diff --git a/keyserver/src/creators/farcaster-channel-tag-creator.js b/keyserver/src/creators/farcaster-channel-tag-creator.js
--- a/keyserver/src/creators/farcaster-channel-tag-creator.js
+++ b/keyserver/src/creators/farcaster-channel-tag-creator.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import uuid from 'uuid';
 
+import { DISABLE_TAGGING_FARCASTER_CHANNEL } from 'lib/shared/community-utils.js';
 import type {
   CreateOrUpdateFarcasterChannelTagRequest,
   CreateOrUpdateFarcasterChannelTagResponse,
@@ -23,6 +24,10 @@
 ): Promise<CreateOrUpdateFarcasterChannelTagResponse> {
   const { commCommunityID, farcasterChannelID } = request;
 
+  if (DISABLE_TAGGING_FARCASTER_CHANNEL) {
+    throw new ServerError('internal_error');
+  }
+
   const blobDownload = await getFarcasterChannelTagBlob(farcasterChannelID);
 
   if (blobDownload.found) {
diff --git a/lib/shared/community-utils.js b/lib/shared/community-utils.js
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/shared/community-utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// @flow
+
+const DISABLE_TAGGING_FARCASTER_CHANNEL = true;
+
+export { DISABLE_TAGGING_FARCASTER_CHANNEL };
diff --git a/native/components/community-actions-button.react.js b/native/components/community-actions-button.react.js
--- a/native/components/community-actions-button.react.js
+++ b/native/components/community-actions-button.react.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import { useSafeAreaInsets } from 'react-native-safe-area-context';
 
 import { primaryInviteLinksSelector } from 'lib/selectors/invite-links-selectors.js';
+import { DISABLE_TAGGING_FARCASTER_CHANNEL } from 'lib/shared/community-utils.js';
 import { useThreadHasPermission } from 'lib/shared/thread-utils.js';
 import type { ThreadInfo } from 'lib/types/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types.js';
 import { threadPermissions } from 'lib/types/thread-permission-types.js';
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@
     }
 
     const canTagFarcasterChannel =
+      !DISABLE_TAGGING_FARCASTER_CHANNEL &&
       fid &&
       community.type !== threadTypes.GENESIS &&
       (usingCommServicesAccessToken || __DEV__);