diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/CHANGELOG.md b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/CHANGELOG.md
index 5c37be6d3a21c..e797f7174518a 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ CHANGELOG
 
 * Improve truecolor terminal detection in some cases
 * Add support for 256 color terminals (conversion from Ansi24 to Ansi8 if terminal is capable of it)
+* Adding optional columns to Table
 
 6.1
 ---
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/Table.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/Table.php
index 81598dfb49929..f21b101528145 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/Table.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/Table.php
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ class Table
     private array $columnStyles = [];
     private array $columnWidths = [];
     private array $columnMaxWidths = [];
+    private array $optionalColumns = [];
+    private array $droppedColumns = [];
+    private int $maxWidth = 0;
     private bool $rendered = false;
     private string $displayOrientation = self::DISPLAY_ORIENTATION_DEFAULT;
 
@@ -174,6 +177,20 @@ public function setColumnMaxWidth(int $columnIndex, int $width): static
         return $this;
     }
 
+    public function setOptionalColumns(array $columns): static
+    {
+        $this->optionalColumns = $columns;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    public function setMaxWidth(int $maxWidth): static
+    {
+        $this->maxWidth = $maxWidth;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return $this
      */
@@ -377,6 +394,11 @@ public function render()
         $rowGroups = $this->buildTableRows($rows);
         $this->calculateColumnsWidth($rowGroups);
 
+        if ($this->maxWidth && $this->optionalColumns) {
+            $this->dropColumn($rowGroups);
+            $this->calculateColumnsWidth($rowGroups);
+        }
+
         $isHeader = !$horizontal;
         $isFirstRow = $horizontal;
         $hasTitle = (bool) $this->headerTitle;
@@ -402,6 +424,16 @@ public function render()
                     continue;
                 }
 
+                if ($this->droppedColumns) {
+                    foreach ($this->droppedColumns as $column) {
+                        if ($this->numberOfColumns < \count($row)) {
+                            unset($row[$column]);
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    $row = array_values($row);
+                }
+
                 if ($isHeader && !$isHeaderSeparatorRendered) {
                     $this->renderRowSeparator(
                         $isHeader ? self::SEPARATOR_TOP : self::SEPARATOR_TOP_BOTTOM,
@@ -788,6 +820,7 @@ private function getRowColumns(array $row): array
      */
     private function calculateColumnsWidth(iterable $groups)
     {
+        $pass2 = \count($this->effectiveColumnWidths);
         for ($column = 0; $column < $this->numberOfColumns; ++$column) {
             $lengths = [];
             foreach ($groups as $group) {
@@ -815,6 +848,60 @@ private function calculateColumnsWidth(iterable $groups)
 
             $this->effectiveColumnWidths[$column] = max($lengths) + Helper::width($this->style->getCellRowContentFormat()) - 2;
         }
+
+        if ($pass2) {
+            $this->effectiveColumnWidths = array_values($this->effectiveColumnWidths);
+            $this->columnMaxWidths = array_values($this->columnMaxWidths);
+            $this->columnStyles = array_values($this->columnStyles);
+            $this->columnWidths = array_values($this->columnWidths);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private function dropColumn(iterable $groups)
+    {
+        $effectiveColumnWidths = $this->effectiveColumnWidths;
+        $optionalColumns = [];
+
+        foreach ($this->optionalColumns as $column) {
+            $optionalColumns[$column] = $effectiveColumnWidths[$column];
+        }
+
+        for ($column = $this->numberOfColumns; $this->numberOfColumns > 0; --$column) {
+            if ($this->maxWidth && $this->maxWidth > array_sum($effectiveColumnWidths)) {
+                break;
+            }
+
+            $largestOptionalColumn = array_keys($optionalColumns, max($optionalColumns))[0];
+            unset($effectiveColumnWidths[$largestOptionalColumn], $optionalColumns[$largestOptionalColumn]);
+            $this->droppedColumns[] = $largestOptionalColumn;
+
+            if (empty($optionalColumns)) {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if ($this->droppedColumns) {
+            foreach ($this->droppedColumns as $column) {
+                foreach ($groups as $group) {
+                    foreach ($group as $row) {
+                        foreach ($row as $index => $cell) {
+                            if ($cell instanceof TableCell && $index + $cell->getColspan() > $column) {
+                                $cell->reduceColspan();
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                unset(
+                    $this->effectiveColumnWidths[$column],
+                    $this->columnMaxWidths[$column],
+                    $this->columnStyles[$column],
+                    $this->columnWidths[$column],
+                );
+            }
+
+            $this->numberOfColumns -= \count($this->droppedColumns);
+        }
     }
 
     private function getColumnSeparatorWidth(): int
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/TableCell.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/TableCell.php
index 394b2bc959f5f..71ec5cf2f5dda 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/TableCell.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/TableCell.php
@@ -57,6 +57,17 @@ public function getColspan(): int
         return (int) $this->options['colspan'];
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Reduces number of colspan.
+     * Used by optional columns.
+     */
+    public function reduceColspan(): void
+    {
+        if ((int) $this->options['colspan'] > 1) {
+            --$this->options['colspan'];
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Gets number of rowspan.
      */