diff --git a/ui/app/components/recovery/page/snapshots/snapshot-details.hbs b/ui/app/components/recovery/page/snapshots/snapshot-details.hbs
index 1a58e16b6b..917de05001 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/recovery/page/snapshots/snapshot-details.hbs
+++ b/ui/app/components/recovery/page/snapshots/snapshot-details.hbs
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@
             @route="vault.cluster.recovery.snapshots.snapshot.manage"
             @models={{array @model.snapshot.snapshot_id}}
           >Manage secrets</dd.Interactive>
-          <dd.Interactive @color="critical" @icon="trash" {{on "click" this.unloadSnapshot}}>Unload snapshot</dd.Interactive>
+          {{#if this.namespace.inRootNamespace}}
+            <dd.Interactive @color="critical" @icon="trash" {{on "click" this.unloadSnapshot}}>Unload snapshot</dd.Interactive>
+          {{/if}}
         </Hds::Dropdown>
       </B.Td>
     </B.Tr>
diff --git a/ui/app/components/recovery/page/snapshots/snapshot-details.ts b/ui/app/components/recovery/page/snapshots/snapshot-details.ts
index a7bae93430..95c09e74a1 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/recovery/page/snapshots/snapshot-details.ts
+++ b/ui/app/components/recovery/page/snapshots/snapshot-details.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { dateFormat } from 'core/helpers/date-format';
 import { tracked } from '@glimmer/tracking';
 
 import type ApiService from 'vault/services/api';
+import type NamespaceService from 'vault/services/namespace';
 import type RouterService from '@ember/routing/router-service';
 import type { SnapshotManageModel } from 'vault/routes/vault/cluster/recovery/snapshots/snapshot/manage';
 import type FlashMessageService from 'vault/services/flash-messages';
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ interface Args {
 export default class SnapshotDetails extends Component<Args> {
   @service declare readonly api: ApiService;
   @service declare readonly flashMessages: FlashMessageService;
+  @service declare readonly namespace: NamespaceService;
   @service declare readonly router: RouterService;
 
   @tracked snapshotStatus?: string = '';