diff --git a/src/legacy/ui/public/vis/editors/default/components/agg.test.tsx b/src/legacy/ui/public/vis/editors/default/components/agg.test.tsx
index 8f49c93b5c152..b87eb3f5fb303 100644
--- a/src/legacy/ui/public/vis/editors/default/components/agg.test.tsx
+++ b/src/legacy/ui/public/vis/editors/default/components/agg.test.tsx
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ describe('DefaultEditorAgg component', () => {
       dragHandleProps: null,
       formIsTouched: false,
       groupName: AggGroupNames.Metrics,
+      isDisabled: false,
       isDraggable: false,
       isLastBucket: false,
       isRemovable: false,
@@ -200,6 +201,18 @@ describe('DefaultEditorAgg component', () => {
       expect(defaultProps.onToggleEnableAgg).toBeCalledWith(defaultProps.agg, false);
     });
 
+    it('should disable the disableAggregation button', () => {
+      defaultProps.isDisabled = true;
+      defaultProps.isRemovable = true;
+      const comp = mount(<DefaultEditorAgg {...defaultProps} />);
+
+      expect(
+        comp
+          .find('EuiButtonIcon[data-test-subj="toggleDisableAggregationBtn disable"]')
+          .prop('disabled')
+      ).toBeTruthy();
+    });
+
     it('should enable agg', () => {
       defaultProps.agg.enabled = false;
       const comp = mount(<DefaultEditorAgg {...defaultProps} />);
diff --git a/src/legacy/ui/public/vis/editors/default/components/agg.tsx b/src/legacy/ui/public/vis/editors/default/components/agg.tsx
index e8b4839c8f85e..345c9254ff6c1 100644
--- a/src/legacy/ui/public/vis/editors/default/components/agg.tsx
+++ b/src/legacy/ui/public/vis/editors/default/components/agg.tsx
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ export interface DefaultEditorAggProps extends DefaultEditorAggCommonProps {
   aggIndex: number;
   aggIsTooLow: boolean;
   dragHandleProps: {} | null;
+  isDisabled: boolean;
   isDraggable: boolean;
   isLastBucket: boolean;
   isRemovable: boolean;
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ function DefaultEditorAgg({
   dragHandleProps,
   formIsTouched,
   groupName,
+  isDisabled,
   isDraggable,
   isLastBucket,
   isRemovable,
@@ -142,6 +144,7 @@ function DefaultEditorAgg({
       actionIcons.push({
         id: 'disableAggregation',
         color: 'text',
+        disabled: isDisabled,
         type: 'eye',
         onClick: () => onToggleEnableAgg(agg, false),
         tooltip: i18n.translate('common.ui.vis.editors.agg.disableAggButtonTooltip', {
@@ -205,6 +208,7 @@ function DefaultEditorAgg({
           return (
             <EuiToolTip key={icon.id} position="bottom" content={icon.tooltip}>
               <EuiButtonIcon
+                disabled={icon.disabled}
                 iconType={icon.type}
                 color={icon.color as EuiButtonIconProps['color']}
                 onClick={icon.onClick}
diff --git a/src/legacy/ui/public/vis/editors/default/components/agg_group.tsx b/src/legacy/ui/public/vis/editors/default/components/agg_group.tsx
index a5dd5f28fa9f3..f379350012e37 100644
--- a/src/legacy/ui/public/vis/editors/default/components/agg_group.tsx
+++ b/src/legacy/ui/public/vis/editors/default/components/agg_group.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import React, { useEffect, useReducer } from 'react';
+import React, { useEffect, useReducer, useMemo } from 'react';
 import {
   EuiTitle,
   EuiDragDropContext,
@@ -33,13 +33,18 @@ import { aggGroupNamesMap, AggGroupNames } from '../agg_groups';
 import { DefaultEditorAgg } from './agg';
 import { DefaultEditorAggAdd } from './agg_add';
 import { DefaultEditorAggCommonProps } from './agg_common_props';
-import { isInvalidAggsTouched, isAggRemovable, calcAggIsTooLow } from './agg_group_helper';
+import {
+  isInvalidAggsTouched,
+  isAggRemovable,
+  calcAggIsTooLow,
+  getEnabledMetricAggsCount,
+} from './agg_group_helper';
 import { aggGroupReducer, initAggsState, AGGS_ACTION_KEYS } from './agg_group_state';
 import { Schema } from '../schemas';
 
 export interface DefaultEditorAggGroupProps extends DefaultEditorAggCommonProps {
   schemas: Schema[];
-  addSchema: (schems: Schema) => void;
+  addSchema: (schemas: Schema) => void;
   reorderAggs: (group: AggConfig[]) => void;
 }
 
@@ -77,6 +82,10 @@ function DefaultEditorAggGroup({
 
   const isGroupValid = Object.values(aggsState).every(item => item.valid);
   const isAllAggsTouched = isInvalidAggsTouched(aggsState);
+  const isMetricAggregationDisabled = useMemo(
+    () => groupName === AggGroupNames.Metrics && getEnabledMetricAggsCount(group) === 1,
+    [groupName, group]
+  );
 
