diff --git a/src/globals.ts b/src/globals.ts
index 49ce0be..db14f9b 100644
--- a/src/globals.ts
+++ b/src/globals.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export const excerptAfter = 300
 export const highlightClass = `suggestion-highlight omnisearch-highlight ${
   settings.highlight ? 'omnisearch-default-highlight' : ''
 }`
+export const K_DISABLE_OMNISEARCH = 'omnisearch-disabled'
 
 export const eventBus = new EventBus()
 
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 0f1e655..4e9566d 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   OmnisearchVaultModal,
 } from './components/modals'
 import {
+  isPluginDisabled,
   loadSettings,
   saveSettings,
   settings,
@@ -29,6 +30,13 @@ export default class OmnisearchPlugin extends Plugin {
 
   async onload(): Promise<void> {
     await loadSettings(this)
+    this.addSettingTab(new SettingsTab(this))
+
+    if (isPluginDisabled()) {
+      console.log('Omnisearch - Plugin disabled')
+      return
+    }
+
     await cleanOldCacheFiles()
     await OmnisearchCache.clearOldDatabases()
 
@@ -38,7 +46,6 @@ export default class OmnisearchPlugin extends Plugin {
       this.addRibbonButton()
     }
 
-    this.addSettingTab(new SettingsTab(this))
     eventBus.disable('vault')
     eventBus.disable('infile')
     eventBus.on('global', EventNames.ToggleExcerpts, () => {
@@ -252,3 +259,4 @@ function registerAPI(plugin: OmnisearchPlugin): void {
   // Deprecated
   ;(app as any).plugins.plugins.omnisearch.api = api
 }
+
diff --git a/src/settings.ts b/src/settings.ts
index 9f8b536..0d2548f 100644
--- a/src/settings.ts
+++ b/src/settings.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
 } from 'obsidian'
 import { writable } from 'svelte/store'
 import { database } from './database'
-import { getTextExtractor, isCacheEnabled } from './globals'
+import { K_DISABLE_OMNISEARCH, getTextExtractor, isCacheEnabled } from './globals'
 import type OmnisearchPlugin from './main'
 
 interface WeightingSettings {
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ export interface OmnisearchSettings extends WeightingSettings {
  */
 export const showExcerpt = writable(false)
 
+const needsARestart = `<strong style="color: var(--text-accent)">Needs a restart to fully take effect.</strong>`
+
 export class SettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
   plugin: OmnisearchPlugin
 
@@ -72,6 +74,11 @@ export class SettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
     const { containerEl } = this
     containerEl.empty()
 
+    if (app.loadLocalStorage(K_DISABLE_OMNISEARCH) == '1') {
+      const span = containerEl.createEl('span')
+      span.innerHTML = `<strong style="color: var(--text-accent)">⚠️ OMNISEARCH IS DISABLED ⚠️</strong>`
+    }
+
     // Settings main title
     containerEl.createEl('h2', { text: 'Omnisearch' })
 
@@ -138,7 +145,7 @@ export class SettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
       Add extensions separated by a space, without the dot. Example: "<code>txt org</code>".<br />
       ⚠️ <span style="color: var(--text-accent)">Using extensions of non-plaintext files (like .docx or .pptx) WILL cause crashes,
       because Omnisearch will try to index their content.</span><br />
-      <strong style="color: var(--text-accent)">Needs a restart to fully take effect.</strong>`
+      ${needsARestart}`
     })
     new Setting(containerEl)
       .setName('Additional files to index')
@@ -192,7 +199,7 @@ export class SettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
       span.innerHTML = `Normalize diacritics in search terms. Words like "brûlée" or "žluťoučký" will be indexed as "brulee" and "zlutoucky".<br/>
         ⚠️ <span style="color: var(--text-accent)">You probably should <strong>NOT</strong> disable this.</span><br>
         ⚠️ <span style="color: var(--text-accent)">Changing this setting will clear the cache.</span><br>
-        <strong style="color: var(--text-accent)">Needs a restart to fully take effect.</strong>
+        ${needsARestart}
         `
     })
     new Setting(containerEl)
@@ -211,7 +218,7 @@ export class SettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
     camelCaseDesc.createSpan({}, span => {
       span.innerHTML = `Enable this if you want to be able to search for CamelCaseWords as separate words.<br/>        
         ⚠️ <span style="color: var(--text-accent)">Changing this setting will clear the cache.</span><br>
-        <strong style="color: var(--text-accent)">Needs a restart to fully take effect.</strong>
+        ${needsARestart}
         `
     })
     new Setting(containerEl)
@@ -364,7 +371,9 @@ export class SettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
 
     new Setting(containerEl)
       .setName('Enable verbose logging')
-      .setDesc('Adds a LOT of logs for debugging purposes. Don\'t forget to disable it.')
+      .setDesc(
+        "Adds a LOT of logs for debugging purposes. Don't forget to disable it."
+      )
       .addToggle(toggle =>
         toggle.setValue(settings.verboseLogging).onChange(async v => {
           settings.verboseLogging = v
@@ -375,14 +384,33 @@ export class SettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
     //#endregion Debugginh
 
     //#region Danger Zone
-    if (isCacheEnabled()) {
-      new Setting(containerEl).setName('Danger Zone').setHeading()
+    new Setting(containerEl).setName('Danger Zone').setHeading()
 
+    const disableDesc = new DocumentFragment()
+    disableDesc.createSpan({}, span => {
+      span.innerHTML = `Disable Omnisearch on this device only.<br>
+        ${needsARestart}`
+    })
+    new Setting(containerEl)
+      .setName('Disable on this device')
+      .setDesc(disableDesc)
+      .addToggle(toggle =>
+        toggle.setValue(isPluginDisabled()).onChange(async v => {
+          if (v) {
+            app.saveLocalStorage(K_DISABLE_OMNISEARCH, '1')
+          } else {
+            app.saveLocalStorage(K_DISABLE_OMNISEARCH) // No value = unset
+          }
+          new Notice('Omnisearch - Disabled. Please restart Obsidian.')
+        })
+      )
+
+    if (isCacheEnabled()) {
       const resetCacheDesc = new DocumentFragment()
       resetCacheDesc.createSpan({}, span => {
         span.innerHTML = `Erase all Omnisearch cache data.
-      Use this if Omnisearch results are inconsistent, missing, or appear outdated.<br>
-      <strong style="color: var(--text-accent)">Needs a restart to fully take effect.</strong>`
+          Use this if Omnisearch results are inconsistent, missing, or appear outdated.<br>
+          ${needsARestart}`
       })
       new Setting(containerEl)
         .setName('Clear cache data')
@@ -446,3 +474,7 @@ export async function loadSettings(plugin: Plugin): Promise<void> {
 export async function saveSettings(plugin: Plugin): Promise<void> {
   await plugin.saveData(settings)
 }
+
+export function isPluginDisabled(): boolean {
+  return app.loadLocalStorage(K_DISABLE_OMNISEARCH) == '1'
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/typings/types-obsidian.d.ts b/src/typings/types-obsidian.d.ts
index ce997a3..e12dc9d 100644
--- a/src/typings/types-obsidian.d.ts
+++ b/src/typings/types-obsidian.d.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ declare module 'obsidian' {
 
   interface App {
     appId: string
+    loadLocalStorage(key: string): string | null
+    saveLocalStorage(key: string, value?: string): void
   }
 }
-
-