diff --git a/Classes/Domain/Model/Dto/EmConfiguration.php b/Classes/Domain/Model/Dto/EmConfiguration.php
index 5f8e877a9f..398fee4cbd 100644
--- a/Classes/Domain/Model/Dto/EmConfiguration.php
+++ b/Classes/Domain/Model/Dto/EmConfiguration.php
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ public function __construct(array $configuration = [])
     /** @var string */
     protected $slugBehaviour = 'unique';
 
+    /** @var bool */
+    protected $pageTreePluginPreview = true;
+
     public function getTagPid(): int
     {
         return (int)$this->tagPid;
@@ -168,4 +171,10 @@ public function getSlugBehaviour(): string
     {
         return $this->slugBehaviour;
     }
+
+    public function getPageTreePluginPreview(): bool
+    {
+        return (bool)$this->pageTreePluginPreview;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/Classes/Event/Listener/ModifyPageTreeItems.php b/Classes/Event/Listener/ModifyPageTreeItems.php
index 317ee44fa1..b4077bc58c 100644
--- a/Classes/Event/Listener/ModifyPageTreeItems.php
+++ b/Classes/Event/Listener/ModifyPageTreeItems.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 namespace GeorgRinger\News\Event\Listener;
 
+use GeorgRinger\News\Domain\Model\Dto\EmConfiguration;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Controller\Event\AfterPageTreeItemsPreparedEvent;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Dto\Tree\Status\StatusInformation;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Attribute\AsEventListener;
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@
 )]
 final class ModifyPageTreeItems
 {
+    private EmConfiguration $emConfiguration;
     private const NEWS_TYPES = [
         'news_pi1' => 'ext-news-plugin-news-list',
         'news_newsliststicky' => 'ext-news-plugin-news-list-sticky',
@@ -37,8 +39,16 @@ final class ModifyPageTreeItems
         'news_taglist' => 'ext-news-plugin-tag-list',
     ];
 
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        $this->emConfiguration = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(EmConfiguration::class);
+    }
+
     public function __invoke(AfterPageTreeItemsPreparedEvent $event): void
     {
+        if (!$this->emConfiguration->getPageTreePluginPreview()) {
+            return;
+        }
         $items = $event->getItems();
         foreach ($items as &$item) {
             $ctype = $this->getFirstFoundNewsType($item['_page']['uid']);
diff --git a/Documentation/Reference/ExtensionConfiguration/Index.rst b/Documentation/Reference/ExtensionConfiguration/Index.rst
index db0ccece74..f915d45271 100644
--- a/Documentation/Reference/ExtensionConfiguration/Index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/Reference/ExtensionConfiguration/Index.rst
@@ -212,6 +212,20 @@ Slug behaviour `slugBehaviour`
    unique
       The same news title in different sites will lead to different slug names.
 
+.. _extensionConfigurationPageTreePluginPreview:
+
+Page Tree Plugin Preview
+------------------------
+
+.. confval:: pageTreePluginPreview
+
+   :type: bool
+   :Default: 1
+
+   If set, pages which contain a news plugin will show an additional icon right to the title in the page tree. This makes it easier to identify pages which are related to EXT:news.
+
+   This setting is only relevant since TYPO3 13!
+
 Backend Module
 ==============
 
diff --git a/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_be.xlf b/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_be.xlf
index 2352208fc2..6711edb228 100644
--- a/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_be.xlf
+++ b/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_be.xlf
@@ -371,6 +371,9 @@
             <trans-unit id="extmng.slugBehaviour" xml:space="preserve">
 				<source>Slug behaviour: uniqueInSite: The same slug can be used for news in different sites. Use this setting *only* if no news records are shared between sites. "unique" means that same news title will lead to different slug names.</source>
 			</trans-unit>
+			<trans-unit id="extmng.pageTreePluginPreview" xml:space="preserve">
+				<source>Plugin preview in page tree: If enabled pages with news plugins are highlighted by showing the plugin icon as status information [TYPO3 13 only]</source>
+			</trans-unit>
             <trans-unit id="usersettings.overlay" xml:space="preserve">
 				<source>Use this overlay for news categories in the Backend</source>
 			</trans-unit>
diff --git a/ext_conf_template.txt b/ext_conf_template.txt
index 0cd9775ee2..5b5f6d38f6 100644
--- a/ext_conf_template.txt
+++ b/ext_conf_template.txt
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ advancedMediaPreview = 1
 # cat=records/enable/155; type=options[unique=unique,uniqueInSite=uniqueInSite,uniqueInPid=uniqueInPid]; label=LLL:EXT:news/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_be.xlf:extmng.slugBehaviour
 slugBehaviour = unique
 
+# cat=records/enable/300; type=boolean; label=LLL:EXT:news/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_be.xlf:extmng.pageTreePluginPreview
+pageTreePluginPreview = 1
+
 # Backend module
 
 # cat=backend module/enable/10; type=boolean; label=LLL:EXT:news/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_be.xlf:extmng.showAdministrationModule