diff --git a/docs/plugins/multi-tenant.mdx b/docs/plugins/multi-tenant.mdx
index 29c68f4465..544efd71a2 100644
--- a/docs/plugins/multi-tenant.mdx
+++ b/docs/plugins/multi-tenant.mdx
@@ -80,13 +80,18 @@ type MultiTenantPluginConfig<ConfigTypes = unknown> = {
        * @default false
        */
       isGlobal?: boolean
+      /**
+       * Opt out of adding the tenant field and place
+       * it manually using the `tenantField` export from the plugin
+       */
+      customTenantField?: boolean
       /**
        * Overrides for the tenant field, will override the entire tenantField configuration
        */
       tenantFieldOverrides?: CollectionTenantFieldConfigOverrides
       /**
-       * Set to `false` if you want to manually apply
-       * the baseFilter
+       * Set to `false` if you want to manually apply the baseListFilter
+       * Set to `false` if you want to manually apply the baseFilter
        *
        * @default true
        */
diff --git a/packages/plugin-multi-tenant/src/components/TenantField/index.client.tsx b/packages/plugin-multi-tenant/src/components/TenantField/index.client.tsx
index 477a8782c2..a657a82b11 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-multi-tenant/src/components/TenantField/index.client.tsx
+++ b/packages/plugin-multi-tenant/src/components/TenantField/index.client.tsx
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export const TenantField = (args: Props) => {
     }
   }, [args.unique, options, selectedTenantID, setTenant, value, setEntityType, entityType])
 
-  if (options.length > 1) {
+  if (options.length > 1 && !args.field.admin?.hidden && !args.field.hidden) {
     return (
       <>
         <div className={baseClass}>
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export const TenantField = (args: Props) => {
                 ...args.field,
                 required: true,
               }}
-              readOnly={args.readOnly || args.unique}
+              readOnly={args.readOnly || args.field.admin?.readOnly || args.unique}
             />
           </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/packages/plugin-multi-tenant/src/exports/fields.ts b/packages/plugin-multi-tenant/src/exports/fields.ts
index b333696f27..7dd1ac4477 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-multi-tenant/src/exports/fields.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-multi-tenant/src/exports/fields.ts
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+export { tenantField } from '../fields/tenantField/index.js'
 export { tenantsArrayField } from '../fields/tenantsArrayField/index.js'
diff --git a/packages/plugin-multi-tenant/src/exports/utilities.ts b/packages/plugin-multi-tenant/src/exports/utilities.ts
index 07f232a71f..78190c57e4 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-multi-tenant/src/exports/utilities.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-multi-tenant/src/exports/utilities.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+export { defaults } from '../defaults.js'
 export { filterDocumentsByTenants as getTenantListFilter } from '../filters/filterDocumentsByTenants.js'
 export { getGlobalViewRedirect } from '../utilities/getGlobalViewRedirect.js'
 export { getTenantAccess } from '../utilities/getTenantAccess.js'
diff --git a/packages/plugin-multi-tenant/src/index.ts b/packages/plugin-multi-tenant/src/index.ts
index 39fbc40466..0328a9fd3a 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-multi-tenant/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-multi-tenant/src/index.ts
@@ -178,24 +178,24 @@ export const multiTenantPlugin =
           tenantsCollectionSlug,
         })
 
-        const overrides = pluginConfig.collections[collection.slug]?.tenantFieldOverrides
-          ? pluginConfig.collections[collection.slug]?.tenantFieldOverrides
-          : pluginConfig.tenantField || {}
-
-        /**
-         * Add tenant field to enabled collections
-         */
-        collection.fields.unshift(
-          tenantField({
-            name: tenantFieldName,
-            debug: pluginConfig.debug,
-            overrides,
-            tenantsArrayFieldName,
-            tenantsArrayTenantFieldName,
-            tenantsCollectionSlug,
-            unique: false,
-          }),
-        )
+        if (pluginConfig.collections[foldersSlug]?.customTenantField !== true) {
+          /**
+           * Add tenant field to enabled collections
+           */
+          collection.fields.unshift(
+            tenantField({
+              name: tenantFieldName,
+              debug: pluginConfig.debug,
+              overrides: pluginConfig.collections[collection.slug]?.tenantFieldOverrides
+                ? pluginConfig.collections[collection.slug]?.tenantFieldOverrides
+                : pluginConfig.tenantField || {},
+              tenantsArrayFieldName,
+              tenantsArrayTenantFieldName,
+              tenantsCollectionSlug,
+              unique: false,
+            }),
+          )
+        }
 
         const { useBaseFilter, useBaseListFilter } = pluginConfig.collections[collection.slug] || {}
         if (useBaseFilter ?? useBaseListFilter ?? true) {
@@ -348,24 +348,24 @@ export const multiTenantPlugin =
           tenantsCollectionSlug,
         })
 
