diff --git a/app/components/CollectionDescription.tsx b/app/components/CollectionDescription.tsx
index 575ffabbc..750b4cd0c 100644
--- a/app/components/CollectionDescription.tsx
+++ b/app/components/CollectionDescription.tsx
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ function CollectionDescription({ collection }: Props) {
                 autoFocus={isEditing}
                 onBlur={handleStopEditing}
                 maxLength={1000}
-                disableEmbeds
+                embedsDisabled
                 readOnlyWriteCheckboxes
                 grow
               />
diff --git a/app/components/Editor.tsx b/app/components/Editor.tsx
index e40b5a203..a4d6e0f0d 100644
--- a/app/components/Editor.tsx
+++ b/app/components/Editor.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import * as React from "react";
 import { Optional } from "utility-types";
 import embeds from "@shared/editor/embeds";
-import { EmbedDescriptor } from "@shared/editor/types";
 import ErrorBoundary from "~/components/ErrorBoundary";
 import { Props as EditorProps } from "~/editor";
 import useDictionary from "~/hooks/useDictionary";
@@ -19,14 +18,12 @@ const SharedEditor = React.lazy(
     )
 );
 
-const EMPTY_ARRAY: EmbedDescriptor[] = [];
-
 export type Props = Optional<
   EditorProps,
   "placeholder" | "defaultValue" | "onClickLink" | "embeds" | "dictionary"
 > & {
   shareId?: string | undefined;
-  disableEmbeds?: boolean;
+  embedsDisabled?: boolean;
   grow?: boolean;
   onSynced?: () => Promise<void>;
   onPublish?: (event: React.MouseEvent) => any;
@@ -94,7 +91,7 @@ function Editor(props: Props, ref: React.Ref<any>) {
         ref={ref}
         uploadImage={onUploadImage}
         onShowToast={onShowToast}
-        embeds={props.disableEmbeds ? EMPTY_ARRAY : embeds}
+        embeds={embeds}
         dictionary={dictionary}
         {...props}
         onClickLink={onClickLink}
diff --git a/app/components/HoverPreviewDocument.tsx b/app/components/HoverPreviewDocument.tsx
index 0edaa96dc..e87fc7e2e 100644
--- a/app/components/HoverPreviewDocument.tsx
+++ b/app/components/HoverPreviewDocument.tsx
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ function HoverPreviewDocument({ url, children }: Props) {
             <Editor
               key={document.id}
               defaultValue={document.getSummary()}
-              disableEmbeds
+              embedsDisabled
               readOnly
             />
           </React.Suspense>
diff --git a/app/editor/components/ComponentView.tsx b/app/editor/components/ComponentView.tsx
index 052e51cb3..5103fb0f1 100644
--- a/app/editor/components/ComponentView.tsx
+++ b/app/editor/components/ComponentView.tsx
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ export default class ComponentView {
     }
   }
 
-  stopEvent() {
-    return true;
+  stopEvent(event: Event) {
+    return event.type !== "mousedown" && !event.type.startsWith("drag");
   }
 
