diff --git a/conf/app.ini b/conf/app.ini
index dfc8ae20fce0c..22dc06e0ef228 100644
--- a/conf/app.ini
+++ b/conf/app.ini
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ FEED_MAX_COMMIT_NUM = 5
 THEME_COLOR_META_TAG = `#ff5343`
 ; Max size of files to be displayed (defaults is 8MiB)
 MAX_DISPLAY_FILE_SIZE = 8388608
+; Whether show the user email in the Explore Users page
+SHOW_USER_EMAIL_IN_EXPLORE = true
 
 [ui.admin]
 ; Number of users that are showed in one page
diff --git a/modules/setting/setting.go b/modules/setting/setting.go
index 2ee8ce94d71f0..85e089bbac9be 100644
--- a/modules/setting/setting.go
+++ b/modules/setting/setting.go
@@ -147,11 +147,12 @@ var (
 
 	// UI settings
 	UI struct {
-		ExplorePagingNum   int
-		IssuePagingNum     int
-		FeedMaxCommitNum   int
-		ThemeColorMetaTag  string
-		MaxDisplayFileSize int64
+		ExplorePagingNum       int
+		IssuePagingNum         int
+		FeedMaxCommitNum       int
+		ThemeColorMetaTag      string
+		MaxDisplayFileSize     int64
+		ShowUserEmailInExplore bool
 
 		Admin struct {
 			UserPagingNum   int
@@ -601,6 +602,8 @@ please consider changing to GITEA_CUSTOM`)
 	ShowFooterVersion = Cfg.Section("other").Key("SHOW_FOOTER_VERSION").MustBool()
 	ShowFooterTemplateLoadTime = Cfg.Section("other").Key("SHOW_FOOTER_TEMPLATE_LOAD_TIME").MustBool()
 
+	UI.ShowUserEmailInExplore = Cfg.Section("ui").Key("SHOW_USER_EMAIL_IN_EXPLORE").MustBool()
+
 	HasRobotsTxt = com.IsFile(path.Join(CustomPath, "robots.txt"))
 }
 
diff --git a/routers/home.go b/routers/home.go
index 3b51148762254..2f26c221e2703 100644
--- a/routers/home.go
+++ b/routers/home.go
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ func RenderUserSearch(ctx *context.Context, opts *UserSearchOptions) {
 	ctx.Data["Total"] = count
 	ctx.Data["Page"] = paginater.New(int(count), opts.PageSize, page, 5)
 	ctx.Data["Users"] = users
+	ctx.Data["ShowUserEmail"] = setting.UI.ShowUserEmailInExplore
 
 	ctx.HTML(200, opts.TplName)
 }
diff --git a/templates/explore/users.tmpl b/templates/explore/users.tmpl
index 09091df253a43..84ab7ad7fbcf8 100644
--- a/templates/explore/users.tmpl
+++ b/templates/explore/users.tmpl
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 									{{if .Location}}
 										<i class="octicon octicon-location"></i> {{.Location}}
 									{{end}}
-									{{if and .Email $.IsSigned}}
+									{{if and $.ShowUserEmail .Email $.IsSigned}}
 										<i class="octicon octicon-mail"></i>
 										<a href="mailto:{{.Email}}" rel="nofollow">{{.Email}}</a>
 									{{end}}