diff --git a/zeppelin-web/src/app/notebook/notebook.html b/zeppelin-web/src/app/notebook/notebook.html
index 227f8cdaafc..41d1e1ced7f 100644
--- a/zeppelin-web/src/app/notebook/notebook.html
+++ b/zeppelin-web/src/app/notebook/notebook.html
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ <h5>Interpreter binding</h5>
        ng-Init="init(currentParagraph)"
        ng-class="columnWidthClass(currentParagraph.config.colWidth)"
        class="paragraph-col">
-    <div class="new-paragraph" ng-click="insertNew('above')" ng-hide="viewOnly">
+    <div class="new-paragraph" ng-click="insertNew('above')" ng-hide="viewOnly || asIframe">
       <h4 class="plus-sign">&#43;</h4>
     </div>
     <div id="{{currentParagraph.id}}_paragraphColumn"
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ <h4 class="plus-sign">&#43;</h4>
                     'lastEmptyParagraph': !paragraph.text && !paragraph.result}"
          ng-hide="currentParagraph.config.tableHide && viewOnly">
     </div>
-    <div class="new-paragraph" ng-click="insertNew('below');" ng-hide="!$last || viewOnly">
+    <div class="new-paragraph" ng-click="insertNew('below');" ng-hide="!$last || viewOnly || asIframe ">
       <h4 class="plus-sign">&#43;</h4>
     </div>
   </div>