diff --git a/doc/changes/dev/14225.newfeature.rst b/doc/changes/dev/14225.newfeature.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c81ee2d528b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changes/dev/14225.newfeature.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add ``exclude`` parameter to :meth:`mne.io.Raw.get_data`, :meth:`mne.Epochs.get_data`, and :meth:`mne.Evoked.get_data` by `Carina Forster`_.
diff --git a/mne/epochs.py b/mne/epochs.py
index f313a94e2ac..0fedc8dd41e 100644
--- a/mne/epochs.py
+++ b/mne/epochs.py
@@ -1723,6 +1723,7 @@ def _get_data(
         picks=None,
         item=None,
         *,
+        exclude=(),
         units=None,
         tmin=None,
         tmax=None,
@@ -1740,6 +1741,14 @@ def _get_data(
         %(picks_all)s
         item : slice | array-like | str | list | None
             See docstring of get_data method.
+        exclude : list[str] | Literal["bads"]
+            Channels to exclude. If ``'bads'``, channels in ``info['bads']`` are
+            excluded; pass an empty list or tuple (the default) to include all
+            channels. Note: ``exclude`` is currently only applied when ``picks``
+            is ``None``; it is ignored when ``picks!=None`` (to be fixed in a
+            future release).
+
+            .. versionadded:: 1.13
         %(units)s
         tmin : int | float | None
             Start time of data to get in seconds.
@@ -1806,7 +1815,7 @@ def _get_data(
 
         orig_picks = picks
         if orig_picks is None:
-            picks = _picks_to_idx(self.info, picks, "all", exclude=())
+            picks = _picks_to_idx(self.info, picks, "all", exclude=exclude)
         else:
             picks = _picks_to_idx(self.info, picks)
 
@@ -1992,6 +2001,7 @@ def get_data(
         tmin: int | float | None = None,
         tmax: int | float | None = None,
         *,
+        exclude: list[str] | Literal["bads"] | tuple = (),
         copy: bool = True,
         verbose: bool | str | int | None = None,
     ) -> np.ndarray:
@@ -2019,6 +2029,14 @@ def get_data(
             End time of data to get in seconds.
 
             .. versionadded:: 0.24.0
+        exclude : list[str] | Literal["bads"]
+            Channels to exclude. If ``'bads'``, channels in ``info['bads']`` are
+            excluded; pass an empty list or tuple (the default) to include all
+            channels. Note: ``exclude`` is currently only applied when ``picks``
+            is ``None``; it is ignored when ``picks!=None`` (to be fixed in a
+            future release).
+
+            .. versionadded:: 1.13
         copy : bool
             Whether to return a copy of the object's data, or (if possible) a view.
             See :ref:`the NumPy docs <numpy:basics.copies-and-views>` for an
@@ -2044,7 +2062,13 @@ def get_data(
             when possible when ``copy=False``.
         """
         return self._get_data(
-            picks=picks, item=item, units=units, tmin=tmin, tmax=tmax, copy=copy
+            picks=picks,
+            exclude=exclude,
+            item=item,
+            units=units,
+            tmin=tmin,
+            tmax=tmax,
+            copy=copy,
         )
 
     @verbose
diff --git a/mne/evoked.py b/mne/evoked.py
index 01fac80a46e..fcfac17670e 100644
--- a/mne/evoked.py
+++ b/mne/evoked.py
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ def get_data(
         units: str | dict | None = None,
         tmin: float | None = None,
         tmax: float | None = None,
+        exclude: list[str] | Literal["bads"] | tuple = (),
     ) -> np.ndarray:
         """Get evoked data as 2D array.
 
@@ -253,6 +254,12 @@ def get_data(
             Start time of data to get in seconds.
         tmax : float | None
             End time of data to get in seconds.
+        exclude : list[str] | Literal["bads"]
+            Channels to exclude. If ``'bads'``, channels in ``info['bads']`` are
+            excluded; pass an empty list or tuple (the default) to include all
+            channels.
+
+            .. versionadded:: 1.13
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -266,7 +273,7 @@ def get_data(
         # Avoid circular import
         from .io.base import _get_ch_factors
 
-        picks = _picks_to_idx(self.info, picks, "all", exclude=())
+        picks = _picks_to_idx(self.info, picks, "all", exclude=exclude)
 
         start, stop = self._handle_tmin_tmax(tmin, tmax)
 
diff --git a/mne/io/base.py b/mne/io/base.py
index 7d41bb20be6..47b7b3af8fe 100644
--- a/mne/io/base.py
+++ b/mne/io/base.py
@@ -940,6 +940,7 @@ def get_data(
         return_times: bool = False,
         units: str | dict | None = None,
         *,
+        exclude: list[str] | Literal["bads"] | tuple = (),
         tmin: int | float | None = None,
         tmax: int | float | None = None,
         verbose: bool | str | int | None = None,
@@ -961,6 +962,14 @@ def get_data(
         return_times : bool
             Whether to return times as well. Defaults to False.
         %(units)s
+        exclude : list[str] | Literal["bads"]
+            Channels to exclude. If ``'bads'``, channels in ``info['bads']`` are
+            excluded; pass an empty list or tuple (the default) to include all
+            channels. Note: ``exclude`` is currently only applied when ``picks``
+            is not ``None``; it is ignored when ``picks=None`` (to be fixed in a
+            future release).
+
+            .. versionadded:: 1.13
         tmin : int | float | None
             Start time of data to get in seconds. The ``tmin`` parameter is
             ignored if the ``start`` parameter is bigger than 0.
@@ -997,7 +1006,7 @@ def get_data(
             # allocation and ~40 us of name resolution on every call.
             picks = np.arange(self.info["nchan"])
         else:
-            picks = _picks_to_idx(self.info, picks, "all", exclude=())
+            picks = _picks_to_idx(self.info, picks, "all", exclude=exclude)
 
         # Get channel factors for conversion into specified unit
         # (vector of ones if no conversion needed)