diff --git a/.changesets/config_bryn_telemetry_enabled_field.md b/.changesets/config_bryn_telemetry_enabled_field.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2fc3d75996
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changesets/config_bryn_telemetry_enabled_field.md
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+### Add `enabled` field for telemetry exporters ([PR #3952](https://github.com/apollographql/router/pull/3952))
+
+Telemetry configuration now supports `enabled` on all exporters. This allows exporters to be disabled without removing them from the configuration and in addition allows for a more streamlined default configuration.
+
+```diff
+telemetry:
+  tracing: 
+    datadog:
++      enabled: true
+    jaeger:
++      enabled: true
+    otlp:
++      enabled: true
+    zipkin:
++      enabled: true
+```
+
+Existing configurations will be migrated to the new format automatically on startup. However, you should update your configuration to use the new format as soon as possible. 
+
+By [@BrynCooke](https://github.com/BrynCooke) in https://github.com/apollographql/router/pull/3952
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/configuration/metrics.rs b/apollo-router/src/configuration/metrics.rs
index a19ac6a192..2d9439e9d8 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/configuration/metrics.rs
+++ b/apollo-router/src/configuration/metrics.rs
@@ -305,13 +305,13 @@ impl Metrics {
             opt.metrics.prometheus,
             "$.metrics.prometheus[?(@.enabled==true)]",
             opt.tracing.otlp,
-            "$.tracing.otlp[?(@.endpoint)]",
+            "$.tracing.otlp[?(@.enabled==true)]",
             opt.tracing.datadog,
-            "$.tracing.datadog[?(@.endpoint)]",
+            "$.tracing.datadog[?(@.enabled==true)]",
             opt.tracing.jaeger,
-            "$.tracing.jaeger[?(@..endpoint)]",
+            "$.tracing.jaeger[?(@.enabled==true)]",
             opt.tracing.zipkin,
-            "$.tracing.zipkin[?(@.endpoint)]"
+            "$.tracing.zipkin[?(@.enabled==true)]"
         );
         log_usage_metrics!(
             value.apollo.router.config.batching,
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/configuration/migrations/0012-telemetry-exporters-enabled.yaml b/apollo-router/src/configuration/migrations/0012-telemetry-exporters-enabled.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..606a63551e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apollo-router/src/configuration/migrations/0012-telemetry-exporters-enabled.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+description: Telemetry exporters now have an enabled field
+actions:
+  - type: add
+    path: telemetry.tracing.jaeger
+    name: enabled
+    value: true
+  - type: add
+    path: telemetry.tracing.otlp
+    name: enabled
+    value: true
+  - type: add
+    path: telemetry.tracing.zipkin
+    name: enabled
+    value: true
+  - type: add
+    path: telemetry.tracing.datadog
+    name: enabled
+    value: true
+  - type: add
+    path: telemetry.metrics.otlp
+    name: enabled
+    value: true
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/configuration/snapshots/apollo_router__configuration__tests__schema_generation.snap b/apollo-router/src/configuration/snapshots/apollo_router__configuration__tests__schema_generation.snap
index b6abe5209a..b0f6bdc380 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/configuration/snapshots/apollo_router__configuration__tests__schema_generation.snap
+++ b/apollo-router/src/configuration/snapshots/apollo_router__configuration__tests__schema_generation.snap
@@ -2073,19 +2073,6 @@ expression: "&schema"
           "properties": {
             "batch_processor": {
               "description": "Configuration for batch processing.",
-              "default": {
-                "scheduled_delay": {
-                  "secs": 5,
-                  "nanos": 0
-                },
-                "max_queue_size": 2048,
-                "max_export_batch_size": 512,
-                "max_export_timeout": {
-                  "secs": 30,
-                  "nanos": 0
-                },
-                "max_concurrent_exports": 1
-              },
               "type": "object",
               "properties": {
                 "max_concurrent_exports": {
@@ -4501,24 +4488,11 @@ expression: "&schema"
               "description": "Open Telemetry native exporter configuration",
               "type": "object",
               "required": [
-                "endpoint"
+                "enabled"
               ],
               "properties": {
                 "batch_processor": {
                   "description": "Batch processor settings",
-                  "default": {
-                    "scheduled_delay": {
-                      "secs": 5,
-                      "nanos": 0
-                    },
-                    "max_queue_size": 2048,
-                    "max_export_batch_size": 512,
-                    "max_export_timeout": {
-                      "secs": 30,
-                      "nanos": 0
-                    },
-                    "max_concurrent_exports": 1
-                  },
                   "type": "object",
                   "properties": {
                     "max_concurrent_exports": {
@@ -4560,6 +4534,10 @@ expression: "&schema"
                     }
                   }
                 },
+                "enabled": {
+                  "description": "Enable otlp",
+                  "type": "boolean"
+                },
                 "endpoint": {
                   "description": "The endpoint to send data to",
                   "type": "string"
@@ -4705,24 +4683,11 @@ expression: "&schema"
               "description": "Datadog exporter configuration",
               "type": "object",
               "required": [
-                "endpoint"
+                "enabled"
               ],
               "properties": {
                 "batch_processor": {
                   "description": "batch processor configuration",
-                  "default": {
-                    "scheduled_delay": {
-                      "secs": 5,
-                      "nanos": 0
-                    },
-                    "max_queue_size": 2048,
-                    "max_export_batch_size": 512,
-                    "max_export_timeout": {
-                      "secs": 30,
-                      "nanos": 0
-                    },
-                    "max_concurrent_exports": 1
-                  },
                   "type": "object",
                   "properties": {
                     "max_concurrent_exports": {
@@ -4769,6 +4734,10 @@ expression: "&schema"
                   "default": false,
                   "type": "boolean"
                 },
+                "enabled": {
+                  "description": "Enable datadog",
+                  "type": "boolean"
+                },
                 "endpoint": {
                   "description": "The endpoint to send to",
                   "type": "string"
@@ -4800,15 +4769,12 @@ expression: "&schema"
                 {
                   "type": "object",
                   "required": [
-                    "agent"
+                    "enabled"
                   ],
                   "properties": {
                     "agent": {
                       "description": "Agent configuration",
                       "type": "object",
-                      "required": [
-                        "endpoint"
-                      ],
                       "properties": {
                         "endpoint": {
                           "description": "The endpoint to send to",
@@ -4819,19 +4785,6 @@ expression: "&schema"
                     },
                     "batch_processor": {
                       "description": "Batch processor configuration",
-                      "default": {
-                        "scheduled_delay": {
-                          "secs": 5,
-                          "nanos": 0
-                        },
-                        "max_queue_size": 2048,
-                        "max_export_batch_size": 512,
-                        "max_export_timeout": {
-                          "secs": 30,
-                          "nanos": 0
-                        },
-                        "max_concurrent_exports": 1
-                      },
                       "type": "object",
                       "properties": {
                         "max_concurrent_exports": {
@@ -4872,6 +4825,10 @@ expression: "&schema"
                           "type": "string"
                         }
                       }
+                    },
+                    "enabled": {
+                      "description": "Enable Jaeger",
+                      "type": "boolean"
                     }
                   },
                   "additionalProperties": false
@@ -4879,24 +4836,11 @@ expression: "&schema"
                 {
                   "type": "object",
                   "required": [
-                    "collector"
+                    "enabled"
                   ],
                   "properties": {
                     "batch_processor": {
                       "description": "Batch processor configuration",
-                      "default": {
-                        "scheduled_delay": {
-                          "secs": 5,
-                          "nanos": 0
-                        },
-                        "max_queue_size": 2048,
-                        "max_export_batch_size": 512,
-                        "max_export_timeout": {
-                          "secs": 30,
-                          "nanos": 0
-                        },
-                        "max_concurrent_exports": 1
-                      },
                       "type": "object",
                       "properties": {
                         "max_concurrent_exports": {
@@ -4941,9 +4885,6 @@ expression: "&schema"
                     "collector": {
                       "description": "Collector configuration",
                       "type": "object",
-                      "required": [
-                        "endpoint"
-                      ],
                       "properties": {
                         "endpoint": {
                           "description": "The endpoint to send reports to",
@@ -4951,16 +4892,22 @@ expression: "&schema"
                         },
                         "password": {
                           "description": "The optional password",
+                          "default": null,
                           "type": "string",
                           "nullable": true
                         },
                         "username": {
                           "description": "The optional username",
+                          "default": null,
                           "type": "string",
                           "nullable": true
                         }
                       },
                       "additionalProperties": false
+                    },
+                    "enabled": {
+                      "description": "Enable Jaeger",
+                      "type": "boolean"
                     }
                   },
                   "additionalProperties": false
@@ -4972,24 +4919,11 @@ expression: "&schema"
               "description": "OpenTelemetry native exporter configuration",
               "type": "object",
               "required": [
-                "endpoint"
+                "enabled"
               ],
               "properties": {
                 "batch_processor": {
                   "description": "Batch processor settings",
-                  "default": {
-                    "scheduled_delay": {
-                      "secs": 5,
-                      "nanos": 0
-                    },
-                    "max_queue_size": 2048,
-                    "max_export_batch_size": 512,
-                    "max_export_timeout": {
-                      "secs": 30,
-                      "nanos": 0
-                    },
-                    "max_concurrent_exports": 1
-                  },
                   "type": "object",
                   "properties": {
                     "max_concurrent_exports": {
@@ -5031,6 +4965,10 @@ expression: "&schema"
                     }
                   }
                 },
+                "enabled": {
+                  "description": "Enable otlp",
+                  "type": "boolean"
+                },
                 "endpoint": {
                   "description": "The endpoint to send data to",
                   "type": "string"
@@ -5334,24 +5272,11 @@ expression: "&schema"
               "description": "Zipkin exporter configuration",
               "type": "object",
               "required": [
-                "endpoint"
+                "enabled"
               ],
               "properties": {
                 "batch_processor": {
                   "description": "Batch processor configuration",
-                  "default": {
-                    "scheduled_delay": {
-                      "secs": 5,
-                      "nanos": 0
-                    },
-                    "max_queue_size": 2048,
-                    "max_export_batch_size": 512,
-                    "max_export_timeout": {
-                      "secs": 30,
-                      "nanos": 0
-                    },
-                    "max_concurrent_exports": 1
-                  },
                   "type": "object",
                   "properties": {
                     "max_concurrent_exports": {
@@ -5393,6 +5318,10 @@ expression: "&schema"
                     }
                   }
                 },
+                "enabled": {
+                  "description": "Enable zipkin",
+                  "type": "boolean"
+                },
                 "endpoint": {
                   "description": "The endpoint to send to",
                   "type": "string"
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/configuration/snapshots/apollo_router__configuration__tests__upgrade_old_configuration@datadog_enabled.router.yaml.snap b/apollo-router/src/configuration/snapshots/apollo_router__configuration__tests__upgrade_old_configuration@datadog_enabled.router.yaml.snap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cf57ddc55d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apollo-router/src/configuration/snapshots/apollo_router__configuration__tests__upgrade_old_configuration@datadog_enabled.router.yaml.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+source: apollo-router/src/configuration/tests.rs
+expression: new_config
+---
+---
+telemetry:
+  tracing:
+    datadog:
+      endpoint: default
+      enabled: true
+
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/configuration/snapshots/apollo_router__configuration__tests__upgrade_old_configuration@jaeger_enabled.router.yaml.snap b/apollo-router/src/configuration/snapshots/apollo_router__configuration__tests__upgrade_old_configuration@jaeger_enabled.router.yaml.snap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dba3e1b0de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apollo-router/src/configuration/snapshots/apollo_router__configuration__tests__upgrade_old_configuration@jaeger_enabled.router.yaml.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+source: apollo-router/src/configuration/tests.rs
+expression: new_config
+---
+---
+telemetry:
+  tracing:
+    jaeger:
+      agent:
+        endpoint: default
+      enabled: true
+
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/configuration/snapshots/apollo_router__configuration__tests__upgrade_old_configuration@jaeger_scheduled_delay.router.yaml.snap b/apollo-router/src/configuration/snapshots/apollo_router__configuration__tests__upgrade_old_configuration@jaeger_scheduled_delay.router.yaml.snap
index 3007513330..8314e7726f 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/configuration/snapshots/apollo_router__configuration__tests__upgrade_old_configuration@jaeger_scheduled_delay.router.yaml.snap
+++ b/apollo-router/src/configuration/snapshots/apollo_router__configuration__tests__upgrade_old_configuration@jaeger_scheduled_delay.router.yaml.snap
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ telemetry:
         endpoint: default
       batch_processor:
         scheduled_delay: 100ms
+      enabled: true
 
