diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/views/right_panel/RoomSummaryCardView.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/views/right_panel/RoomSummaryCardView.tsx
index 23d858e4140..ab397796ea7 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/views/right_panel/RoomSummaryCardView.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/views/right_panel/RoomSummaryCardView.tsx
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ import { topicToHtml } from "../../../HtmlUtils.tsx";
 import { useRoomSummaryCardViewModel } from "../../viewmodels/right_panel/RoomSummaryCardViewModel.tsx";
 import { useRoomTopicViewModel } from "../../viewmodels/right_panel/RoomSummaryCardTopicViewModel.tsx";
 import { useRoomName } from "../../../hooks/useRoomName.ts";
+import { useSettingValue } from "../../../hooks/useSettings.ts";
+import { UIFeature } from "../../../settings/UIFeature.ts";
 
 interface IProps {
     room: Room;
@@ -133,6 +135,7 @@ const RoomSummaryCardView: React.FC<IProps> = ({
     const vm = useRoomSummaryCardViewModel(room, permalinkCreator, onSearchCancel);
     // XXX: this name should be part of the view model
     const name = useRoomName(room);
+    const allowChatExport = useSettingValue(UIFeature.AllowChatExport);
 
     // The search field is controlled and onSearchChange is debounced in RoomView,
     // so we need to set the value of the input right away
@@ -288,11 +291,14 @@ const RoomSummaryCardView: React.FC<IProps> = ({
                             label={_t("right_panel|polls_button")}
                             onSelect={vm.onRoomPollHistoryClick}
                         />
-                        <MenuItem
-                            Icon={ExportArchiveIcon}
-                            label={_t("export_chat|title")}
-                            onSelect={vm.onRoomExportClick}
-                        />
+
+                        {allowChatExport && (
+                            <MenuItem
+                                Icon={ExportArchiveIcon}
+                                label={_t("export_chat|title")}
+                                onSelect={vm.onRoomExportClick}
+                            />
+                        )}
                     </>
                 )}
 
diff --git a/apps/web/src/settings/Settings.tsx b/apps/web/src/settings/Settings.tsx
index 2d192526710..7419692a27f 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/settings/Settings.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/settings/Settings.tsx
@@ -1433,6 +1433,10 @@ export const SETTINGS: Settings = {
         supportedLevels: LEVELS_UI_FEATURE,
         default: true,
     },
+    [UIFeature.AllowChatExport]: {
+        supportedLevels: LEVELS_UI_FEATURE,
+        default: true,
+    },
 
     // Electron-specific settings, they are stored by Electron and set/read over an IPC.
     // We store them over there are they are necessary to know before the renderer process launches.
diff --git a/apps/web/src/settings/UIFeature.ts b/apps/web/src/settings/UIFeature.ts
index ddb3d65819e..0b0746d9e41 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/settings/UIFeature.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/settings/UIFeature.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export const enum UIFeature {
     TimelineEnableRelativeDates = "UIFeature.timelineEnableRelativeDates",
     AllowCreatingPublicRooms = "UIFeature.allowCreatingPublicRooms",
     AllowCreatingPublicSpaces = "UIFeature.allowCreatingPublicSpaces",
+    AllowChatExport = "UIFeature.allowChatExport",
 }
 
 export { UIComponent } from "@element-hq/element-web-module-api";
diff --git a/docs/config.md b/docs/config.md
index 98209c1f8d4..e88f7f20d2e 100644
--- a/docs/config.md
+++ b/docs/config.md
@@ -581,6 +581,7 @@ Currently, the following UI feature flags are supported:
 - `UIFeature.locationSharing` - Whether or not location sharing menus will be shown.
 - `UIFeature.allowCreatingPublicRooms` - Whether or not public rooms can be created.
 - `UIFeature.allowCreatingPublicSpaces` - Whether or not public spaces can be created.
+- `UIFeature.allowChatExport` - Whether or not chats can be exported.
 
 ## Modules