diff --git a/Greenshot/Forms/MainForm.cs b/Greenshot/Forms/MainForm.cs
index 6dfc64e47..33d9e2319 100644
--- a/Greenshot/Forms/MainForm.cs
+++ b/Greenshot/Forms/MainForm.cs
@@ -343,10 +343,14 @@ namespace Greenshot {
 				if (conf.OutputDestinations.Count == 0) {
 					conf.OutputDestinations.Add(Destinations.EditorDestination.DESIGNATION);
 				}
-				BeginInvoke((MethodInvoker)delegate {
-					// Do after all plugins & finding the destination, otherwise they are missing!
-					InitializeQuickSettingsMenu();
-				});
+                if (conf.DisableQuickSettings) {
+                    contextmenu_quicksettings.Visible = false;
+                } else {
+                    BeginInvoke((MethodInvoker)delegate {
+                        // Do after all plugins & finding the destination, otherwise they are missing!
+                        InitializeQuickSettingsMenu();
+                    });
+                }
 			});
 			pluginInitThread.Name = "Initialize plug-ins";
 			pluginInitThread.IsBackground = true;
@@ -896,6 +900,9 @@ namespace Greenshot {
 		private void InitializeQuickSettingsMenu() {
 			this.contextmenu_quicksettings.DropDownItems.Clear();
 
+            if (conf.DisableQuickSettings) {
+                return;
+            }
 			// For the capture mousecursor option
 			ToolStripMenuSelectListItem captureMouseItem = new ToolStripMenuSelectListItem();
 			captureMouseItem.Text = Language.GetString("settings_capture_mousepointer");
diff --git a/GreenshotPlugin/Core/CoreConfiguration.cs b/GreenshotPlugin/Core/CoreConfiguration.cs
index 67545bdd8..440950dd1 100644
--- a/GreenshotPlugin/Core/CoreConfiguration.cs
+++ b/GreenshotPlugin/Core/CoreConfiguration.cs
@@ -161,7 +161,9 @@ namespace GreenshotPlugin.Core {
 
 		[IniProperty("DisableSettings", Description = "Enable/disable the access to the settings, can only be changed manually in this .ini", DefaultValue = "False")]
 		public bool DisableSettings;
-		[IniProperty("DisableTrayicon", Description = "Disable the trayicon, can only be changed manually in this .ini", DefaultValue = "False")]
+        [IniProperty("DisableQuickSettings", Description = "Enable/disable the access to the quick settings, can only be changed manually in this .ini", DefaultValue = "False")]
+        public bool DisableQuickSettings;
+        [IniProperty("DisableTrayicon", Description = "Disable the trayicon, can only be changed manually in this .ini", DefaultValue = "False")]
 		public bool HideTrayicon;
         [IniProperty("HideExpertSettings", Description = "Hide expert tab in the settings, can only be changed manually in this .ini", DefaultValue = "False")]
         public bool HideExpertSettings;