diff --git a/tinyfilemanager.php b/tinyfilemanager.php
index da0f403..7e2e171 100644
--- a/tinyfilemanager.php
+++ b/tinyfilemanager.php
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ $iconv_input_encoding = 'UTF-8';
 // Doc - https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php
 $datetime_format = 'd.m.y H:i';
 
+// hide the direct link button in the actions collumn of file list
+$hide_directLink = false;
+
 // Allowed file extensions for create and rename files
 // e.g. 'txt,html,css,js'
 $allowed_file_extensions = '';
@@ -2054,8 +2057,10 @@ $tableTheme = (FM_THEME == "dark") ? "text-white bg-dark table-dark" : "bg-white
                             <a title="<?php echo lng('Delete')?>" href="?p=<?php echo urlencode(FM_PATH) ?>&amp;del=<?php echo urlencode($f) ?>" onclick="return confirm('<?php echo lng('Delete').' '.lng('Folder').'?'; ?>\n \n ( <?php echo urlencode($f) ?> )');"> <i class="fa fa-trash-o" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
                             <a title="<?php echo lng('Rename')?>" href="#" onclick="rename('<?php echo fm_enc(addslashes(FM_PATH)) ?>', '<?php echo fm_enc(addslashes($f)) ?>');return false;"><i class="fa fa-pencil-square-o" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
                             <a title="<?php echo lng('CopyTo')?>..." href="?p=&amp;copy=<?php echo urlencode(trim(FM_PATH . '/' . $f, '/')) ?>"><i class="fa fa-files-o" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
-                        <?php endif; ?>
+                        <?php endif;
+                        if (!$hide_directLink) {?>
                         <a title="<?php echo lng('DirectLink')?>" href="<?php echo fm_enc(FM_ROOT_URL . (FM_PATH != '' ? '/' . FM_PATH : '') . '/' . $f . '/') ?>" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
+                        <?php } ?>
                     </td>
                 </tr>
                 <?php
@@ -2119,8 +2124,10 @@ $tableTheme = (FM_THEME == "dark") ? "text-white bg-dark table-dark" : "bg-white
                             <a title="<?php echo lng('Rename') ?>" href="#" onclick="rename('<?php echo fm_enc(addslashes(FM_PATH)) ?>', '<?php echo fm_enc(addslashes($f)) ?>');return false;"><i class="fa fa-pencil-square-o"></i></a>
                             <a title="<?php echo lng('CopyTo') ?>..."
                                href="?p=<?php echo urlencode(FM_PATH) ?>&amp;copy=<?php echo urlencode(trim(FM_PATH . '/' . $f, '/')) ?>"><i class="fa fa-files-o"></i></a>
-                        <?php endif; ?>
+                        <?php endif; 
+                        if (!$hide_directLink) {?>
                         <a title="<?php echo lng('DirectLink') ?>" href="<?php echo fm_enc(FM_ROOT_URL . (FM_PATH != '' ? '/' . FM_PATH : '') . '/' . $f) ?>" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-link"></i></a>
+                        <?php } ?>
                         <a title="<?php echo lng('Download') ?>" href="?p=<?php echo urlencode(FM_PATH) ?>&amp;dl=<?php echo urlencode($f) ?>"><i class="fa fa-download"></i></a>
                     </td>
                 </tr>