diff --git a/apps/files/lib/Controller/ViewController.php b/apps/files/lib/Controller/ViewController.php
index ca9ac80b9e28b..27379a0a62f7c 100644
--- a/apps/files/lib/Controller/ViewController.php
+++ b/apps/files/lib/Controller/ViewController.php
@@ -278,9 +278,10 @@ public function index($dir = '', $view = '', $fileid = null, $fileNotFound = fal
 
 		$this->initialState->provideInitialState('templates_path', $this->templateManager->hasTemplateDirectory() ? $this->templateManager->getTemplatePath() : false);
 		$this->initialState->provideInitialState('templates', $this->templateManager->listCreators());
+		$this->initialState->provideInitialState('disable_edit_locally', $this->config->getSystemValueBool('disable_edit_locally'));
 
 		$params = [
-			'fileNotFound' => $fileNotFound ? 1 : 0
+			'fileNotFound' => $fileNotFound ? 1 : 0,
 		];
 
 		$response = new TemplateResponse(
diff --git a/apps/files/src/actions/editLocallyAction.ts b/apps/files/src/actions/editLocallyAction.ts
index f52f8191df87e..a90fdc17bdae0 100644
--- a/apps/files/src/actions/editLocallyAction.ts
+++ b/apps/files/src/actions/editLocallyAction.ts
@@ -23,12 +23,15 @@ import { encodePath } from '@nextcloud/paths'
 import { generateOcsUrl } from '@nextcloud/router'
 import { getCurrentUser } from '@nextcloud/auth'
 import { FileAction, Permission, type Node } from '@nextcloud/files'
+import { loadState } from '@nextcloud/initial-state'
 import { showError } from '@nextcloud/dialogs'
 import { translate as t } from '@nextcloud/l10n'
 import axios from '@nextcloud/axios'
 
 import LaptopSvg from '@mdi/svg/svg/laptop.svg?raw'
 
+let disableEditLocally = loadState('files', 'disable_edit_locally', false)
+
 const openLocalClient = async function(path: string) {
 	const link = generateOcsUrl('apps/files/api/v1') + '/openlocaleditor?format=json'
 
@@ -51,6 +54,10 @@ export const action = new FileAction({
 
 	// Only works on single files
 	enabled(nodes: Node[]) {
+		if (disableEditLocally) {
+			return false
+		}
+
 		// Only works on single node
 		if (nodes.length !== 1) {
 			return false
diff --git a/apps/files/tests/Controller/ViewControllerTest.php b/apps/files/tests/Controller/ViewControllerTest.php
index 1f8a609106fc2..460c8367ed205 100644
--- a/apps/files/tests/Controller/ViewControllerTest.php
+++ b/apps/files/tests/Controller/ViewControllerTest.php
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ public function testIndexWithRegularBrowser() {
 				[$this->user->getUID(), 'files', 'crop_image_previews', true, true],
 				[$this->user->getUID(), 'files', 'show_grid', true],
 			]);
-		
+
 		$baseFolderFiles = $this->getMockBuilder(Folder::class)->getMock();
 
 		$this->rootFolder->expects($this->any())
diff --git a/config/config.sample.php b/config/config.sample.php
index 39cb0adea9476..62c2b1574f007 100644
--- a/config/config.sample.php
+++ b/config/config.sample.php
@@ -2412,4 +2412,11 @@
  * Defaults to ``true``
  */
 'enable_non-accessible_features' => true,
+
+/**
+ * Disable "Edit locally" menu item in file viewer
+ *
+ * Defaults to ``false``
+ */
+'disable_edit_locally' => false,
 ];