diff --git a/electron/main.ts b/electron/main.ts
index f596c436bb..518e342883 100644
--- a/electron/main.ts
+++ b/electron/main.ts
@@ -26,11 +26,13 @@ import {
   APP_MIN_HEIGHT,
   APP_MIN_WIDTH,
   DEFAULT_PLUGINS,
+  DEFAULT_TEMPLATES_PLUGIN_URL,
   DEPENDENCIES_HELP_URL,
   ROOT_FILE_ENTRY,
 } from '@constants/constants';
 import {DOWNLOAD_PLUGIN, DOWNLOAD_PLUGIN_RESULT, DOWNLOAD_TEMPLATE, DOWNLOAD_TEMPLATE_RESULT, DOWNLOAD_TEMPLATE_PACK, DOWNLOAD_TEMPLATE_PACK_RESULT, UPDATE_EXTENSIONS, UPDATE_EXTENSIONS_RESULT} from '@constants/ipcEvents';
 import ElectronStore from 'electron-store';
+import utilsElectronStore from '@utils/electronStore';
 import {
   changeCurrentProjectName,
   setUserDirs,
@@ -367,7 +369,7 @@ export const createWindow = (givenPath?: string) => {
   win.webContents.on('dom-ready', async () => {
     const dispatch = createDispatchForWindow(win);
 
-  Nucleus.appStarted();
+    Nucleus.appStarted();
 
     subscribeToStoreStateChanges(win.webContents, (storeState) => {
       createMenu(storeState, dispatch);
@@ -417,7 +419,11 @@ export const createWindow = (givenPath?: string) => {
     const pluginMap = await loadPluginMap(pluginsDir);
     const uniquePluginNames = Object.values(pluginMap).map((plugin) => `${plugin.repository.owner}-${plugin.repository.name}`);
 
+    const hasDeletedDefaultTemplatesPlugin = Boolean(utilsElectronStore.get('appConfig.hasDeletedDefaultTemplatesPlugin'));
     const defaultPluginsToLoad = DEFAULT_PLUGINS.filter((defaultPlugin) => {
+      if (hasDeletedDefaultTemplatesPlugin && defaultPlugin.url === DEFAULT_TEMPLATES_PLUGIN_URL) {
+        return false;
+      }
       return !uniquePluginNames.includes(`${defaultPlugin.owner}-${defaultPlugin.name}`);
     });
 
diff --git a/src/components/organisms/PluginManager/PluginManager.tsx b/src/components/organisms/PluginManager/PluginManager.tsx
index 85a9305128..e46da28471 100644
--- a/src/components/organisms/PluginManager/PluginManager.tsx
+++ b/src/components/organisms/PluginManager/PluginManager.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import {useCallback, useMemo, useState} from 'react';
 
-import {Button, Skeleton, Tooltip} from 'antd';
+import {Button, Skeleton, Tooltip, Typography} from 'antd';
 
 import {PlusOutlined, ReloadOutlined} from '@ant-design/icons';
 
+import {DEFAULT_TEMPLATES_PLUGIN_URL} from '@constants/constants';
 import {PluginManagerDrawerReloadTooltip} from '@constants/tooltips';
 
 import {useAppDispatch, useAppSelector} from '@redux/hooks';
@@ -13,6 +14,8 @@ import PluginInformation from './PluginInformation';
 import PluginInstallModal from './PluginInstallModal';
 import * as S from './PluginManager.styled';
 