   destroy() {
diff --git a/app/editor/index.tsx b/app/editor/index.tsx
index 7e0954b58..a098d237c 100644
--- a/app/editor/index.tsx
+++ b/app/editor/index.tsx
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ export type Props = {
   onKeyDown?: (event: React.KeyboardEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => void;
   /** Collection of embed types to render in the document */
   embeds: EmbedDescriptor[];
+  /** Whether embeds should be rendered without an iframe */
+  embedsDisabled?: boolean;
   /** Callback when a toast message is triggered (eg "link copied") */
   onShowToast?: (message: string, code: ToastType) => void;
   className?: string;
diff --git a/app/menus/DocumentMenu.tsx b/app/menus/DocumentMenu.tsx
index 158aff8dc..2f94a9838 100644
--- a/app/menus/DocumentMenu.tsx
+++ b/app/menus/DocumentMenu.tsx
@@ -410,20 +410,14 @@ function DocumentMenu({
               type: "button",
               title: t("Enable embeds"),
               onClick: document.enableEmbeds,
-              visible:
-                !!showToggleEmbeds &&
-                document.embedsDisabled &&
-                !team.collaborativeEditing,
+              visible: !!showToggleEmbeds && document.embedsDisabled,
               icon: <BuildingBlocksIcon />,
             },
             {
               type: "button",
               title: t("Disable embeds"),
               onClick: document.disableEmbeds,
-              visible:
-                !!showToggleEmbeds &&
-                !document.embedsDisabled &&
-                !team.collaborativeEditing,
+              visible: !!showToggleEmbeds && !document.embedsDisabled,
               icon: <BuildingBlocksIcon />,
             },
             {
diff --git a/app/scenes/Document/components/Document.tsx b/app/scenes/Document/components/Document.tsx
index 935056f24..364477eb2 100644
--- a/app/scenes/Document/components/Document.tsx
+++ b/app/scenes/Document/components/Document.tsx
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ class DocumentScene extends React.Component<Props> {
     const team = auth.team;
     const isShare = !!shareId;
     const value = revision ? revision.text : document.text;
-    const disableEmbeds =
+    const embedsDisabled =
       (team && team.documentEmbeds === false) || document.embedsDisabled;
     const headings = this.editor.current
       ? // @ts-expect-error ts-migrate(2571) FIXME: Object is of type 'unknown'.
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ class DocumentScene extends React.Component<Props> {
                   )}
                   <Editor
                     id={document.id}
-                    key={disableEmbeds ? "disabled" : "enabled"}
+                    key={embedsDisabled ? "disabled" : "enabled"}
                     innerRef={this.editor}
                     multiplayer={collaborativeEditing}
                     shareId={shareId}
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ class DocumentScene extends React.Component<Props> {
                     document={document}
                     value={readOnly ? value : undefined}
                     defaultValue={value}
-                    disableEmbeds={disableEmbeds}
+                    embedsDisabled={embedsDisabled}
                     onSynced={this.onSynced}
                     onImageUploadStart={this.onImageUploadStart}
                     onImageUploadStop={this.onImageUploadStop}
diff --git a/shared/editor/embeds/components/Simple.tsx b/shared/editor/embeds/components/Simple.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c760894c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/editor/embeds/components/Simple.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+import { OpenIcon } from "outline-icons";
+import * as React from "react";
+import styled, { DefaultTheme, ThemeProps } from "styled-components";
+import { EmbedProps as Props } from "../";
+
+export default function Simple(props: Props & ThemeProps<DefaultTheme>) {
+  return (
+    <Wrapper
+      className={
+        props.isSelected
+          ? "ProseMirror-selectednode disabled-embed"
+          : "disabled-embed"
+      }
+      href={props.attrs.href}
+      target="_blank"
+      rel="noreferrer nofollow"
+    >
+      {props.embed.icon(undefined)}
+      <Preview>
+        <Title>{props.embed.title}</Title>
+        <Subtitle>{props.attrs.href.replace(/^https?:\/\//, "")}</Subtitle>
+        <StyledOpenIcon color="currentColor" size={20} />
+      </Preview>
+    </Wrapper>
+  );
+}
+
+const StyledOpenIcon = styled(OpenIcon)`
+  margin-left: auto;
+`;
+
+const Title = styled.strong`
+  font-weight: 500;
+  font-size: 14px;
+  color: ${(props) => props.theme.text};
+`;
+
+const Preview = styled.div`
+  gap: 8px;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: row;
+  flex-grow: 1;
+  align-items: center;
+  color: ${(props) => props.theme.textTertiary};
+`;
+
+const Subtitle = styled.span`
+  font-size: 13px;
+  color: ${(props) => props.theme.textTertiary} !important;
+`;
+
+const Wrapper = styled.a`
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: flex-start;
+  gap: 4px;
+  color: ${(props) => props.theme.text} !important;
+  background: ${(props) => props.theme.secondaryBackground};
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  border-radius: 8px;
+  padding: 6px 8px;
+  max-width: 840px;
+  width: 100%;
+
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  overflow: hidden;
+
+  &:hover {
+    outline: 2px solid ${(props) => props.theme.divider};
+  }
+`;
diff --git a/shared/editor/embeds/index.tsx b/shared/editor/embeds/index.tsx
index 6701c5f10..38045dccb 100644
--- a/shared/editor/embeds/index.tsx
+++ b/shared/editor/embeds/index.tsx
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ import Image from "./components/Image";
 
