diff --git a/tagmanager.js b/tagmanager.js
index e280f4b..1e3a61a 100644
--- a/tagmanager.js
+++ b/tagmanager.js
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
         onlyTagList: false,
         tagList: null,
         fillInputOnTagRemove: false,
+        readOnly : false,
     },
 
     publicMethods = {
@@ -138,8 +139,10 @@
 
                 html = '<span class="' + privateMethods.tagClasses.call($self) + '" id="' + newTagId + '">';
                 html+= '<span>' + escaped + '</span>';
-                html+= '<a href="#" class="tm-tag-remove" id="' + newTagRemoveId + '" TagIdToRemove="' + tagId + '">';
-                html+= opts.tagCloseIcon + '</a></span> ';
+                if (!opts.readOnly) {
+                    html+= '<a href="#" class="tm-tag-remove" id="' + newTagRemoveId + '" TagIdToRemove="' + tagId + '">';
+                    html+= opts.tagCloseIcon + '</a></span> ';
+                }
                 $el = $(html);
 
                 if (opts.tagsContainer !== null) {
@@ -471,6 +474,10 @@
                     privateMethods.prefill.call($self,$(opts.output).val().split(opts.baseDelimiter));
                 }
 
+                if (opts.readOnly) {
+                    $self.hide();
+                }
+
             });
 
             return this;