diff --git a/umap/static/umap/css/bar.css b/umap/static/umap/css/bar.css
index 8631f788..b62249e7 100644
--- a/umap/static/umap/css/bar.css
+++ b/umap/static/umap/css/bar.css
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
 .umap-caption-bar .umap-map-author {
     margin-inline-end: 10px;
 }
-.umap-caption-bar > button + button:after,
+.umap-caption-bar:has(select:not([hidden])) > button + button:after,
 .umap-caption-bar > button + button:before {
     content: '|';
     padding-inline-start: 10px;
diff --git a/umap/static/umap/js/modules/schema.js b/umap/static/umap/js/modules/schema.js
index 900243d8..60101690 100644
--- a/umap/static/umap/js/modules/schema.js
+++ b/umap/static/umap/js/modules/schema.js
@@ -275,6 +275,12 @@ export const SCHEMA = {
     label: translate('Label key'),
     inheritable: true,
   },
+  layerSwitcher: {
+    type: Boolean,
+    impacts: ['ui'],
+    label: translate('Do you want to display layer switcher in caption bar?'),
+    default: true,
+  },
   licence: {
     type: String,
     impacts: ['ui'],
diff --git a/umap/static/umap/js/modules/ui/bar.js b/umap/static/umap/js/modules/ui/bar.js
index d6055b17..d75ddb42 100644
--- a/umap/static/umap/js/modules/ui/bar.js
+++ b/umap/static/umap/js/modules/ui/bar.js
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ const BOTTOM_BAR_TEMPLATE = `
     <button class="umap-about-link flat" type="button" title="${translate('Open caption')}" data-ref="caption">${translate('Open caption')}</button>
     <button class="umap-open-browser-link flat" type="button" title="${translate('Browse data')}" data-ref="browse">${translate('Browse data')}</button>
     <button class="umap-open-browser-link flat" type="button" title="${translate('Filter data')}" data-ref="filter">${translate('Filter data')}</button>
-    <select data-ref=layers></select>
+    <select data-ref="layers"></select>
   </div>
 `
 
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ export class BottomBar extends WithTemplate {
       this.elements.layers.hidden = true
     } else {
       this.elements.layers.appendChild(Utils.loadTemplate(`<option value=""></option>`))
-      this.elements.layers.hidden = false
+      this.elements.layers.hidden = !this._umap.getProperty('layerSwitcher')
       const visible = datalayers.filter((datalayer) => datalayer.isVisible())
       for (const datalayer of datalayers) {
         const selected = visible.length === 1 && datalayer.isVisible() ? 'selected' : ''
diff --git a/umap/static/umap/js/modules/umap.js b/umap/static/umap/js/modules/umap.js
index f7dfeaef..abccd5d3 100644
--- a/umap/static/umap/js/modules/umap.js
+++ b/umap/static/umap/js/modules/umap.js
@@ -836,6 +836,7 @@ export default class Umap {
       'properties.displayPopupFooter',
       'properties.captionBar',
       'properties.captionMenus',
+      'properties.layerSwitcher',
     ])
     const builder = new MutatingForm(this, UIFields, { umap: this })
     const controlsOptions = DomUtil.createFieldset(