diff --git a/.changes/cli-plugin-no-example.md b/.changes/cli-plugin-no-example.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3648c20ceb0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/cli-plugin-no-example.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"tauri-cli": "patch:feat"
+"@tauri-apps/cli": "patch:feat"
+---
+
+Add `--no-example` flag for `tauri plugin new` and `tauri plugin init` to disable creation of an example project.
+
diff --git a/crates/tauri-cli/src/plugin/init.rs b/crates/tauri-cli/src/plugin/init.rs
index f23cc3349e3f..238283b3e008 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-cli/src/plugin/init.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri-cli/src/plugin/init.rs
@@ -33,16 +33,13 @@ pub struct Options {
   /// Initializes a Tauri plugin without the TypeScript API
   #[clap(long)]
   pub(crate) no_api: bool,
-  /// Initializes a Tauri core plugin (internal usage)
-  #[clap(long, hide(true))]
-  pub(crate) tauri: bool,
+  /// Initialize without an example project.
+  #[clap(long)]
+  pub(crate) no_example: bool,
   /// Set target directory for init
   #[clap(short, long)]
   #[clap(default_value_t = current_dir().expect("failed to read cwd").display().to_string())]
   pub(crate) directory: String,
-  /// Path of the Tauri project to use (relative to the cwd)
-  #[clap(short, long)]
-  pub(crate) tauri_path: Option<PathBuf>,
   /// Author name
   #[clap(short, long)]
   pub(crate) author: Option<String>,
@@ -59,6 +56,13 @@ pub struct Options {
   #[clap(long)]
   #[clap(default_value_t = PluginIosFramework::default())]
   pub(crate) ios_framework: PluginIosFramework,
+
+  /// Initializes a Tauri core plugin (internal usage)
+  #[clap(long, hide(true))]
+  pub(crate) tauri: bool,
+  /// Path of the Tauri project to use (relative to the cwd)
+  #[clap(short, long)]
+  pub(crate) tauri_path: Option<PathBuf>,
 }
 
 impl Options {
@@ -176,14 +180,14 @@ pub fn command(mut options: Options) -> Result<()> {
         if let Component::Normal(component) = root {
           match component.to_str().unwrap() {
             "__example-api" => {
-              if options.no_api {
+              if options.no_api || options.no_example {
                 return Ok(None);
               } else {
                 path = Path::new("examples").join(components.collect::<PathBuf>());
               }
             }
             "__example-basic" => {
-              if options.no_api {
+              if options.no_api && !options.no_example {
                 path = Path::new("examples").join(components.collect::<PathBuf>());
               } else {
                 return Ok(None);
diff --git a/crates/tauri-cli/src/plugin/new.rs b/crates/tauri-cli/src/plugin/new.rs
index ca17994106af..55205858767a 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-cli/src/plugin/new.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri-cli/src/plugin/new.rs
@@ -15,15 +15,12 @@ pub struct Options {
   /// Initializes a Tauri plugin without the TypeScript API
   #[clap(long)]
   no_api: bool,
-  /// Initializes a Tauri core plugin (internal usage)
-  #[clap(long, hide(true))]
-  tauri: bool,
+  /// Initialize without an example project.
+  #[clap(long)]
+  no_example: bool,
   /// Set target directory for init
   #[clap(short, long)]
   directory: Option<String>,
-  /// Path of the Tauri project to use (relative to the cwd)
-  #[clap(short, long)]
-  tauri_path: Option<PathBuf>,
   /// Author name
   #[clap(short, long)]
   author: Option<String>,
@@ -40,6 +37,13 @@ pub struct Options {
   #[clap(long)]
   #[clap(default_value_t = PluginIosFramework::default())]
   pub(crate) ios_framework: PluginIosFramework,
+
+  /// Initializes a Tauri core plugin (internal usage)
+  #[clap(long, hide(true))]
+  tauri: bool,
+  /// Path of the Tauri project to use (relative to the cwd)
+  #[clap(short, long)]
+  tauri_path: Option<PathBuf>,
 }
 
 impl From<Options> for super::init::Options {
@@ -47,14 +51,16 @@ impl From<Options> for super::init::Options {
     Self {
       plugin_name: Some(o.plugin_name),
       no_api: o.no_api,
-      tauri: o.tauri,
+      no_example: o.no_example,
       directory: o.directory.unwrap(),
-      tauri_path: o.tauri_path,
       author: o.author,
       android: o.android,
       ios: o.ios,
       mobile: o.mobile,
       ios_framework: o.ios_framework,
+
+      tauri: o.tauri,
+      tauri_path: o.tauri_path,
     }
   }
 }