );
-            expect(res).toContain('This is the root node');
-            expect(res).toContain('embed-container-note');
-            expect(res).toContain('Section 3');
-            expect(res).toContain('This is the third section of note E');
-          }
+      CONFIG_EMBED_NOTE_TYPE,
+      'full-card',
+      () => {
+        const md = markdownItWikilinkEmbed(MarkdownIt(), ws, parser);
+
+        const res = md.render(
+          `This is the root node. ![[note-e-container#Section 3]]`
         );
+        expect(res).toContain('This is the root node');
+        expect(res).toContain('embed-container-note');
+        expect(res).toContain('Section 3');
+        expect(res).toContain('This is the third section of note E');
       }
     );
 
@@ -176,26 +151,20 @@ This is the first section of note E`,
     const ws = new FoamWorkspace().set(parser.parse(note.uri, note.content));
 
     await withModifiedFoamConfiguration(
-      CONFIG_EMBED_NOTE_IN_CONTAINER,
-      null,
-      async () => {
-        await withModifiedFoamConfiguration(
-          CONFIG_EMBED_NOTE_TYPE,
-          'content-inline',
-          () => {
-            const md = markdownItWikilinkEmbed(MarkdownIt(), ws, parser);
-
-            expect(
-              md.render(`This is the root node. 
+      CONFIG_EMBED_NOTE_TYPE,
+      'content-inline',
+      () => {
+        const md = markdownItWikilinkEmbed(MarkdownIt(), ws, parser);
+
+        expect(
+          md.render(`This is the root node. 
             
 ![[note-e]]`)
-            ).toMatch(
-              `<p>This is the root node.</p>
+        ).toMatch(
+          `<p>This is the root node.</p>
 <p><h2>Section 1</h2>
 <p>This is the first section of note E</p>
 </p>`
-            );
-          }
         );
       }
     );
@@ -216,24 +185,18 @@ This is the first section of note E
     const ws = new FoamWorkspace().set(parser.parse(note.uri, note.content));
 
     await withModifiedFoamConfiguration(
-      CONFIG_EMBED_NOTE_IN_CONTAINER,
-      null,
-      async () => {
-        await withModifiedFoamConfiguration(
-          CONFIG_EMBED_NOTE_TYPE,
-          'content-card',
-          () => {
-            const md = markdownItWikilinkEmbed(MarkdownIt(), ws, parser);
-
-            const res = md.render(`This is the root node. ![[note-e.md]]`);
-
-            expect(res).toContain('This is the root node');
-            expect(res).toContain('embed-container-note');
-            expect(res).toContain('Section 1');
-            expect(res).toContain('This is the first section of note E');
-            expect(res).not.toContain('Title');
-          }
-        );
+      CONFIG_EMBED_NOTE_TYPE,
+      'content-card',
+      () => {
+        const md = markdownItWikilinkEmbed(MarkdownIt(), ws, parser);
+
+        const res = md.render(`This is the root node. ![[note-e.md]]`);
+
+        expect(res).toContain('This is the root node');
+        expect(res).toContain('embed-container-note');
+        expect(res).toContain('Section 1');
+        expect(res).toContain('This is the first section of note E');
+        expect(res).not.toContain('Title');
       }
     );
 
@@ -257,27 +220,21 @@ This is the first subsection of note E
     const ws = new FoamWorkspace().set(parser.parse(note.uri, note.content));
 
     await withModifiedFoamConfiguration(
-      CONFIG_EMBED_NOTE_IN_CONTAINER,
-      null,
-      async () => {
-        await withModifiedFoamConfiguration(
-          CONFIG_EMBED_NOTE_TYPE,
-          'content-inline',
-          () => {
-            const md = markdownItWikilinkEmbed(MarkdownIt(), ws, parser);
-
-            expect(
-              md.render(`This is the root node. 
+      CONFIG_EMBED_NOTE_TYPE,
+      'content-inline',
+      () => {
+        const md = markdownItWikilinkEmbed(MarkdownIt(), ws, parser);
+
+        expect(
+          md.render(`This is the root node. 
               
