diff --git a/app/scripts/models/app-settings-model.js b/app/scripts/models/app-settings-model.js
index 54f7ce22..6639d2e8 100644
--- a/app/scripts/models/app-settings-model.js
+++ b/app/scripts/models/app-settings-model.js
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ const AppSettingsModel = Backbone.Model.extend({
         canCreate: true,
         canImportXml: true,
         canRemoveLatest: true,
+        canExportXml: true,
 
         dropbox: true,
         webdav: true,
diff --git a/app/scripts/views/settings/settings-file-view.js b/app/scripts/views/settings/settings-file-view.js
index e50087be..a7283dda 100644
--- a/app/scripts/views/settings/settings-file-view.js
+++ b/app/scripts/views/settings/settings-file-view.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const Format = require('../../util/format');
 const Locale = require('../../util/locale');
 const UrlUtil = require('../../util/url-util');
 const FileSaver = require('../../util/file-saver');
+const AppSettingsModel = require('../../models/app-settings-model');
 const kdbxweb = require('kdbxweb');
 
 const DefaultBackupPath = 'Backups/{name}.{date}.bak';
@@ -105,7 +106,8 @@ const SettingsFileView = Backbone.View.extend({
                 this.model.get('keyChangeForce') > 0 ? this.model.get('keyChangeForce') : null,
             kdfParameters: this.kdfParametersToUi(this.model.get('kdfParameters')),
             storageProviders,
-            canBackup
+            canBackup,
+            canExportXml: AppSettingsModel.instance.get('canExportXml')
         });
         if (!this.model.get('created')) {
             this.$el
diff --git a/app/templates/settings/settings-file.hbs b/app/templates/settings/settings-file.hbs
index 72a37809..e4995d4b 100644
--- a/app/templates/settings/settings-file.hbs
+++ b/app/templates/settings/settings-file.hbs
@@ -36,9 +36,11 @@
             </div>
             {{/unless}}
         {{/each}}
+        {{#if canExportXml}}
         <div class="settings__file-save-to settings__file-save-to-xml">
             <i class="fa fa-code"></i>{{res 'setFileSaveToXml'}}
         </div>
+        {{/if}}
     </div>
 
     {{#if storage}}
diff --git a/release-notes.md b/release-notes.md
index de68a16a..a6b69002 100644
--- a/release-notes.md
+++ b/release-notes.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 Release notes
 -------------
+##### v1.10 (TBD)
+`+` config option to disable xml export (canExportXml)  
+
 ##### v1.9.2 (2019-08-22)
 `-` fix #1235: custom themes loading  
 `-` fix #1234: auto-type issues in xubuntu/xfce