diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index ee148e65b..a474c4211 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Version 1.6.0-dev (development of upcoming release)
 * Fix: Crash when comparing a snapshot with a symlink pointing to a nonexistent target (Peter Sevens @sevens)
 * Fix: Crash (KeyError) opening language setup dialog with unknown locale/language
 * Changed: Completed license information to conform the REUSE.software and SPDX standards.
+* Breaking Change: Auto-remove rules "Free inodes" and "Free space" disabled by default (#1976)
 
 Version 1.5.3 (2024-11-13)
 * Doc: User manual (build with MkDocs) (#1838) (Kosta Vukicevic @stcksmsh)
diff --git a/common/config.py b/common/config.py
index 90f49ed78..133619fdf 100644
--- a/common/config.py
+++ b/common/config.py
@@ -986,7 +986,7 @@ def minFreeSpace(self, profile_id = None):
                 self.profileIntValue('snapshots.min_free_space.unit', self.DISK_UNIT_GB, profile_id))
 
     def minFreeSpaceEnabled(self, profile_id = None):
-        return self.profileBoolValue('snapshots.min_free_space.enabled', True, profile_id)
+        return self.profileBoolValue('snapshots.min_free_space.enabled', False, profile_id)
 
     def minFreeSpaceMib(self, profile_id = None):
         enabled, value, unit = self.minFreeSpace(profile_id)
@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ def minFreeInodes(self, profile_id = None):
     def minFreeInodesEnabled(self, profile_id = None):
         #?Remove snapshots until \fIprofile<N>.snapshots.min_free_inodes.value\fR
         #?free inodes in % is reached.
-        return self.profileBoolValue('snapshots.min_free_inodes.enabled', True, profile_id)
+        return self.profileBoolValue('snapshots.min_free_inodes.enabled', False, profile_id)
 
     def setMinFreeInodes(self, enabled, value, profile_id = None):
         self.setProfileBoolValue('snapshots.min_free_inodes.enabled', enabled, profile_id)
diff --git a/common/man/C/backintime-config.1 b/common/man/C/backintime-config.1
index 5b9d5abbb..fd595fbec 100644
--- a/common/man/C/backintime-config.1
+++ b/common/man/C/backintime-config.1
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ Type: bool      Allowed Values: true|false
 .br
 Remove snapshots until \fIprofile<N>.snapshots.min_free_inodes.value\fR free inodes in % is reached.
 .PP
-Default: true
+Default: false
 .RE
 
 .IP "\fIprofile<N>.snapshots.min_free_inodes.value\fR" 6
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ Type: bool      Allowed Values: true|false
 .br
 Remove snapshots until \fIprofile<N>.snapshots.min_free_space.value\fR free space is reached.
 .PP
-Default: true
+Default: false
 .RE
 
 .IP "\fIprofile<N>.snapshots.min_free_space.unit\fR" 6