diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/DateTimePicker/DateTimePickerV2.jsx b/packages/react/src/components/DateTimePicker/DateTimePickerV2.jsx
index 166ef6396f..620c37f04a 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/DateTimePicker/DateTimePickerV2.jsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/DateTimePicker/DateTimePickerV2.jsx
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const DateTimePicker = ({
   showRelativeOption,
   showCustomRangeLink,
   hasTimeInput,
+  hideBackButton,
   renderPresetTooltipText,
   onCancel,
   onApply,
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ const DateTimePicker = ({
       expanded={expanded}
       disabled={disabled}
       invalid={invalid}
+      hideBackButton={hideBackButton}
       showRelativeOption={showRelativeOption}
       showCustomRangeLink={showCustomRangeLink}
       hasTimeInput={hasTimeInput}
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/DateTimePicker/DateTimePickerV2.story.jsx b/packages/react/src/components/DateTimePicker/DateTimePickerV2.story.jsx
index 006024233e..41a82b4d6d 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/DateTimePicker/DateTimePickerV2.story.jsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/DateTimePicker/DateTimePickerV2.story.jsx
@@ -223,6 +223,9 @@ export const SelectedAbsoluteWithNewTimeSpinner = () => {
       hasTimeInput={boolean('hasTimeInput', true)}
       onApply={action('onApply')}
       onCancel={action('onCancel')}
+      showCustomRangeLink={boolean('show custom range link', true)}
+      hideBackButton={boolean('hide back button', false)}
+      showRelativeOption={boolean('show the relative option', true)}
       style={{ zIndex: number('zIndex', 0) }}
       i18n={object('i18n', {
         startTimeLabel: 'Start',
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/DateTimePicker/DateTimePickerV2WithTimeSpinner.jsx b/packages/react/src/components/DateTimePicker/DateTimePickerV2WithTimeSpinner.jsx
index e352b10873..35678bc72e 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/DateTimePicker/DateTimePickerV2WithTimeSpinner.jsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/DateTimePicker/DateTimePickerV2WithTimeSpinner.jsx
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ export const propTypes = {
   ),
   /** show the picker in the expanded state */
   expanded: PropTypes.bool,
+  /** hide the back button and display cancel button while only using absolute range selector */
+  hideBackButton: PropTypes.bool,
   /** disable the input */
   disabled: PropTypes.bool,
   /** specify the input in invalid state */
@@ -248,6 +250,7 @@ export const defaultProps = {
   disabled: false,
   invalid: false,
   showRelativeOption: true,
+  hideBackButton: false,
   showCustomRangeLink: true,
   hasTimeInput: true,
   renderPresetTooltipText: null,
@@ -312,6 +315,7 @@ const DateTimePicker = ({
   showCustomRangeLink,
   hasTimeInput,
   renderPresetTooltipText,
+  hideBackButton,
   onCancel,
   onApply,
   onClear,
@@ -749,7 +753,6 @@ const DateTimePicker = ({
 
   const onApplyClick = () => {
     const value = renderValue();
-    setLastAppliedValue(value);
     const returnValue = {
       timeRangeKind: value.kind,
       timeRangeValue: null,
@@ -802,6 +805,7 @@ const DateTimePicker = ({
         };
         break;
     }
+    setLastAppliedValue(returnValue);
 
     if (onApply && isValid) {
       setIsExpanded(false);
@@ -872,7 +876,7 @@ const DateTimePicker = ({
   const CustomFooter = () => {
     return (
       <div className={`${iotPrefix}--date-time-picker__menu-btn-set`}>
-        {isCustomRange && !isSingleSelect ? (
+        {isCustomRange && !isSingleSelect && !hideBackButton ? (
           <Button
             kind="secondary"
             className={`${iotPrefix}--date-time-picker__menu-btn ${iotPrefix}--date-time-picker__menu-btn-back`}
diff --git a/packages/react/src/utils/__tests__/__snapshots__/publicAPI.test.js.snap b/packages/react/src/utils/__tests__/__snapshots__/publicAPI.test.js.snap
index 933f1e0155..8d97ac8b75 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/utils/__tests__/__snapshots__/publicAPI.test.js.snap
+++ b/packages/react/src/utils/__tests__/__snapshots__/publicAPI.test.js.snap
@@ -9797,6 +9797,7 @@ Map {
       "expanded": false,
       "hasIconOnly": false,
       "hasTimeInput": true,
+      "hideBackButton": false,
       "i18n": Object {
         "absoluteLabel": "Absolute",
         "amString": "AM",
@@ -10135,6 +10136,9 @@ Map {
       "hasTimeInput": Object {
         "type": "bool",
       },
+      "hideBackButton": Object {
+        "type": "bool",
+      },
       "i18n": Object {
         "args": Array [
           Object {