Restrict custom post type from appearing with ?post_types=

register_post_type() has quite a few related arguments, of which publicly_queryable controls precisely what you are describing.

However note that it will completely kill the CPT on front end — individual posts, archives, even post previews.

If you want to do this conditionally you’ll have to manage this with code from scratch, which might get very involved to do comprehensively.

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