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/configuration/snapshots/apollo_router__configuration__tests__upgrade_old_configuration@otlp_enabled.router.yaml.snap b/apollo-router/src/configuration/snapshots/apollo_router__configuration__tests__upgrade_old_configuration@otlp_enabled.router.yaml.snap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..49626d1c7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apollo-router/src/configuration/snapshots/apollo_router__configuration__tests__upgrade_old_configuration@otlp_enabled.router.yaml.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+source: apollo-router/src/configuration/tests.rs
+expression: new_config
+---
+---
+telemetry:
+  tracing:
+    otlp:
+      endpoint: default
+      enabled: true
+  metrics:
+    otlp:
+      endpoint: default
+      enabled: true
+
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/configuration/snapshots/apollo_router__configuration__tests__upgrade_old_configuration@telemetry_otlp_timeout.router.yaml.snap b/apollo-router/src/configuration/snapshots/apollo_router__configuration__tests__upgrade_old_configuration@telemetry_otlp_timeout.router.yaml.snap
index 204b8d07a1..7be72dfa1a 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/configuration/snapshots/apollo_router__configuration__tests__upgrade_old_configuration@telemetry_otlp_timeout.router.yaml.snap
+++ b/apollo-router/src/configuration/snapshots/apollo_router__configuration__tests__upgrade_old_configuration@telemetry_otlp_timeout.router.yaml.snap
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ telemetry:
       endpoint: default
       batch_processor:
         max_export_timeout: 5s
+      enabled: true
 
