diff --git a/plugins/chat/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/chat-browse-view.js b/plugins/chat/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/chat-browse-view.js
index a453ad360fe..4de9c91b2c8 100644
--- a/plugins/chat/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/chat-browse-view.js
+++ b/plugins/chat/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/chat-browse-view.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { INPUT_DELAY } from "discourse-common/config/environment";
 import Component from "@ember/component";
-import { action } from "@ember/object";
+import { action, computed } from "@ember/object";
 import { tracked } from "@glimmer/tracking";
 import { inject as service } from "@ember/service";
 import ChatApi from "discourse/plugins/chat/discourse/lib/chat-api";
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ export default class ChatBrowseView extends Component {
   @tracked channels = [];
   tagName = "";
 
-  tabs = TABS;
   offset = 0;
   canLoadMore = true;
 
@@ -59,6 +58,15 @@ export default class ChatBrowseView extends Component {
     }
   }
 
+  @computed("siteSettings.chat_allow_archiving_channels")
+  get tabs() {
+    if (this.siteSettings.chat_allow_archiving_channels) {
+      return TABS;
+    } else {
+      return [...TABS].removeObject("archived");
+    }
+  }
+
   get chatProgressBarContainer() {
     return document.querySelector("#chat-progress-bar-container");
   }
diff --git a/plugins/chat/config/locales/server.en.yml b/plugins/chat/config/locales/server.en.yml
index ce78276f865..90bce726dc8 100644
--- a/plugins/chat/config/locales/server.en.yml
+++ b/plugins/chat/config/locales/server.en.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ en:
     direct_message_enabled_groups: "Allow users within these groups to create user-to-user Personal Chats. Note: staff can always create Personal Chats, and users will be able to reply to Personal Chats initiated by users who have permission to create them."
     chat_message_flag_allowed_groups: "Users in these groups are allowed to flag chat messages."
     chat_max_direct_message_users: "Users cannot add more than this number of other users when creating a new direct message. Set to 0 to only allow messages to oneself. Staff are exempt from this setting."
+    chat_allow_archiving_channels: "Allow staff to archive messages to a topic when closing a channel."
     errors:
       chat_default_channel: "The default chat channel must be a public channel."
       direct_message_enabled_groups_invalid: "You must specify at least one group for this setting. If you do not want anyone except staff to send direct messages, choose the staff group."
diff --git a/plugins/chat/config/settings.yml b/plugins/chat/config/settings.yml
index feeb0f34421..405d1f43a8e 100644
--- a/plugins/chat/config/settings.yml
+++ b/plugins/chat/config/settings.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ chat:
     min: 0
   chat_allow_archiving_channels:
     default: false
-    hidden: true
     client: true
   chat_archive_destination_topic_status:
     type: enum
diff --git a/plugins/chat/test/javascripts/acceptance/chat-browse-test.js b/plugins/chat/test/javascripts/acceptance/chat-browse-test.js
index 6f8916a2de6..87e91f21762 100644
--- a/plugins/chat/test/javascripts/acceptance/chat-browse-test.js
+++ b/plugins/chat/test/javascripts/acceptance/chat-browse-test.js
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ acceptance("Discourse Chat - browse channels", function (needs) {
   });
 
   test("Archived filter", async function (assert) {
+    this.siteSettings.chat_allow_archiving_channels = true;
+
     await visit("/chat/browse");
     await click(".chat-browse-view__filter-link.-archived");
 
@@ -108,4 +110,16 @@ acceptance("Discourse Chat - browse channels", function (needs) {
       I18n.t("chat.empty_state.title")
     );
   });
+
+  test("Archiving channels is not allowed", async function (assert) {
+    this.siteSettings.chat_allow_archiving_channels = false;
+
+    await visit("/chat/browse");
+
+    assert.equal(
+      queryAll(".chat-browse-view__filter-link.-archived").length,
+      0
+    );
+    this.siteSettings.chat_allow_archiving_channels = true;
+  });
 });