diff --git a/frontend/src/components/cur-dir-path/dir-tool.js b/frontend/src/components/cur-dir-path/dir-tool.js
index 9cda5a4c5d..298819fe4a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/cur-dir-path/dir-tool.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/cur-dir-path/dir-tool.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import { Dropdown, DropdownMenu, DropdownToggle, DropdownItem } from 'reactstrap';
-import { gettext } from '../../utils/constants';
+import { gettext, enableFileTags } from '../../utils/constants';
 import { Utils } from '../../utils/utils';
 import TextTranslation from '../../utils/text-translation';
 import SeahubPopover from '../common/seahub-popover';
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ class DirTool extends React.Component {
       return list;
     }
     const { TAGS } = TextTranslation;
-    list.push(TAGS);
+    if (enableFileTags) {
+      list.push(TAGS);
+    }
     return list;
   };
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/dirent-detail/detail-list-view.js b/frontend/src/components/dirent-detail/detail-list-view.js
index ac4110d2bb..ce9616fd04 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/dirent-detail/detail-list-view.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/dirent-detail/detail-list-view.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import moment from 'moment';
 import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
 import Icon from '../icon';
-import { gettext } from '../../utils/constants';
+import { gettext, enableFileTags } from '../../utils/constants';
 import { Utils } from '../../utils/utils';
 import EditFileTagPopover from '../popover/edit-filetag-popover';
 import FileTagList from '../file-tag-list';
@@ -107,7 +107,9 @@ class DetailListView extends React.Component {
             <th>{gettext('Tags')}</th>
             <td>
               <FileTagList fileTagList={this.props.fileTagList} />
-              <span onClick={this.onEditFileTagToggle} id={this.tagListTitleID}><Icon symbol='tag' /></span>
+              {enableFileTags &&
+                <span onClick={this.onEditFileTagToggle} id={this.tagListTitleID}><Icon symbol='tag' /></span>
+              }
             </td>
           </tr>
           {direntDetail.permission === 'rw' && window.app.pageOptions.enableMetadataManagement && (
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/constants.js b/frontend/src/utils/constants.js
index bde67e1d30..0c8bf64475 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils/constants.js
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/constants.js
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ export const enablePDFThumbnail = window.app.pageOptions.enablePDFThumbnail;
 export const enableOnlyoffice = window.app.pageOptions.enableOnlyoffice || false;
 export const onlyofficeConverterExtensions = window.app.pageOptions.onlyofficeConverterExtensions || [];
 
+export const enableFileTags = window.app.pageOptions.enableFileTags || false;
+
 // search
 export const enableElasticsearch = window.app.pageOptions.enableElasticsearch || false;
 export const enableSeasearch = window.app.pageOptions.enableSeasearch || false;
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/utils.js b/frontend/src/utils/utils.js
index 143c4b17ab..120c6a42fd 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils/utils.js
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/utils.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { mediaUrl, gettext, serviceURL, siteRoot, isPro, fileAuditEnabled, canGenerateShareLink, canGenerateUploadLink, shareLinkPasswordMinLength, username, folderPermEnabled, onlyofficeConverterExtensions, enableOnlyoffice, enableSeadoc } from './constants';
+import { mediaUrl, gettext, serviceURL, siteRoot, isPro, fileAuditEnabled, canGenerateShareLink, canGenerateUploadLink, shareLinkPasswordMinLength, username, folderPermEnabled, onlyofficeConverterExtensions, enableOnlyoffice, enableSeadoc, enableFileTags } from './constants';
 import TextTranslation from './text-translation';
 import React from 'react';
 import toaster from '../components/toast';
@@ -600,7 +600,9 @@ export const Utils = {
     }
 
     if (permission == 'rw') {
-      list.push(TAGS);
+      if (enableFileTags) {
+        list.push(TAGS);
+      }
       if (isPro) {
         if (dirent.is_locked) {
           if (dirent.locked_by_me || dirent.lock_owner == 'OnlineOffice' || isRepoOwner || currentRepoInfo.is_admin) {
diff --git a/seahub/settings.py b/seahub/settings.py
index 25237a0a01..a3e6e9d0c4 100644
--- a/seahub/settings.py
+++ b/seahub/settings.py
@@ -888,6 +888,9 @@ ENABLE_METADATA_MANAGEMENT = False
 METADATA_SERVER_URL = ''
 METADATA_SERVER_SECRET_KEY = ''
 
+# file tags
+ENABLE_FILE_TAGS = True
+
 METADATA_FILE_TYPES = {
     '_picture': ('gif', 'jpeg', 'jpg', 'png', 'ico', 'bmp', 'tif', 'tiff', 'psd', 'webp', 'jfif', 'mpo', 'jpe', 'xbm',
                  'svg', 'ppm', 'pcx', 'xcf', 'xpm', 'mgn', 'ufo'),
diff --git a/seahub/templates/base_for_react.html b/seahub/templates/base_for_react.html
index 9e43f74277..19bc30d2da 100644
--- a/seahub/templates/base_for_react.html
+++ b/seahub/templates/base_for_react.html
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@
             enableSeaTableIntegration: {% if enable_seatable_integration %} true {% else %} false {% endif %},
             isOrgContext: {% if org is not None %} true {% else %} false {% endif %},
             enableMetadataManagement: {% if enable_metadata_management %} true {% else %} false {% endif %},
+            enableFileTags: {% if enable_file_tags %} true {% else %} false {% endif %}
         }
      };
 </script>
diff --git a/seahub/views/__init__.py b/seahub/views/__init__.py
index a59b4fd880..0ed7c1c48d 100644
--- a/seahub/views/__init__.py
+++ b/seahub/views/__init__.py
@@ -1115,5 +1115,6 @@ def react_fake_view(request, **kwargs):
         'group_import_members_extra_msg': GROUP_IMPORT_MEMBERS_EXTRA_MSG,
         'request_from_onlyoffice_desktop_editor': ONLYOFFICE_DESKTOP_EDITOR_HTTP_USER_AGENT in request.headers.get('user-agent', ''),
         'enable_sso_to_thirdpart_website': settings.ENABLE_SSO_TO_THIRDPART_WEBSITE,
-        'enable_metadata_management': settings.ENABLE_METADATA_MANAGEMENT
+        'enable_metadata_management': settings.ENABLE_METADATA_MANAGEMENT,
+        'enable_file_tags': settings.ENABLE_FILE_TAGS
     })