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/configuration/snapshots/apollo_router__configuration__tests__upgrade_old_configuration@zipkin_enabled.router.yaml.snap b/apollo-router/src/configuration/snapshots/apollo_router__configuration__tests__upgrade_old_configuration@zipkin_enabled.router.yaml.snap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d5adad9806
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apollo-router/src/configuration/snapshots/apollo_router__configuration__tests__upgrade_old_configuration@zipkin_enabled.router.yaml.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+source: apollo-router/src/configuration/tests.rs
+expression: new_config
+---
+---
+telemetry:
+  tracing:
+    zipkin:
+      endpoint: default
+      enabled: true
+
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/metrics/telemetry.router.yaml b/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/metrics/telemetry.router.yaml
index 794cd985cb..373b08465c 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/metrics/telemetry.router.yaml
+++ b/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/metrics/telemetry.router.yaml
@@ -3,15 +3,20 @@ telemetry:
     prometheus:
       enabled: true
     otlp:
+      enabled: true
       endpoint: default
   tracing:
     otlp:
+      enabled: true
       endpoint: default
     zipkin:
+      enabled: true
       endpoint: default
     datadog:
+      enabled: true
       endpoint: default
     jaeger:
+      enabled: true
       agent:
         endpoint: default
 
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/migrations/datadog_enabled.router.yaml b/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/migrations/datadog_enabled.router.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0c947de9a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/migrations/datadog_enabled.router.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+telemetry:
+  tracing:
+    datadog:
+      endpoint: default
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/migrations/jaeger_enabled.router.yaml b/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/migrations/jaeger_enabled.router.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a38bb8d5e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/migrations/jaeger_enabled.router.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+telemetry:
+  tracing:
+    jaeger:
+      agent:
+        endpoint: default
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/migrations/otlp_enabled.router.yaml b/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/migrations/otlp_enabled.router.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a015f0aafc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/migrations/otlp_enabled.router.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+telemetry:
+  tracing:
+    otlp:
+      endpoint: default
+  metrics:
+    otlp:
+      endpoint: default
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/migrations/zipkin_enabled.router.yaml b/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/migrations/zipkin_enabled.router.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..567ac42fa8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/migrations/zipkin_enabled.router.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+telemetry:
+  tracing:
+    zipkin:
+      endpoint: default
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/tracing_datadog.router.yaml b/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/tracing_datadog.router.yaml
index e557b3d4db..ac73a3c751 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/tracing_datadog.router.yaml
+++ b/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/tracing_datadog.router.yaml
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ supergraph:
 telemetry:
   tracing:
     datadog:
+      enabled: true
       endpoint: default
 
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/tracing_datadog_env.router.yaml b/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/tracing_datadog_env.router.yaml
index 5f9c360e19..8836bb1c7e 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/tracing_datadog_env.router.yaml
+++ b/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/tracing_datadog_env.router.yaml
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ supergraph:
 telemetry:
   tracing:
     datadog:
+      enabled: true
       endpoint: ${env.TEST_CONFIG_ENDPOINT}
 
