diff --git a/meteor/client/ui/Shelf/AdLibPanel.tsx b/meteor/client/ui/Shelf/AdLibPanel.tsx
index 4f8445c5fb..429417b2fa 100644
--- a/meteor/client/ui/Shelf/AdLibPanel.tsx
+++ b/meteor/client/ui/Shelf/AdLibPanel.tsx
@@ -371,15 +371,25 @@ export function fetchAndFilter(props: IFetchAndFilterProps): AdLibFetchAndFilter
 						// @ts-expect-error deep-property
 						sort: { 'display._rank': 1 },
 					}
-				).map<{
-					partId: PartId
-					piece: AdLibPieceUi
-				}>((action) => {
-					return {
-						partId: action.partId,
-						piece: actionToAdLibPieceUi(action, sourceLayerLookup, outputLayerLookup),
-					}
-				}),
+				)
+					.map<{
+						partId: PartId
+						piece: AdLibPieceUi
+						hidden: boolean
+					}>((action) => {
+						return {
+							partId: action.partId,
+							piece: actionToAdLibPieceUi(action, sourceLayerLookup, outputLayerLookup),
+							hidden: !!action.display.hidden,
+						}
+					})
+					.filter((adLibPiece) => {
+						if (!adLibPiece.hidden)
+							return {
+								partId: adLibPiece.partId,
+								piece: adLibPiece.piece,
+							}
+					}),
 			'adLibActions',
 			unorderedRundownIds,
 			partIds
@@ -487,7 +497,7 @@ export function fetchAndFilter(props: IFetchAndFilterProps): AdLibFetchAndFilter
 								}
 							)
 								.fetch()
-								.filter((action) => !(action.publicData && ((action.publicData as any).template as boolean)))
+								.filter((action) => !action.display.hidden)
 								.map((action) => actionToAdLibPieceUi(action, sourceLayerLookup, outputLayerLookup)),
 						'globalAdLibActions',
 						currentRundownId
diff --git a/packages/blueprints-integration/src/action.ts b/packages/blueprints-integration/src/action.ts
index f3e4183bac..be134514be 100644
--- a/packages/blueprints-integration/src/action.ts
+++ b/packages/blueprints-integration/src/action.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ export interface IBlueprintActionManifestDisplay {
 	uniquenessId?: string
 	/** When not playing, display in the UI as playing, and vice versa. Useful for Adlibs that toggle something off when taken */
 	invertOnAirState?: boolean
+	/** Hide this adLib from the shelf - it is accessible only through the API */
+	hidden?: boolean
 }
 
 export interface IBlueprintActionManifestDisplayContent extends IBlueprintActionManifestDisplay {
diff --git a/packages/blueprints-integration/src/documents/adlibPiece.ts b/packages/blueprints-integration/src/documents/adlibPiece.ts
index 7e515480d9..a01d53f18a 100644
--- a/packages/blueprints-integration/src/documents/adlibPiece.ts
+++ b/packages/blueprints-integration/src/documents/adlibPiece.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ export interface IBlueprintAdLibPiece<TPrivateData = unknown, TPublicData = unkn
 	uniquenessId?: string
 	/** When not playing, display in the UI as playing, and vice versa. Useful for Adlibs that toggle something off when taken */
 	invertOnAirState?: boolean
+	/** Hide this adLib from the shelf - it is accessible only through the API */
+	hidden?: boolean
 }
 /** The AdLib piece sent from Core */
 export interface IBlueprintAdLibPieceDB<TPrivateData = unknown, TPublicData = unknown>
diff --git a/packages/job-worker/src/blueprints/context/lib.ts b/packages/job-worker/src/blueprints/context/lib.ts
index 19811519d1..7b6203cfca 100644
--- a/packages/job-worker/src/blueprints/context/lib.ts
+++ b/packages/job-worker/src/blueprints/context/lib.ts
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ export function convertAdLibPieceToBlueprints(adLib: ReadonlyDeep<AdLibPiece>):
 		nextPieceTags: clone<string[] | undefined>(adLib.nextPieceTags),
 		uniquenessId: adLib.uniquenessId,
 		invertOnAirState: adLib.invertOnAirState,
+		hidden: adLib.hidden,
 	}
 
 	return obj