diff --git a/backend/danswer/configs/app_configs.py b/backend/danswer/configs/app_configs.py
index 2521a2a2704..3ba01300ced 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/configs/app_configs.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/configs/app_configs.py
@@ -124,6 +124,10 @@
 #####
 POLL_CONNECTOR_OFFSET = 30  # Minutes overlap between poll windows
 
+# View the list here:
+# https://github.com/danswer-ai/danswer/blob/main/backend/danswer/connectors/factory.py
+DISABLED_CONNECTOR_TYPES = os.environ.get("DISABLED_CONNECTOR_TYPES") or ""
+
 # Some calls to get information on expert users are quite costly especially with rate limiting
 # Since experts are not used in the actual user experience, currently it is turned off
 # for some connectors
diff --git a/backend/danswer/server/documents/connector.py b/backend/danswer/server/documents/connector.py
index ada53b29ce0..034f5787fa1 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/server/documents/connector.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/server/documents/connector.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 from danswer.auth.users import current_admin_user
 from danswer.auth.users import current_user
 from danswer.background.celery.celery_utils import get_deletion_status
+from danswer.configs.app_configs import DISABLED_CONNECTOR_TYPES
 from danswer.configs.constants import DocumentSource
 from danswer.connectors.gmail.connector_auth import delete_gmail_service_account_key
 from danswer.connectors.gmail.connector_auth import delete_google_app_gmail_cred
@@ -437,14 +438,25 @@ def get_connector_indexing_status(
     return indexing_statuses
 
 
+def _validate_connector_allowed(source: DocumentSource) -> None:
+    invalid_connectors = DISABLED_CONNECTOR_TYPES.replace("_", "").split(",")
+    for connector_type in invalid_connectors:
+        if source.value.lower().replace("_", "") == connector_type:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "This connector type has been disabled by your system admin. "
+                "Please contact them to get it enabled if you wish to use it."
+            )
+
+
 @router.post("/admin/connector")
 def create_connector_from_model(
-    connector_info: ConnectorBase,
+    connector_data: ConnectorBase,
     _: User = Depends(current_admin_user),
     db_session: Session = Depends(get_session),
 ) -> ObjectCreationIdResponse:
     try:
-        return create_connector(connector_info, db_session)
+        _validate_connector_allowed(connector_data.source)
+        return create_connector(connector_data, db_session)
     except ValueError as e:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail=str(e))
 
@@ -456,6 +468,11 @@ def update_connector_from_model(
     _: User = Depends(current_admin_user),
     db_session: Session = Depends(get_session),
 ) -> ConnectorSnapshot | StatusResponse[int]:
+    try:
+        _validate_connector_allowed(connector_data.source)
+    except ValueError as e:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail=str(e))
+
     updated_connector = update_connector(connector_id, connector_data, db_session)
     if updated_connector is None:
         raise HTTPException(
diff --git a/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.dev.yml b/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.dev.yml
index 83ace479540..4cb7196f7d2 100644
--- a/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ services:
       - INDEXING_MODEL_SERVER_HOST=${INDEXING_MODEL_SERVER_HOST:-indexing_model_server}
       # Indexing Configs
       - NUM_INDEXING_WORKERS=${NUM_INDEXING_WORKERS:-}
+      - DISABLED_CONNECTOR_TYPES=${DISABLED_CONNECTOR_TYPES:-}
       - DISABLE_INDEX_UPDATE_ON_SWAP=${DISABLE_INDEX_UPDATE_ON_SWAP:-}
       - DASK_JOB_CLIENT_ENABLED=${DASK_JOB_CLIENT_ENABLED:-}
       - CONTINUE_ON_CONNECTOR_FAILURE=${CONTINUE_ON_CONNECTOR_FAILURE:-}
diff --git a/deployment/kubernetes/env-configmap.yaml b/deployment/kubernetes/env-configmap.yaml
index e88e996a80f..75f44950d2e 100644
--- a/deployment/kubernetes/env-configmap.yaml
+++ b/deployment/kubernetes/env-configmap.yaml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ data:
   MIN_THREADS_ML_MODELS: ""
   # Indexing Configs
   NUM_INDEXING_WORKERS: ""
+  DISABLED_CONNECTOR_TYPES: ""
   DISABLE_INDEX_UPDATE_ON_SWAP: ""
   DASK_JOB_CLIENT_ENABLED: ""
   CONTINUE_ON_CONNECTOR_FAILURE: ""