diff --git a/aws_lambda_powertools/metrics/base.py b/aws_lambda_powertools/metrics/base.py
index 05c1fcbdfe9..8abdcde2717 100644
--- a/aws_lambda_powertools/metrics/base.py
+++ b/aws_lambda_powertools/metrics/base.py
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@
     MetricValueError,
     SchemaValidationError,
 )
-from aws_lambda_powertools.metrics.functions import convert_timestamp_to_emf_format, validate_emf_timestamp
+from aws_lambda_powertools.metrics.functions import (
+    convert_timestamp_to_emf_format,
+    is_metrics_disabled,
+    validate_emf_timestamp,
+)
 from aws_lambda_powertools.metrics.provider import cold_start
 from aws_lambda_powertools.metrics.provider.cloudwatch_emf.constants import (
     MAX_DIMENSIONS,
@@ -659,4 +663,5 @@ def single_metric(
         yield metric
         metric_set = metric.serialize_metric_set()
     finally:
-        print(json.dumps(metric_set, separators=(",", ":")))
+        if metric_set is not None and not is_metrics_disabled():
+            print(json.dumps(metric_set, separators=(",", ":")))
diff --git a/aws_lambda_powertools/metrics/provider/cloudwatch_emf/cloudwatch.py b/aws_lambda_powertools/metrics/provider/cloudwatch_emf/cloudwatch.py
index f8675018a24..2b982f29ef8 100644
--- a/aws_lambda_powertools/metrics/provider/cloudwatch_emf/cloudwatch.py
+++ b/aws_lambda_powertools/metrics/provider/cloudwatch_emf/cloudwatch.py
@@ -174,8 +174,9 @@ def add_metric(
 
         if len(self.metric_set) == MAX_METRICS or len(metric["Value"]) == MAX_METRICS:
             logger.debug(f"Exceeded maximum of {MAX_METRICS} metrics - Publishing existing metric set")
-            metrics = self.serialize_metric_set()
-            print(json.dumps(metrics))
+            if not is_metrics_disabled():
+                metrics = self.serialize_metric_set()
+                print(json.dumps(metrics))
 
             # clear metric set only as opposed to metrics and dimensions set
             # since we could have more than 100 metrics
diff --git a/aws_lambda_powertools/metrics/provider/datadog/datadog.py b/aws_lambda_powertools/metrics/provider/datadog/datadog.py
index ca6fca8a69a..1f295cd5a8a 100644
--- a/aws_lambda_powertools/metrics/provider/datadog/datadog.py
+++ b/aws_lambda_powertools/metrics/provider/datadog/datadog.py
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ def flush_metrics(self, raise_on_empty_metrics: bool = False) -> None:
             logger.debug("Flushing existing metrics")
             metrics = self.serialize_metric_set()
             # submit through datadog extension
-            if lambda_metric and not self.flush_to_log:
+            if lambda_metric and not self.flush_to_log and not is_metrics_disabled():
                 # use lambda_metric function from datadog package, submit metrics to datadog
                 for metric_item in metrics:  # pragma: no cover
                     lambda_metric(  # pragma: no cover
diff --git a/tests/functional/metrics/datadog/test_metrics_datadog.py b/tests/functional/metrics/datadog/test_metrics_datadog.py
index b07af997e4e..4a83cf58491 100644
--- a/tests/functional/metrics/datadog/test_metrics_datadog.py
+++ b/tests/functional/metrics/datadog/test_metrics_datadog.py
@@ -418,6 +418,21 @@ def test_metrics_disabled_with_env_var(monkeypatch, capsys):
     assert not captured.out
 
