diff --git a/docs/admin/config.rst b/docs/admin/config.rst
index 3ce41b61787b..f18551cac231 100644
--- a/docs/admin/config.rst
+++ b/docs/admin/config.rst
@@ -1922,6 +1922,17 @@ for these default combinations.
 
 Turn this off if you want to different translations for each variant.
 
+.. setting:: HIDE_SHARED_GLOSSARY_COMPONENTS
+
+HIDE_SHARED_GLOSSARY_COMPONENTS
+-------------------------------
+
+Glossary components are typically shared into other projects to
+make them available for translation work.
+When these are visible in the component list of projects which are
+using them, it can cause confusion or distract translators from
+the actual components that are meant to be translated.
+
 .. setting:: SITE_DOMAIN
 
 SITE_DOMAIN
diff --git a/docs/admin/install/docker.rst b/docs/admin/install/docker.rst
index ed6813b1f59a..6e3b2d3b93d9 100644
--- a/docs/admin/install/docker.rst
+++ b/docs/admin/install/docker.rst
@@ -849,6 +849,10 @@ Generic settings
 
     Configures the language simplification policy, see :setting:`SIMPLIFY_LANGUAGES`.
 
+.. envvar:: WEBLATE_HIDE_SHARED_GLOSSARY_COMPONENTS
+
+    Hides glossary components when shared to other projects, see :setting:`HIDE_SHARED_GLOSSARY_COMPONENTS`.
+
 .. envvar:: WEBLATE_DEFAULT_ACCESS_CONTROL
 
     Configures the default :ref:`project-access_control` for new projects, see :setting:`DEFAULT_ACCESS_CONTROL`.
diff --git a/weblate/settings_docker.py b/weblate/settings_docker.py
index 6d9e006f79e0..7deeacab4b36 100644
--- a/weblate/settings_docker.py
+++ b/weblate/settings_docker.py
@@ -1044,6 +1044,11 @@
 # Use simple language codes for default language/country combinations
 SIMPLIFY_LANGUAGES = get_env_bool("WEBLATE_SIMPLIFY_LANGUAGES", True)
 
+# This allows to hide glossary components when shared to other projects
+HIDE_SHARED_GLOSSARY_COMPONENTS = get_env_bool(
+    "WEBLATE_HIDE_SHARED_GLOSSARY_COMPONENTS", False
+)
+
 # Default number of elements to display when pagination is active
 DEFAULT_PAGE_LIMIT = get_env_int("WEBLATE_DEFAULT_PAGE_LIMIT", 100)
 
diff --git a/weblate/settings_example.py b/weblate/settings_example.py
index 628af7db8543..0e6bdc142a8f 100644
--- a/weblate/settings_example.py
+++ b/weblate/settings_example.py
@@ -697,6 +697,9 @@
 # Use simple language codes for default language/country combinations
 SIMPLIFY_LANGUAGES = True
 
+# This allows to hide glossary components when shared to other projects
+HIDE_SHARED_GLOSSARY_COMPONENTS = False
+
 # Render forms using bootstrap
 CRISPY_ALLOWED_TEMPLATE_PACKS = ["bootstrap3", "bootstrap5"]
 CRISPY_TEMPLATE_PACK = "bootstrap3"
diff --git a/weblate/trans/views/basic.py b/weblate/trans/views/basic.py
index ef29d3a920b0..549ae536585b 100644
--- a/weblate/trans/views/basic.py
+++ b/weblate/trans/views/basic.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from collections import Counter
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
 from django.db import transaction
 from django.db.models import Q
@@ -381,9 +382,13 @@ def show_project(request: AuthenticatedHttpRequest, obj):
     last_changes = all_changes.recent()
     last_announcements = all_changes.filter_announcements().recent()
 
-    all_components = obj.get_child_components_access(
-        user, lambda qs: qs.filter(category=None)
-    )
+    def filter_components(qs):
+        qs = qs.filter(category=None)
+        if settings.HIDE_SHARED_GLOSSARY_COMPONENTS:
+            qs = qs.exclude(Q(is_glossary=True) & ~Q(project=obj))
+        return qs
+
+    all_components = obj.get_child_components_access(user, filter_components)
     all_components = get_paginator(request, all_components, stats=True)
     for component in all_components:
         component.is_shared = None if component.project == obj else component.project