diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts
index a5f13a7de0f..95bb511c0e9 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export interface FeatureToggles {
   database_metrics?: boolean;
   dashboardPreviews?: boolean;
   dashboardPreviewsScheduler?: boolean;
+  dashboardPreviewsAdmin?: boolean;
   ['live-config']?: boolean;
   ['live-pipeline']?: boolean;
   ['live-service-web-worker']?: boolean;
diff --git a/pkg/api/api.go b/pkg/api/api.go
index 6da0aa3488c..8615e41a3ce 100644
--- a/pkg/api/api.go
+++ b/pkg/api/api.go
@@ -336,8 +336,11 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) registerRoutes() {
 
 			if hs.ThumbService != nil {
 				dashboardRoute.Get("/uid/:uid/img/:kind/:theme", hs.ThumbService.GetImage)
-				dashboardRoute.Post("/uid/:uid/img/:kind/:theme", hs.ThumbService.SetImage)
-				dashboardRoute.Put("/uid/:uid/img/:kind/:theme", hs.ThumbService.UpdateThumbnailState)
+
+				if hs.Features.IsEnabled(featuremgmt.FlagDashboardPreviewsAdmin) {
+					dashboardRoute.Post("/uid/:uid/img/:kind/:theme", reqGrafanaAdmin, hs.ThumbService.SetImage)
+					dashboardRoute.Put("/uid/:uid/img/:kind/:theme", reqGrafanaAdmin, hs.ThumbService.UpdateThumbnailState)
+				}
 			}
 
 			dashboardRoute.Post("/calculate-diff", routing.Wrap(hs.CalculateDashboardDiff))
@@ -470,7 +473,7 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) registerRoutes() {
 		adminRoute.Get("/stats", authorize(reqGrafanaAdmin, ac.EvalPermission(ac.ActionServerStatsRead)), routing.Wrap(hs.AdminGetStats))
 		adminRoute.Post("/pause-all-alerts", reqGrafanaAdmin, routing.Wrap(hs.PauseAllAlerts))
 
-		if hs.ThumbService != nil {
+		if hs.ThumbService != nil && hs.Features.IsEnabled(featuremgmt.FlagDashboardPreviewsAdmin) {
 			adminRoute.Post("/crawler/start", reqGrafanaAdmin, routing.Wrap(hs.ThumbService.StartCrawler))
 			adminRoute.Post("/crawler/stop", reqGrafanaAdmin, routing.Wrap(hs.ThumbService.StopCrawler))
 			adminRoute.Get("/crawler/status", reqGrafanaAdmin, routing.Wrap(hs.ThumbService.CrawlerStatus))
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
index bd715f9457a..d95d6b385c1 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ var (
 			Description: "Schedule automatic updates to dashboard previews",
 			State:       FeatureStateAlpha,
 		},
+		{
+			Name:        "dashboardPreviewsAdmin",
+			Description: "Manage the dashboard previews crawler process from the UI",
+			State:       FeatureStateAlpha,
+		},
 		{
 			Name:        "live-config",
 			Description: "Save grafana live configuration in SQL tables",
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go
index 960a7b0f511..7c54af1412e 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ const (
 	// Schedule automatic updates to dashboard previews
 	FlagDashboardPreviewsScheduler = "dashboardPreviewsScheduler"
 
+	// FlagDashboardPreviewsAdmin
+	// Manage the dashboard previews crawler process from the UI
+	FlagDashboardPreviewsAdmin = "dashboardPreviewsAdmin"
+
 	// FlagLiveConfig
 	// Save grafana live configuration in SQL tables
 	FlagLiveConfig = "live-config"
diff --git a/public/app/features/admin/ServerStats.tsx b/public/app/features/admin/ServerStats.tsx
index 675b0ea38f9..c883750e161 100644
--- a/public/app/features/admin/ServerStats.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/admin/ServerStats.tsx
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export const ServerStats = () => {
         <p className={styles.notFound}>No stats found.</p>
       )}
 
-      {config.featureToggles.dashboardPreviews && <CrawlerStatus />}
+      {config.featureToggles.dashboardPreviews && config.featureToggles.dashboardPreviewsAdmin && <CrawlerStatus />}
     </>
   );
 };
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/components/DashboardSettings/GeneralSettings.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard/components/DashboardSettings/GeneralSettings.tsx
index 5ad19559403..5a509359a14 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/components/DashboardSettings/GeneralSettings.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/components/DashboardSettings/GeneralSettings.tsx
@@ -122,7 +122,9 @@ export function GeneralSettingsUnconnected({ dashboard, updateTimeZone, updateWe
         </Field>
       </div>
 
-      {config.featureToggles.dashboardPreviews && <PreviewSettings uid={dashboard.uid} />}
+      {config.featureToggles.dashboardPreviews && config.featureToggles.dashboardPreviewsAdmin && (
+        <PreviewSettings uid={dashboard.uid} />
+      )}
 
       <TimePickerSettings
         onTimeZoneChange={onTimeZoneChange}