diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1eb2c6e..d1c6009 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ The app loads runtime configutation from the server at "./config.json" and merge
 * **roomTypes** -   Available room types. This affects what is shown on the /create route, as well as access to routes /createroom, /createchannel and /createfiledrop. It should be an array with possible values "group_chat", "channel" or "file_drop". 
 
     Defaults to all values, ["group_chat", "channel", "file_drop"].
+* **disableMediaSharing** - Set this flag to true to disable voice messages and attachments.
 
 ### Sticker short codes - To enable sticker short codes, follow these steps:
 * Run the "create sticker config" script using "npm run create-sticker-config <path-to-sticker-packs>"
diff --git a/src/components/Chat.vue b/src/components/Chat.vue
index 46b6aba..a08beb4 100644
--- a/src/components/Chat.vue
+++ b/src/components/Chat.vue
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
           </v-col>
 
           <v-col class="input-area-button text-center flex-grow-0 flex-shrink-1"
-            v-if="!currentInput || currentInput.length == 0 || showRecorder">
+            v-if="!$config.disableMediaSharing && (!currentInput || currentInput.length == 0 || showRecorder)">
             <v-btn v-if="canRecordAudio" class="mic-button" ref="mic_button" fab small elevation="0" v-blur
               v-longTap:250="[showRecordingUI, startRecording]">
               <v-icon :color="showRecorder ? 'white' : 'black'">mic</v-icon>
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@
             </v-btn>
           </v-col>
 
-          <v-col class="input-area-button text-center flex-grow-0 flex-shrink-1" v-else>
+          <v-col class="input-area-button text-center flex-grow-0 flex-shrink-1" v-else-if="currentInput && currentInput.length > 0">
             <v-btn fab small elevation="0" color="black" @click.stop="sendCurrentTextMessage"
               :disabled="sendButtonDisabled">
               <v-icon color="white">{{ editedEvent ? "save" : "arrow_upward" }}</v-icon>
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
             </v-btn>
           </v-col>
 
-          <v-col class="input-area-button text-center flex-grow-0 flex-shrink-1">
+          <v-col v-if="!$config.disableMediaSharing" class="input-area-button text-center flex-grow-0 flex-shrink-1">
             <label icon flat ref="attachmentLabel">
               <v-btn icon large color="black" @click="showAttachmentPicker"
                 :disabled="attachButtonDisabled">
diff --git a/src/services/config.service.js b/src/services/config.service.js
index 7f41b3d..02f2054 100644
--- a/src/services/config.service.js
+++ b/src/services/config.service.js
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ export default {
             if (json.useFullyQualifiedDMLinks == undefined) {
                 Vue.set(config, "useFullyQualifiedDMLinks", true); // Default to true
             }
+            if (json.disableMediaSharing == undefined) {
+                Vue.set(config, "disableMediaSharing", false);
+            }
             if (!json.maxSizeAutoDownloads) {
                 Vue.set(config, "maxSizeAutoDownloads", 10 * 1024 * 1024);
             }