diff --git a/config/config.example.yml b/config/config.example.yml
index 80c8f0c2d02..5267a93c039 100644
--- a/config/config.example.yml
+++ b/config/config.example.yml
@@ -400,6 +400,10 @@ homePage:
     pageSize: 5
   # Enable or disable the Discover filters on the homepage
   showDiscoverFilters: false
+  # Disable if you don't want users to edit the homeNews section on your home-page.
+  editHomeNews: true
+  # Disable if you don't want users to edit the home header.
+  editHomeHeader: true
 
 # Item Config
 item:
diff --git a/src/app/admin/admin-edit-cms-metadata/admin-edit-cms-metadata.component.ts b/src/app/admin/admin-edit-cms-metadata/admin-edit-cms-metadata.component.ts
index bdb0c52ac14..95ccfe5502d 100644
--- a/src/app/admin/admin-edit-cms-metadata/admin-edit-cms-metadata.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/admin/admin-edit-cms-metadata/admin-edit-cms-metadata.component.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@ export class AdminEditCmsMetadataComponent implements OnInit {
       if (md === 'dspace.cms.footer' && !environment.homePage.showTopFooter) {
         return;
       }
+      if (md === 'dspace.cms.home-header' && !environment.homePage.editHomeHeader) {
+        return;
+      }
+      if (md === 'dspace.cms.home-news' && !environment.homePage.editHomeNews) {
+        return;
+      }
       this.metadataList.push(md);
     });
     this.siteService.find().subscribe((site) => {
diff --git a/src/app/home-page/home-news/home-news.component.ts b/src/app/home-page/home-news/home-news.component.ts
index d6f7eb39995..a6fe0ebb0f9 100644
--- a/src/app/home-page/home-news/home-news.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/home-page/home-news/home-news.component.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 import { AsyncPipe } from '@angular/common';
 import {
   Component,
+  Inject,
   OnInit,
 } from '@angular/core';
 import { ActivatedRoute } from '@angular/router';
+import {
+  APP_CONFIG,
+  AppConfig,
+} from '@dspace/config/app-config.interface';
 import { LocaleService } from '@dspace/core/locale/locale.service';
 import { Site } from '@dspace/core/shared/site.model';
 import {
@@ -32,20 +37,23 @@ export class HomeNewsComponent implements OnInit {
   homeNewsMetadataValue$: Observable<string>;
 
   constructor(
+    @Inject(APP_CONFIG) protected appConfig: AppConfig,
     protected route: ActivatedRoute,
     private locale: LocaleService,
   ) {}
 
   ngOnInit() {
-    this.homeNewsMetadataValue$ = combineLatest({
-      site$: this.route.data.pipe(
-        map((data) => data.site as Site),
-      ),
-      language$: this.locale.getCurrentLanguageCode(),
-    }).pipe(
-      take(1),
-      map(({ site$, language$ }) => site$?.firstMetadataValue('dspace.cms.home-news', { language: language$ })),
-    );
+    if (this.appConfig.homePage.editHomeNews) {
+      this.homeNewsMetadataValue$ = combineLatest({
+        site$: this.route.data.pipe(
+          map((data) => data.site as Site),
+        ),
+        language$: this.locale.getCurrentLanguageCode(),
+      }).pipe(
+        take(1),
+        map(({ site$, language$ }) => site$?.firstMetadataValue('dspace.cms.home-news', { language: language$ })),
+      );
+    }
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/app/home-page/home-page.component.ts b/src/app/home-page/home-page.component.ts
index cf75770b9e8..dad6888dfb1 100644
--- a/src/app/home-page/home-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/home-page/home-page.component.ts
@@ -71,14 +71,15 @@ export class HomePageComponent implements OnInit {
     this.site$ = this.route.data.pipe(
       map((data) => data.site as Site),
     );
-
-    this.homeHeaderMetadataValue$ = combineLatest({
-      site: this.site$,
-      language: this.locale.getCurrentLanguageCode(),
-    }).pipe(
-      take(1),
-      map(({ site, language }) => site?.firstMetadataValue('dspace.cms.home-header', { language })),
-    );
+    if (this.appConfig.homePage.editHomeHeader) {
+      this.homeHeaderMetadataValue$ = combineLatest({
+        site: this.site$,
+        language: this.locale.getCurrentLanguageCode(),
+      }).pipe(
+        take(1),
+        map(({ site, language }) => site?.firstMetadataValue('dspace.cms.home-header', { language })),
+      );
+    }
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/menu/providers/edit-cms-metadata.menu.ts b/src/app/shared/menu/providers/edit-cms-metadata.menu.ts
index 0296ecd4b19..83e3ab51c07 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/menu/providers/edit-cms-metadata.menu.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/menu/providers/edit-cms-metadata.menu.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,14 @@
  * http://www.dspace.org/license/
  */
 
-import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import {
+  Inject,
+  Injectable,
+} from '@angular/core';
+import {
+  APP_CONFIG,
+  AppConfig,
+} from '@dspace/config/app-config.interface';
 import { AuthorizationDataService } from '@dspace/core/data/feature-authorization/authorization-data.service';
 import { FeatureID } from '@dspace/core/data/feature-authorization/feature-id';
 import {
@@ -28,6 +35,7 @@ import {
 export class EditCMSMetadataMenuProvider extends AbstractMenuProvider {
   constructor(
     protected authorizationService: AuthorizationDataService,
+    @Inject(APP_CONFIG) protected appConfig: AppConfig,
   ) {
     super();
   }
@@ -39,7 +47,7 @@ export class EditCMSMetadataMenuProvider extends AbstractMenuProvider {
       map(([isSiteAdmin]) => {
         return [
           {
-            visible: isSiteAdmin,
+            visible: isSiteAdmin && (this.appConfig.homePage.editHomeHeader || this.appConfig.homePage.editHomeHeader || this.appConfig.homePage.showTopFooter),
             model: {
               type: MenuItemType.LINK,
               text: 'menu.section.edit-cms-metadata',
diff --git a/src/config/default-app-config.ts b/src/config/default-app-config.ts
index 90cf3504241..958306c40c2 100644
--- a/src/config/default-app-config.ts
+++ b/src/config/default-app-config.ts
@@ -371,6 +371,8 @@ export class DefaultAppConfig implements AppConfig {
       pageSize: 5,
     },
     showDiscoverFilters: false,
+    editHomeNews: true,
+    editHomeHeader: true,
   };
 
   // Item Config
diff --git a/src/config/homepage-config.interface.ts b/src/config/homepage-config.interface.ts
index 47d75e60743..2dd56af7351 100644
--- a/src/config/homepage-config.interface.ts
+++ b/src/config/homepage-config.interface.ts
@@ -28,4 +28,14 @@ export interface HomeConfig extends Config {
   * Enable or disable the Discover filters on the homepage
   */
   showDiscoverFilters: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * Disable if you don't want users to edit the homeNews section on your home-page.
+   */
+  editHomeNews: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * Disable if you don't want users to edit the home header.
+   */
+  editHomeHeader: boolean;
 }
diff --git a/src/environments/environment.test.ts b/src/environments/environment.test.ts
index 210eab5f8d0..989e676e29c 100644
--- a/src/environments/environment.test.ts
+++ b/src/environments/environment.test.ts
@@ -278,6 +278,8 @@ export const environment: BuildConfig = {
       pageSize: 5,
     },
     showDiscoverFilters: false,
+    editHomeNews: true,
+    editHomeHeader: true,
   },
   item: {
     edit: {