diff --git a/Documentation/CRDs/specification.md b/Documentation/CRDs/specification.md
index ed9c73bb6..ce61b98c4 100644
--- a/Documentation/CRDs/specification.md
+++ b/Documentation/CRDs/specification.md
@@ -3120,6 +3120,19 @@ CSICephFSSpec
 <p>CephFS defines CSI Driver settings for CephFS driver.</p>
 </td>
 </tr>
+<tr>
+<td>
+<code>skipUserCreation</code><br/>
+<em>
+bool
+</em>
+</td>
+<td>
+<em>(Optional)</em>
+<p>SkipUserCreation determines whether CSI users and their associated secrets should be skipped.
+If set to true, the user must manually manage these secrets.</p>
+</td>
+</tr>
 </tbody>
 </table>
 <h3 id="ceph.rook.io/v1.Capacity">Capacity
diff --git a/deploy/charts/rook-ceph/templates/resources.yaml b/deploy/charts/rook-ceph/templates/resources.yaml
index feddc45bd..434d25821 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/rook-ceph/templates/resources.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/rook-ceph/templates/resources.yaml
@@ -1560,6 +1560,11 @@ spec:
                           description: Enables read affinity for CSI driver.
                           type: boolean
                       type: object
+                    skipUserCreation:
+                      description: |-
+                        SkipUserCreation determines whether CSI users and their associated secrets should be skipped.
+                        If set to true, the user must manually manage these secrets.
+                      type: boolean
                   type: object
                 dashboard:
                   description: Dashboard settings
diff --git a/deploy/examples/crds.yaml b/deploy/examples/crds.yaml
index 13f6dba30..6b17ef685 100644
--- a/deploy/examples/crds.yaml
+++ b/deploy/examples/crds.yaml
@@ -1558,6 +1558,11 @@ spec:
                           description: Enables read affinity for CSI driver.
                           type: boolean
                       type: object
+                    skipUserCreation:
+                      description: |-
+                        SkipUserCreation determines whether CSI users and their associated secrets should be skipped.
+                        If set to true, the user must manually manage these secrets.
+                      type: boolean
                   type: object
                 dashboard:
                   description: Dashboard settings
diff --git a/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/types.go b/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/types.go
index 538feac96..a2cb12a06 100755
--- a/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/types.go
@@ -255,6 +255,10 @@ type CSIDriverSpec struct {
 	// CephFS defines CSI Driver settings for CephFS driver.
 	// +optional
 	CephFS CSICephFSSpec `json:"cephfs,omitempty"`
+	// SkipUserCreation determines whether CSI users and their associated secrets should be skipped.
+	// If set to true, the user must manually manage these secrets.
+	// +optional
+	SkipUserCreation bool `json:"skipUserCreation,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // CSICephFSSpec defines the settings for CephFS CSI driver.
diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/secrets.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/secrets.go
index 86739101f..28c424d02 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/secrets.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/secrets.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 package csi
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/rook/rook/pkg/clusterd"
 	"github.com/rook/rook/pkg/daemon/ceph/client"
@@ -172,6 +174,13 @@ func createOrUpdateCSISecret(clusterInfo *client.ClusterInfo, csiRBDProvisionerS
 
 // CreateCSISecrets creates all the Kubernetes CSI Secrets
 func CreateCSISecrets(context *clusterd.Context, clusterInfo *client.ClusterInfo) error {
+	if clusterInfo.CSIDriverSpec.SkipUserCreation {
+		if err := deleteOwnedCSISecretsByCephCluster(context, clusterInfo); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		logger.Info("CSI user creation is disabled; skipping user and secret creation")
+		return nil
+	}
 	k := keyring.GetSecretStore(context, clusterInfo, clusterInfo.OwnerInfo)
 
