Created config used for showing/hiding clear cart button on the shopping cart view page.

app/code/Magento/Checkout/Block/Cart.php

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 namespace Magento\Checkout\Block;
 
 use Magento\Customer\Model\Context;
+use Magento\Store\Model\ScopeInterface;
 
 /**
  * Shopping cart block
@@ -14,6 +15,11 @@
  */
 class Cart extends \Magento\Checkout\Block\Cart\AbstractCart
 {
+    /**
+     * Config settings path to determine is clear cart action enabled
+     */
+    public const XML_CONFIG_CLEAR_CART_ENABLED = 'checkout/cart/clear_cart_enabled';
+
     /**
      * @var \Magento\Catalog\Model\ResourceModel\Url
      */
@@ -68,7 +74,7 @@ protected function _construct()
     }
 
     /**
-     * prepare cart items URLs
+     * Prepare cart items URLs
      *
      * @return void
      * @SuppressWarnings(PHPMD.CyclomaticComplexity)
@@ -110,6 +116,8 @@ public function prepareItemUrls()
     }
 
     /**
+     * Checks is quote has error
+     *
      * @codeCoverageIgnore
      * @return bool
      */
@@ -119,6 +127,8 @@ public function hasError()
     }
 
     /**
+     * Returns quote items summary qty
+     *
      * @codeCoverageIgnore
      * @return int
      */
@@ -128,6 +138,8 @@ public function getItemsSummaryQty()
     }
 
     /**
+     * Checks is wishlist is active
+     *
      * @codeCoverageIgnore
      * @return bool
      */
@@ -137,7 +149,7 @@ public function isWishlistActive()
         if ($isActive === null) {
             $isActive = $this->_scopeConfig->getValue(
                 'wishlist/general/active',
-                \Magento\Store\Model\ScopeInterface::SCOPE_STORE
+                ScopeInterface::SCOPE_STORE
             ) && $this->httpContext->getValue(
                 Context::CONTEXT_AUTH
             );
@@ -147,6 +159,8 @@ public function isWishlistActive()
     }
 
     /**
+     * Returns checkout url
+     *
      * @codeCoverageIgnore
      * @return string
      */
@@ -156,6 +170,8 @@ public function getCheckoutUrl()
     }
 
     /**
+     * Returns continue shopping url
+     *
      * @return string
      */
     public function getContinueShoppingUrl()
@@ -172,6 +188,8 @@ public function getContinueShoppingUrl()
     }
 
     /**
+     * Checks is quote is virtual
+     *
      * @return bool
      * @codeCoverageIgnore
      * @SuppressWarnings(PHPMD.BooleanGetMethodName)
@@ -227,6 +245,8 @@ public function getItems()
     }
 
     /**
+     * Returns quote items count
+     *
      * @codeCoverageIgnore
      * @return int
      */
@@ -245,4 +265,22 @@ public function getPagerHtml()
     {
         return $this->getChildHtml('pager');
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks is clear cart action enabled
+     *
+     * @codeCoverageIgnore
+     * @return boolean
+     */
+    public function isClearCartEnabled()
+    {
+        $isEnabled = $this->_getData('clear_cart_enabled');
+        if ($isEnabled === null) {
+            $isEnabled = $this->_scopeConfig->getValue(
+                self::XML_CONFIG_CLEAR_CART_ENABLED,
+                ScopeInterface::SCOPE_STORE
+            );
+        }
+        return $isEnabled;
+    }
 }

app/code/Magento/Checkout/Test/Mftf/ActionGroup/AdminCheckoutClearCartEnabledActionGroup.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+ /**
+  * Copyright © Magento, Inc. All rights reserved.
+  * See COPYING.txt for license details.
+  */
+-->
+
+<actionGroups xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+              xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:mftf:Test/etc/actionGroupSchema.xsd">
+    <actionGroup name="AdminCheckoutClearCartEnabledActionGroup">
+        <annotations>
+            <description>Enable/disable showing clear shopping cart button on the cart page via checkout cart configuration.</description>
+        </annotations>
+        <arguments>
+            <argument name="value" type="string" defaultValue="Yes"/>
+        </arguments>
+        <scrollTo selector="{{AdminCheckoutConfigSection.clearCartEnabled}}" x="0" y="-100" stepKey="scrollToClearCartEnabled"/>
+        <uncheckOption selector="{{AdminCheckoutConfigSection.clearCartEnabledInherit}}" stepKey="uncheckUseSystem"/>
+        <selectOption selector="{{AdminCheckoutConfigSection.clearCartEnabled}}" userInput="{{value}}" stepKey="fillClearCartEnabled"/>
+        <click selector="{{AdminMainActionsSection.save}}" stepKey="clickSave"/>
+        <seeElement selector="{{AdminMessagesSection.success}}" stepKey="seeSuccessMessage"/>
+    </actionGroup>
+</actionGroups>

