diff --git a/docs/sources/setup-grafana/configure-grafana/feature-toggles/index.md b/docs/sources/setup-grafana/configure-grafana/feature-toggles/index.md
index 5e11f8b5448..696a9458a9c 100644
--- a/docs/sources/setup-grafana/configure-grafana/feature-toggles/index.md
+++ b/docs/sources/setup-grafana/configure-grafana/feature-toggles/index.md
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ Most [generally available](https://grafana.com/docs/release-life-cycle/#general-
 | `angularDeprecationUI`                 | Display Angular warnings in dashboards and panels                                                                                                                         | Yes                |
 | `dashgpt`                              | Enable AI powered features in dashboards                                                                                                                                  | Yes                |
 | `alertingInsights`                     | Show the new alerting insights landing page                                                                                                                               | Yes                |
-| `externalServiceAccounts`              | Automatic service account and token setup for plugins                                                                                                                     | Yes                |
 | `panelMonitoring`                      | Enables panel monitoring through logs and measurements                                                                                                                    | Yes                |
 | `formatString`                         | Enable format string transformer                                                                                                                                          | Yes                |
 | `transformationsVariableSupport`       | Allows using variables in transformations                                                                                                                                 | Yes                |
@@ -101,6 +100,7 @@ Most [generally available](https://grafana.com/docs/release-life-cycle/#general-
 | `enableDatagridEditing`                | Enables the edit functionality in the datagrid panel                                                                                                                                         |
 | `sqlDatasourceDatabaseSelection`       | Enables previous SQL data source dataset dropdown behavior                                                                                                                                   |
 | `reportingRetries`                     | Enables rendering retries for the reporting feature                                                                                                                                          |
+| `externalServiceAccounts`              | Automatic service account and token setup for plugins                                                                                                                                        |
 | `cloudWatchBatchQueries`               | Runs CloudWatch metrics queries as separate batches                                                                                                                                          |
 | `teamHttpHeaders`                      | Enables LBAC for datasources to apply LogQL filtering of logs to the client requests for users in teams                                                                                      |
 | `pdfTables`                            | Enables generating table data as PDF in reporting                                                                                                                                            |
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
index e6827e35024..e8f6e5178ca 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
@@ -675,9 +675,8 @@ var (
 			Name:              "externalServiceAccounts",
 			Description:       "Automatic service account and token setup for plugins",
 			HideFromAdminPage: true,
-			Stage:             FeatureStageGeneralAvailability,
+			Stage:             FeatureStagePublicPreview,
 			Owner:             identityAccessTeam,
-			Expression:        "true", // enabled by default
 		},
 		{
 			Name:         "panelMonitoring",
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv
index 3abc3046a2a..40c180cbb5c 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ wargamesTesting,experimental,@grafana/hosted-grafana-team,false,false,false
 alertingInsights,GA,@grafana/alerting-squad,false,false,true
 externalCorePlugins,experimental,@grafana/plugins-platform-backend,false,false,false
 pluginsAPIMetrics,experimental,@grafana/plugins-platform-backend,false,false,true
-externalServiceAccounts,GA,@grafana/identity-access-team,false,false,false
+externalServiceAccounts,preview,@grafana/identity-access-team,false,false,false
 panelMonitoring,GA,@grafana/dataviz-squad,false,false,true
 enableNativeHTTPHistogram,experimental,@grafana/grafana-backend-services-squad,false,true,false
 disableClassicHTTPHistogram,experimental,@grafana/grafana-backend-services-squad,false,true,false
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json
index b9f8b76f90d..2c4aaacdd4b 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json
@@ -1234,18 +1234,14 @@
     {
       "metadata": {
         "name": "externalServiceAccounts",
-        "resourceVersion": "1726562284896",
-        "creationTimestamp": "2023-09-28T07:26:37Z",
-        "annotations": {
-          "grafana.app/updatedTimestamp": "2024-09-17 08:38:04.896869045 +0000 UTC"
-        }
+        "resourceVersion": "1718727528075",
+        "creationTimestamp": "2023-09-28T07:26:37Z"
       },
       "spec": {
         "description": "Automatic service account and token setup for plugins",
-        "stage": "GA",
+        "stage": "preview",
         "codeowner": "@grafana/identity-access-team",
-        "hideFromAdminPage": true,
-        "expression": "true"
+        "hideFromAdminPage": true
       }
     },
     {