diff --git a/src/Common/dataAccess/updateDocument.ts b/src/Common/dataAccess/updateDocument.ts
index dd97b46de..7985ffa43 100644
--- a/src/Common/dataAccess/updateDocument.ts
+++ b/src/Common/dataAccess/updateDocument.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Item, RequestOptions } from "@azure/cosmos";
 import { HttpHeaders } from "Common/Constants";
+import { LocalStorageUtility, StorageKey } from "Shared/StorageUtility";
 import { CollectionBase } from "../../Contracts/ViewModels";
 import DocumentId from "../../Explorer/Tree/DocumentId";
 import { logConsoleInfo, logConsoleProgress } from "../../Utils/NotificationConsoleUtils";
@@ -23,10 +24,17 @@ export const updateDocument = async (
             [HttpHeaders.partitionKey]: documentId.partitionKeyValue,
           }
         : {};
+
+    // If user has chosen to ignore partition key on update, pass null instead of actual partition key value
+    const ignorePartitionKeyOnDocumentUpdateFlag = LocalStorageUtility.getEntryBoolean(
+      StorageKey.IgnorePartitionKeyOnDocumentUpdate,
+    );
+    const partitionKey = ignorePartitionKeyOnDocumentUpdateFlag ? undefined : getPartitionKeyValue(documentId);
+
     const response = await client()
       .database(collection.databaseId)
       .container(collection.id())
-      .item(documentId.id(), getPartitionKeyValue(documentId))
+      .item(documentId.id(), partitionKey)
       .replace(newDocument, options);
 
     logConsoleInfo(`Successfully updated ${entityName} ${documentId.id()}`);
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Panes/SettingsPane/SettingsPane.tsx b/src/Explorer/Panes/SettingsPane/SettingsPane.tsx
index c8106eca7..046e827fd 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Panes/SettingsPane/SettingsPane.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Panes/SettingsPane/SettingsPane.tsx
@@ -204,6 +204,9 @@ export const SettingsPane: FunctionComponent<{ explorer: Explorer }> = ({
       ? (LocalStorageUtility.getEntryString(StorageKey.MongoGuidRepresentation) as Constants.MongoGuidRepresentation)
       : Constants.MongoGuidRepresentation.CSharpLegacy,
   );
+  const [ignorePartitionKeyOnDocumentUpdate, setIgnorePartitionKeyOnDocumentUpdate] = useState<boolean>(
+    LocalStorageUtility.getEntryBoolean(StorageKey.IgnorePartitionKeyOnDocumentUpdate),
+  );
 
   const styles = useStyles();
 
@@ -424,6 +427,12 @@ export const SettingsPane: FunctionComponent<{ explorer: Explorer }> = ({
       LocalStorageUtility.setEntryString(StorageKey.MongoGuidRepresentation, mongoGuidRepresentation);
     }
 
+    // Advanced settings
+    LocalStorageUtility.setEntryBoolean(
+      StorageKey.IgnorePartitionKeyOnDocumentUpdate,
+      ignorePartitionKeyOnDocumentUpdate,
+    );
+
     setIsExecuting(false);
     logConsoleInfo(
       `Updated items per page setting to ${LocalStorageUtility.getEntryNumber(StorageKey.ActualItemPerPage)}`,
@@ -453,6 +462,10 @@ export const SettingsPane: FunctionComponent<{ explorer: Explorer }> = ({
       );
     }
 
+    logConsoleInfo(
+      `${ignorePartitionKeyOnDocumentUpdate ? "Enabled" : "Disabled"} ignoring partition key on document update`,
+    );
+
     refreshExplorer && (await explorer.refreshExplorer());
     closeSidePanel();
   };
@@ -593,6 +606,13 @@ export const SettingsPane: FunctionComponent<{ explorer: Explorer }> = ({
     setMongoGuidRepresentation(option.key as Constants.MongoGuidRepresentation);
   };
 
