diff --git a/src/components/Actions.tsx b/src/components/Actions.tsx
index 2ee9babfc..9306c2c9c 100644
--- a/src/components/Actions.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Actions.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
   hasText,
 } from "../scene";
 import { SHAPES } from "../shapes";
-import { AppState, Zoom } from "../types";
+import { AppProps, AppState, CanvasActions, Zoom } from "../types";
 import {
   capitalizeString,
   isTransparent,
@@ -209,15 +209,25 @@ export const ShapesSwitcher = ({
   setAppState,
   onImageAction,
   appState,
+  UIOptions,
 }: {
   canvas: HTMLCanvasElement | null;
   activeTool: AppState["activeTool"];
   setAppState: React.Component<any, AppState>["setState"];
   onImageAction: (data: { pointerType: PointerType | null }) => void;
   appState: AppState;
+  UIOptions: AppProps["UIOptions"];
 }) => (
   <>
     {SHAPES.map(({ value, icon, key, numericKey, fillable }, index) => {
+      if (
+        UIOptions.canvasActions.tools[
+          value as Extract<typeof value, keyof CanvasActions["tools"]>
+        ] === false
+      ) {
+        return null;
+      }
+
       const label = t(`toolBar.${value}`);
       const letter =
         key && capitalizeString(typeof key === "string" ? key : key[0]);
diff --git a/src/components/App.tsx b/src/components/App.tsx
index a8240f127..e341e0ab8 100644
--- a/src/components/App.tsx
+++ b/src/components/App.tsx
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ import {
   PointerDownState,
   SceneData,
   Device,
+  CanvasActions,
 } from "../types";
 import {
   debounce,
@@ -285,6 +286,7 @@ import { actionToggleHandTool } from "../actions/actionCanvas";
 import { jotaiStore } from "../jotai";
 import { activeConfirmDialogAtom } from "./ActiveConfirmDialog";
 import { actionCreateContainerFromText } from "../actions/actionBoundText";
+import { ImageSceneDataError } from "../errors";
 
 const deviceContextInitialValue = {
   isSmScreen: false,
@@ -1532,6 +1534,10 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
 
       // prefer spreadsheet data over image file (MS Office/Libre Office)
       if (isSupportedImageFile(file) && !data.spreadsheet) {
+        if (!this.isToolSupported("image")) {
+          this.setState({ errorMessage: t("errors.imageToolNotSupported") });
+          return;
+        }
         const { x: sceneX, y: sceneY } = viewportCoordsToSceneCoords(
           { clientX: cursorX, clientY: cursorY },
           this.state,
@@ -2256,11 +2262,32 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
     }
   });
 
+  // we pruposefuly widen tyhe `tool` type so this helper can be called with
+  // any tool without having to type check it
+  private isToolSupported = <
+    T extends typeof SHAPES[number]["value"] | "eraser" | "hand" | "custom",
+  >(
+    tool: T,
+  ) => {
+    return (
+      this.props.UIOptions.canvasActions.tools[
+        tool as Extract<T, keyof CanvasActions["tools"]>
+      ] !== false
+    );
+  };
+
   private setActiveTool = (
     tool:
       | { type: typeof SHAPES[number]["value"] | "eraser" | "hand" }
       | { type: "custom"; customType: string },
   ) => {
+    if (!this.isToolSupported(tool.type)) {
+      console.warn(
+        `"${tool.type}" tool is disabled via "UIOptions.canvasActions.tools.${tool.type}"`,
+      );
+      return;
+    }
+
     const nextActiveTool = updateActiveTool(this.state, tool);
     if (nextActiveTool.type === "hand") {
       setCursor(this.canvas, CURSOR_TYPE.GRAB);
@@ -5896,7 +5923,10 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
     const { file, fileHandle } = await getFileFromEvent(event);
 
