diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/search/control_panel/control_panel.js b/addons/web/static/src/search/control_panel/control_panel.js
index 9db06294bdf..f4cb99b373b 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/search/control_panel/control_panel.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/search/control_panel/control_panel.js
@@ -95,10 +95,7 @@ export class ControlPanel extends Component {
 }
 
 ControlPanel.components = {
-    ComparisonMenu,
-    FavoriteMenu,
-    FilterMenu,
-    GroupByMenu,
+    ...Object.values(MAPPING),
     Pager,
     SearchBar,
 };
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/search/group_by_menu/group_by_menu.js b/addons/web/static/src/search/group_by_menu/group_by_menu.js
index a99b034cdf2..4c5d8223561 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/search/group_by_menu/group_by_menu.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/search/group_by_menu/group_by_menu.js
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ export class GroupByMenu extends Component {
         useBus(this.env.searchModel, "update", this.render);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @returns {boolean}
+     */
+    get hideCustomGroupBy() {
+        return this.env.searchModel.hideCustomGroupBy || false;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @returns {Object[]}
      */
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/search/group_by_menu/group_by_menu.xml b/addons/web/static/src/search/group_by_menu/group_by_menu.xml
index b2911a39b41..d6e90e5e0a4 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/search/group_by_menu/group_by_menu.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/search/group_by_menu/group_by_menu.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
                 </t>
                 <t t-set="currentGroup" t-value="item.groupNumber"/>
             </t>
-            <t t-if="fields.length">
+            <t t-if="!hideCustomGroupBy and fields.length">
                 <div t-if="items.length" role="separator" class="dropdown-divider"/>
                 <CustomGroupByItem fields="fields" onAddCustomGroup.bind="onAddCustomGroup"/>
             </t>
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/search/search_model.js b/addons/web/static/src/search/search_model.js
index 3396494808f..e3b17b43d0a 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/search/search_model.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/search/search_model.js
@@ -212,13 +212,14 @@ export class SearchModel extends EventBus {
         // used to avoid useless recomputations
         this._reset();
 
-        const { comparison, context, domain, groupBy, orderBy } = config;
+        const { comparison, context, domain, groupBy, hideCustomGroupBy, orderBy } = config;
 
         this.globalComparison = comparison;
         this.globalContext = toRaw(context || {});
         this.globalDomain = domain || [];
         this.globalGroupBy = groupBy || [];
         this.globalOrderBy = orderBy || [];
+        this.hideCustomGroupBy = hideCustomGroupBy;
 
         this.searchMenuTypes = new Set(config.searchMenuTypes || ["filter", "groupBy", "favorite"]);
 
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/search/with_search/with_search.js b/addons/web/static/src/search/with_search/with_search.js
index 1c7b3367d19..5eded123282 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/search/with_search/with_search.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/search/with_search/with_search.js
@@ -86,5 +86,6 @@ WithSearch.props = {
     // extra options
     activateFavorite: { type: Boolean, optional: true },
     dynamicFilters: { type: Array, element: Object, optional: true },
+    hideCustomGroupBy: { type: Boolean, optional: true },
     searchMenuTypes: { type: Array, element: String, optional: true },
 };
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/views/view.js b/addons/web/static/src/views/view.js
index e4c467a8437..dbaad5586f8 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/views/view.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/views/view.js
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ export function getDefaultConfig() {
  *
  *  @property {boolean} [activateFavorite]
  *  @property {Object[]} [dynamicFilters]
+ *  @property {boolean} [hideCustomGroupBy]
  *  @property {string[]} [searchMenuTypes]
  *  @property {Object} [globalState]
  */
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ const STANDARD_PROPS = [
 
     "activateFavorite",
     "dynamicFilters",
+    "hideCustomGroupBy",
     "searchMenuTypes",
 
     // LEGACY: remove this later (clean when mappings old state <-> new state are established)
@@ -321,6 +323,7 @@ export class View extends Component {
         this.componentProps = finalProps;
         this.withSearchProps = {
             ...toRaw(props),
+            hideCustomGroupBy: props.hideCustomGroupBy || descr.hideCustomGroupBy,
             searchMenuTypes,
             SearchModel: descr.SearchModel,
         };
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/search/group_by_menu_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/search/group_by_menu_tests.js
index f9fe8f2ef61..d8eb350c2f0 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/search/group_by_menu_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/search/group_by_menu_tests.js
@@ -457,4 +457,69 @@ QUnit.module("Search", (hooks) => {
         assert.deepEqual(controlPanel.env.searchModel.groupBy, []);
         assert.deepEqual(getFacetTexts(target), []);
     });
+
+    QUnit.test("Custom group by menu is displayed when hideCustomGroupBy is not set", async function (assert) {
+
+        await makeWithSearch({
+            serverData,
+            resModel: "foo",
+            Component: ControlPanel,
+            searchViewId: false,
+            searchViewArch: `
+                    <search>
+                        <filter string="Birthday" name="birthday" context="{'group_by': 'birthday'}"/>
+                        <filter string="Date" name="date" context="{'group_by': 'foo'}"/>
+                    </search>
+                `,
+            searchMenuTypes: ["groupBy"],
+        });
+
+        await toggleGroupByMenu(target);
+
+        assert.containsOnce(target, ".o_add_custom_group_menu");
+    });
+
+    QUnit.test("Custom group by menu is displayed when hideCustomGroupBy is false", async function (assert) {
+
+        await makeWithSearch({
+            serverData,
+            resModel: "foo",
+            Component: ControlPanel,
+            searchViewId: false,
+            searchViewArch: `
+                    <search>
+                        <filter string="Birthday" name="birthday" context="{'group_by': 'birthday'}"/>
+                        <filter string="Date" name="date" context="{'group_by': 'foo'}"/>
+                    </search>
+                `,
+            hideCustomGroupBy: false,
+            searchMenuTypes: ["groupBy"],
+        });
+
+        await toggleGroupByMenu(target);
+
+        assert.containsOnce(target, ".o_add_custom_group_menu");
+    });
+
+    QUnit.test("Custom group by menu is displayed when hideCustomGroupBy is true", async function (assert) {
+
+        await makeWithSearch({
+            serverData,
+            resModel: "foo",
+            Component: ControlPanel,
+            searchViewId: false,
+            searchViewArch: `
+                    <search>
+                        <filter string="Birthday" name="birthday" context="{'group_by': 'birthday'}"/>
+                        <filter string="Date" name="date" context="{'group_by': 'foo'}"/>
+                    </search>
+                `,
+            hideCustomGroupBy: true,
+            searchMenuTypes: ["groupBy"],
+        });
+
+        await toggleGroupByMenu(target);
+
+        assert.containsNone(target, ".o_add_custom_group_menu");
+    });
 });