-        const overrides = pluginConfig.collections[collection.slug]?.tenantFieldOverrides
-          ? pluginConfig.collections[collection.slug]?.tenantFieldOverrides
-          : pluginConfig.tenantField || {}
-
-        /**
-         * Add tenant field to enabled collections
-         */
-        collection.fields.unshift(
-          tenantField({
-            name: tenantFieldName,
-            debug: pluginConfig.debug,
-            overrides,
-            tenantsArrayFieldName,
-            tenantsArrayTenantFieldName,
-            tenantsCollectionSlug,
-            unique: isGlobal,
-          }),
-        )
+        if (pluginConfig.collections[collection.slug]?.customTenantField !== true) {
+          /**
+           * Add tenant field to enabled collections
+           */
+          collection.fields.unshift(
+            tenantField({
+              name: tenantFieldName,
+              debug: pluginConfig.debug,
+              overrides: pluginConfig.collections[collection.slug]?.tenantFieldOverrides
+                ? pluginConfig.collections[collection.slug]?.tenantFieldOverrides
+                : pluginConfig.tenantField || {},
+              tenantsArrayFieldName,
+              tenantsArrayTenantFieldName,
+              tenantsCollectionSlug,
+              unique: isGlobal,
+            }),
+          )
+        }
 
         const { useBaseFilter, useBaseListFilter } = pluginConfig.collections[collection.slug] || {}
         if (useBaseFilter ?? useBaseListFilter ?? true) {
diff --git a/packages/plugin-multi-tenant/src/types.ts b/packages/plugin-multi-tenant/src/types.ts
index 7b87c90a3e..0374bc9a5f 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-multi-tenant/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-multi-tenant/src/types.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ export type MultiTenantPluginConfig<ConfigTypes = unknown> = {
    */
   collections: {
     [key in CollectionSlug]?: {
+      /**
+       * Opt out of adding the tenant field and place
+       * it manually using the `tenantField` export from the plugin
+       */
+      customTenantField?: boolean
       /**
        * Set to `true` if you want the collection to behave as a global
        *
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/elements/FolderView/FolderTypeField/index.tsx b/packages/ui/src/elements/FolderView/FolderTypeField/index.tsx
index 3ac8125945..16b07ed88b 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/elements/FolderView/FolderTypeField/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/elements/FolderView/FolderTypeField/index.tsx
@@ -102,39 +102,37 @@ export const FolderTypeField = ({
   const styles = React.useMemo(() => mergeFieldStyles(field), [field])
 
   return (
-    <div>
-      <SelectInput
-        AfterInput={AfterInput}
-        BeforeInput={BeforeInput}
-        className={className}
-        Description={Description}
-        description={t('folder:folderTypeDescription')}
-        Error={Error}
-        filterOption={
-          selectFilterOptions
-            ? ({ value }) =>
-                selectFilterOptions?.some(
-                  (option) => (typeof option === 'string' ? option : option.value) === value,
-                )
-            : undefined
-        }
-        hasMany={hasMany}
-        isClearable={isClearable}
-        isSortable={isSortable}
-        Label={Label}
-        label={label}
-        localized={localized}
-        name={name}
-        onChange={onChange}
-        options={options}
-        path={path}
-        placeholder={placeholder}
-        readOnly={readOnly || disabled}
-        required={required || (Array.isArray(folderType) && folderType.length > 0)}
-        showError={showError}
-        style={styles}
-        value={value as string | string[]}
-      />
-    </div>
+    <SelectInput
+      AfterInput={AfterInput}
+      BeforeInput={BeforeInput}
+      className={className}
+      Description={Description}
+      description={t('folder:folderTypeDescription')}
+      Error={Error}
+      filterOption={
+        selectFilterOptions
+          ? ({ value }) =>
+              selectFilterOptions?.some(
+                (option) => (typeof option === 'string' ? option : option.value) === value,
+              )
+          : undefined
+      }
+      hasMany={hasMany}
+      isClearable={isClearable}
+      isSortable={isSortable}
+      Label={Label}
+      label={label}
+      localized={localized}
+      name={name}
+      onChange={onChange}
+      options={options}
+      path={path}
+      placeholder={placeholder}
+      readOnly={readOnly || disabled}
+      required={required || (Array.isArray(folderType) && folderType.length > 0)}
+      showError={showError}
+      style={styles}
+      value={value as string | string[]}
+    />
   )
 }