diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 47b9a760..7d2e8f8b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ That said, these are more guidelines rather than hardset rules, though the proje
 ### Features
 
 - [#1793](https://github.com/ClementTsang/bottom/pull/1793): Add support for threads in Linux.
+- [#1719](https://github.com/ClementTsang/bottom/pull/1719): Support ignoring all keypresses.
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index 2ae88928..22e5d7b1 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ pub struct AppConfigFields {
     pub use_old_network_legend: bool,
     pub table_gap: u16,
     pub disable_click: bool,
+    pub disable_keys: bool,
     pub enable_gpu: bool,
     pub enable_cache_memory: bool,
     pub show_table_scroll_position: bool,
diff --git a/src/constants.rs b/src/constants.rs
index a28cb3a3..31eed970 100644
--- a/src/constants.rs
+++ b/src/constants.rs
@@ -325,6 +325,9 @@ pub(crate) const CONFIG_TEXT: &str = r#"# This is a default config file for bott
 # Disable mouse clicks
 #disable_click = false
 
+# Disable keyboard shortcuts
+#disable_keys = false
+
 # Show memory values in the processes widget as values by default
 #process_memory_as_value = false
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index deeec578..cab6335b 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -145,7 +145,10 @@ fn panic_hook(panic_info: &PanicHookInfo<'_>) {
 /// Create a thread to poll for user inputs and forward them to the main thread.
 fn create_input_thread(
     sender: Sender<BottomEvent>, cancellation_token: Arc<CancellationToken>,
+    app_config_fields: &AppConfigFields,
 ) -> JoinHandle<()> {
+    let keys_disabled = app_config_fields.disable_keys;
+
     thread::spawn(move || {
         let mut mouse_timer = Instant::now();
 
@@ -177,7 +180,9 @@ fn create_input_thread(
                                     break;
                                 }
                             }
-                            Event::Key(key) if key.kind == KeyEventKind::Press => {
+                            Event::Key(key)
+                                if !keys_disabled && key.kind == KeyEventKind::Press =>
+                            {
                                 // For now, we only care about key down events. This may change in
                                 // the future.
                                 if sender.send(BottomEvent::KeyInput(key)).is_err() {
@@ -325,7 +330,11 @@ pub fn start_bottom(enable_error_hook: &mut bool) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     );
 
     // Set up the input handling loop thread.
-    let _input_thread = create_input_thread(sender.clone(), cancellation_token.clone());
+    let _input_thread = create_input_thread(
+        sender.clone(),
+        cancellation_token.clone(),
+        &app.app_config_fields,
+    );
 
     // Set up the cleaning loop thread.
     let _cleaning_thread = {
diff --git a/src/options.rs b/src/options.rs
index 38a6eecd..22055ebd 100644
--- a/src/options.rs
+++ b/src/options.rs
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ pub(crate) fn init_app(args: BottomArgs, config: Config) -> Result<(App, BottomL
         use_old_network_legend: is_flag_enabled!(use_old_network_legend, args.network, config),
         table_gap: u16::from(!(is_flag_enabled!(hide_table_gap, args.general, config))),
         disable_click: is_flag_enabled!(disable_click, args.general, config),
+        disable_keys: is_flag_enabled!(disable_keys, args.general, config),
         enable_gpu: get_enable_gpu(args, config),
         enable_cache_memory: get_enable_cache_memory(args, config),
         show_table_scroll_position: is_flag_enabled!(
@@ -1038,7 +1039,7 @@ mod test {
         app::App,
         args::BottomArgs,
         options::{
-            config::flags::FlagConfig, get_default_time_value, get_retention, get_update_rate,
+            config::flags::GeneralConfig, get_default_time_value, get_retention, get_update_rate,
             try_parse_ms,
         },
     };
@@ -1117,7 +1118,7 @@ mod test {
         let args = BottomArgs::parse_from(["btm"]);
 
         let mut config = Config::default();
-        let flags = FlagConfig {
+        let flags = GeneralConfig {
             time_delta: Some("2 min".to_string().into()),
             default_time_value: Some("300s".to_string().into()),
             rate: Some("1s".to_string().into()),
@@ -1147,7 +1148,7 @@ mod test {
         let args = BottomArgs::parse_from(["btm"]);
 
         let mut config = Config::default();
-        let flags = FlagConfig {
+        let flags = GeneralConfig {
             time_delta: Some("120000".to_string().into()),
             default_time_value: Some("300000".to_string().into()),
             rate: Some("1000".to_string().into()),
@@ -1177,7 +1178,7 @@ mod test {
         let args = BottomArgs::parse_from(["btm"]);
 
         let mut config = Config::default();
-        let flags = FlagConfig {
+        let flags = GeneralConfig {
             time_delta: Some(120000.into()),
             default_time_value: Some(300000.into()),
             rate: Some(1000.into()),
diff --git a/src/options/args.rs b/src/options/args.rs
index 8d9af597..cf7a8fec 100644
--- a/src/options/args.rs
+++ b/src/options/args.rs
@@ -207,6 +207,15 @@ pub struct GeneralArgs {
     )]
     pub disable_click: bool,
 
+    #[arg(
+        long,
+        action = ArgAction::SetTrue,
+        help = "Disables keypresses.",
+        long_help = "Disables keypresses from interacting with bottom. Note this includes keyboard shortcuts to quit bottom.",
+        alias = "disable-keys"
+    )]
+    pub disable_keys: bool,
+
     // TODO: Change this to accept a string with the type of marker.
     #[arg(
         short = 'm',
diff --git a/src/options/config.rs b/src/options/config.rs
index 073153ac..7c6615fd 100644
--- a/src/options/config.rs
+++ b/src/options/config.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ pub mod style;
 pub mod temperature;
 
 use disk::DiskConfig;
-use flags::FlagConfig;
+use flags::GeneralConfig;
 use network::NetworkConfig;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use style::StyleConfig;
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ use self::{cpu::CpuConfig, layout::Row, process::ProcessesConfig};
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "generate_schema", derive(schemars::JsonSchema))]
 #[cfg_attr(test, serde(deny_unknown_fields), derive(PartialEq, Eq))]
 pub struct Config {
-    pub(crate) flags: Option<FlagConfig>,
+    pub(crate) flags: Option<GeneralConfig>,
     pub(crate) styles: Option<StyleConfig>,
     pub(crate) row: Option<Vec<Row>>,
     pub(crate) processes: Option<ProcessesConfig>,
diff --git a/src/options/config/flags.rs b/src/options/config/flags.rs
index 5eb0ae7b..211af8af 100644
--- a/src/options/config/flags.rs
+++ b/src/options/config/flags.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use super::StringOrNum;
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "generate_schema", derive(schemars::JsonSchema))]
 #[cfg_attr(test, serde(deny_unknown_fields), derive(PartialEq, Eq))]
-pub(crate) struct FlagConfig {
+pub(crate) struct GeneralConfig {
     pub(crate) hide_avg_cpu: Option<bool>,
     pub(crate) dot_marker: Option<bool>,
     pub(crate) temperature_type: Option<String>,
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ pub(crate) struct FlagConfig {
     pub(crate) hide_table_gap: Option<bool>,
     pub(crate) battery: Option<bool>,
     pub(crate) disable_click: Option<bool>,
+    pub(crate) disable_keys: Option<bool>,
     pub(crate) no_write: Option<bool>,
     pub(crate) network_legend: Option<String>,
     pub(crate) memory_legend: Option<String>,