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/tracing_jaeger_agent.router.yaml b/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/tracing_jaeger_agent.router.yaml
index de854410b1..2db3814d2a 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/tracing_jaeger_agent.router.yaml
+++ b/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/tracing_jaeger_agent.router.yaml
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ supergraph:
 telemetry:
   tracing:
     jaeger:
+      enabled: true
       agent:
         endpoint: default
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/tracing_jaeger_collector.router.yaml b/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/tracing_jaeger_collector.router.yaml
index f1c9631995..7689f1bc75 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/tracing_jaeger_collector.router.yaml
+++ b/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/tracing_jaeger_collector.router.yaml
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ supergraph:
 telemetry:
   tracing:
     jaeger:
+      enabled: true
       collector:
         endpoint: http://example.com
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/tracing_jaeger_collector_env.router.yaml b/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/tracing_jaeger_collector_env.router.yaml
index b97eef76a7..f42008f5bb 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/tracing_jaeger_collector_env.router.yaml
+++ b/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/tracing_jaeger_collector_env.router.yaml
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ supergraph:
 telemetry:
   tracing:
     jaeger:
+      enabled: true
       collector:
         endpoint: ${env.TEST_CONFIG_COLLECTOR_ENDPOINT}
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/tracing_jaeger_full.router.yaml b/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/tracing_jaeger_full.router.yaml
index 51c3461cd1..f4fb38d8ef 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/tracing_jaeger_full.router.yaml
+++ b/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/tracing_jaeger_full.router.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ supergraph:
 telemetry:
   tracing:
     jaeger:
+      enabled: true
       collector:
         endpoint: "http://foo"
         password: ""
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/tracing_otlp_full.router.yaml b/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/tracing_otlp_full.router.yaml
index ce67ceddbd..2d6e2b38d9 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/tracing_otlp_full.router.yaml
+++ b/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/tracing_otlp_full.router.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ supergraph:
 telemetry:
   tracing:
     otlp:
+      enabled: true
       endpoint: default
       grpc:
         ca: ""
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/tracing_otlp_grpc_basic.router.yaml b/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/tracing_otlp_grpc_basic.router.yaml
index b4e4c9faf2..3ae1254643 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/tracing_otlp_grpc_basic.router.yaml
+++ b/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/tracing_otlp_grpc_basic.router.yaml
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ supergraph:
 telemetry:
   tracing:
     otlp:
+      enabled: true
       endpoint: default
       protocol: http
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/tracing_otlp_grpc_basic_env.router.yaml b/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/tracing_otlp_grpc_basic_env.router.yaml
index 98ddf29dd7..5b16c52cbb 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/tracing_otlp_grpc_basic_env.router.yaml
+++ b/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/tracing_otlp_grpc_basic_env.router.yaml
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ supergraph:
 telemetry:
   tracing:
     otlp:
+      enabled: true
       endpoint: ${env.TEST_CONFIG_ENDPOINT}
       protocol: http
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/tracing_otlp_http_basic.router.yaml b/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/tracing_otlp_http_basic.router.yaml
index b4e4c9faf2..3ae1254643 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/tracing_otlp_http_basic.router.yaml
+++ b/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/tracing_otlp_http_basic.router.yaml
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ supergraph:
 telemetry:
   tracing:
     otlp:
+      enabled: true
       endpoint: default
       protocol: http
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/zipkin-address.router.yaml b/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/zipkin-address.router.yaml
index 84113a8e6d..3f8e0d60e2 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/zipkin-address.router.yaml
+++ b/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/zipkin-address.router.yaml
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ telemetry:
     trace_config:
       service_name: router
     zipkin:
+      enabled: true
       endpoint: zipkin:9411
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/zipkin-url.router.yaml b/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/zipkin-url.router.yaml
index 0872c59ee5..d756550677 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/zipkin-url.router.yaml
+++ b/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/zipkin-url.router.yaml
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ telemetry:
     trace_config:
       service_name: router
     zipkin:
+      enabled: true
       endpoint: http://zipkin:9411/api/v2/spans
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/zipkin-url_env.router.yaml b/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/zipkin-url_env.router.yaml
index e1c97281b0..548cdef2b7 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/zipkin-url_env.router.yaml
+++ b/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/zipkin-url_env.router.yaml
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ telemetry:
     trace_config:
       service_name: router
     zipkin:
+      enabled: true
       endpoint: ${env.TEST_CONFIG_ENDPOINT}
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/zipkin.router.yaml b/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/zipkin.router.yaml
index 90cef738c6..b042bd602e 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/zipkin.router.yaml
+++ b/apollo-router/src/configuration/testdata/zipkin.router.yaml
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ telemetry:
     trace_config:
       service_name: router
     zipkin:
+      enabled: true
       endpoint: default
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/orbiter/snapshots/apollo_router__orbiter__test__create_report.snap b/apollo-router/src/orbiter/snapshots/apollo_router__orbiter__test__create_report.snap
index ce01b7cc2f..602557c5a1 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/orbiter/snapshots/apollo_router__orbiter__test__create_report.snap
+++ b/apollo-router/src/orbiter/snapshots/apollo_router__orbiter__test__create_report.snap
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ usage:
   configuration.override_subgraph_url.len: 1
   configuration.plugins.len: 0
   configuration.telemetry.apollo.send_headers.len: 1
+  configuration.telemetry.tracing.otlp.enabled.true: 1
   configuration.telemetry.tracing.otlp.endpoint.<redacted>: 1
   configuration.telemetry.tracing.otlp.grpc.metadata.len: 2
   configuration.telemetry.tracing.otlp.protocol.<redacted>: 1
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/orbiter/snapshots/apollo_router__orbiter__test__visit_config.snap b/apollo-router/src/orbiter/snapshots/apollo_router__orbiter__test__visit_config.snap
index e375b378de..6bdf13c507 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/orbiter/snapshots/apollo_router__orbiter__test__visit_config.snap
+++ b/apollo-router/src/orbiter/snapshots/apollo_router__orbiter__test__visit_config.snap
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ configuration.headers.subgraphs.<redacted>.request.remove.len: 1
 configuration.headers.subgraphs.<redacted>.request.remove.named.<redacted>: 1
 configuration.override_subgraph_url.len: 1
 configuration.telemetry.apollo.send_headers.len: 1
+configuration.telemetry.tracing.otlp.enabled.true: 1
 configuration.telemetry.tracing.otlp.endpoint.<redacted>: 1
 configuration.telemetry.tracing.otlp.grpc.metadata.len: 2
 configuration.telemetry.tracing.otlp.protocol.<redacted>: 1
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/orbiter/testdata/redaction.router.yaml b/apollo-router/src/orbiter/testdata/redaction.router.yaml
index 6a2554c096..96a752fdf3 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/orbiter/testdata/redaction.router.yaml
+++ b/apollo-router/src/orbiter/testdata/redaction.router.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ telemetry:
         - "bar"
   tracing:
     otlp:
+      enabled: true
       protocol: grpc
       endpoint: default
       grpc:
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/plugins/telemetry/metrics/otlp.rs b/apollo-router/src/plugins/telemetry/metrics/otlp.rs
index d38d91ad0e..c152e1e97a 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/plugins/telemetry/metrics/otlp.rs
+++ b/apollo-router/src/plugins/telemetry/metrics/otlp.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ impl MetricsConfigurator for super::super::otlp::Config {
         metrics_config: &MetricsCommon,
     ) -> Result<MetricsBuilder, BoxError> {
         let exporter: MetricExporterBuilder = self.exporter()?;
-
+        if !self.enabled {
+            return Ok(builder);
+        }
         match exporter.exporter {
             Some(exporter) => {
                 let exporter = MetricsExporterBuilder::Tonic(exporter).build_metrics_exporter(
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/plugins/telemetry/otlp.rs b/apollo-router/src/plugins/telemetry/otlp.rs
index 144d11efa5..254be94887 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/plugins/telemetry/otlp.rs
+++ b/apollo-router/src/plugins/telemetry/otlp.rs
@@ -30,10 +30,14 @@ lazy_static! {
     static ref DEFAULT_HTTP_ENDPOINT: Uri = Uri::from_static("http://127.0.0.1:4318");
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, JsonSchema)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, JsonSchema, Default)]
 #[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
 pub(crate) struct Config {
+    /// Enable otlp
+    pub(crate) enabled: bool,
+
     /// The endpoint to send data to
+    #[serde(default)]
     pub(crate) endpoint: UriEndpoint,
 
