diff --git a/backend/src/routes/adminEvents.js b/backend/src/routes/adminEvents.js
index 97c0faf2..13557a3f 100644
--- a/backend/src/routes/adminEvents.js
+++ b/backend/src/routes/adminEvents.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ const { normaliseEventTimeTriple } = require('../services/eventService');
 const { hasColumnCached } = require('../utils/schemaCache');
 const { validateFileType } = require('../utils/fileSecurityUtils');
 const { requireEventOwnership } = require('../middleware/ownership');
+const { requireFeatureFlag } = require('../middleware/requireFeatureFlag');
 const { getFrontendBaseUrl } = require('../utils/frontendUrl');
 const downloadZipService = require('../services/downloadZipService');
 
@@ -1929,7 +1930,7 @@ async function loadOwnedEvent(req) {
 // Generate (or rotate) the slideshow share token. Idempotent in intent: each
 // call mints a fresh token, which both "Generate" (first time) and "Regenerate"
 // (rotate, kills the old link) use.
-router.post('/:id/slideshow/generate', adminAuth, requirePermission('events.edit'), requireEventOwnership, async (req, res) => {
+router.post('/:id/slideshow/generate', adminAuth, requirePermission('events.edit'), requireFeatureFlag('slideshow'), requireEventOwnership, async (req, res) => {
   try {
     const event = await loadOwnedEvent(req);
     if (!event) {
@@ -1988,7 +1989,7 @@ router.post('/:id/slideshow/disable', adminAuth, requirePermission('events.edit'
 // Update the LIVE slideshow settings (display time / transition style / speed).
 // A running projector picks these up via the show-page settings poll within a
 // few seconds — no need to regenerate the link.
-router.patch('/:id/slideshow', adminAuth, requirePermission('events.edit'), requireEventOwnership, [
+router.patch('/:id/slideshow', adminAuth, requirePermission('events.edit'), requireFeatureFlag('slideshow'), requireEventOwnership, [
   body('show_interval_ms').optional().isInt({ min: 1000, max: 120000 }),
   body('show_transition').optional().isIn(SLIDESHOW_TRANSITIONS),
   body('show_transition_ms').optional().isInt({ min: 100, max: 5000 }),
diff --git a/backend/src/routes/gallery.js b/backend/src/routes/gallery.js
index 2d198270..f2b7226f 100644
--- a/backend/src/routes/gallery.js
+++ b/backend/src/routes/gallery.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ const { setGalleryAuthCookies } = require('../utils/tokenUtils');
 // Read globals from app_settings (the real table) — settingsService.getSetting
 // queries a non-existent `settings` table and throws.
 const { getAppSetting } = require('../utils/appSettings');
+const { isFeatureEnabled } = require('../middleware/requireFeatureFlag');
 const fs = require('fs');
 
 // Get storage path from environment or default
@@ -245,6 +246,10 @@ function slideshowPhotosQuery(eventId) {
 // dead link reveals nothing and stops any projector on its next poll.
 async function resolveSlideshow(slug, token) {
   if (!token) return null;
+  // The `slideshow` feature flag is a master kill-switch: when an admin turns
+  // Live Slideshow off, every existing /show/ link dies on its next request
+  // (the running projector stops within one /state poll), not just the admin UI.
+  if (!(await isFeatureEnabled('slideshow'))) return null;
   const event = await db('events')
     .where({
       slug,