diff --git a/.changeset/brown-cycles-beg.md b/.changeset/brown-cycles-beg.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..78e6e3e73f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/brown-cycles-beg.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-react': patch
+---
+
+Adds an option to hide text output buttons
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/api/types.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/api/types.ts
index 8e4d989a55..6284e8dcaa 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/api/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/api/types.ts
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ export type ScaffolderOutputText = {
   title?: string;
   icon?: string;
   content?: string;
+  showButton?: boolean;
   default?: boolean;
 };
 
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/TemplateOutputs/DefaultTemplateOutputs.test.tsx b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/TemplateOutputs/DefaultTemplateOutputs.test.tsx
index 7ec3b0867c..d0849f6027 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/TemplateOutputs/DefaultTemplateOutputs.test.tsx
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/TemplateOutputs/DefaultTemplateOutputs.test.tsx
@@ -78,4 +78,22 @@ describe('<DefaultTemplateOutputs />', () => {
     expect(queryByTestId('output-box')).toBeNull();
     expect(queryByTestId('text-output-box')).toBeNull();
   });
+  it('should not render the link output box when output only contains text with showButton set to false', async () => {
+    const output = {
+      text: [
+        { title: 'Text 1', content: 'Hello, **world**!', showButton: false },
+        { title: 'Text 2', content: 'Hello, **mars**!', showButton: false },
+      ],
+    };
+    const { queryByTestId } = await renderInTestApp(
+      <DefaultTemplateOutputs output={output} />,
+      {
+        mountedRoutes: {
+          '/catalog/:namespace/:kind/:name': entityRouteRef,
+        },
+      },
+    );
+
+    expect(queryByTestId('output-box')).toBeNull();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/TemplateOutputs/DefaultTemplateOutputs.tsx b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/TemplateOutputs/DefaultTemplateOutputs.tsx
index 70f3b1fa59..9788d194ae 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/TemplateOutputs/DefaultTemplateOutputs.tsx
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/TemplateOutputs/DefaultTemplateOutputs.tsx
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ export const DefaultTemplateOutputs = (props: {
     return null;
   }
 
-  const emptyOutput = Object.keys(output).length === 0;
+  const emptyOutput =
+    (output.links || []).length === 0 &&
+    Object.values(output.text || {}).filter(o => o.showButton).length === 0;
 
   return (
     <>
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/TemplateOutputs/TextOutputs.tsx b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/TemplateOutputs/TextOutputs.tsx
index 5da1dab476..373db4d632 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/TemplateOutputs/TextOutputs.tsx
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/TemplateOutputs/TextOutputs.tsx
@@ -39,23 +39,25 @@ export const TextOutputs = (props: {
     <>
       {text
         .filter(({ content }) => content !== undefined)
-        .map(({ title, icon }, i) => {
+        .map(({ title, icon, showButton = true }, i) => {
           const Icon = iconResolver(icon);
           return (
-            <Button
-              key={i}
-              startIcon={<Icon />}
-              component="div"
-              color="primary"
-              onClick={() => {
-                if (index !== i) {
-                  setIndex?.(i);
-                }
-              }}
-              variant={index === i ? 'outlined' : undefined}
-            >
-              {title}
-            </Button>
+            showButton && (
+              <Button
+                key={i}
+                startIcon={<Icon />}
+                component="div"
+                color="primary"
+                onClick={() => {
+                  if (index !== i) {
+                    setIndex?.(i);
+                  }
+                }}
+                variant={index === i ? 'outlined' : undefined}
+              >
+                {title}
+              </Button>
+            )
           );
         })}
     </>