 
+def test_metrics_disabled_with_env_var_does_not_submit_through_datadog_extension(monkeypatch, mocker):
+    # GIVEN environment variable is set to disable metrics
+    monkeypatch.setenv("POWERTOOLS_METRICS_DISABLED", "true")
+    # AND the datadog_lambda package is available
+    lambda_metric = mocker.patch("aws_lambda_powertools.metrics.provider.datadog.datadog.lambda_metric")
+
+    # WHEN metrics are flushed through the Datadog extension
+    metrics = DatadogMetrics(flush_to_log=False)
+    metrics.add_metric(name="test_metric", value=1)
+    metrics.flush_metrics()
+
+    # THEN no metrics should have been submitted
+    lambda_metric.assert_not_called()
+
+
 def test_metrics_disabled_persists_after_flush(monkeypatch, capsys):
     # GIVEN environment variable is set to disable metrics
     monkeypatch.setenv("POWERTOOLS_METRICS_DISABLED", "true")
diff --git a/tests/functional/metrics/required_dependencies/test_metrics_cloudwatch_emf.py b/tests/functional/metrics/required_dependencies/test_metrics_cloudwatch_emf.py
index 9d6c2cc8ee5..f1ac09c76d6 100644
--- a/tests/functional/metrics/required_dependencies/test_metrics_cloudwatch_emf.py
+++ b/tests/functional/metrics/required_dependencies/test_metrics_cloudwatch_emf.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 from aws_lambda_powertools.metrics.provider.cloudwatch_emf.constants import (
     MAX_DIMENSIONS,
     MAX_METRIC_NAME_LENGTH,
+    MAX_METRICS,
     MIN_METRIC_NAME_LENGTH,
 )
 from aws_lambda_powertools.metrics.provider.cloudwatch_emf.exceptions import MetricNameError
@@ -1568,6 +1569,74 @@ def test_metrics_disabled_with_namespace_and_service(monkeypatch, capsys):
     assert not captured.out
 
 
+def test_single_metric_disabled_with_env_var(monkeypatch, capsys, namespace):
+    # GIVEN environment variable is set to disable metrics
+    monkeypatch.setenv("POWERTOOLS_METRICS_DISABLED", "true")
+
+    # WHEN a single metric is created
+    with single_metric(name="test_metric", unit=MetricUnit.Count, value=1, namespace=namespace):
+        pass
+
+    # THEN no metrics should have been recorded
+    assert not capsys.readouterr().out
+
+
+def test_single_metric_disabled_with_powertools_dev(monkeypatch, capsys, namespace):
+    # GIVEN POWERTOOLS_DEV is enabled and POWERTOOLS_METRICS_DISABLED is not set
+    monkeypatch.setenv("POWERTOOLS_DEV", "true")
+    monkeypatch.delenv("POWERTOOLS_METRICS_DISABLED", raising=False)
+
+    # WHEN a single metric is created
+    with single_metric(name="test_metric", unit=MetricUnit.Count, value=1, namespace=namespace):
+        pass
+
+    # THEN no metrics should have been recorded
+    assert not capsys.readouterr().out
+
+
+def test_cold_start_metric_disabled_with_env_var(monkeypatch, capsys, namespace, service):
+    # GIVEN environment variable is set to disable metrics
+    monkeypatch.setenv("POWERTOOLS_METRICS_DISABLED", "true")
+    my_metrics = Metrics(service=service, namespace=namespace)
+
+    # WHEN log_metrics captures the cold start metric
+    @my_metrics.log_metrics(capture_cold_start_metric=True)
+    def lambda_handler(evt, context):
+        my_metrics.add_metric(name="test_metric", unit=MetricUnit.Count, value=1)
+
+    LambdaContext = namedtuple("LambdaContext", "function_name")
+    lambda_handler({}, LambdaContext("example_fn"))
+
+    # THEN neither the cold start metric nor the application metric should have been recorded
+    assert not capsys.readouterr().out
+
+
+def test_metrics_disabled_with_env_var_on_max_metrics_flush(monkeypatch, capsys, namespace):
+    # GIVEN environment variable is set to disable metrics
+    monkeypatch.setenv("POWERTOOLS_METRICS_DISABLED", "true")
+    my_metrics = Metrics(namespace=namespace)
+
+    # WHEN enough metrics are added to trigger the automatic flush
+    for i in range(MAX_METRICS):
+        my_metrics.add_metric(name=f"metric_{i}", unit=MetricUnit.Count, value=1)
+
+    # THEN no metrics should have been recorded
+    assert not capsys.readouterr().out
+    # AND the metric set is still cleared
+    assert not my_metrics.metric_set
+
+
+def test_single_metric_does_not_print_when_block_raises(capsys, namespace):
+    # GIVEN a single metric block
+    # WHEN its body raises
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
+        with single_metric(name="test_metric", unit=MetricUnit.Count, value=1, namespace=namespace):
+            raise RuntimeError("failure")
+
+    # THEN nothing should have been printed
+    assert not capsys.readouterr().out
+
+
 def test_metrics_enabled_with_env_var_false(monkeypatch, capsys):
     # GIVEN environment variable is set to enable metrics
     monkeypatch.setenv("POWERTOOLS_METRICS_DISABLED", "false")