diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index ccdc950..a17d16c 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ func init() {
 	rootCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&config.CLITagsArg, "tag", "t", config.CLITagsArg, "Tag new messages matching filters")
 	rootCmd.Flags().StringVar(&config.TagsConfig, "tags-config", config.TagsConfig, "Load tags filters from yaml configuration file")
 	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&tools.TagsTitleCase, "tags-title-case", tools.TagsTitleCase, "TitleCase new tags generated from plus-addresses and X-Tags")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringVar(&config.TagsDisable, "tags-disable", config.TagsDisable, "Disable auto-tagging, comma separated (eg: plus-addresses,x-tags)")
 
 	// Webhook
 	rootCmd.Flags().StringVar(&config.WebhookURL, "webhook-url", config.WebhookURL, "Send a webhook request for new messages")
@@ -290,6 +291,7 @@ func initConfigFromEnv() {
 	config.CLITagsArg = os.Getenv("MP_TAG")
 	config.TagsConfig = os.Getenv("MP_TAGS_CONFIG")
 	tools.TagsTitleCase = getEnabledFromEnv("MP_TAGS_TITLE_CASE")
+	config.TagsDisable = os.Getenv("MP_TAGS_DISABLE")
 
 	// Webhook
 	if len(os.Getenv("MP_WEBHOOK_URL")) > 0 {
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index ceb80bf..c5c914b 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ var (
 	// TagFilters are used to apply tags to new mail
 	TagFilters []autoTag
 
+	// TagsDisable accepts a comma-separated list of tag types to disable
+	// including x-tags & plus-addresses
+	TagsDisable string
+
 	// SMTPRelayConfigFile to parse a yaml file and store config of relay SMTP server
 	SMTPRelayConfigFile string
 
@@ -390,7 +394,7 @@ func VerifyConfig() error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// load tag filters
+	// load tag filters & options
 	TagFilters = []autoTag{}
 	if err := loadTagsFromArgs(CLITagsArg); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -398,6 +402,9 @@ func VerifyConfig() error {
 	if err := loadTagsFromConfig(TagsConfig); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	if err := parseTagsDisable(TagsDisable); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	if SMTPAllowedRecipients != "" {
 		restrictRegexp, err := regexp.Compile(SMTPAllowedRecipients)
diff --git a/config/tags.go b/config/tags.go
index cb46f25..c11ec26 100644
--- a/config/tags.go
+++ b/config/tags.go
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ import (
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
+var (
+	// TagsDisablePlus disables message tagging using plus-addresses (user+tag@example.com) - set via verifyConfig()
+	TagsDisablePlus bool
+
+	// TagsDisableXTags disables message tagging via the X-Tags header - set via verifyConfig()
+	TagsDisableXTags bool
+)
+
 type yamlTags struct {
 	Filters []yamlTag `yaml:"filters"`
 }
@@ -79,3 +87,25 @@ func loadTagsFromArgs(c string) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func parseTagsDisable(s string) error {
+	s = strings.TrimSpace(s)
+	if s == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	parts := strings.Split(strings.ToLower(s), ",")
+
+	for _, p := range parts {
+		switch strings.TrimSpace(p) {
+		case "x-tags", "xtags":
+			TagsDisableXTags = true
+		case "plus-addresses", "plus-addressing":
+			TagsDisablePlus = true
+		default:
+			return fmt.Errorf("[tags] invalid --tags-disable option: %s", p)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/storage/messages.go b/internal/storage/messages.go
index 9af7b5f..a703f08 100644
--- a/internal/storage/messages.go
+++ b/internal/storage/messages.go
@@ -112,20 +112,24 @@ func Store(body *[]byte) (string, error) {
 		return "", err
 	}
 
-	// extract tags from body matches
-	rawTags := findTagsInRawMessage(body)
-	// extract plus addresses tags from enmime.Envelope
-	plusTags := obj.tagsFromPlusAddresses()
-	// extract tags from X-Tags header
-	xTags := tools.SetTagCasing(strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(env.Root.Header.Get("X-Tags")), ","))
-	// extract tags from search matches
-	searchTags := tagFilterMatches(id)
+	// extract tags using pre-set tag filters, empty slice if not set
+	tags := findTagsInRawMessage(body)
 
-	// combine all tags into one slice
-	tags := append(rawTags, plusTags...)
-	tags = append(tags, xTags...)
-	// sort and extract only unique tags
-	tags = sortedUniqueTags(append(tags, searchTags...))
+	if !config.TagsDisableXTags {
+		xTagsHdr := env.Root.Header.Get("X-Tags")
+		if xTagsHdr != "" {
+			// extract tags from X-Tags header
+			tags = append(tags, tools.SetTagCasing(strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(xTagsHdr), ","))...)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if !config.TagsDisablePlus {
+		// get tags from plus-addresses
+		tags = append(tags, obj.tagsFromPlusAddresses()...)
+	}
+
+	// extract tags from search matches, and sort and extract unique tags
+	tags = sortedUniqueTags(append(tags, tagFilterMatches(id)...))
 
 	if len(tags) > 0 {
 		if err := SetMessageTags(id, tags); err != nil {