 ![[note-e#Section 1]]`)
-            ).toMatch(
-              `<p>This is the root node.</p>
+        ).toMatch(
+          `<p>This is the root node.</p>
 <p><p>This is the first section of note E</p>
 <h3>Subsection a</h3>
 <p>This is the first subsection of note E</p>
 </p>`
-            );
-          }
         );
       }
     );
@@ -299,25 +256,19 @@ This is the first subsection of note E`,
     const ws = new FoamWorkspace().set(parser.parse(note.uri, note.content));
 
     await withModifiedFoamConfiguration(
-      CONFIG_EMBED_NOTE_IN_CONTAINER,
-      null,
-      async () => {
-        await withModifiedFoamConfiguration(
-          CONFIG_EMBED_NOTE_TYPE,
-          'content-inline',
-          () => {
-            const md = markdownItWikilinkEmbed(MarkdownIt(), ws, parser);
-
-            expect(
-              md.render(`This is the root node. 
+      CONFIG_EMBED_NOTE_TYPE,
+      'content-inline',
+      () => {
+        const md = markdownItWikilinkEmbed(MarkdownIt(), ws, parser);
+
+        expect(
+          md.render(`This is the root node. 
 
 ![[note-e#Subsection a]]`)
-            ).toMatch(
-              `<p>This is the root node.</p>
+        ).toMatch(
+          `<p>This is the root node.</p>
 <p><p>This is the first subsection of note E</p>
 </p>`
-            );
-          }
         );
       }
     );
@@ -325,6 +276,82 @@ This is the first subsection of note E`,
     await deleteFile(note);
   });
 
+  it('should allow a note embedding type to be overridden if a modifier is passed in', async () => {
+    const note = await createFile(
+      `
+# Section 1
+This is the first section of note E
+
+# Section 2 
+This is the second section of note E
+
+# Section 3
+This is the third section of note E
+    `,
+      ['note-e.md']
+    );
+    const parser = createMarkdownParser([]);
+    const ws = new FoamWorkspace().set(parser.parse(note.uri, note.content));
+    const md = markdownItWikilinkEmbed(MarkdownIt(), ws, parser);
+
+    await withModifiedFoamConfiguration(
+      CONFIG_EMBED_NOTE_TYPE,
+      'full-inline',
+      () => {
+        expect(
+          md.render(`This is the root node. 
+
+ content![[note-e#Section 2]]
+ 
+ full![[note-e#Section 3]]`)
+        ).toMatch(
+          `<p>This is the root node.</p>
+<p><p>This is the second section of note E</p>
+</p>
+<p><h1>Section 3</h1>
+<p>This is the third section of note E</p>
+</p>
+`
+        );
+      }
+    );
+
+    await deleteFile(note);
+  });
+
+  it('should allow a note embedding type to be overridden if two modifiers are passed in', async () => {
+    const note = await createFile(
+      `
+# Section 1
+This is the first section of note E
+
+# Section 2 
+This is the second section of note E
+    `,
+      ['note-e.md']
+    );
+    const parser = createMarkdownParser([]);
+    const ws = new FoamWorkspace().set(parser.parse(note.uri, note.content));
+    const md = markdownItWikilinkEmbed(MarkdownIt(), ws, parser);
+
+    await withModifiedFoamConfiguration(
+      CONFIG_EMBED_NOTE_TYPE,
+      'full-inline',
+      () => {
+        const res = md.render(`This is the root node. 
+ 
+content-card![[note-e#Section 2]]`);
+
+        expect(res).toContain('This is the root node');
+        expect(res).toContain('embed-container-note');
+        expect(res).toContain('This is the second section of note E');
+        expect(res).not.toContain('Section 2');
+      }
+    );
+
+    await deleteFile(note);
+  });
+
   it('should fallback to the bare text when the note is not found', () => {
     const md = markdownItWikilinkEmbed(
       MarkdownIt(),
@@ -351,21 +378,15 @@ This is the first subsection of note E`,
       .set(parser.parse(noteB.uri, noteB.content));
 
     await withModifiedFoamConfiguration(
-      CONFIG_EMBED_NOTE_IN_CONTAINER,
-      null,
-      async () => {
-        await withModifiedFoamConfiguration(
-          CONFIG_EMBED_NOTE_TYPE,
-          'full-card',
-          () => {
-            const md = markdownItWikilinkEmbed(MarkdownIt(), ws, parser);
-            const res = md.render(noteBText);
-
-            expect(res).toContain('This is the text of note B which includes');
-            expect(res).toContain('This is the text of note A which includes');
-            expect(res).toContain('Cyclic link detected for wikilink');
-          }
-        );
+      CONFIG_EMBED_NOTE_TYPE,
+      'full-card',
+      () => {
+        const md = markdownItWikilinkEmbed(MarkdownIt(), ws, parser);
+        const res = md.render(noteBText);
+
+        expect(res).toContain('This is the text of note B which includes');
+        expect(res).toContain('This is the text of note A which includes');
+        expect(res).toContain('Cyclic link detected for wikilink');
       }
     );
 