 export type EmbedProps = {
   isSelected: boolean;
+  isEditable: boolean;
+  embed: EmbedDescriptor;
   attrs: {
     href: string;
     matches: RegExpMatchArray;
diff --git a/shared/editor/nodes/Embed.tsx b/shared/editor/nodes/Embed.tsx
index ca98c7ac9..d50de1109 100644
--- a/shared/editor/nodes/Embed.tsx
+++ b/shared/editor/nodes/Embed.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import Token from "markdown-it/lib/token";
 import { NodeSpec, NodeType, Node as ProsemirrorNode } from "prosemirror-model";
 import { EditorState, Transaction } from "prosemirror-state";
 import * as React from "react";
+import Simple from "../embeds/components/Simple";
 import { MarkdownSerializerState } from "../lib/markdown/serializer";
 import embedsRule from "../rules/embeds";
 import { ComponentProps } from "../types";
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ export default class Embed extends Node {
       },
       parseDOM: [
         {
-          tag: "iframe[class=embed]",
+          tag: "iframe.embed",
           getAttrs: (dom: HTMLIFrameElement) => {
             const { embeds } = this.editor.props;
             const href = dom.getAttribute("src") || "";
@@ -43,6 +44,14 @@ export default class Embed extends Node {
             return {};
           },
         },
+        {
+          tag: "a.disabled-embed",
+          getAttrs: (dom: HTMLAnchorElement) => {
+            return {
+              href: dom.getAttribute("href") || "",
+            };
+          },
+        },
       ],
       toDOM: (node) => [
         "iframe",
@@ -57,22 +66,24 @@ export default class Embed extends Node {
   }
 
   component({ isEditable, isSelected, theme, node }: ComponentProps) {
-    const { embeds } = this.editor.props;
+    const { embeds, embedsDisabled } = this.editor.props;
 
     // matches are cached in module state to avoid re running loops and regex
-    // here. Unfortuantely this function is not compatible with React.memo or
+    // here. Unfortunately this function is not compatible with React.memo or
     // we would use that instead.
     const hit = cache[node.attrs.href];
     let Component = hit ? hit.Component : undefined;
     let matches = hit ? hit.matches : undefined;
+    let embed = hit ? hit.embed : undefined;
 
     if (!Component) {
-      for (const embed of embeds) {
-        const m = embed.matcher(node.attrs.href);
+      for (const e of embeds) {
+        const m = e.matcher(node.attrs.href);
         if (m) {
-          Component = embed.component;
+          Component = e.component;
           matches = m;
-          cache[node.attrs.href] = { Component, matches };
+          embed = e;
+          cache[node.attrs.href] = { Component, embed, matches };
         }
       }
     }
@@ -81,6 +92,18 @@ export default class Embed extends Node {
       return null;
     }
 
+    if (embedsDisabled) {
+      return (
+        <Simple
+          attrs={{ href: node.attrs.href, matches }}
+          embed={embed}
+          isEditable={isEditable}
+          isSelected={isSelected}
+          theme={theme}
+        />
+      );
+    }
+
     return (
       <Component
         attrs={{ ...node.attrs, matches }}
diff --git a/shared/editor/types/index.ts b/shared/editor/types/index.ts
index 2fd2f853b..62867698e 100644
--- a/shared/editor/types/index.ts
+++ b/shared/editor/types/index.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export type MenuItem = {
 };
 
 export type EmbedDescriptor = MenuItem & {
+  icon: React.FC<any>;
   matcher: (url: string) => boolean | [] | RegExpMatchArray;
   component: typeof React.Component | React.FC<any>;
 };