app/code/Magento/Checkout/Test/Mftf/ActionGroup/AdminOpenSalesCheckoutConfigPageActionGroup.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+ /**
+  * Copyright © Magento, Inc. All rights reserved.
+  * See COPYING.txt for license details.
+  */
+-->
+<actionGroups xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+              xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:mftf:Test/etc/actionGroupSchema.xsd">
+    <actionGroup name="AdminOpenSalesCheckoutConfigPageActionGroup">
+        <arguments>
+            <argument name="tabGroupAnchor" type="string" defaultValue=""/>
+        </arguments>
+        <amOnPage url="{{AdminCheckoutConfigPage.url(tabGroupAnchor)}}" stepKey="openCheckoutConfigPage"/>
+        <waitForPageLoad stepKey="waitForCheckoutConfigPageLoad"/>
+    </actionGroup>
+</actionGroups>
+

app/code/Magento/Checkout/Test/Mftf/Data/ConfigData.xml

@@ -100,4 +100,15 @@
         <data key="label">Display number of items in cart</data>
         <data key="value">0</data>
     </entity>
+
+    <entity name="EnableClearCartButtonOnTheCartPage">
+        <data key="path">checkout/cart/clear_cart_enabled</data>
+        <data key="label">Display clear cart button on the cart page</data>
+        <data key="value">1</data>
+    </entity>
+    <entity name="DisableClearCartButtonOnTheCartPage">
+        <data key="path">checkout/cart/clear_cart_enabled</data>
+        <data key="label">Do not display clear cart button on the cart page</data>
+        <data key="value">0</data>
+    </entity>
 </entities>

app/code/Magento/Checkout/Test/Mftf/Page/AdminCheckoutConfigPage.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+ /**
+  * Copyright © Magento, Inc. All rights reserved.
+  * See COPYING.txt for license details.
+  */
+-->
+<pages xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:mftf:Page/etc/PageObject.xsd">
+    <page name="AdminCheckoutConfigPage" url="admin/system_config/edit/section/checkout/{{tabLink}}" area="admin" parameterized="true" module="Magento_Checkout">
+        <section name="AdminCheckoutConfigSection"/>
+    </page>
+</pages>

app/code/Magento/Checkout/Test/Mftf/Section/AdminCheckoutConfigSection.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+ /**
+  * Copyright © Magento, Inc. All rights reserved.
+  * See COPYING.txt for license details.
+  */
+-->
+<sections xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:mftf:Page/etc/SectionObject.xsd">
+    <section name="AdminCheckoutConfigSection">
+        <element name="clearCartEnabled" type="select" selector="#checkout_cart_clear_cart_enabled"/>
+        <element name="clearCartEnabledInherit" type="select" selector="#checkout_cart_clear_cart_enabled_inherit"/>
+    </section>
+</sections>

app/code/Magento/Checkout/Test/Mftf/Section/CheckoutCartProductSection.xml

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
         <element name="checkoutCartProductPrice" type="text" selector="//td[@class='col price']//span[@class='price']"/>
         <element name="checkoutCartSubtotal" type="text" selector="//td[@class='col subtotal']//span[@class='price']"/>
         <element name="emptyCart" selector=".cart-empty" type="text"/>
+        <element name="emptyCartButton" selector="#empty_cart_button" type="button"/>
         <!-- Required attention section -->
         <element name="removeProductBySku" type="button" selector="//div[contains(., '{{sku}}')]/ancestor::tbody//button" parameterized="true" timeout="30"/>
         <element name="failedItemBySku" type="block" selector="//div[contains(.,'{{sku}}')]/ancestor::tbody" parameterized="true" timeout="30"/>

