diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/common/constants.ts b/packages/insomnia/src/common/constants.ts
index 9b434b7e0c8..278485db9dd 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/common/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/common/constants.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ export const getClientString = () => `${getAppEnvironment()}::${getAppPlatform()
 export const DEBOUNCE_MILLIS = 100;
 
 export const STATUS_CODE_PLUGIN_ERROR = -222;
-export const LARGE_RESPONSE_MB = 5;
 export const HUGE_RESPONSE_MB = 100;
 export const FLEXIBLE_URL_REGEX = /^(http|https):\/\/[\wàâäèéêëîïôóœùûüÿçÀÂÄÈÉÊËÎÏÔŒÙÛÜŸÇ\-_.]+[/\wàâäèéêëîïôóœùûüÿçÀÂÄÈÉÊËÎÏÔŒÙÛÜŸÇ.\-+=:\][@%^*&!#?;$~'(),]*/;
 export const CHECK_FOR_UPDATES_INTERVAL = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/common/settings.ts b/packages/insomnia/src/common/settings.ts
index bb35abc3697..cb1650a3c1d 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/common/settings.ts
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/common/settings.ts
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ export interface Settings {
   maxHistoryResponses: number;
   maxRedirects: number;
   maxTimelineDataSizeKB: number;
+  maxResponseSizeKB: number;
   noProxy: string;
   nunjucksPowerUserMode: boolean;
   pluginConfig: PluginConfigMap;
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/models/settings.ts b/packages/insomnia/src/models/settings.ts
index 3c2c3cc2b21..bf39769b108 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/models/settings.ts
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/models/settings.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ export function init(): BaseSettings {
     maxHistoryResponses: 20,
     maxRedirects: 10,
     maxTimelineDataSizeKB: 10,
+    maxResponseSizeKB: 5_000,
     noProxy: '',
     nunjucksPowerUserMode: false,
     pluginConfig: {},
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/panes/response-pane.tsx b/packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/panes/response-pane.tsx
index 850a8b84444..91bcb7c44ae 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/panes/response-pane.tsx
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/panes/response-pane.tsx
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ export const ResponsePane: FC<Props> = ({
           <ResponseViewer
             key={activeResponse._id}
             bytes={Math.max(activeResponse.bytesContent, activeResponse.bytesRead)}
+            maxResponseSizeKB={settings.maxResponseSizeKB}
             contentType={activeResponse.contentType || ''}
             disableHtmlPreviewJs={settings.disableHtmlPreviewJs}
             disablePreviewLinks={settings.disableResponsePreviewLinks}
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/settings/general.tsx b/packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/settings/general.tsx
index 7342df6fa0d..a1788e10637 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/settings/general.tsx
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/settings/general.tsx
@@ -242,6 +242,12 @@ export const General: FC = () => {
           help="Enter the maximum size in kibibytes to show on the response timeline. Decrease the number for less detailed responses."
           min={0}
         />
+        <NumberSetting
+          label="Response threshold size (KB)"
+          setting='maxResponseSizeKB'
+          help="Enter the maximum size in kilobytes to show on the response. Enter 0 to disable thresholding."
+          min={0}
+        />
       </div>
 
       <h2 className='font-bold pt-5 pb-2 text-lg sticky top-0 left-0 bg-[--color-bg] z-10'>Security</h2>
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/viewers/response-viewer.tsx b/packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/viewers/response-viewer.tsx
index 709514d8127..e850825156f 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/viewers/response-viewer.tsx
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/viewers/response-viewer.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import React, {
 
 import {
   HUGE_RESPONSE_MB,
-  LARGE_RESPONSE_MB,
   PREVIEW_MODE_FRIENDLY,
   PREVIEW_MODE_RAW,
 } from '../../../common/constants';
@@ -38,6 +37,7 @@ export function xmlDecode(input: string) {
 }
 export interface ResponseViewerProps {
   bytes: number;
+  maxResponseSizeKB: number;
   contentType: string;
   disableHtmlPreviewJs: boolean;
   disablePreviewLinks: boolean;
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ export interface ResponseViewerProps {
 
 export const ResponseViewer = ({
   bytes,
+  maxResponseSizeKB,
   getBody,
   contentType: originalContentType,
   disableHtmlPreviewJs,
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ export const ResponseViewer = ({
   updateFilter,
   url,
 }: ResponseViewerProps) => {
-  const largeResponse = bytes > LARGE_RESPONSE_MB * 1024 * 1024;
+  const largeResponse = maxResponseSizeKB > 0 ? bytes > maxResponseSizeKB * 1024 : false;
   const hugeResponse = bytes > HUGE_RESPONSE_MB * 1024 * 1024;
   const [blockingBecauseTooLarge, setBlockingBecauseTooLarge] = useState(!alwaysShowLargeResponses && largeResponse);
   const [parseError, setParseError] = useState('');
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ export const ResponseViewer = ({
         ) : (
           <Fragment>
             <p className="pad faint">
-              Response over {LARGE_RESPONSE_MB}MB hidden for performance reasons
+                Response over {maxResponseSizeKB}KB hidden for performance reasons
             </p>
             <div>
               <button