diff --git a/frontend/src/css/lib-settings.css b/frontend/src/css/lib-settings.css
index 265a7b0725..38827063f6 100644
--- a/frontend/src/css/lib-settings.css
+++ b/frontend/src/css/lib-settings.css
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
   flex-direction: column;
 }
 
-.lib-settings-dialog .oepn-metadata-tip {
+.lib-settings-dialog .open-metadata-tip {
   background-color: #ffeacd;
   margin: -1rem -1rem 1rem;
   padding: 0.5rem 1rem;
diff --git a/frontend/src/metadata/components/dialog/metadata-face-recognition-dialog/index.js b/frontend/src/metadata/components/dialog/metadata-face-recognition-dialog/index.js
index 8136bf7bbb..f161dd5f0d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/metadata/components/dialog/metadata-face-recognition-dialog/index.js
+++ b/frontend/src/metadata/components/dialog/metadata-face-recognition-dialog/index.js
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ const MetadataFaceRecognitionDialog = ({ value: oldValue, repoID, toggleDialog:
       {!showTurnOffConfirmDialog && (
         <>
           <ModalBody className="metadata-face-recognition-dialog">
-            {!enableMetadata && <p className="oepn-metadata-tip">{gettext('Please turn on extended properties setting first')}</p>}
+            {!enableMetadata && <p className="open-metadata-tip">{gettext('Please turn on extended properties setting first')}</p>}
             <Switch
               checked={value}
               disabled={submitting || !enableMetadata}
diff --git a/frontend/src/metadata/components/dialog/metadata-tags-status-dialog/index.js b/frontend/src/metadata/components/dialog/metadata-tags-status-dialog/index.js
index aee0f35aa9..f8dfd6d315 100644
--- a/frontend/src/metadata/components/dialog/metadata-tags-status-dialog/index.js
+++ b/frontend/src/metadata/components/dialog/metadata-tags-status-dialog/index.js
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ const MetadataTagsStatusDialog = ({ value: oldValue, lang: oldLang, repoID, togg
       {!showTurnOffConfirmDialog && (
         <>
           <ModalBody className="metadata-face-recognition-dialog">
-            {!enableMetadata && <p className="oepn-metadata-tip">{gettext('Please turn on extended properties setting first')}</p>}
+            {!enableMetadata && <p className="open-metadata-tip">{gettext('Please turn on extended properties setting first')}</p>}
             <Switch
               checked={value}
               disabled={submitting || !enableMetadata}
diff --git a/frontend/src/metadata/views/table/context-menu.js b/frontend/src/metadata/views/table/context-menu.js
index 4c24d7d500..131fbbcb68 100644
--- a/frontend/src/metadata/views/table/context-menu.js
+++ b/frontend/src/metadata/views/table/context-menu.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { gettext, enableSeafileAI } from '@/utils/constants';
 import { Utils } from '@/utils/utils';
 import DeleteFolderDialog from '@/components/dialog/delete-folder-dialog';
 import { useMetadataView } from '../../hooks/metadata-view';
+import { useMetadataStatus } from '../../../hooks/metadata-status';
 import RowUtils from './utils/row-utils';
 import { checkIsDir } from '../../utils/row';
 import { getColumnByKey, isNameColumn } from '../../utils/column';
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ const ContextMenu = ({
   const [deletedFolderPath, setDeletedFolderPath] = useState('');
 
   const { metadata } = useMetadataView();
+  const { enableFaceRecognition } = useMetadataStatus();
 
   const repoID = window.sfMetadataStore.repoId;
 
@@ -116,7 +118,7 @@ const ContextMenu = ({
           const fileName = getFileNameFromRecord(record);
           return Utils.imageCheck(fileName);
         });
-        if (imageRecords.length > 0) {
+        if (enableFaceRecognition && imageRecords.length > 0) {
           list.push({ value: OPERATION.DETECT_FACES, label: gettext('Detect faces'), records: imageRecords });
         }
       }
@@ -152,7 +154,7 @@ const ContextMenu = ({
           const fileName = getFileNameFromRecord(record);
           return Utils.imageCheck(fileName);
         });
-        if (imageRecords.length > 0) {
+        if (enableFaceRecognition && imageRecords.length > 0) {
           list.push({ value: OPERATION.DETECT_FACES, label: gettext('Detect faces'), records: imageRecords });
         }
       }
@@ -202,7 +204,7 @@ const ContextMenu = ({
       if (isImage || isVideo) {
         aiOptions.push({ value: OPERATION.FILE_DETAIL, label: gettext('Extract file detail'), record: record });
       }
-      if (isImage) {
+      if (enableFaceRecognition && isImage) {
         aiOptions.push({ value: OPERATION.DETECT_FACES, label: gettext('Detect faces'), records: [record] });
       }
 
@@ -229,7 +231,7 @@ const ContextMenu = ({
     }
 
     return list;
-  }, [isGroupView, selectedPosition, recordMetrics, selectedRange, metadata, recordGetterByIndex, checkIsDescribableFile, getAbleDeleteRecords]);
+  }, [isGroupView, selectedPosition, recordMetrics, selectedRange, metadata, recordGetterByIndex, checkIsDescribableFile, getAbleDeleteRecords, enableFaceRecognition]);
 
   const handleOptionClick = useCallback((option, event) => {
     switch (option.value) {
diff --git a/seahub/repo_metadata/apis.py b/seahub/repo_metadata/apis.py
index c6eb4ba67e..81c0513bc0 100644
--- a/seahub/repo_metadata/apis.py
+++ b/seahub/repo_metadata/apis.py
@@ -1778,9 +1778,9 @@ class MetadataRecognizeFaces(APIView):
             error_msg = 'obj_ids is invalid.'
             return api_error(status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST, error_msg)
 
-        record = RepoMetadata.objects.filter(repo_id=repo_id).first()
-        if not record or not record.enabled:
-            error_msg = f'The metadata module is disabled for repo {repo_id}.'
+        metadata = RepoMetadata.objects.filter(repo_id=repo_id).first()
+        if not metadata or not metadata.enabled or not metadata.face_recognition_enabled:
+            error_msg = f'The face recognition is disabled for repo {repo_id}.'
             return api_error(status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND, error_msg)
 
         repo = seafile_api.get_repo(repo_id)