 	// Create CSI RBD Provisioner Ceph key
@@ -205,3 +214,26 @@ func CreateCSISecrets(context *clusterd.Context, clusterInfo *client.ClusterInfo
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func deleteOwnedCSISecretsByCephCluster(context *clusterd.Context, clusterInfo *client.ClusterInfo) error {
+	ownerRef := metav1.OwnerReference{
+		APIVersion: "ceph.rook.io/v1",
+		Kind:       "CephCluster",
+		Name:       clusterInfo.NamespacedName().Name,
+	}
+	secrets := []string{CsiRBDNodeSecret, CsiRBDProvisionerSecret, CsiCephFSNodeSecret, CsiCephFSProvisionerSecret}
+	for _, secretName := range secrets {
+		err := k8sutil.DeleteSecretIfOwnedBy(
+			clusterInfo.Context,
+			context.Clientset,
+			secretName,
+			clusterInfo.Namespace,
+			ownerRef,
+		)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete secret %q: %w", secretName, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/secrets_test.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/secrets_test.go
index 7b3d2116a..61f3e6cf0 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/secrets_test.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/secrets_test.go
@@ -17,9 +17,17 @@ limitations under the License.
 package csi
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/rook/rook/pkg/clusterd"
+	"github.com/rook/rook/pkg/daemon/ceph/client"
+	"github.com/rook/rook/pkg/operator/ceph/config/keyring"
+	"github.com/rook/rook/pkg/operator/k8sutil"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	k8sfake "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
 )
 
 func TestCephCSIKeyringRBDNodeCaps(t *testing.T) {
@@ -41,3 +49,78 @@ func TestCephCSIKeyringCephFSProvisionerCaps(t *testing.T) {
 	caps := cephCSIKeyringCephFSProvisionerCaps()
 	assert.Equal(t, caps, []string{"mon", "allow r, allow command 'osd blocklist'", "mgr", "allow rw", "osd", "allow rw tag cephfs metadata=*", "mds", "allow *"})
 }
+
+func Test_deleteOwnedCSISecretsByCephCluster(t *testing.T) {
+	const (
+		namespace   = "rook-ceph"
+		cephCluster = "my-ceph-cluster"
+	)
+
+	// Create fake client
+	clientset := k8sfake.NewSimpleClientset()
+
+	// Cluster context
+	clusterContext := &clusterd.Context{
+		Clientset: clientset,
+	}
+
+	clusterInfo := &client.ClusterInfo{
+		OwnerInfo: k8sutil.NewOwnerInfoWithOwnerRef(&metav1.OwnerReference{
+			APIVersion: "ceph.rook.io/v1",
+			Kind:       "CephCluster",
+			Name:       cephCluster,
+		}, namespace),
+	}
+	clusterInfo.Namespace = namespace
+	clusterInfo.SetName(cephCluster)
+
+	ctx := &clusterd.Context{
+		Clientset: clientset,
+	}
+
+	k := keyring.GetSecretStore(ctx, clusterInfo, clusterInfo.OwnerInfo)
+
+	// create csi secrets
+	err := createOrUpdateCSISecret(clusterInfo, "", "", "", "", k)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Remove ownerRef from the CsiCephFSNodeSecret to ensure it won't get deleted
+	secret, err := clientset.CoreV1().Secrets(namespace).Get(context.TODO(), CsiCephFSProvisionerSecret, metav1.GetOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	secret.OwnerReferences = nil
+	secret.SetOwnerReferences([]metav1.OwnerReference{
+		{
+			APIVersion: "ceph.rook.io/v1",
+			Kind:       "CephClient",
+			Name:       "test-client",
+		},
+	})
+	_, err = clientset.CoreV1().Secrets(namespace).Update(context.TODO(), secret, metav1.UpdateOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	err = deleteOwnedCSISecretsByCephCluster(clusterContext, clusterInfo)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Verify owned secret is deleted
+	secrets := []string{CsiRBDNodeSecret, CsiRBDProvisionerSecret, CsiCephFSNodeSecret}
+	for _, secretName := range secrets {
+		_, err = clientset.CoreV1().Secrets(namespace).Get(context.TODO(), secretName, metav1.GetOptions{})
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Errorf("expected owned secret %q to be deleted", secretName)
+		}
+	}
+	// Verify unowned secret still exists
+	_, err = clientset.CoreV1().Secrets(namespace).Get(context.TODO(), CsiCephFSProvisionerSecret, metav1.GetOptions{})
+	if err != nil && apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+		t.Errorf("expected unowned secret %q to still exist", CsiCephFSProvisionerSecret)
+	}
+}