diff --git a/packages/firebase_storage/firebase_storage/windows/firebase_storage_plugin.cpp b/packages/firebase_storage/firebase_storage/windows/firebase_storage_plugin.cpp
index 6ae3a7e1d69d..5fcac57d17fe 100644
--- a/packages/firebase_storage/firebase_storage/windows/firebase_storage_plugin.cpp
+++ b/packages/firebase_storage/firebase_storage/windows/firebase_storage_plugin.cpp
@@ -470,22 +470,18 @@ void FirebaseStoragePlugin::ReferenceList(
     const InternalStorageReference& reference,
     const InternalListOptions& options,
     std::function<void(ErrorOr<InternalListResult> reply)> result) {
-  // C++ doesn't support list yet
-  flutter::EncodableList items = flutter::EncodableList();
-  flutter::EncodableList prefixs = flutter::EncodableList();
-  InternalListResult pigeon_result = InternalListResult(items, prefixs);
-  result(pigeon_result);
+  result(FlutterError(
+      "unimplemented",
+      "Listing files is not supported by the Firebase C++ SDK on Windows."));
 }
 
 void FirebaseStoragePlugin::ReferenceListAll(
     const InternalStorageFirebaseApp& app,
     const InternalStorageReference& reference,
     std::function<void(ErrorOr<InternalListResult> reply)> result) {
-  // C++ doesn't support listAll yet
-  flutter::EncodableList items = flutter::EncodableList();
-  flutter::EncodableList prefixs = flutter::EncodableList();
-  InternalListResult pigeon_result = InternalListResult(items, prefixs);
-  result(pigeon_result);
+  result(FlutterError(
+      "unimplemented",
+      "Listing files is not supported by the Firebase C++ SDK on Windows."));
 }
 
 void FirebaseStoragePlugin::ReferenceGetData(
diff --git a/tests/integration_test/firebase_storage/reference_e2e.dart b/tests/integration_test/firebase_storage/reference_e2e.dart
index f8477798d98e..5b382fb03767 100644
--- a/tests/integration_test/firebase_storage/reference_e2e.dart
+++ b/tests/integration_test/firebase_storage/reference_e2e.dart
@@ -224,6 +224,28 @@ void setupReferenceTests() {
       skip: defaultTargetPlatform == TargetPlatform.windows,
     );
 
+    test(
+      'list operations report that they are unsupported on Windows',
+      () async {
+        final Reference ref = storage.ref('flutter-tests/list');
+        final unsupportedError = isA<FirebaseException>()
+            .having((error) => error.code, 'code', 'unimplemented')
+            .having(
+              (error) => error.message,
+              'message',
+              'Listing files is not supported by the Firebase C++ SDK on '
+                  'Windows.',
+            );
+
+        await expectLater(
+          ref.list(const ListOptions(maxResults: 25)),
+          throwsA(unsupportedError),
+        );
+        await expectLater(ref.listAll(), throwsA(unsupportedError));
+      },
+      skip: defaultTargetPlatform != TargetPlatform.windows,
+    );
+
     test(
       'listAll',
       () async {