diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/chat/chat-dropdown/component.jsx b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/chat/chat-dropdown/component.jsx
index b2442f25189bd2f8c56e8489a5c5e2b2a5576227..6cf7ead412cdd6b75c5fd581e6a65f2d0e35ac03 100755
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/chat/chat-dropdown/component.jsx
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/chat/chat-dropdown/component.jsx
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ const intlMessages = defineMessages({
   },
 });
 
+const CHAT_CONFIG = Meteor.settings.public.chat;
+const ENABLE_SAVE_AND_COPY_PUBLIC_CHAT = CHAT_CONFIG.enableSaveAndCopyPublicChat;
+
 class ChatDropdown extends PureComponent {
   constructor(props) {
     super(props);
@@ -82,13 +85,21 @@ class ChatDropdown extends PureComponent {
 
   getAvailableActions() {
     const {
-      intl, isMeteorConnected, amIModerator, meetingIsBreakout, meetingName, timeWindowsValues, users,
+      intl,
+      isMeteorConnected,
+      amIModerator,
+      meetingIsBreakout,
+      meetingName,
+      timeWindowsValues,
+      users,
     } = this.props;
 
     const clearIcon = 'delete';
     const saveIcon = 'download';
     const copyIcon = 'copy';
     return _.compact([
+      ENABLE_SAVE_AND_COPY_PUBLIC_CHAT
+      && (
       <DropdownListItem
         data-test="chatSave"
         icon={saveIcon}
@@ -103,19 +114,23 @@ class ChatDropdown extends PureComponent {
           link.setAttribute('download', `bbb-${meetingName}[public-chat]_${dateString}.txt`);
           link.setAttribute(
             'href',
-            `data: ${mimeType} ;charset=utf-8,`+
-            `${encodeURIComponent(ChatService.exportChat(timeWindowsValues, users, intl))}`,
+            `data: ${mimeType} ;charset=utf-8,`
+            + `${encodeURIComponent(ChatService.exportChat(timeWindowsValues, users, intl))}`,
           );
           link.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('click', { bubbles: true, cancelable: true, view: window }));
         }}
-      />,
+      />
+      ),
+      ENABLE_SAVE_AND_COPY_PUBLIC_CHAT
+      && (
       <DropdownListItem
         data-test="chatCopy"
         icon={copyIcon}
         id="clipboardButton"
         label={intl.formatMessage(intlMessages.copy)}
         key={this.actionsKey[1]}
-      />,
+      />
+      ),
       !meetingIsBreakout && amIModerator && isMeteorConnected ? (
         <DropdownListItem
           data-test="chatClear"
diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/private/config/settings.yml b/bigbluebutton-html5/private/config/settings.yml
index 10bc805d1017e1f8c0a129bcd3bb7fce46d61a45..c30d4ecea08ed44026dcbed22fff1dfdc176e3ca 100755
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/private/config/settings.yml
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/private/config/settings.yml
@@ -396,6 +396,7 @@ public:
     enabled: true
     itemsPerPage: 100
     timeBetweenFetchs: 1000
+    enableSaveAndCopyPublicChat: false
     bufferChatInsertsMs: 0
     startClosed: false
     min_message_length: 1