diff --git a/packages/foam-vscode/src/features/preview/wikilink-embed.test.ts b/packages/foam-vscode/src/features/preview/wikilink-embed.test.ts
index 56fbcb201..56202e8a7 100644
--- a/packages/foam-vscode/src/features/preview/wikilink-embed.test.ts
+++ b/packages/foam-vscode/src/features/preview/wikilink-embed.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-import { retrieveNoteConfig } from './wikilink-embed';
+import {
+  WIKILINK_EMBED_REGEX,
+  WIKILINK_EMBED_REGEX_GROUPS,
+  retrieveNoteConfig,
+} from './wikilink-embed';
 import * as config from '../../services/config';
 
 describe('Wikilink Note Embedding', () => {
@@ -6,25 +10,81 @@ describe('Wikilink Note Embedding', () => {
     jest.clearAllMocks();
   });
 
+  describe('Wikilink Parsing', () => {
+    it('should match a wikilink item including a modifier and wikilink', () => {
+      // no configuration
+      expect('![[note-a]]').toMatch(WIKILINK_EMBED_REGEX);
+
+      // one of the configurations
+      expect('full![[note-a]]').toMatch(WIKILINK_EMBED_REGEX);
+      expect('content![[note-a]]').toMatch(WIKILINK_EMBED_REGEX);
+      expect('inline![[note-a]]').toMatch(WIKILINK_EMBED_REGEX);
+      expect('card![[note-a]]').toMatch(WIKILINK_EMBED_REGEX);
+
+      // any combination of configurations
+      expect('full-inline![[note-a]]').toMatch(WIKILINK_EMBED_REGEX);
+      expect('full-card![[note-a]]').toMatch(WIKILINK_EMBED_REGEX);
+      expect('content-inline![[note-a]]').toMatch(WIKILINK_EMBED_REGEX);
+      expect('content-card![[note-a]]').toMatch(WIKILINK_EMBED_REGEX);
+    });
+
+    it('should only match the wikilink if there are unrecognized keywords', () => {
+      const match1 = 'random-word![[note-a]]'.match(WIKILINK_EMBED_REGEX);
+      expect(match1[0]).toEqual('![[note-a]]');
+      expect(match1[1]).toEqual('![[note-a]]');
+
+      const match2 = 'foo![[note-a#section 1]]'.match(WIKILINK_EMBED_REGEX);
+      expect(match2[0]).toEqual('![[note-a#section 1]]');
+      expect(match2[1]).toEqual('![[note-a#section 1]]');
+    });
+
+    it('should group the wikilink into modifier and wikilink', () => {
+      const match1 = 'content![[note-a]]'.match(WIKILINK_EMBED_REGEX_GROUPS);
+      expect(match1[0]).toEqual('content![[note-a]]');
+      expect(match1[1]).toEqual('content');
+      expect(match1[2]).toEqual('note-a');
+
+      const match2 = 'full-inline![[note-a#section 1]]'.match(
+        WIKILINK_EMBED_REGEX_GROUPS
+      );
+      expect(match2[0]).toEqual('full-inline![[note-a#section 1]]');
+      expect(match2[1]).toEqual('full-inline');
+      expect(match2[2]).toEqual('note-a#section 1');
+
+      const match3 = '![[note-a#section 1]]'.match(WIKILINK_EMBED_REGEX_GROUPS);
+      expect(match3[0]).toEqual('![[note-a#section 1]]');
+      expect(match3[1]).toEqual(undefined);
+      expect(match3[2]).toEqual('note-a#section 1');
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('Config Parsing', () => {
-    it('should use preview.embedNoteType if deprecated preview.embedNoteInContainer not used', () => {
+    it('should use preview.embedNoteType if an explicit modifier is not passed in', () => {
       jest
         .spyOn(config, 'getFoamVsCodeConfig')
-        .mockReturnValueOnce('full-card')
-        .mockReturnValueOnce(false);
+        .mockReturnValueOnce('full-card');
 
-      const { noteScope, noteStyle } = retrieveNoteConfig();
+      const { noteScope, noteStyle } = retrieveNoteConfig(undefined);
       expect(noteScope).toEqual('full');
       expect(noteStyle).toEqual('card');
     });
 
-    it('should use preview.embedNoteInContainer if set', () => {
+    it('should use explicit modifier over user settings if passed in', () => {
       jest
         .spyOn(config, 'getFoamVsCodeConfig')
         .mockReturnValueOnce('full-inline')
-        .mockReturnValueOnce(true);
+        .mockReturnValueOnce('full-inline')
+        .mockReturnValueOnce('full-inline');
+
+      let { noteScope, noteStyle } = retrieveNoteConfig('content-card');
+      expect(noteScope).toEqual('content');
+      expect(noteStyle).toEqual('card');
+
+      ({ noteScope, noteStyle } = retrieveNoteConfig('content'));
+      expect(noteScope).toEqual('content');
+      expect(noteStyle).toEqual('inline');
 
