diff --git a/packages/@react-native-windows/cli/README.md b/packages/@react-native-windows/cli/README.md
index 8a4685924cf..c19a8198e10 100644
--- a/packages/@react-native-windows/cli/README.md
+++ b/packages/@react-native-windows/cli/README.md
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ Here are the options that `npx @react-native-community/cli init-windows` takes:
 | `--namespace`         | string     | The native project namespace, expressed using dots as separators, i.e. `Level1.Level2.Level3`. Defaults to the same as name |
 | `--overwrite`         | boolean    | Overwrite any existing files without prompting  |
 | `--no-telemetry`      | boolean    | Disables sending telemetry that allows analysis of usage and failures of the react-native-windows CLI |
+| `--list`              | boolean    | Shows a list with all available templates with their descriptions |
+| `--no-prompt`         | boolean    | Skip any interactive prompts and use default choices |
+| `--no-example`        | boolean    | Skip creating the example app directory          |
 | `-h`, `--help`        | boolean    | Display help for command                         |
 
 ## `run-windows`
diff --git a/packages/@react-native-windows/cli/src/commands/initWindows/initWindowsOptions.ts b/packages/@react-native-windows/cli/src/commands/initWindows/initWindowsOptions.ts
index 4b10906226a..ffaaac291a7 100644
--- a/packages/@react-native-windows/cli/src/commands/initWindows/initWindowsOptions.ts
+++ b/packages/@react-native-windows/cli/src/commands/initWindows/initWindowsOptions.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export interface InitOptions {
   telemetry?: boolean;
   list?: boolean;
   prompt?: boolean;
+  example?: boolean;
 }
 
 export const initOptions: CommandOption[] = [
@@ -57,4 +58,8 @@ export const initOptions: CommandOption[] = [
     name: '--no-prompt',
     description: 'Skip any interactive prompts and use default choices.',
   },
+  {
+    name: '--no-example',
+    description: 'Skip creating the example app directory.',
+  },
 ];
diff --git a/packages/@react-native-windows/cli/src/e2etest/initWindows.test.ts b/packages/@react-native-windows/cli/src/e2etest/initWindows.test.ts
index a132ef3be1b..d3994288f9e 100644
--- a/packages/@react-native-windows/cli/src/e2etest/initWindows.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@react-native-windows/cli/src/e2etest/initWindows.test.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ function validateOptionName(
     case 'telemetry':
     case 'list':
     case 'prompt':
+    case 'example':
       return true;
   }
   throw new Error(
diff --git a/vnext/templates/cpp-lib/template.config.js b/vnext/templates/cpp-lib/template.config.js
index 592005498f9..6c872153ca7 100644
--- a/vnext/templates/cpp-lib/template.config.js
+++ b/vnext/templates/cpp-lib/template.config.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ function resolveArgs(config = {}, options = {}) {
 
   const exampleProjectPath = path.join(projectRoot, 'example');
 
-  const exExists = existsSync(exampleProjectPath);
+  const exExists = existsSync(exampleProjectPath) && options.example !== false;
   const exProjectConfig = exExists
     ? templateUtils.getWindowsProjectConfig(exampleProjectPath)
     : null;