diff --git a/invenio_vocabularies/config.py b/invenio_vocabularies/config.py
index 70370fa9..b0abf832 100644
--- a/invenio_vocabularies/config.py
+++ b/invenio_vocabularies/config.py
@@ -127,6 +127,10 @@ def is_edmo(val):
 }
 """Names allowed identifier schemes."""
 
+
+VOCABULARIES_NAMES_RESTRICTED_SCHEMES = []
+"""Names restricted names schemes [not visible in search endpoint]."""
+
 VOCABULARIES_SUBJECTS_SCHEMES = {
     "gnd": {"label": _("GND"), "validator": idutils.is_gnd, "datacite": "GND"},
     "url": {"label": _("URL"), "validator": idutils.is_url},
diff --git a/invenio_vocabularies/contrib/names/config.py b/invenio_vocabularies/contrib/names/config.py
index f5ddab0b..cd7b6f9e 100644
--- a/invenio_vocabularies/contrib/names/config.py
+++ b/invenio_vocabularies/contrib/names/config.py
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
 
 names_schemes = LocalProxy(lambda: current_app.config["VOCABULARIES_NAMES_SCHEMES"])
 
+restricted_names_schemes = LocalProxy(
+    lambda: current_app.config["VOCABULARIES_NAMES_RESTRICTED_SCHEMES"]
+)
+
 
 class NamesSearchOptions(SearchOptions):
     """Search options."""
diff --git a/invenio_vocabularies/contrib/names/schema.py b/invenio_vocabularies/contrib/names/schema.py
index 16040d09..c3d23c39 100644
--- a/invenio_vocabularies/contrib/names/schema.py
+++ b/invenio_vocabularies/contrib/names/schema.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 from ..affiliations.schema import (
     AffiliationRelationSchema as BaseAffiliationRelationSchema,
 )
-from .config import names_schemes
+from .config import names_schemes, restricted_names_schemes
 
 
 class AffiliationRelationSchema(BaseAffiliationRelationSchema):
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def validate_names(self, data, **kwargs):
             raise ValidationError({"family_name": messages})
 
     @validates_schema
-    def validate_affiliatons(self, data, **kwargs):
+    def validate_affiliations(self, data, **kwargs):
         """Validate names."""
         affiliations = data.get("affiliations", [])
         seen_names = set()
@@ -104,3 +104,14 @@ def dump_name(self, data, **kwargs):
             elif family_name:
                 data["name"] = family_name
         return data
+
+    @post_dump
+    def filter_exposed_identifiers(self, data, **kwargs):
+        identifiers = data.get("identifiers")
+        filtered_ids = [
+            identifier
+            for identifier in identifiers
+            if identifier["scheme"] not in restricted_names_schemes
+        ]
+        data["identifiers"] = filtered_ids
+        return data
diff --git a/invenio_vocabularies/contrib/names/services.py b/invenio_vocabularies/contrib/names/services.py
index a6ab939b..7200dc1a 100644
--- a/invenio_vocabularies/contrib/names/services.py
+++ b/invenio_vocabularies/contrib/names/services.py
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ def resolve(self, identity, id_, id_type, many=False):
         else:
             results = self._read_many(identity, search_query, max_records=1)
 
-        # cant use the results_item because it returns dicts intead of records
+        # cant use the results_item because it returns dicts instead of records
         total = results.hits.total["value"]
         if total == 0:
-            # Not a PID but trated as such
+            # Not a PID but treated as such
             raise PIDDoesNotExistError(pid_type=id_type, pid_value=id_)
         if many:
             for result in results: