diff --git a/admin/src/components/IconButton.tsx b/admin/src/components/IconButton.tsx
index 876a55779..a93c9877c 100644
--- a/admin/src/components/IconButton.tsx
+++ b/admin/src/components/IconButton.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import {FC, JSX, ReactElement} from "react";
 
 export type IconButtonProps = {
+    style?: React.CSSProperties,
     icon: JSX.Element,
     title: string|ReactElement,
     onClick: ()=>void,
@@ -8,8 +9,8 @@ export type IconButtonProps = {
     disabled?: boolean
 }
 
-export const IconButton:FC<IconButtonProps> = ({icon,className,onClick,title, disabled})=>{
-    return <button onClick={onClick} className={"icon-button "+ className} disabled={disabled}>
+export const IconButton:FC<IconButtonProps> = ({icon,className,onClick,title, disabled, style})=>{
+    return <button style={style}  onClick={onClick} className={"icon-button "+ className} disabled={disabled}>
         {icon}
         <span>{title}</span>
         </button>
diff --git a/admin/src/index.css b/admin/src/index.css
index acc0d2e97..3190b153d 100644
--- a/admin/src/index.css
+++ b/admin/src/index.css
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ div.menu {
   position: fixed;
 }
 
+[role="dialog"] h2 {
+  color: var(--etherpad-color);
+}
 
 .icon-button {
   display: flex;
@@ -54,6 +57,26 @@ div.menu {
   cursor: pointer;
 }
 
+.icon-button:hover {
+  background-color: #13a37c;
+}
+
+
+.dialog-close-button {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 10px;
+  right: 10px;
+  background: none;
+  border: none;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  color: var(--etherpad-color);
+}
+
+.icon-button:active {
+  background-color: #13a37c;
+  transform: scale(0.98);
+}
+
 .icon-button svg {
   align-self: center;
 }
@@ -868,3 +891,7 @@ input, button, select, optgroup, textarea {
   display: flex;
   justify-content: center;
 }
+
+.manage-pads-header {
+  display: flex;
+}
diff --git a/admin/src/pages/PadPage.tsx b/admin/src/pages/PadPage.tsx
index b5db854f5..0d4da31ff 100644
--- a/admin/src/pages/PadPage.tsx
+++ b/admin/src/pages/PadPage.tsx
@@ -6,8 +6,13 @@ import {useDebounce} from "../utils/useDebounce.ts";
 import {determineSorting} from "../utils/sorting.ts";
 import * as Dialog from "@radix-ui/react-dialog";
 import {IconButton} from "../components/IconButton.tsx";
-import {ChevronLeft, ChevronRight, Eye, Trash2, FileStack} from "lucide-react";
+import {ChevronLeft, ChevronRight, Eye, Trash2, FileStack, PlusIcon} from "lucide-react";
 import {SearchField} from "../components/SearchField.tsx";
+import {useForm} from "react-hook-form";
+
+type PadCreateProps = {
+    padName: string
+}
 
 export const PadPage = ()=>{
     const settingsSocket = useStore(state=>state.settingsSocket)
@@ -25,6 +30,8 @@ export const PadPage = ()=>{
     const [deleteDialog, setDeleteDialog] = useState<boolean>(false)
     const [errorText, setErrorText] = useState<string|null>(null)
     const [padToDelete, setPadToDelete] = useState<string>('')
+    const [createPadDialogOpen, setCreatePadDialogOpen] = useState<boolean>(false)
+    const {register, handleSubmit} = useForm<PadCreateProps>()
     const pages = useMemo(()=>{
         if(!pads){
             return 0;
@@ -70,8 +77,33 @@ export const PadPage = ()=>{
             })
         })
 
+      type SettingsSocketCreateReponse = {
+          error: string
+      } | {
+        success: string
+      }
+
+      settingsSocket.on('results:createPad', (rep: SettingsSocketCreateReponse)=>{
+        if ('error' in rep) {
+          useStore.getState().setToastState({
+            open: true,
+            title: rep.error,
+            success: false
+          })
+        } else {
+          useStore.getState().setToastState({
+            open: true,
+            title: rep.success,
+            success: true
+          })
+          setCreatePadDialogOpen(false)
+          // reload pads
+          settingsSocket.emit('padLoad', searchParams)
+        }
+      })
+
         settingsSocket.on('results:cleanupPadRevisions', (data)=>{
-          let newPads = useStore.getState().pads?.results ?? []
+          const newPads = useStore.getState().pads?.results ?? []
 
           if (data.error) {
             setErrorText(data.error)
@@ -99,6 +131,12 @@ export const PadPage = ()=>{
         settingsSocket?.emit('cleanupPadRevisions', padID)
     }
 
