diff --git a/packages/compass-web/src/preferences.tsx b/packages/compass-web/src/preferences.tsx
index fe2a89999d5..0714a4ee1ed 100644
--- a/packages/compass-web/src/preferences.tsx
+++ b/packages/compass-web/src/preferences.tsx
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export function useCompassWebPreferences(
       enableExplainPlan: true,
       enableAggregationBuilderRunPipeline: true,
       enableAggregationBuilderExtraOptions: true,
+      enableAtlasSearchIndexes: false,
       enableImportExport: false,
       enableGenAIFeatures: true,
       enableGenAIFeaturesAtlasProject: false,