diff --git a/packages/grafana-runtime/src/config.ts b/packages/grafana-runtime/src/config.ts
index 4dd24346d98..80a81a7a4b6 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-runtime/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-runtime/src/config.ts
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ export class GrafanaBootConfig implements GrafanaConfig {
   pluginCatalogURL = 'https://grafana.com/grafana/plugins/';
   pluginAdminEnabled = true;
   pluginAdminExternalManageEnabled = false;
+  pluginCatalogHiddenPlugins: string[] = [];
   expressionsEnabled = false;
   customTheme?: any;
   awsAllowedAuthProviders: string[] = [];
diff --git a/pkg/api/frontendsettings.go b/pkg/api/frontendsettings.go
index b5cc24de00c..297986c9a30 100644
--- a/pkg/api/frontendsettings.go
+++ b/pkg/api/frontendsettings.go
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) getFrontendSettingsMap(c *models.ReqContext) (map[string]i
 		"pluginCatalogURL":                 hs.Cfg.PluginCatalogURL,
 		"pluginAdminEnabled":               hs.Cfg.PluginAdminEnabled,
 		"pluginAdminExternalManageEnabled": hs.Cfg.PluginAdminEnabled && hs.Cfg.PluginAdminExternalManageEnabled,
+		"pluginCatalogHiddenPlugins":       hs.Cfg.PluginCatalogHiddenPlugins,
 		"expressionsEnabled":               hs.Cfg.ExpressionsEnabled,
 		"awsAllowedAuthProviders":          hs.Cfg.AWSAllowedAuthProviders,
 		"awsAssumeRoleEnabled":             hs.Cfg.AWSAssumeRoleEnabled,
@@ -298,8 +299,7 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) getFrontendSettingsMap(c *models.ReqContext) (map[string]i
 		"caching": map[string]bool{
 			"enabled": hs.Cfg.SectionWithEnvOverrides("caching").Key("enabled").MustBool(true),
 		},
-		"unifiedAlertingEnabled":     hs.Cfg.UnifiedAlerting.Enabled,
-		"pluginCatalogHiddenPlugins": hs.Cfg.PluginCatalogHiddenPlugins,
+		"unifiedAlertingEnabled": hs.Cfg.UnifiedAlerting.Enabled,
 	}
 
 	if hs.Cfg.GeomapDefaultBaseLayerConfig != nil {
diff --git a/public/app/features/plugins/admin/api.ts b/public/app/features/plugins/admin/api.ts
index d69f0626382..3232527eed9 100644
--- a/public/app/features/plugins/admin/api.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/plugins/admin/api.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { getBackendSrv } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { PluginError, renderMarkdown } from '@grafana/data';
 import { API_ROOT, GCOM_API_ROOT } from './constants';
-import { mergeLocalAndRemote } from './helpers';
+import { mergeLocalAndRemote, isLocalPluginVisible, isRemotePluginVisible } from './helpers';
 import {
   PluginDetails,
   Org,
@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ export async function getPluginDetails(id: string): Promise<CatalogPluginDetails
 }
 
 export async function getRemotePlugins(): Promise<RemotePlugin[]> {
-  const res = await getBackendSrv().get(`${GCOM_API_ROOT}/plugins`);
-  return res.items;
+  const { items: remotePlugins }: { items: RemotePlugin[] } = await getBackendSrv().get(`${GCOM_API_ROOT}/plugins`);
+
+  return remotePlugins.filter(isRemotePluginVisible);
 }
 
 async function getPlugin(slug: string): Promise<PluginDetails> {
@@ -108,8 +109,9 @@ async function getLocalPluginReadme(id: string): Promise<string> {
 }
 
 export async function getLocalPlugins(): Promise<LocalPlugin[]> {
-  const installed = await getBackendSrv().get(`${API_ROOT}`, { embedded: 0 });
-  return installed;
+  const localPlugins: LocalPlugin[] = await getBackendSrv().get(`${API_ROOT}`, { embedded: 0 });
+
+  return localPlugins.filter(isLocalPluginVisible);
 }
 
 async function getOrg(slug: string): Promise<Org> {
diff --git a/public/app/features/plugins/admin/helpers.test.ts b/public/app/features/plugins/admin/helpers.test.ts
index 44e8f550133..b3034f2d154 100644
--- a/public/app/features/plugins/admin/helpers.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/plugins/admin/helpers.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { RemotePlugin, LocalPlugin } from './types';
 import { getLocalPluginMock, getRemotePluginMock, getCatalogPluginMock } from './__mocks__';
 import { PluginSignatureStatus, PluginSignatureType, PluginType } from '@grafana/data';
+import { config } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import {
   mapToCatalogPlugin,
   mapRemoteToCatalog,
@@ -9,6 +10,8 @@ import {
   mergeLocalsAndRemotes,
   sortPlugins,
   Sorters,
+  isLocalPluginVisible,
+  isRemotePluginVisible,
 } from './helpers';
 
 describe('Plugins/Helpers', () => {
@@ -641,4 +644,44 @@ describe('Plugins/Helpers', () => {
       expect(sorted.map(({ id }) => id)).toEqual(['pie-chart', 'cloud-watch', 'jira', 'zabbix', 'snowflake']);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('isLocalPluginVisible()', () => {
+    test('should return TRUE if the plugin is not listed as hidden in the main Grafana configuration', () => {
+      config.pluginCatalogHiddenPlugins = ['akumuli-datasource'];
+      const plugin = getLocalPluginMock({
+        id: 'barchart',
+      });
+
+      expect(isLocalPluginVisible(plugin)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    test('should return FALSE if the plugin is listed as hidden in the main Grafana configuration', () => {
+      config.pluginCatalogHiddenPlugins = ['akumuli-datasource'];
+      const plugin = getLocalPluginMock({
+        id: 'akumuli-datasource',
+      });
+
+      expect(isLocalPluginVisible(plugin)).toBe(false);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('isRemotePluginVisible()', () => {
+    test('should return TRUE if the plugin is not listed as hidden in the main Grafana configuration', () => {
+      config.pluginCatalogHiddenPlugins = ['akumuli-datasource'];
+      const plugin = getRemotePluginMock({
+        slug: 'barchart',
+      });
+
+      expect(isRemotePluginVisible(plugin)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    test('should return FALSE if the plugin is listed as hidden in the main Grafana configuration', () => {
+      config.pluginCatalogHiddenPlugins = ['akumuli-datasource'];
+      const plugin = getRemotePluginMock({
+        slug: 'akumuli-datasource',
+      });
+
+      expect(isRemotePluginVisible(plugin)).toBe(false);
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/public/app/features/plugins/admin/helpers.ts b/public/app/features/plugins/admin/helpers.ts
index b36bb95d1f4..4f337eb2545 100644
--- a/public/app/features/plugins/admin/helpers.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/plugins/admin/helpers.ts
@@ -257,3 +257,13 @@ export function getLatestCompatibleVersion(versions: Version[] | undefined): Ver
 
   return latest;
 }
+
+export const isLocalPluginVisible = (p: LocalPlugin) => isPluginVisible(p.id);
+
+export const isRemotePluginVisible = (p: RemotePlugin) => isPluginVisible(p.slug);
+
+function isPluginVisible(id: string) {
+  const { pluginCatalogHiddenPlugins }: { pluginCatalogHiddenPlugins: string[] } = config;
+
+  return !pluginCatalogHiddenPlugins.includes(id);
+}