+    const onPadCreate = (data: PadCreateProps)=>{
+      settingsSocket?.emit('createPad', {
+        padName: data.padName
+      })
+    }
+
 
     return <div>
         <Dialog.Root open={deleteDialog}><Dialog.Portal>
@@ -139,7 +177,32 @@ export const PadPage = ()=>{
             </Dialog.Content>
           </Dialog.Portal>
         </Dialog.Root>
-        <h1><Trans i18nKey="ep_admin_pads:ep_adminpads2_manage-pads"/></h1>
+      <Dialog.Root open={createPadDialogOpen}>
+        <Dialog.Portal>
+        <Dialog.Overlay className="dialog-confirm-overlay" />
+        <Dialog.Content  className="dialog-confirm-content">
+          <Dialog.Title className="dialog-confirm-title"><Trans i18nKey="index.newPad"/></Dialog.Title>
+          <form  onSubmit={handleSubmit(onPadCreate)}>
+            <button className="dialog-close-button" onClick={()=>{
+              setCreatePadDialogOpen(false);
+            }}>x</button>
+              <div style={{display: 'grid', gap: '10px', gridTemplateColumns: 'auto auto', marginBottom: '1rem'}}>
+                <label><Trans i18nKey="ep_admin_pads:ep_adminpads2_padname"/></label>
+                <input {...register('padName', {
+                  required: true
+                })}/>
+              </div>
+            <input type="submit" value={t('admin_settings.createPad')} className="login-button" />
+          </form>
+        </Dialog.Content>
+      </Dialog.Portal>
+      </Dialog.Root>
+      <span className="manage-pads-header">
+                <h1><Trans i18nKey="ep_admin_pads:ep_adminpads2_manage-pads"/></h1>
+        <span style={{width: '29px', marginBottom: 'auto', marginTop: 'auto', flexGrow: 1}}><IconButton style={{float: 'right'}} icon={<PlusIcon/>} title={<Trans i18nKey="index.newPad"/>} onClick={()=>{
+          setCreatePadDialogOpen(true)
+        }}/></span>
+      </span>
         <SearchField value={searchTerm} onChange={v=>setSearchTerm(v.target.value)} placeholder={t('ep_admin_pads:ep_adminpads2_search-heading')}/>
         <table>
             <thead>
diff --git a/src/locales/de.json b/src/locales/de.json
index 3c324e6a7..a7194b5a5 100644
--- a/src/locales/de.json
+++ b/src/locales/de.json
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 	"admin_settings.current_save.value": "Einstellungen speichern",
 	"admin_settings.page-title": "Einstellungen - Etherpad",
 	"index.newPad": "Neues Pad",
+  "admin_settings.createPad": "Erstellen",
 	"index.createOpenPad": "Pad öffnen",
 	"index.openPad": "Öffne ein vorhandenes Pad mit folgendem Namen:",
 	"index.recentPads": "Zuletzt bearbeitete Pads",
diff --git a/src/node/hooks/express/adminsettings.ts b/src/node/hooks/express/adminsettings.ts
index e646323f1..a782c6d40 100644
--- a/src/node/hooks/express/adminsettings.ts
+++ b/src/node/hooks/express/adminsettings.ts
@@ -251,6 +251,25 @@ exports.socketio = (hookName: string, {io}: any) => {
             }
         })
 
+      type PadCreationOptions = {
+          padName: string,
+      }
+
+      socket.on('createPad', async ({padName}: PadCreationOptions)=>{
+        const padExists = await padManager.doesPadExists(padName);
+        if (padExists) {
+          socket.emit('results:createPad', {
+            error: 'Pad already exists',
+          });
+          return;
+        }
+        padManager.getPad(padName);
+          socket.emit('results:createPad', {
+            success: `Pad created ${padName}`,
+          });
+          return;
+      })
+
         socket.on('cleanupPadRevisions', async (padId: string) => {
           if (!settings.cleanup.enabled) {
             socket.emit('results:cleanupPadRevisions', {