-      const { noteScope, noteStyle } = retrieveNoteConfig();
+      ({ noteScope, noteStyle } = retrieveNoteConfig('card'));
       expect(noteScope).toEqual('full');
       expect(noteStyle).toEqual('card');
     });
diff --git a/packages/foam-vscode/src/features/preview/wikilink-embed.ts b/packages/foam-vscode/src/features/preview/wikilink-embed.ts
index ae8a57428..66e5e7913 100644
--- a/packages/foam-vscode/src/features/preview/wikilink-embed.ts
+++ b/packages/foam-vscode/src/features/preview/wikilink-embed.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,13 @@ import { MarkdownLink } from '../../core/services/markdown-link';
 import { Position } from '../../core/model/position';
 import { TextEdit } from '../../core/services/text-edit';
 
-export const CONFIG_EMBED_NOTE_IN_CONTAINER = 'preview.embedNoteInContainer';
+export const WIKILINK_EMBED_REGEX =
+  /((?:(?:full|content)-(?:inline|card)|full|content|inline|card)?!\[\[[^[\]]+?\]\])/;
+// we need another regex because md.use(regex, replace) only permits capturing one group
+// so we capture the entire possible wikilink item (ex. content-card![[note]]) using WIKILINK_EMBED_REGEX and then
+// use WIKILINK_EMBED_REGEX_GROUPER to parse it into the modifier(content-card) and the wikilink(note)
+export const WIKILINK_EMBED_REGEX_GROUPS =
+  /((?:\w+)|(?:(?:\w+)-(?:\w+)))?!\[\[([^[\]]+?)\]\]/;
 export const CONFIG_EMBED_NOTE_TYPE = 'preview.embedNoteType';
 const refsStack: string[] = [];
 
@@ -25,9 +31,13 @@ export const markdownItWikilinkEmbed = (
 ) => {
   return md.use(markdownItRegex, {
     name: 'embed-wikilinks',
-    regex: /!\[\[([^[\]]+?)\]\]/,
-    replace: (wikilink: string) => {
+    regex: WIKILINK_EMBED_REGEX,
+    replace: (wikilinkItem: string) => {
       try {
+        const [_, noteEmbedModifier, wikilink] = wikilinkItem.match(
+          WIKILINK_EMBED_REGEX_GROUPS
+        );
+
         const includedNote = workspace.find(wikilink);
 
         if (!includedNote) {
@@ -50,7 +60,8 @@ export const markdownItWikilinkEmbed = (
 
         switch (includedNote.type) {
           case 'note': {
-            const { noteScope, noteStyle } = retrieveNoteConfig();
+            const { noteScope, noteStyle } =
+              retrieveNoteConfig(noteEmbedModifier);
 
             const extractor: EmbedNoteExtractor =
               noteScope === 'full'
@@ -89,7 +100,7 @@ Embed for attachments is not supported
         return html;
       } catch (e) {
         Logger.error(
-          `Error while including [[${wikilink}]] into the current document of the Preview panel`,
+          `Error while including ${wikilinkItem} into the current document of the Preview panel`,
           e
         );
         return '';
@@ -126,17 +137,22 @@ function withLinksRelativeToWorkspaceRoot(
   return text;
 }
 
-export function retrieveNoteConfig(): {
+export function retrieveNoteConfig(explicitModifier: string | undefined): {
   noteScope: string;
   noteStyle: string;
 } {
   let config = getFoamVsCodeConfig<string>(CONFIG_EMBED_NOTE_TYPE); // ex. full-inline
   let [noteScope, noteStyle] = config.split('-');
 
-  // **DEPRECATED** setting to be removed
-  // for now it overrides the above to preserve user settings if they have it set
-  if (getFoamVsCodeConfig<boolean>(CONFIG_EMBED_NOTE_IN_CONTAINER, false)) {
-    noteStyle = 'card';
+  // an explicit modifier will always override corresponding user setting
+  if (explicitModifier !== undefined) {
+    if (['full', 'content'].includes(explicitModifier)) {
+      noteScope = explicitModifier;
+    } else if (['card', 'inline'].includes(explicitModifier)) {
+      noteStyle = explicitModifier;
+    } else {
+      [noteScope, noteStyle] = explicitModifier.split('-');
+    }
   }
   return { noteScope, noteStyle };
 }