diff --git a/src/tableselection.js b/src/tableselection.js
index 65185c14..284a213c 100644
--- a/src/tableselection.js
+++ b/src/tableselection.js
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ export default class TableSelection extends Plugin {
 		this._defineSelectionConverter();
 		this._enableShiftClickSelection();
 		this._enableMouseDragSelection();
+		this._enablePluginDisabling(); // sic!
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -292,6 +293,34 @@ export default class TableSelection extends Plugin {
 		}, { priority: 'highest' } );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Creates a listener that reacts to changes in {@link #isEnabled} and, if the plugin was disabled,
+	 * it collapses the multi-cell selection to a regular selection placed inside a table cell.
+	 *
+	 * This listener helps features that disable the table selection plugin bring the selection
+	 * to a clear state they can work with (for instance, because they don't support multiple cell selection).
+	 */
+	_enablePluginDisabling() {
+		const editor = this.editor;
+
+		this.on( 'change:isEnabled', () => {
+			if ( !this.isEnabled ) {
+				const selectedCells = this.getSelectedTableCells();
+
+				if ( !selectedCells ) {
+					return;
+				}
+
+				editor.model.change( writer => {
+					const position = writer.createPositionAt( selectedCells[ 0 ], 0 );
+					const range = editor.model.schema.getNearestSelectionRange( position );
+
+					writer.setSelection( range );
+				} );
+			}
+		} );
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * It overrides the default `model.deleteContent()` behavior over a selected table fragment.
 	 *
diff --git a/tests/tableselection.js b/tests/tableselection.js
index e60875e8..22bfacb6 100644
--- a/tests/tableselection.js
+++ b/tests/tableselection.js
@@ -37,6 +37,45 @@ describe( 'table selection', () => {
 	afterEach( async () => {
 		await editor.destroy();
 	} );
+
+	describe( 'init()', () => {
+		describe( 'plugin disabling support', () => {
+			let plugin;
+
+			beforeEach( () => {
+				plugin = editor.plugins.get( TableSelection );
+			} );
+
+			it( 'should collapse multi-cell selection when the plugin gets disabled', () => {
+				const firstCell = modelRoot.getNodeByPath( [ 0, 0, 0 ] );
+				const lastCell = modelRoot.getNodeByPath( [ 0, 1, 1 ] );
+
+				tableSelection._setCellSelection(
+					firstCell,
+					lastCell
+				);
+
+				plugin.forceDisabled( 'foo' );
+
+				const ranges = [ ...model.document.selection.getRanges() ];
+
+				expect( ranges ).to.have.length( 1 );
+				expect( ranges[ 0 ].isCollapsed ).to.be.true;
+				expect( ranges[ 0 ].start.path ).to.deep.equal( [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ] );
+			} );
+
+			it( 'should do nothing if there were no multi-cell selections', () => {
+				plugin.forceDisabled( 'foo' );
+
+				const ranges = [ ...model.document.selection.getRanges() ];
+
+				expect( ranges ).to.have.length( 1 );
+				expect( ranges[ 0 ].isCollapsed ).to.be.true;
+				expect( ranges[ 0 ].start.path ).to.deep.equal( [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 2 ] );
+			} );
+		} );
+	} );
+
 	describe( 'selection by shift+click', () => {
 		it( 'should...', () => {
 			// tableSelection.startSelectingFrom( modelRoot.getNodeByPath( [ 0, 0, 0 ] ) );