diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/ContentType.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/ContentType.cs
index c37e165837..f4ff7bccf7 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/ContentType.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/ContentType.cs
@@ -32,8 +32,11 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Models
         /// </summary>
         /// <remarks>Only use this for creating ContentTypes at the root (with ParentId -1).</remarks>
         /// <param name="parentId"></param>
-        public ContentType(IShortStringHelper shortStringHelper, int parentId) : base(shortStringHelper, parentId) =>
+        public ContentType(IShortStringHelper shortStringHelper, int parentId) : base(shortStringHelper, parentId)
+        {
             _allowedTemplates = new List<ITemplate>();
+            HistoryCleanup = new HistoryCleanup();
+        }
 
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -43,8 +46,11 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Models
         /// <param name="parent"></param>
         /// <param name="alias"></param>
         public ContentType(IShortStringHelper shortStringHelper, IContentType parent, string alias)
-            : base(shortStringHelper, parent, alias) =>
+            : base(shortStringHelper, parent, alias)
+        {
             _allowedTemplates = new List<ITemplate>();
+            HistoryCleanup = new HistoryCleanup();
+        }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public override bool SupportsPublishing => SupportsPublishingConst;
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Mapping/ContentTypeMapDefinition.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Mapping/ContentTypeMapDefinition.cs
index 9d41c4def9..3281701c84 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Mapping/ContentTypeMapDefinition.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Mapping/ContentTypeMapDefinition.cs
@@ -183,7 +183,8 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Models.Mapping
                 KeepAllVersionsNewerThanDays = source.HistoryCleanup.KeepAllVersionsNewerThanDays,
                 KeepLatestVersionPerDayForDays = source.HistoryCleanup.KeepLatestVersionPerDayForDays,
                 GlobalKeepAllVersionsNewerThanDays = _contentSettings.ContentVersionCleanupPolicy.KeepAllVersionsNewerThanDays,
-                GlobalKeepLatestVersionPerDayForDays = _contentSettings.ContentVersionCleanupPolicy.KeepLatestVersionPerDayForDays
+                GlobalKeepLatestVersionPerDayForDays = _contentSettings.ContentVersionCleanupPolicy.KeepLatestVersionPerDayForDays,
+                GlobalEnableCleanup = _contentSettings.ContentVersionCleanupPolicy.EnableCleanup
             };
 
             target.AllowCultureVariant = source.VariesByCulture();
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/documentTypes/views/permissions/permissions.html b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/documentTypes/views/permissions/permissions.html
index 84bef68274..d78e0647d7 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/documentTypes/views/permissions/permissions.html
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/documentTypes/views/permissions/permissions.html
@@ -102,6 +102,12 @@
 