+const {Text} = Typography;
+
 const PluginManagerDrawer: React.FC = () => {
   const dispatch = useAppDispatch();
   const isLoadingExistingPlugins = useAppSelector(state => state.extension.isLoadingExistingPlugins);
@@ -67,7 +70,22 @@ const PluginManagerDrawer: React.FC = () => {
       </S.ButtonsContainer>
       <S.Container>
         {sortedPluginEntries.length === 0 ? (
-          <>{isLoadingExistingPlugins ? <Skeleton /> : <p>No plugins installed yet.</p>}</>
+          <>
+            {isLoadingExistingPlugins ? (
+              <Skeleton />
+            ) : (
+              <div>
+                <p>No plugins installed yet.</p>
+                <p>
+                  Reinstall the default Templates plugin using the below URL in the Plugin Installation modal by
+                  clicking on the Install button.
+                </p>
+                <Text code copyable>
+                  {DEFAULT_TEMPLATES_PLUGIN_URL}
+                </Text>
+              </div>
+            )}
+          </>
         ) : (
           <>
             {sortedPluginEntries.length > 0 &&
diff --git a/src/components/organisms/PreviewConfigurationEditor/SortableList/SortableList.tsx b/src/components/organisms/PreviewConfigurationEditor/SortableList/SortableList.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..32890d9194
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/organisms/PreviewConfigurationEditor/SortableList/SortableList.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+const SortableList = () => {};
+
+export default SortableList;
diff --git a/src/components/organisms/PreviewConfigurationEditor/SortableList/index.ts b/src/components/organisms/PreviewConfigurationEditor/SortableList/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8806becd7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/organisms/PreviewConfigurationEditor/SortableList/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export {default} from './SortableList';
diff --git a/src/constants/constants.ts b/src/constants/constants.ts
index 04cf5f5092..0035f5181a 100644
--- a/src/constants/constants.ts
+++ b/src/constants/constants.ts
@@ -22,11 +22,12 @@ export const DEFAULT_KUBECONFIG_DEBOUNCE = 1000;
 export const ACTIONS_PANE_FOOTER_DEFAULT_HEIGHT = 43;
 export const ACTIONS_PANE_FOOTER_EXPANDED_DEFAULT_HEIGHT = 150;
 export const MIN_SPLIT_VIEW_PANE_WIDTH = 350;
+export const DEFAULT_TEMPLATES_PLUGIN_URL = 'https://github.com/kubeshop/monokle-default-templates-plugin';
 export const DEFAULT_PLUGINS = [
   {
     owner: 'kubeshop',
     name: 'monokle-default-templates-plugin',
-    url: 'https://github.com/kubeshop/monokle-default-templates-plugin',
+    url: DEFAULT_TEMPLATES_PLUGIN_URL,
   },
 ];
 export const PLUGIN_DOCS_URL = 'https://kubeshop.github.io/monokle/plugins/';
diff --git a/src/redux/services/templates.ts b/src/redux/services/templates.ts
index 1440bd1699..4f1dacacd7 100644
--- a/src/redux/services/templates.ts
+++ b/src/redux/services/templates.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import asyncLib from 'async';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import log from 'loglevel';
 
+import {DEFAULT_TEMPLATES_PLUGIN_URL} from '@constants/constants';
+
 import {AlertEnum, AlertType} from '@models/alert';
 import {AppDispatch} from '@models/appdispatch';
 import {K8sResource} from '@models/k8sresource';
@@ -13,6 +15,8 @@ import {TemplateManifest, TemplatePack, VanillaTemplate} from '@models/template'
 import {setAlert} from '@redux/reducers/alert';
 import {removePlugin, removeTemplate, removeTemplatePack} from '@redux/reducers/extension';
 
+import electronStore from '@utils/electronStore';
+
 import {extractObjectsFromYaml} from './manifest-utils';
 import {createUnsavedResource} from './unsavedResource';
 
@@ -41,6 +45,12 @@ export const deletePlugin = async (plugin: AnyPlugin, pluginPath: string, dispat
   });
   dispatch(removePlugin(pluginPath));
 
+  let repositoryUrl = `https://github.com/${plugin.repository.owner}/${plugin.repository.name}`;
+
+  if (repositoryUrl === DEFAULT_TEMPLATES_PLUGIN_URL) {
+    electronStore.set('appConfig.hasDeletedDefaultTemplatesPlugin', true);
+  }
+
   const alert: AlertType = {
     title: `Deleted templates (${deletedTemplates}) successfully`,
     type: AlertEnum.Success,
diff --git a/src/utils/electronStore.ts b/src/utils/electronStore.ts
index 3c4402c8f6..3af62f84ec 100644
--- a/src/utils/electronStore.ts
+++ b/src/utils/electronStore.ts
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ const defaults = {
     recentFolders: [],
     newVersion: 0,
     k8sVersion: PREDEFINED_K8S_VERSION,
+    hasDeletedDefaultTemplatesPlugin: false,
   },
   ui: {
     isSettingsOpen: false,