     /// The protocol to use when sending data
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/plugins/telemetry/tracing/datadog.rs b/apollo-router/src/plugins/telemetry/tracing/datadog.rs
index 4dd6b59370..5b951754de 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/plugins/telemetry/tracing/datadog.rs
+++ b/apollo-router/src/plugins/telemetry/tracing/datadog.rs
@@ -35,10 +35,14 @@ lazy_static! {
     static ref DEFAULT_ENDPOINT: Uri = Uri::from_static("http://localhost:8126/v0.4/traces");
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, JsonSchema)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, JsonSchema, Default)]
 #[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
 pub(crate) struct Config {
+    /// Enable datadog
+    pub(crate) enabled: bool,
+
     /// The endpoint to send to
+    #[serde(default)]
     pub(crate) endpoint: UriEndpoint,
 
     /// batch processor configuration
@@ -52,6 +56,9 @@ pub(crate) struct Config {
 
 impl TracingConfigurator for Config {
     fn apply(&self, builder: Builder, trace: &Trace) -> Result<Builder, BoxError> {
+        if !self.enabled {
+            return Ok(builder);
+        }
         tracing::info!("Configuring Datadog tracing: {}", self.batch_processor);
         let enable_span_mapping = self.enable_span_mapping.then_some(true);
         let trace_config: sdk::trace::Config = trace.into();
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/plugins/telemetry/tracing/jaeger.rs b/apollo-router/src/plugins/telemetry/tracing/jaeger.rs
index 8fca71dd4f..5edd3394f6 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/plugins/telemetry/tracing/jaeger.rs
+++ b/apollo-router/src/plugins/telemetry/tracing/jaeger.rs
@@ -19,13 +19,17 @@ use crate::plugins::telemetry::tracing::SpanProcessorExt;
 use crate::plugins::telemetry::tracing::TracingConfigurator;
 
 lazy_static! {
-    static ref DEFAULT_ENDPOINT: Uri = Uri::from_static("http://localhost:14268/api/traces");
+    static ref DEFAULT_ENDPOINT: Uri = Uri::from_static("http://127.0.0.1:14268/api/traces");
 }
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, JsonSchema)]
 #[serde(deny_unknown_fields, untagged)]
 pub(crate) enum Config {
     Agent {
+        /// Enable Jaeger
+        enabled: bool,
+
         /// Agent configuration
+        #[serde(default)]
         agent: AgentConfig,
 
         /// Batch processor configuration
@@ -33,7 +37,11 @@ pub(crate) enum Config {
         batch_processor: BatchProcessorConfig,
     },
     Collector {
+        /// Enable Jaeger
+        enabled: bool,
+
         /// Collector configuration
+        #[serde(default)]
         collector: CollectorConfig,
 