app/code/Magento/Checkout/Test/Mftf/Test/StorefrontCheckRenderingClearCartButtonOnTheCartPageBasedOnStoresConfigurationTest.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+ /**
+  * Copyright © Magento, Inc. All rights reserved.
+  * See COPYING.txt for license details.
+  */
+-->
+<tests xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+       xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:mftf:Test/etc/testSchema.xsd">
+    <test name="StorefrontCheckRenderingClearCartButtonOnTheCartPageBasedOnStoresConfigurationTest">
+        <annotations>
+            <features value="Checkout"/>
+            <stories value="Shopping Cart"/>
+            <title value="Check rendering/not rendering clear cart button on the cart page based on checkout cart stores configuration"/>
+            <description value="Check rendering/not rendering clear cart button on the cart page based on checkout cart stores configuration"/>
+            <severity value="MAJOR"/>
+            <group value="shoppingCart"/>
+        </annotations>
+
+        <before>
+            <!-- Create simple product -->
+            <createData entity="SimpleProduct2" stepKey="createProduct"/>
+        </before>
+        <after>
+            <!-- Delete simple product -->
+            <deleteData createDataKey="createProduct" stepKey="deleteProduct"/>
+
+            <!-- Disable rendering clear cart button on the cart page -->
+            <magentoCLI command="config:set {{DisableClearCartButtonOnTheCartPage.path}} {{DisableClearCartButtonOnTheCartPage.value}}" stepKey="disableClearCart"/>
+
+            <!-- Log out -->
+            <actionGroup ref="AdminLogoutActionGroup" stepKey="logout"/>
+        </after>
+        <!-- Add product to cart -->
+        <actionGroup ref="OpenStoreFrontProductPageActionGroup" stepKey="openProductPage">
+            <argument name="productUrlKey" value="$$createProduct.custom_attributes[url_key]$$"/>
+        </actionGroup>
+        <actionGroup ref="StorefrontAddProductToCartActionGroup" stepKey="addProductToCart">
+            <argument name="product" value="$$createProduct$$"/>
+            <argument name="productCount" value="1"/>
+        </actionGroup>
+
+        <!-- Navigate to cart page -->
+        <actionGroup ref="StorefrontOpenCartFromMinicartActionGroup" stepKey="openShoppingCart"/>
+        <waitForPageLoad stepKey="waitForShoppingCartLoad" />
+
+        <!-- Assert that empty cart button is not rendered on the cart page -->
+        <dontSeeElement selector="{{CheckoutCartProductSection.emptyCartButton}}" stepKey="dontSeeClearCartButton"/>
+
+        <!-- Open new browser's window and login as Admin -->
+        <openNewTab stepKey="openNewTab"/>
+        <actionGroup ref="AdminLoginActionGroup" stepKey="loginAsAdmin"/>
+
+        <!-- Navigate to checkout cart configuration --> 
+        <actionGroup ref="AdminOpenSalesCheckoutConfigPageActionGroup" stepKey="openCheckoutCartConfig">
+            <argument name="tabGroupAnchor" value="#checkout_cart-link"/>
+        </actionGroup>
+
+        <!-- Enable clear cart button -->
+        <actionGroup ref="AdminCheckoutClearCartEnabledActionGroup" stepKey="enableClearCartButton"/>
+
+        <!-- Flush cache -->
+        <magentoCLI command="cache:flush" stepKey="cacheFlush"/>
+
+        <!-- Back to the Cart page and refresh the page -->
+        <switchToPreviousTab stepKey="switchToPreviousTab"/>
+        <reloadPage stepKey="refreshPage"/>
+        <waitForPageLoad stepKey="waitPageReload"/>
+
+        <!-- Assert that empty cart button is rendered on the cart page -->
+        <seeElement selector="{{CheckoutCartProductSection.emptyCartButton}}" stepKey="SeeClearCartButton"/>
+    </test>
+</tests>

app/code/Magento/Checkout/etc/adminhtml/system.xml

@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@
                     <label>Show Cross-sell Items in the Shopping Cart</label>
                     <source_model>Magento\Config\Model\Config\Source\Yesno</source_model>
                 </field>
+                <field id="clear_cart_enabled" translate="label" type="select" sortOrder="4" showInDefault="1" showInWebsite="1" showInStore="1" canRestore="1">
+                    <label>Show "Clear Shopping Cart" button on the cart page</label>
+                    <source_model>Magento\Config\Model\Config\Source\Yesno</source_model>
+                </field>
             </group>
             <group id="cart_link" translate="label" sortOrder="3" showInDefault="1" showInWebsite="1">
                 <label>My Cart Link</label>

