diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/lib/odoo-editor/src/OdooEditor.js b/addons/web_editor/static/lib/odoo-editor/src/OdooEditor.js
index 1f3907eac62..823f9185bba 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/lib/odoo-editor/src/OdooEditor.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/lib/odoo-editor/src/OdooEditor.js
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ export class OdooEditor extends EventTarget {
                 toSanitize: true,
                 isRootEditable: true,
                 placeholder: false,
+                showEmptyElementHint: true,
                 defaultLinkAttributes: {},
                 plugins: [],
                 getContentEditableAreas: () => [],
@@ -2729,10 +2730,12 @@ export class OdooEditor extends EventTarget {
             }
         }
 
-        for (const [selector, text] of Object.entries(selectors)) {
-            for (const el of this.editable.querySelectorAll(selector)) {
-                if (!this.options.isHintBlacklisted(el)) {
-                    this._makeHint(el, text);
+        if (this.options.showEmptyElementHint) {
+            for (const [selector, text] of Object.entries(selectors)) {
+                for (const el of this.editable.querySelectorAll(selector)) {
+                    if (!this.options.isHintBlacklisted(el)) {
+                        this._makeHint(el, text);
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/wysiwyg.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/wysiwyg.js
index 92e09ab2e72..cc603d1c326 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/wysiwyg.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/wysiwyg.js
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ const Wysiwyg = Widget.extend({
             isRootEditable: this.options.isRootEditable,
             placeholder: this.options.placeholder,
             powerboxFilters: this.options.powerboxFilters || [],
+            showEmptyElementHint: this.options.showEmptyElementHint,
             controlHistoryFromDocument: this.options.controlHistoryFromDocument,
             getContentEditableAreas: this.options.getContentEditableAreas,
             defaultLinkAttributes: this.options.userGeneratedContent ? {rel: 'ugc' } : {},
diff --git a/addons/website/static/src/js/menu/edit.js b/addons/website/static/src/js/menu/edit.js
index 253cd51910b..2113fd01e83 100644
--- a/addons/website/static/src/js/menu/edit.js
+++ b/addons/website/static/src/js/menu/edit.js
@@ -417,6 +417,7 @@ var EditPageMenu = websiteNavbarData.WebsiteNavbarActionWidget.extend({
             controlHistoryFromDocument: true,
             getContentEditableAreas: this._getContentEditableAreas.bind(this),
             powerboxCommands: this._getSnippetsCommands(),
+            showEmptyElementHint: false,
         }, collaborationConfig);
         return wysiwygLoader.createWysiwyg(this,
             Object.assign(params, this.wysiwygOptions),