     try {
-      if (isSupportedImageFile(file)) {
+      // if image tool not supported, don't show an error here and let it fall
+      // through so we still support importing scene data from images. If no
+      // scene data encoded, we'll show an error then
+      if (isSupportedImageFile(file) && this.isToolSupported("image")) {
         // first attempt to decode scene from the image if it's embedded
         // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -6005,6 +6035,17 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
           });
       }
     } catch (error: any) {
+      if (
+        error instanceof ImageSceneDataError &&
+        error.code === "IMAGE_NOT_CONTAINS_SCENE_DATA" &&
+        !this.isToolSupported("image")
+      ) {
+        this.setState({
+          isLoading: false,
+          errorMessage: t("errors.imageToolNotSupported"),
+        });
+        return;
+      }
       this.setState({ isLoading: false, errorMessage: error.message });
     }
   };
diff --git a/src/components/LayerUI.tsx b/src/components/LayerUI.tsx
index bea074d62..57bfe32f6 100644
--- a/src/components/LayerUI.tsx
+++ b/src/components/LayerUI.tsx
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ const LayerUI = ({
                                 insertOnCanvasDirectly: pointerType !== "mouse",
                               });
                             }}
+                            UIOptions={UIOptions}
                           />
                         </Stack.Row>
                       </Island>
@@ -409,6 +410,7 @@ const LayerUI = ({
           renderSidebars={renderSidebars}
           device={device}
           renderWelcomeScreen={renderWelcomeScreen}
+          UIOptions={UIOptions}
         />
       )}
 
diff --git a/src/components/MobileMenu.tsx b/src/components/MobileMenu.tsx
index 75e08867c..3b70e050e 100644
--- a/src/components/MobileMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/components/MobileMenu.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React from "react";
-import { AppState, Device, ExcalidrawProps } from "../types";
+import { AppProps, AppState, Device, ExcalidrawProps } from "../types";
 import { ActionManager } from "../actions/manager";
 import { t } from "../i18n";
 import Stack from "./Stack";
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ type MobileMenuProps = {
   renderSidebars: () => JSX.Element | null;
   device: Device;
   renderWelcomeScreen: boolean;
+  UIOptions: AppProps["UIOptions"];
 };
 
 export const MobileMenu = ({
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ export const MobileMenu = ({
   renderSidebars,
   device,
   renderWelcomeScreen,
+  UIOptions,
 }: MobileMenuProps) => {
   const { welcomeScreenCenterTunnel, mainMenuTunnel } = useTunnels();
   const renderToolbar = () => {
@@ -82,6 +84,7 @@ export const MobileMenu = ({
                           insertOnCanvasDirectly: pointerType !== "mouse",
                         });
                       }}
+                      UIOptions={UIOptions}
                     />
                   </Stack.Row>
                 </Island>
diff --git a/src/constants.ts b/src/constants.ts
index aa25667a2..26a17d60b 100644
--- a/src/constants.ts
+++ b/src/constants.ts
@@ -161,6 +161,9 @@ export const DEFAULT_UI_OPTIONS: AppProps["UIOptions"] = {
     saveToActiveFile: true,
     toggleTheme: null,
     saveAsImage: true,
+    tools: {
+      image: true,
+    },
   },
 };
 