app/code/Magento/Checkout/etc/config.xml

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
                 <redirect_to_cart>0</redirect_to_cart>
                 <number_items_to_display_pager>20</number_items_to_display_pager>
                 <crosssell_enabled>1</crosssell_enabled>
+                <clear_cart_enabled>0</clear_cart_enabled>
             </cart>
             <cart_link>
                 <use_qty>1</use_qty>

app/code/Magento/Checkout/i18n/en_US.csv

@@ -182,4 +182,5 @@ Payment,Payment
 "Items in Cart","Items in Cart"
 "Close","Close"
 "Show Cross-sell Items in the Shopping Cart","Show Cross-sell Items in the Shopping Cart"
-"You added %1 to your <a href=""%2"">shopping cart</a>.","You added %1 to your <a href=""%2"">shopping cart</a>."
+"You added %1 to your <a href=""%2"">shopping cart</a>.","You added %1 to your <a href=""%2"">shopping cart</a>."
+"Show ""Clear Shopping Cart"" button on the cart page","Show ""Clear Shopping Cart"" button on the cart page"

app/code/Magento/Checkout/view/frontend/templates/cart/form.phtml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
           class="form form-cart">
     <?= $block->getBlockHtml('formkey') ?>
     <div class="cart table-wrapper<?= $mergedCells == 2 ? ' detailed' : '' ?>">
-        <?php if ($block->getPagerHtml()) :?>
+        <?php if ($block->getPagerHtml()):?>
             <div class="cart-products-toolbar cart-products-toolbar-top toolbar"
                  data-attribute="cart-products-toolbar-top"><?= $block->getPagerHtml() ?>
             </div>
@@ -38,32 +38,34 @@
                     <th class="col subtotal" scope="col"><span><?= $block->escapeHtml(__('Subtotal')) ?></span></th>
                 </tr>
             </thead>
-            <?php foreach ($block->getItems() as $_item) :?>
+            <?php foreach ($block->getItems() as $_item):?>
                 <?= $block->getItemHtml($_item) ?>
             <?php endforeach ?>
         </table>
-        <?php if ($block->getPagerHtml()) :?>
+        <?php if ($block->getPagerHtml()):?>
             <div class="cart-products-toolbar cart-products-toolbar-bottom toolbar"
                  data-attribute="cart-products-toolbar-bottom"><?= $block->getPagerHtml() ?>
             </div>
         <?php endif ?>
     </div>
     <div class="cart main actions">
-        <?php if ($block->getContinueShoppingUrl()) :?>
+        <?php if ($block->getContinueShoppingUrl()):?>
             <a class="action continue"
                href="<?= $block->escapeUrl($block->getContinueShoppingUrl()) ?>"
                title="<?= $block->escapeHtml(__('Continue Shopping')) ?>">
                 <span><?= $block->escapeHtml(__('Continue Shopping')) ?></span>
             </a>
         <?php endif; ?>
-        <button type="button"
-                name="update_cart_action"
-                data-cart-empty=""
-                value="empty_cart"
-                title="<?= $block->escapeHtml(__('Clear Shopping Cart')) ?>"
-                class="action clear" id="empty_cart_button">
-            <span><?= $block->escapeHtml(__('Clear Shopping Cart')) ?></span>
-        </button>
+        <?php if ($block->isClearCartEnabled()): ?>
+            <button type="button"
+                    name="update_cart_action"
+                    data-cart-empty=""
+                    value="empty_cart"
+                    title="<?= $block->escapeHtml(__('Clear Shopping Cart')) ?>"
+                    class="action clear" id="empty_cart_button">
+                <span><?= $block->escapeHtml(__('Clear Shopping Cart')) ?></span>
+            </button>
+        <?php endif; ?>
         <button type="submit"
                 name="update_cart_action"
                 data-cart-item-update=""

app/design/frontend/Magento/luma/web/css/source/_extends.less

@@ -1570,8 +1570,7 @@
         margin-bottom: @indent__base;
 
         .actions.main {
-            .continue,
-            .clear {
+            .continue {
                 display: none;
             }
         }