         /// Batch processor configuration
@@ -42,15 +50,15 @@ pub(crate) enum Config {
     },
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, JsonSchema)]
-#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, JsonSchema, Default)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields, default)]
 pub(crate) struct AgentConfig {
     /// The endpoint to send to
     endpoint: SocketEndpoint,
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, JsonSchema)]
-#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, JsonSchema, Default)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields, default)]
 pub(crate) struct CollectorConfig {
     /// The endpoint to send reports to
     endpoint: UriEndpoint,
@@ -64,10 +72,11 @@ impl TracingConfigurator for Config {
     fn apply(&self, builder: Builder, trace_config: &Trace) -> Result<Builder, BoxError> {
         match &self {
             Config::Agent {
+                enabled,
                 agent,
                 batch_processor,
-            } => {
-                tracing::info!("Configuring Jaeger tracing: {}", batch_processor);
+            } if *enabled => {
+                tracing::info!("Configuring Jaeger tracing: {} (agent)", batch_processor);
                 let exporter = opentelemetry_jaeger::new_agent_pipeline()
                     .with_trace_config(trace_config.into())
                     .with_service_name(trace_config.service_name.clone())
@@ -81,10 +90,15 @@ impl TracingConfigurator for Config {
                 ))
             }
             Config::Collector {
+                enabled,
                 collector,
                 batch_processor,
-            } => {
-                tracing::info!("Configuring Jaeger tracing: {}", batch_processor);
+            } if *enabled => {
+                tracing::info!(
+                    "Configuring Jaeger tracing: {} (collector)",
+                    batch_processor
+                );
+
                 let exporter = opentelemetry_jaeger::new_collector_pipeline()
                     .with_trace_config(trace_config.into())
                     .with_service_name(trace_config.service_name.clone())
@@ -107,6 +121,7 @@ impl TracingConfigurator for Config {
                         .build(),
                 ))
             }
+            _ => Ok(builder),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/plugins/telemetry/tracing/mod.rs b/apollo-router/src/plugins/telemetry/tracing/mod.rs
index 4f9ebd21a3..362d804c3e 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/plugins/telemetry/tracing/mod.rs
+++ b/apollo-router/src/plugins/telemetry/tracing/mod.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ use opentelemetry::Context;
 use opentelemetry::KeyValue;
 use schemars::JsonSchema;
 use serde::Deserialize;
-use serde::Serialize;
 use tower::BoxError;
 
 use crate::plugins::telemetry::config::Trace;
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@ where
 }
 
 /// Batch processor configuration
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize, JsonSchema)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, JsonSchema)]
 #[serde(default)]
 pub(crate) struct BatchProcessorConfig {
     #[serde(deserialize_with = "humantime_serde::deserialize")]
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/plugins/telemetry/tracing/otlp.rs b/apollo-router/src/plugins/telemetry/tracing/otlp.rs
index d1754f1d68..b535389eb3 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/plugins/telemetry/tracing/otlp.rs
+++ b/apollo-router/src/plugins/telemetry/tracing/otlp.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ use crate::plugins::telemetry::tracing::TracingConfigurator;
 
 impl TracingConfigurator for super::super::otlp::Config {
     fn apply(&self, builder: Builder, _trace_config: &Trace) -> Result<Builder, BoxError> {
+        if !self.enabled {
+            return Ok(builder);
+        }
         tracing::info!("Configuring Otlp tracing: {}", self.batch_processor);
         let exporter: SpanExporterBuilder = self.exporter()?;
         Ok(builder.with_span_processor(
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/plugins/telemetry/tracing/zipkin.rs b/apollo-router/src/plugins/telemetry/tracing/zipkin.rs
index 7d0b5a2a92..2248b8c274 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/plugins/telemetry/tracing/zipkin.rs
+++ b/apollo-router/src/plugins/telemetry/tracing/zipkin.rs
@@ -15,13 +15,17 @@ use crate::plugins::telemetry::tracing::SpanProcessorExt;
 use crate::plugins::telemetry::tracing::TracingConfigurator;
 
 lazy_static! {
-    static ref DEFAULT_ENDPOINT: Uri = Uri::from_static("http://localhost:9411/api/v2/spans");
+    static ref DEFAULT_ENDPOINT: Uri = Uri::from_static("http://127.0.0.1:9411/api/v2/spans");
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, JsonSchema)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, JsonSchema, Default)]
 #[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
 pub(crate) struct Config {
+    /// Enable zipkin
+    pub(crate) enabled: bool,
+
     /// The endpoint to send to
+    #[serde(default)]
     pub(crate) endpoint: UriEndpoint,
 
     /// Batch processor configuration
@@ -31,6 +35,9 @@ pub(crate) struct Config {
 
 impl TracingConfigurator for Config {
     fn apply(&self, builder: Builder, trace_config: &Trace) -> Result<Builder, BoxError> {
+        if !self.enabled {
+            return Ok(builder);
+        }
         tracing::info!("configuring Zipkin tracing: {}", self.batch_processor);
 
