diff --git a/exampleSite/hugo.toml b/exampleSite/hugo.toml
index 8bc7b7b0..21e68bd2 100644
--- a/exampleSite/hugo.toml
+++ b/exampleSite/hugo.toml
@@ -25,4 +25,5 @@ maxAge = -1
   github_repo = "https://github.com/nginxinc/nginx-hugo-theme"
   github_subdir = "exampleSite"
   enable_last_modified = true
+  disable_coveo = true
   coveo_search_redirect = "/search.html"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/layouts/partials/header.html b/layouts/partials/header.html
index 5b3ed850..0fb4555c 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/header.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/header.html
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@
           </div>
           {{ if ( not ( in .Site.Params.buildtype "package" ) ) }}
           <!-- Mobile button -->
-          <label class="header__search--mobile--search--button"for="search-standalone-header-panel" data-testid="header__search--mobile--search--button">
-            {{ partial "lucide" (dict "context" . "icon" "search") }}
-          </label>
+          {{ if not (or (eq .Site.Params.disable_coveo true) (eq .Site.Params.disable_coveo "true")) }} 
+            <label class="header__search--mobile--search--button"for="search-standalone-header-panel" data-testid="header__search--mobile--search--button">
+              {{ partial "lucide" (dict "context" . "icon" "search") }}
+            </label>
+          {{ end }}
           <div class="header__search" data-testid="header__search">
               <!-- Standalone search box. -->
               {{ partial "coveo-atomic-search.html" (dict "id" "search-standalone-header") }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/meta.html b/layouts/partials/meta.html
index ba01e3ba..5f621012 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/meta.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/meta.html
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@
 
 {{/* set custom CSP to load styles and scripts with special handling for GTM scripts (requires unsafe-inline) and Dev Portal page(s) (requires 'unsafe-eval') */}}
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Security-Policy" content="script-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'
-    https://consent.trustarc.com/ https://mktg.tags.f5.com/basic/prod/utag.sync.js https://static.cloud.coveo.com/ https://*.f5.com/
+    https://consent.trustarc.com/ https://mktg.tags.f5.com/basic/prod/utag.sync.js 
+    {{ if not (or (eq .Site.Params.disable_coveo true) (eq .Site.Params.disable_coveo "true")) }} https://static.cloud.coveo.com/ {{ end }} 
+    https://*.f5.com/
     https://*.netlify.app https://gist.github.com
     https://tag.demandbase.com/pscSDsz4.min.js
     https://munchkin.brightfunnel.com/js/build/bf-munchkin.min.js
diff --git a/layouts/partials/scripts.html b/layouts/partials/scripts.html
index 718bf033..f02fedb8 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/scripts.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/scripts.html
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 {{ end }}
 
 <!-- Coveo Atomic -->
+{{ if not (or (eq .Site.Params.disable_coveo true) (eq .Site.Params.disable_coveo "true")) }}  
 <script
   type="module"
   src="https://static.cloud.coveo.com/atomic/v3.19.0/atomic.esm.js"
@@ -40,10 +41,8 @@
 {{ $secureCoveo := $.Scratch.Get "coveoSc" | minify | fingerprint "sha512" }}
 
 
-<script src="{{ $secureCoveo.RelPermalink }}" integrity="{{ $secureCoveo.Data.Integrity }}"
-  type="text/javascript"></script>
-
-
+<script src="{{ $secureCoveo.RelPermalink }}" integrity="{{ $secureCoveo.Data.Integrity }}"type="text/javascript"></script>
+{{ end }}
 
 <!-- Load the Redoc resources if we're not using Dev Portal for the API reference layout-->
 {{ if not ( eq .Site.Params.useDevPortal true ) }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/styles.html b/layouts/partials/styles.html
index 003fabfd..99962124 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/styles.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/styles.html
@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@
 
 {{ $cssHighlight := resources.Get "css/v2/highlight.css" | minify | fingerprint "sha512"}}
 <link href="{{ $cssHighlight.RelPermalink }}" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
+
 <!-- load CSS Atomic CSS -->
+{{ if not (or (eq .Site.Params.disable_coveo true) (eq .Site.Params.disable_coveo "true")) }} 
 <link
   rel="stylesheet"
   href="https://static.cloud.coveo.com/atomic/v3.19.0/themes/coveo.css"
   integrity="sha512-m2BufPi8Tc6H2jcQfDj/PIl5H57C9jeqhbDFgFXKTtOhoC4S7ULXmx74FseZ8WXpfdT9uyccMHDBJDrIZlrUUQ=="
   crossorigin="anonymous"/>
+{{ end }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/layouts/search/single.html b/layouts/search/single.html
index 697223bf..592f2e88 100644
--- a/layouts/search/single.html
+++ b/layouts/search/single.html
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 {{ define "main" }}
-<section class="search no-sidebar">
-  {{ partial "coveo-atomic.html" .}}
-</section>
+  {{ if not (or (eq .Site.Params.disable_coveo true) (eq .Site.Params.disable_coveo "true")) }}  
+    <section class="search no-sidebar">
+      {{ partial "coveo-atomic.html" .}}
+    </section>
+  {{ else }}
+    <div class="content" data-testid="content">
+      <div class="not-found-container" data-testid="not-found-container">
+        <h1 class="info-header">
+          Search functionality is unavailable.
+        </h1>
+        <a href="{{ .Site.BaseURL | relLangURL }}" aria-label="Return home">Return to the {{ .Site.Title }} homepage.</a>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  {{ end }}
 {{ end }}