                 <div class="sub-view-column-right">
                     <umb-box-content>
+                        <p ></p>
+
+                        <div class="umb-panel-group__details-status-text" ng-if="model.historyCleanup.globalEnableCleanup">
+                            <p class="umb-panel-group__details-status-action"><localize key="contentTypeEditor_historyCleanupGloballyDisabled"></localize></p>
+                        </div>
+
                         <umb-control-group label="@contentTypeEditor_historyCleanupPreventCleanup">
                             <umb-toggle checked="model.historyCleanup.preventCleanup" on-click="vm.toggleHistoryCleanupPreventCleanup()"></umb-toggle>
                         </umb-control-group>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/config/lang/en.xml b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/config/lang/en.xml
index 8e1065bc33..84b66bc6a9 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/config/lang/en.xml
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/config/lang/en.xml
@@ -1829,6 +1829,7 @@ To manage your website, simply open the Umbraco backoffice and start adding cont
     <key alias="historyCleanupKeepAllVersionsNewerThanDays">Keep all versions newer than days</key>
     <key alias="historyCleanupKeepLatestVersionPerDayForDays">Keep latest version per day for days</key>
     <key alias="historyCleanupPreventCleanup">Prevent cleanup</key>
+    <key alias="historyCleanupGloballyDisabled">NOTE! The cleanup of historically content versions are disabled globally. These settings will not take effect before it is enabled.</key>
   </area>
   <area alias="languages">
     <key alias="addLanguage">Add language</key>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/config/lang/en_us.xml b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/config/lang/en_us.xml
index 1dd15b373f..639021d82d 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/config/lang/en_us.xml
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/config/lang/en_us.xml
@@ -1886,6 +1886,7 @@ To manage your website, simply open the Umbraco backoffice and start adding cont
     <key alias="historyCleanupKeepAllVersionsNewerThanDays">Keep all versions newer than days</key>
     <key alias="historyCleanupKeepLatestVersionPerDayForDays">Keep latest version per day for days</key>
     <key alias="historyCleanupPreventCleanup">Prevent cleanup</key>
+    <key alias="historyCleanupGloballyDisabled">NOTE! The cleanup of historically content versions are disabled globally. These settings will not take effect before it is enabled.</key>
   </area>
   <area alias="languages">
     <key alias="addLanguage">Add language</key>
diff --git a/tests/Umbraco.Tests.Integration/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Persistence/Repositories/ContentTypeRepositoryTest.cs b/tests/Umbraco.Tests.Integration/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Persistence/Repositories/ContentTypeRepositoryTest.cs
index dfe799e2b8..decd1d7c5c 100644
--- a/tests/Umbraco.Tests.Integration/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Persistence/Repositories/ContentTypeRepositoryTest.cs
+++ b/tests/Umbraco.Tests.Integration/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Persistence/Repositories/ContentTypeRepositoryTest.cs
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Tests.Integration.Umbraco.Infrastructure.Persistence.Repos
                     Assert.AreNotEqual(propertyType.Key, Guid.Empty);
                 }
 
-                TestHelper.AssertPropertyValuesAreEqual(fetched, contentType, ignoreProperties: new[] { "DefaultTemplate", "AllowedTemplates", "UpdateDate" });
+                TestHelper.AssertPropertyValuesAreEqual(fetched, contentType, ignoreProperties: new[] { "DefaultTemplate", "AllowedTemplates", "UpdateDate", "HistoryCleanup" });
             }
         }
 
@@ -378,6 +378,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Tests.Integration.Umbraco.Infrastructure.Persistence.Repos
                 //// Alias = display.Alias,
                 Path = display.Path,
                 //// AdditionalData = display.AdditionalData,
+                HistoryCleanup = display.HistoryCleanup,
 
                 // ContentTypeBasic
                 Alias = display.Alias,
diff --git a/tests/Umbraco.Tests.Integration/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Services/ContentTypeServiceVariantsTests.cs b/tests/Umbraco.Tests.Integration/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Services/ContentTypeServiceVariantsTests.cs
index 946d4a236a..04617ae5f3 100644
--- a/tests/Umbraco.Tests.Integration/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Services/ContentTypeServiceVariantsTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Umbraco.Tests.Integration/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Services/ContentTypeServiceVariantsTests.cs
@@ -3,27 +3,26 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Linq;
-using System.Threading;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
 using NPoco;
 using NUnit.Framework;
-using Umbraco.Cms.Core;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Core.DependencyInjection;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Models;
+using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Models.ContentEditing;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Scoping;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Services;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Sync;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Infrastructure.Persistence;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Infrastructure.Persistence.Dtos;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Infrastructure.PublishedCache;
-using Umbraco.Cms.Infrastructure.PublishedCache.DataSource;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Tests.Common.Builders;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Tests.Common.Testing;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Tests.Integration.Testing;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Tests.Integration.Umbraco.Infrastructure.Scoping;
 using Umbraco.Extensions;
+using Language = Umbraco.Cms.Core.Models.Language;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Cms.Tests.Integration.Umbraco.Infrastructure.Services
 {
@@ -1338,7 +1337,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Tests.Integration.Umbraco.Infrastructure.Services
         {
             Alias = alias,
             Name = alias,
-            Variations = variance
+            Variations = variance,
         };
 
         private PropertyTypeCollection CreatePropertyCollection(params (string alias, ContentVariation variance)[] props)