         let exporter = opentelemetry_zipkin::new_pipeline()
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/testdata/datadog.router.yaml b/apollo-router/src/testdata/datadog.router.yaml
index 46c95a7cd7..26790f8d37 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/testdata/datadog.router.yaml
+++ b/apollo-router/src/testdata/datadog.router.yaml
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ telemetry:
     trace_config:
       service_name: router
     datadog:
-      endpoint: default
\ No newline at end of file
+      enabled: true
+      endpoint: default
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/testdata/jaeger.router.yaml b/apollo-router/src/testdata/jaeger.router.yaml
index 8a69a788ad..8fbdf4c7af 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/testdata/jaeger.router.yaml
+++ b/apollo-router/src/testdata/jaeger.router.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ telemetry:
     trace_config:
       service_name: router
     jaeger:
+      enabled: true
       batch_processor:
         scheduled_delay: 100ms
       agent:
@@ -30,4 +31,4 @@ telemetry:
 override_subgraph_url:
   products: http://localhost:4005
 include_subgraph_errors:
-  all: true
\ No newline at end of file
+  all: true
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/testdata/otlp.router.yaml b/apollo-router/src/testdata/otlp.router.yaml
index 93ef400426..3550c97644 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/testdata/otlp.router.yaml
+++ b/apollo-router/src/testdata/otlp.router.yaml
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ telemetry:
     trace_config:
       service_name: router
     otlp:
-      endpoint: default
\ No newline at end of file
+      enabled: true
+      endpoint: default
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/testdata/zipkin.router.yaml b/apollo-router/src/testdata/zipkin.router.yaml
index a745c863bf..b042bd602e 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/testdata/zipkin.router.yaml
+++ b/apollo-router/src/testdata/zipkin.router.yaml
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ telemetry:
     trace_config:
       service_name: router
     zipkin:
-      endpoint: default
\ No newline at end of file
+      enabled: true
+      endpoint: default
diff --git a/apollo-router/tests/fixtures/broken_plugin.router.yaml b/apollo-router/tests/fixtures/broken_plugin.router.yaml
index 5053ba9f7a..784b4481b0 100644
--- a/apollo-router/tests/fixtures/broken_plugin.router.yaml
+++ b/apollo-router/tests/fixtures/broken_plugin.router.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ telemetry:
     trace_config:
       service_name: router
     jaeger:
+      enabled: true
       batch_processor:
         scheduled_delay: 100ms
       agent:
diff --git a/apollo-router/tests/fixtures/datadog.router.yaml b/apollo-router/tests/fixtures/datadog.router.yaml
index 46c95a7cd7..26790f8d37 100644
--- a/apollo-router/tests/fixtures/datadog.router.yaml
+++ b/apollo-router/tests/fixtures/datadog.router.yaml
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ telemetry:
     trace_config:
       service_name: router
     datadog:
-      endpoint: default
\ No newline at end of file
+      enabled: true
+      endpoint: default
diff --git a/apollo-router/tests/fixtures/jaeger-0.5-sample.router.yaml b/apollo-router/tests/fixtures/jaeger-0.5-sample.router.yaml
index a5a11b2829..b7c7a0dfcd 100644
--- a/apollo-router/tests/fixtures/jaeger-0.5-sample.router.yaml
+++ b/apollo-router/tests/fixtures/jaeger-0.5-sample.router.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ telemetry:
       service_name: router
       sampler: 0.5
     jaeger:
+      enabled: true
       batch_processor:
         scheduled_delay: 100ms
       agent:
diff --git a/apollo-router/tests/fixtures/jaeger-no-sample.router.yaml b/apollo-router/tests/fixtures/jaeger-no-sample.router.yaml
index 8cf7dc8eff..6ec3390e23 100644
--- a/apollo-router/tests/fixtures/jaeger-no-sample.router.yaml
+++ b/apollo-router/tests/fixtures/jaeger-no-sample.router.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ telemetry:
       service_name: router
       sampler: always_off
     jaeger:
+      enabled: true
       batch_processor:
         scheduled_delay: 100ms
       agent:
@@ -29,4 +30,4 @@ telemetry:
 override_subgraph_url:
   products: http://localhost:4005
 include_subgraph_errors:
-  all: true
\ No newline at end of file
+  all: true
diff --git a/apollo-router/tests/fixtures/jaeger.router.yaml b/apollo-router/tests/fixtures/jaeger.router.yaml
index a4e4b8bb1e..e5ee9ba59e 100644
--- a/apollo-router/tests/fixtures/jaeger.router.yaml
+++ b/apollo-router/tests/fixtures/jaeger.router.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ telemetry:
       service_name: router
       sampler: always_on
     jaeger:
+      enabled: true
       batch_processor:
         scheduled_delay: 100ms
       agent:
diff --git a/apollo-router/tests/fixtures/otlp.router.yaml b/apollo-router/tests/fixtures/otlp.router.yaml
index 93ef400426..3550c97644 100644
--- a/apollo-router/tests/fixtures/otlp.router.yaml
+++ b/apollo-router/tests/fixtures/otlp.router.yaml
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ telemetry:
     trace_config:
       service_name: router
     otlp:
-      endpoint: default
\ No newline at end of file
+      enabled: true
+      endpoint: default
diff --git a/apollo-router/tests/fixtures/zipkin.router.yaml b/apollo-router/tests/fixtures/zipkin.router.yaml
index a745c863bf..b042bd602e 100644
--- a/apollo-router/tests/fixtures/zipkin.router.yaml
+++ b/apollo-router/tests/fixtures/zipkin.router.yaml
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ telemetry:
     trace_config:
       service_name: router
     zipkin:
-      endpoint: default
\ No newline at end of file
+      enabled: true
+      endpoint: default
diff --git a/dockerfiles/tracing/router/datadog.router.yaml b/dockerfiles/tracing/router/datadog.router.yaml
index 64a8a81608..edaaaf6417 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/tracing/router/datadog.router.yaml
+++ b/dockerfiles/tracing/router/datadog.router.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ telemetry:
     trace_config:
       service_name: router
     datadog:
+      enabled: true
       endpoint: datadog-agent:8126
     propagation:
       datadog: true
diff --git a/dockerfiles/tracing/router/jaeger.router.yaml b/dockerfiles/tracing/router/jaeger.router.yaml
index d73ddd7f50..8f2065830e 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/tracing/router/jaeger.router.yaml
+++ b/dockerfiles/tracing/router/jaeger.router.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ telemetry:
     trace_config:
       service_name: router
     jaeger:
+      enabled: true
       agent:
         endpoint: jaeger:6831
     propagation:
diff --git a/dockerfiles/tracing/router/zipkin.router.yaml b/dockerfiles/tracing/router/zipkin.router.yaml
index 435b79d862..e76b3a134e 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/tracing/router/zipkin.router.yaml
+++ b/dockerfiles/tracing/router/zipkin.router.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ telemetry:
     trace_config:
       service_name: router
     zipkin:
+      enabled: true
       endpoint: http://zipkin:9411/api/v2/spans
     propagation:
       zipkin: true 
diff --git a/docs/source/configuration/metrics.mdx b/docs/source/configuration/metrics.mdx
index e5e97fea04..b7c02db97e 100644
--- a/docs/source/configuration/metrics.mdx
+++ b/docs/source/configuration/metrics.mdx
@@ -141,7 +141,10 @@ You can send metrics to [OpenTelemetry Collector](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/
 telemetry:
   metrics:
     otlp:
-      # Either 'default' or a URL
+      # Enable the OpenTelemetry exporter
+      enabled: true
+
+      # Optional endpoint, either 'default' or a URL (Defaults to http://127.0.0.1:4317 for gRPC and http://127.0.0.1:4318 for HTTP)
       endpoint: default
 