diff --git a/src/data/blob.ts b/src/data/blob.ts
index 473042b56..3ecb2889a 100644
--- a/src/data/blob.ts
+++ b/src/data/blob.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { cleanAppStateForExport } from "../appState";
 import { ALLOWED_IMAGE_MIME_TYPES, MIME_TYPES } from "../constants";
 import { clearElementsForExport } from "../element";
 import { ExcalidrawElement, FileId } from "../element/types";
-import { CanvasError } from "../errors";
+import { CanvasError, ImageSceneDataError } from "../errors";
 import { t } from "../i18n";
 import { calculateScrollCenter } from "../scene";
 import { AppState, DataURL, LibraryItem } from "../types";
@@ -23,15 +23,12 @@ const parseFileContents = async (blob: Blob | File) => {
       ).decodePngMetadata(blob);
     } catch (error: any) {
       if (error.message === "INVALID") {
-        throw new DOMException(
+        throw new ImageSceneDataError(
           t("alerts.imageDoesNotContainScene"),
-          "EncodingError",
+          "IMAGE_NOT_CONTAINS_SCENE_DATA",
         );
       } else {
-        throw new DOMException(
-          t("alerts.cannotRestoreFromImage"),
-          "EncodingError",
-        );
+        throw new ImageSceneDataError(t("alerts.cannotRestoreFromImage"));
       }
     }
   } else {
@@ -57,15 +54,12 @@ const parseFileContents = async (blob: Blob | File) => {
         });
       } catch (error: any) {
         if (error.message === "INVALID") {
-          throw new DOMException(
+          throw new ImageSceneDataError(
             t("alerts.imageDoesNotContainScene"),
-            "EncodingError",
+            "IMAGE_NOT_CONTAINS_SCENE_DATA",
           );
         } else {
-          throw new DOMException(
-            t("alerts.cannotRestoreFromImage"),
-            "EncodingError",
-          );
+          throw new ImageSceneDataError(t("alerts.cannotRestoreFromImage"));
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/errors.ts b/src/errors.ts
index e0444d105..4df403496 100644
--- a/src/errors.ts
+++ b/src/errors.ts
@@ -16,3 +16,19 @@ export class AbortError extends DOMException {
     super(message, "AbortError");
   }
 }
+
+type ImageSceneDataErrorCode =
+  | "IMAGE_NOT_CONTAINS_SCENE_DATA"
+  | "IMAGE_SCENE_DATA_ERROR";
+
+export class ImageSceneDataError extends Error {
+  public code;
+  constructor(
+    message = "Image Scene Data Error",
+    code: ImageSceneDataErrorCode = "IMAGE_SCENE_DATA_ERROR",
+  ) {
+    super(message);
+    this.name = "EncodingError";
+    this.code = code;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/locales/en.json b/src/locales/en.json
index f5ae003f3..19bab5709 100644
--- a/src/locales/en.json
+++ b/src/locales/en.json
@@ -206,7 +206,8 @@
     "cannotResolveCollabServer": "Couldn't connect to the collab server. Please reload the page and try again.",
     "importLibraryError": "Couldn't load library",
     "collabSaveFailed": "Couldn't save to the backend database. If problems persist, you should save your file locally to ensure you don't lose your work.",
-    "collabSaveFailed_sizeExceeded": "Couldn't save to the backend database, the canvas seems to be too big. You should save the file locally to ensure you don't lose your work."
+    "collabSaveFailed_sizeExceeded": "Couldn't save to the backend database, the canvas seems to be too big. You should save the file locally to ensure you don't lose your work.",
+    "imageToolNotSupported": "Images are disabled."
   },
   "toolBar": {
     "selection": "Selection",
diff --git a/src/packages/excalidraw/index.tsx b/src/packages/excalidraw/index.tsx
index 4f768c6d5..83c947316 100644
--- a/src/packages/excalidraw/index.tsx
+++ b/src/packages/excalidraw/index.tsx
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ const ExcalidrawBase = (props: ExcalidrawProps) => {
     canvasActions: {
       ...DEFAULT_UI_OPTIONS.canvasActions,
       ...canvasActions,
+      tools: {
+        ...DEFAULT_UI_OPTIONS.canvasActions.tools,
+        ...props.UIOptions?.canvasActions?.tools,
+      },
     },
   };
 
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 486ec7146..073a251d8 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ export type ExportOpts = {
 // truthiness value will determine whether the action is rendered or not
 // (see manager renderAction). We also override canvasAction values in
 // excalidraw package index.tsx.
-type CanvasActions = Partial<{
+export type CanvasActions = Partial<{
   changeViewBackgroundColor: boolean;
   clearCanvas: boolean;
   export: false | ExportOpts;
@@ -381,6 +381,9 @@ type CanvasActions = Partial<{
   saveToActiveFile: boolean;
   toggleTheme: boolean | null;
   saveAsImage: boolean;
+  tools: {
+    image: boolean;
+  };
 }>;
 
 type UIOptions = Partial<{