diff --git a/.env.template b/.env.template
index c0093507..c75295ef 100644
--- a/.env.template
+++ b/.env.template
@@ -18,6 +18,23 @@
 ## EXIT_KEY - Key to exit AUTO-GPT
 # EXIT_KEY=n
 
+## DISABLED_COMMAND_CATEGORIES - The list of categories of commands that are disabled. Each of the below are an option:
+## autogpt.commands.analyze_code
+## autogpt.commands.audio_text
+## autogpt.commands.execute_code
+## autogpt.commands.file_operations
+## autogpt.commands.git_operations
+## autogpt.commands.google_search
+## autogpt.commands.image_gen
+## autogpt.commands.improve_code
+## autogpt.commands.twitter
+## autogpt.commands.web_selenium
+## autogpt.commands.write_tests
+## autogpt.app
+## autogpt.commands.task_statuses
+## For example, to disable coding related features, uncomment the next line
+# DISABLED_COMMAND_CATEGORIES=autogpt.commands.analyze_code,autogpt.commands.execute_code,autogpt.commands.git_operations,autogpt.commands.improve_code,autogpt.commands.write_tests
+
 ################################################################################
 ### LLM PROVIDER
 ################################################################################
diff --git a/autogpt/config/config.py b/autogpt/config/config.py
index 324d284c..9a8105ad 100644
--- a/autogpt/config/config.py
+++ b/autogpt/config/config.py
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ class Config(metaclass=Singleton):
 
         self.authorise_key = os.getenv("AUTHORISE_COMMAND_KEY", "y")
         self.exit_key = os.getenv("EXIT_KEY", "n")
+
+        disabled_command_categories = os.getenv("DISABLED_COMMAND_CATEGORIES")
+        if disabled_command_categories:
+            self.disabled_command_categories = disabled_command_categories.split(",")
+        else:
+            self.disabled_command_categories = []
+
         self.ai_settings_file = os.getenv("AI_SETTINGS_FILE", "ai_settings.yaml")
         self.fast_llm_model = os.getenv("FAST_LLM_MODEL", "gpt-3.5-turbo")
         self.smart_llm_model = os.getenv("SMART_LLM_MODEL", "gpt-4")
diff --git a/autogpt/main.py b/autogpt/main.py
index 0a6b2379..72eb6786 100644
--- a/autogpt/main.py
+++ b/autogpt/main.py
@@ -118,19 +118,33 @@ def run_auto_gpt(
     cfg.set_plugins(scan_plugins(cfg, cfg.debug_mode))
     # Create a CommandRegistry instance and scan default folder
     command_registry = CommandRegistry()
-    command_registry.import_commands("autogpt.commands.analyze_code")
-    command_registry.import_commands("autogpt.commands.audio_text")
-    command_registry.import_commands("autogpt.commands.execute_code")
-    command_registry.import_commands("autogpt.commands.file_operations")
-    command_registry.import_commands("autogpt.commands.git_operations")
-    command_registry.import_commands("autogpt.commands.google_search")
-    command_registry.import_commands("autogpt.commands.image_gen")
-    command_registry.import_commands("autogpt.commands.improve_code")
-    command_registry.import_commands("autogpt.commands.twitter")
-    command_registry.import_commands("autogpt.commands.web_selenium")
-    command_registry.import_commands("autogpt.commands.write_tests")
-    command_registry.import_commands("autogpt.app")
-    command_registry.import_commands("autogpt.commands.task_statuses")
+
+    command_categories = [
+        "autogpt.commands.analyze_code",
+        "autogpt.commands.audio_text",
+        "autogpt.commands.execute_code",
+        "autogpt.commands.file_operations",
+        "autogpt.commands.git_operations",
+        "autogpt.commands.google_search",
+        "autogpt.commands.image_gen",
+        "autogpt.commands.improve_code",
+        "autogpt.commands.twitter",
+        "autogpt.commands.web_selenium",
+        "autogpt.commands.write_tests",
+        "autogpt.app",
+        "autogpt.commands.task_statuses",
+    ]
+    logger.debug(
+        f"The following command categories are disabled: {cfg.disabled_command_categories}"
+    )
+    command_categories = [
+        x for x in command_categories if x not in cfg.disabled_command_categories
+    ]
+
+    logger.debug(f"The following command categories are enabled: {command_categories}")
+
+    for command_category in command_categories:
+        command_registry.import_commands(command_category)
 
     ai_name = ""
     ai_config = construct_main_ai_config()