       # Optional protocol. Only grpc is supported currently.
diff --git a/docs/source/configuration/tracing.mdx b/docs/source/configuration/tracing.mdx
index b433e138b2..0681c2298f 100644
--- a/docs/source/configuration/tracing.mdx
+++ b/docs/source/configuration/tracing.mdx
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ telemetry:
   tracing:
     # Datadog
     datadog:
+      enabled: true
       batch_processor:
         scheduled_delay: 100ms
         max_concurrent_exports: 1000
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ The Apollo Router can be configured to connect to either the default agent addre
 telemetry:
   tracing:
     datadog:
+      enabled: true
       # Either 'default' or a URL (example: 'http://127.0.0.1:8126')
       endpoint: default
 ```
@@ -168,6 +170,7 @@ To fix this, you can configure the Apollo Router to perform a mapping for the sp
 telemetry:
   tracing:
     datadog:
+      enabled: true
       endpoint: default
       enable_span_mapping: true
 ```
@@ -212,15 +215,19 @@ Instead when `enable_span_mapping` is set to `true` the following trace will be
 
 The Apollo Router can be configured to export tracing data to Jaeger either via an agent or http collector.
 
+Unless explicitly configured to use a collector, Jaeger will use an agent by default.
+
 ### Agent config
 
 ```yaml title="router.yaml"
 telemetry:
   tracing:
     jaeger:
+      enabled: true
+      # Optional agent configuration,
       agent:
-        # Either 'default' or a URL
-        endpoint: docker_jaeger:14268
+        # Optional endpoint, either 'default' or a socket address (Defaults to 127.0.0.1:6831)
+        endpoint: docker_jaeger:14268  
 ```
 
 ### Collector config
@@ -231,8 +238,11 @@ If you're using Kubernetes, you can inject your secrets into configuration via e
 telemetry:
   tracing:
     jaeger:
+      enabled: true
+      # Optional collector configuration,
       collector:
-        endpoint: "http://my-jaeger-collector"
+        # Optional endpoint, either 'default' or a URL (Defaults to http://127.0.0.1:14268/api/traces)
+        endpoint: "http://my-jaeger-collector" 
         username: "${env.JAEGER_USERNAME}"
         password: "${env.JAEGER_PASSWORD}"
 ```
@@ -247,7 +257,9 @@ If you find that the built-in telemetry features of the Apollo Router are missin
 telemetry:
   tracing:
     otlp:
-      # Either 'default' or a URL
+      enabled: true
+      
+      # Optional endpoint, either 'default' or a URL (Defaults to http://127.0.0.1:4317 for gRPC and http://127.0.0.1:4318 for HTTP)
       endpoint: default
 
       # Optional protocol (Defaults to grpc)
@@ -278,6 +290,8 @@ The Apollo Router can be configured to export tracing data to either the default
 telemetry:
   tracing:
     zipkin:
-      # Either 'default' or a URL
-      endpoint: http://my_zipkin_collector.dev
+      enabled: true
+
+      # Optional endpoint, either 'default' or a URL (Defaults to http://127.0.0.1:9411/api/v2/spans)
+      endpoint: http://my_zipkin_collector.dev   
 ```
diff --git a/examples/telemetry/datadog.router.yaml b/examples/telemetry/datadog.router.yaml
index 0e9e98346d..26790f8d37 100644
--- a/examples/telemetry/datadog.router.yaml
+++ b/examples/telemetry/datadog.router.yaml
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ telemetry:
     trace_config:
       service_name: router
     datadog:
+      enabled: true
       endpoint: default
diff --git a/examples/telemetry/jaeger-agent.router.yaml b/examples/telemetry/jaeger-agent.router.yaml
index 40f2155625..365ecb376a 100644
--- a/examples/telemetry/jaeger-agent.router.yaml
+++ b/examples/telemetry/jaeger-agent.router.yaml
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ telemetry:
     trace_config:
       service_name: router
     jaeger:
+      enabled: true
       agent:
         endpoint: default
diff --git a/examples/telemetry/jaeger-collector.router.yaml b/examples/telemetry/jaeger-collector.router.yaml
index 9eb68b0f42..a31a69b854 100644
--- a/examples/telemetry/jaeger-collector.router.yaml
+++ b/examples/telemetry/jaeger-collector.router.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ telemetry:
     trace_config:
       service_name: router
     jaeger:
+      enabled: true
       collector:
         endpoint: "https://example.com"
         username: "username"
diff --git a/examples/telemetry/otlp.router.yaml b/examples/telemetry/otlp.router.yaml
index cbfa7ad982..3550c97644 100644
--- a/examples/telemetry/otlp.router.yaml
+++ b/examples/telemetry/otlp.router.yaml
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ telemetry:
     trace_config:
       service_name: router
     otlp:
+      enabled: true
       endpoint: default
diff --git a/examples/telemetry/zipkin-agent.router.yaml b/examples/telemetry/zipkin-agent.router.yaml
index 90cef738c6..b042bd602e 100644
--- a/examples/telemetry/zipkin-agent.router.yaml
+++ b/examples/telemetry/zipkin-agent.router.yaml
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ telemetry:
     trace_config:
       service_name: router
     zipkin:
+      enabled: true
       endpoint: default
diff --git a/examples/telemetry/zipkin-collector.router.yaml b/examples/telemetry/zipkin-collector.router.yaml
index a921df06ba..7335367285 100644
--- a/examples/telemetry/zipkin-collector.router.yaml
+++ b/examples/telemetry/zipkin-collector.router.yaml
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ telemetry:
     trace_config:
       service_name: router
     zipkin:
+      enabled: true
       endpoint: "https://example.com"