+  const handleOnIgnorePartitionKeyOnDocumentUpdateChange = (
+    ev: React.MouseEvent<HTMLElement>,
+    checked?: boolean,
+  ): void => {
+    setIgnorePartitionKeyOnDocumentUpdate(!!checked);
+  };
+
   const choiceButtonStyles = {
     root: {
       clear: "both",
@@ -1137,6 +1157,23 @@ export const SettingsPane: FunctionComponent<{ explorer: Explorer }> = ({
                 </AccordionPanel>
               </AccordionItem>
             )}
+            <AccordionItem value="15">
+              <AccordionHeader>
+                <div className={styles.header}>Advanced Settings</div>
+              </AccordionHeader>
+              <AccordionPanel>
+                <div className={styles.settingsSectionContainer}>
+                  <Checkbox
+                    styles={{ label: { padding: 0 } }}
+                    className="padding"
+                    ariaLabel="Ignore partition key on document update"
+                    checked={ignorePartitionKeyOnDocumentUpdate}
+                    onChange={handleOnIgnorePartitionKeyOnDocumentUpdateChange}
+                    label="Ignore partition key on document update"
+                  />
+                </div>
+              </AccordionPanel>
+            </AccordionItem>
           </Accordion>
         )}
 
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Panes/SettingsPane/__snapshots__/SettingsPane.test.tsx.snap b/src/Explorer/Panes/SettingsPane/__snapshots__/SettingsPane.test.tsx.snap
index 41759f1c7..e46ba57ea 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Panes/SettingsPane/__snapshots__/SettingsPane.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/src/Explorer/Panes/SettingsPane/__snapshots__/SettingsPane.test.tsx.snap
@@ -575,6 +575,37 @@ exports[`Settings Pane should render Default properly 1`] = `
           </div>
         </AccordionPanel>
       </AccordionItem>
+      <AccordionItem
+        value="15"
+      >
+        <AccordionHeader>
+          <div
+            className="___15c001r_0000000 fq02s40"
+          >
+            Advanced Settings
+          </div>
+        </AccordionHeader>
+        <AccordionPanel>
+          <div
+            className="___1dfa554_0000000 fo7qwa0"
+          >
+            <StyledCheckboxBase
+              ariaLabel="Ignore partition key on document update"
+              checked={false}
+              className="padding"
+              label="Ignore partition key on document update"
+              onChange={[Function]}
+              styles={
+                {
+                  "label": {
+                    "padding": 0,
+                  },
+                }
+              }
+            />
+          </div>
+        </AccordionPanel>
+      </AccordionItem>
     </Accordion>
     <div
       className="settingsSection"
@@ -838,6 +869,37 @@ exports[`Settings Pane should render Gremlin properly 1`] = `
           </div>
         </AccordionPanel>
       </AccordionItem>
+      <AccordionItem
+        value="15"
+      >
+        <AccordionHeader>
+          <div
+            className="___15c001r_0000000 fq02s40"
+          >
+            Advanced Settings
+          </div>
+        </AccordionHeader>
+        <AccordionPanel>
+          <div
+            className="___1dfa554_0000000 fo7qwa0"
+          >
+            <StyledCheckboxBase
+              ariaLabel="Ignore partition key on document update"
+              checked={false}
+              className="padding"
+              label="Ignore partition key on document update"
+              onChange={[Function]}
+              styles={
+                {
+                  "label": {
+                    "padding": 0,
+                  },
+                }
+              }
+            />
+          </div>
+        </AccordionPanel>
+      </AccordionItem>
     </Accordion>
     <div
       className="settingsSection"
diff --git a/src/Shared/StorageUtility.ts b/src/Shared/StorageUtility.ts
index ba29f8826..7f5c275ce 100644
--- a/src/Shared/StorageUtility.ts
+++ b/src/Shared/StorageUtility.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export enum StorageKey {
   DefaultQueryResultsView,
   AppState,
   MongoGuidRepresentation,
+  IgnorePartitionKeyOnDocumentUpdate,
 }
 
 export const hasRUThresholdBeenConfigured = (): boolean => {