   useEffect(() => {
     // when isAllAggsTouched is true, it means that all invalid aggs are touched and we will set ngModel's touched to true
@@ -155,6 +164,7 @@ function DefaultEditorAggGroup({
                     isDraggable={stats.count > 1}
                     isLastBucket={groupName === AggGroupNames.Buckets && index === group.length - 1}
                     isRemovable={isAggRemovable(agg, group)}
+                    isDisabled={agg.schema.name === 'metric' && isMetricAggregationDisabled}
                     lastParentPipelineAggTitle={lastParentPipelineAggTitle}
                     metricAggs={metricAggs}
                     state={state}
diff --git a/src/legacy/ui/public/vis/editors/default/components/agg_group_helper.test.ts b/src/legacy/ui/public/vis/editors/default/components/agg_group_helper.test.ts
index b2dac344950bd..6bb27d4a0c14e 100644
--- a/src/legacy/ui/public/vis/editors/default/components/agg_group_helper.test.ts
+++ b/src/legacy/ui/public/vis/editors/default/components/agg_group_helper.test.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,12 @@
  */
 
 import { AggConfig } from '../../../../agg_types/agg_config';
-import { isAggRemovable, calcAggIsTooLow, isInvalidAggsTouched } from './agg_group_helper';
+import {
+  isAggRemovable,
+  calcAggIsTooLow,
+  isInvalidAggsTouched,
+  getEnabledMetricAggsCount,
+} from './agg_group_helper';
 import { AggsState } from './agg_group_state';
 
 describe('DefaultEditorGroup helpers', () => {
@@ -46,6 +51,7 @@ describe('DefaultEditorGroup helpers', () => {
       } as AggConfig,
     ];
   });
+
   describe('isAggRemovable', () => {
     it('should return true when the number of aggs with the same schema is above the min', () => {
       const isRemovable = isAggRemovable(group[0], group);
@@ -60,6 +66,23 @@ describe('DefaultEditorGroup helpers', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('getEnabledMetricAggsCount', () => {
+    it('should return 1 when there is the only enabled agg', () => {
+      group[0].enabled = true;
+      const enabledAggs = getEnabledMetricAggsCount(group);
+
+      expect(enabledAggs).toBe(1);
+    });
+
+    it('should return 2 when there are multiple enabled aggs', () => {
+      group[0].enabled = true;
+      group[1].enabled = true;
+      const enabledAggs = getEnabledMetricAggsCount(group);
+
+      expect(enabledAggs).toBe(2);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('calcAggIsTooLow', () => {
     it('should return false when agg.schema.mustBeFirst has falsy value', () => {
       const isRemovable = calcAggIsTooLow(group[1], 0, group);
diff --git a/src/legacy/ui/public/vis/editors/default/components/agg_group_helper.tsx b/src/legacy/ui/public/vis/editors/default/components/agg_group_helper.tsx
index 5bfb2cdfb48d8..847aa0b87d2d3 100644
--- a/src/legacy/ui/public/vis/editors/default/components/agg_group_helper.tsx
+++ b/src/legacy/ui/public/vis/editors/default/components/agg_group_helper.tsx
@@ -17,22 +17,28 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import { findIndex, reduce, isEmpty } from 'lodash';
+import { findIndex, isEmpty } from 'lodash';
 import { AggConfig } from '../../../../agg_types/agg_config';
 import { AggsState } from './agg_group_state';
 
 const isAggRemovable = (agg: AggConfig, group: AggConfig[]) => {
-  const metricCount = reduce(
-    group,
-    (count, aggregation: AggConfig) => {
-      return aggregation.schema.name === agg.schema.name ? ++count : count;
-    },
+  const metricCount = group.reduce(
+    (count, aggregation: AggConfig) =>
+      aggregation.schema.name === agg.schema.name ? ++count : count,
     0
   );
   // make sure the the number of these aggs is above the min
   return metricCount > agg.schema.min;
 };
 
+const getEnabledMetricAggsCount = (group: AggConfig[]) => {
+  return group.reduce(
+    (count, aggregation: AggConfig) =>
+      aggregation.schema.name === 'metric' && aggregation.enabled ? ++count : count,
+    0
+  );
+};
+
 const calcAggIsTooLow = (agg: AggConfig, aggIndex: number, group: AggConfig[]) => {
   if (!agg.schema.mustBeFirst) {
     return false;
@@ -59,4 +65,4 @@ function isInvalidAggsTouched(aggsState: AggsState) {
   return invalidAggs.every(agg => agg.touched);
 }
 
-export { isAggRemovable, calcAggIsTooLow, isInvalidAggsTouched };
+export { isAggRemovable, calcAggIsTooLow, isInvalidAggsTouched, getEnabledMetricAggsCount };
diff --git a/src/legacy/ui/public/vis/editors/default/sidebar.js b/src/legacy/ui/public/vis/editors/default/sidebar.js
index ee33e0093f42b..92cb99c56038d 100644
--- a/src/legacy/ui/public/vis/editors/default/sidebar.js
+++ b/src/legacy/ui/public/vis/editors/default/sidebar.js
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import 'ui/directives/css_truncate';
 import { uiModules } from '../../../modules';
 import sidebarTemplate from './sidebar.html';
 import { move } from '../../../utils/collection';
+import { AggGroupNames } from './agg_groups';
+import { getEnabledMetricAggsCount } from './components/agg_group_helper';
 
 uiModules.get('app/visualize').directive('visEditorSidebar', function () {
   return {
@@ -76,6 +78,14 @@ uiModules.get('app/visualize').directive('visEditorSidebar', function () {
         }
 
         aggs.splice(index, 1);
+
+        if (agg.schema.group === AggGroupNames.Metrics) {
+          const metrics = $scope.state.aggs.bySchemaGroup(AggGroupNames.Metrics);
+
+          if (getEnabledMetricAggsCount(metrics) === 0) {
+            metrics.find(aggregation => aggregation.schema.name === 'metric').enabled = true;
+          }
+        }
       };
 
       $scope.onToggleEnableAgg = (agg, isEnable) => {