diff --git a/api/core/v1alpha1/clustercatalog_types.go b/api/core/v1alpha1/clustercatalog_types.go
index ecc88403..c33f3d50 100644
--- a/api/core/v1alpha1/clustercatalog_types.go
+++ b/api/core/v1alpha1/clustercatalog_types.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ const (
 	// Serving reasons
 	ReasonAvailable   = "Available"
 	ReasonUnavailable = "Unavailable"
+	ReasonDisabled    = "Disabled"
 
 	// Progressing reasons
 	ReasonSucceeded = "Succeeded"
@@ -40,6 +41,9 @@ const (
 	ReasonBlocked   = "Blocked"
 
 	MetadataNameLabel = "olm.operatorframework.io/metadata.name"
+
+	AvailabilityEnabled  = "Enabled"
+	AvailabilityDisabled = "Disabled"
 )
 
 //+kubebuilder:object:root=true
@@ -92,6 +96,20 @@ type ClusterCatalogSpec struct {
 	// +kubebuilder:default:=0
 	// +optional
 	Priority int32 `json:"priority"`
+
+	// Availability is an optional field that allows users to define whether the ClusterCatalog is utilized by the operator-controller.
+	//
+	// Allowed values are : ["Enabled", "Disabled"].
+	// If set to "Enabled", the catalog will be used for updates, serving contents, and package installations.
+	//
+	// If set to "Disabled", catalogd will stop serving the catalog and the cached data will be removed.
+	//
+	// If unspecified, the default value is "Enabled"
+	//
+	// +kubebuilder:validation:Enum="Disabled";"Enabled"
+	// +kubebuilder:default="Enabled"
+	// +optional
+	Availability string `json:"availability,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // ClusterCatalogStatus defines the observed state of ClusterCatalog
diff --git a/cmd/manager/main.go b/cmd/manager/main.go
index a2d0175a..b6dae394 100644
--- a/cmd/manager/main.go
+++ b/cmd/manager/main.go
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	localStorage = storage.LocalDir{RootDir: storeDir, BaseURL: baseStorageURL}
 
+	// Config for the the catalogd web server
 	catalogServerConfig := serverutil.CatalogServerConfig{
 		ExternalAddr: externalAddr,
 		CatalogAddr:  catalogServerAddr,
@@ -268,6 +269,7 @@ func main() {
 		LocalStorage: localStorage,
 	}
 
+	// Start the catalogd web server
 	err = serverutil.AddCatalogServerToManager(mgr, catalogServerConfig, cw)
 	if err != nil {
 		setupLog.Error(err, "unable to configure catalog server")
diff --git a/config/base/crd/bases/olm.operatorframework.io_clustercatalogs.yaml b/config/base/crd/bases/olm.operatorframework.io_clustercatalogs.yaml
index 67a0d774..678cf072 100644
--- a/config/base/crd/bases/olm.operatorframework.io_clustercatalogs.yaml
+++ b/config/base/crd/bases/olm.operatorframework.io_clustercatalogs.yaml
@@ -51,6 +51,16 @@ spec:
           spec:
             description: ClusterCatalogSpec defines the desired state of ClusterCatalog
             properties:
+              availability:
+                default: Enabled
+                description: |-
+                  Availability is an optional field that allows users to define whether the ClusterCatalog is utilized by the operator-controller.
+                  If set to "Enabled", the catalog will be used for updates, serving contents, and package installations.
+                  If set to "Disabled", the catalog will be ignored by the operator-controller, meaning it will not be used for any operations.
+                enum:
+                - Disabled
+                - Enabled
+                type: string
               priority:
                 default: 0
                 description: |-
diff --git a/internal/controllers/core/clustercatalog_controller.go b/internal/controllers/core/clustercatalog_controller.go
index a8ad497c..c3275280 100644
--- a/internal/controllers/core/clustercatalog_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controllers/core/clustercatalog_controller.go
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ func (r *ClusterCatalogReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Reque
 	if err := r.Client.Get(ctx, req.NamespacedName, &existingCatsrc); err != nil {
 		return ctrl.Result{}, client.IgnoreNotFound(err)
 	}
+
 	reconciledCatsrc := existingCatsrc.DeepCopy()
 	res, reconcileErr := r.reconcile(ctx, reconciledCatsrc)
 
@@ -157,6 +158,32 @@ func (r *ClusterCatalogReconciler) SetupWithManager(mgr ctrl.Manager) error {
 func (r *ClusterCatalogReconciler) reconcile(ctx context.Context, catalog *v1alpha1.ClusterCatalog) (ctrl.Result, error) {
 	l := log.FromContext(ctx)
 
+	// Check if the catalog availability is set to disabled, if true then
+	// unset content URL, delete it from the cache and set appropriate status
+	if catalog.Spec.Availability == v1alpha1.AvailabilityDisabled {
+
+		// Delete the catalog from local
+		if err := r.Storage.Delete(catalog.Name); err != nil {
+			updateStatusProgressing(&catalog.Status, catalog.GetGeneration(), err)
+			return ctrl.Result{}, err
+		}
+
+		// Set status.conditions[type=Serving] to False, unset status.contentURL and
+		// update status.lastUnpacked
+		updateStatusNotServing(&catalog.Status, catalog.GetGeneration())
+		if err := r.Unpacker.Cleanup(ctx, catalog); err != nil {
+			updateStatusProgressing(&catalog.Status, catalog.GetGeneration(), err)
+			return ctrl.Result{}, err
+		}
+		r.deleteStoredCatalog(catalog.Name)
+
+		// Set status.conditions[type=Progressing] to False as we are done with
+		// all that needs to be done with the catalog
+		updateStatusCatalogDisabled(&catalog.Status, catalog.GetGeneration())
+
+		return ctrl.Result{}, nil
+	}
+
 	finalizeResult, err := r.finalizers.Finalize(ctx, catalog)
 	if err != nil {
 		return ctrl.Result{}, err
@@ -315,6 +342,17 @@ func updateStatusServing(status *v1alpha1.ClusterCatalogStatus, result source.Re
 	})
 }
 
+func updateStatusCatalogDisabled(status *v1alpha1.ClusterCatalogStatus, generation int64) {
+	progressingCond := metav1.Condition{
+		Type:               v1alpha1.TypeProgressing,
+		Status:             metav1.ConditionFalse,
+		Reason:             v1alpha1.ReasonDisabled,
+		Message:            "Catalog availability is set to Disabled",
+		ObservedGeneration: generation,
+	}
+	meta.SetStatusCondition(&status.Conditions, progressingCond)
+}
+
 func updateStatusNotServing(status *v1alpha1.ClusterCatalogStatus, generation int64) {
 	status.ResolvedSource = nil
 	status.ContentURL = ""