diff --git a/.changeset/witty-houses-wash.md b/.changeset/witty-houses-wash.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4afe177bcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/witty-houses-wash.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@hyperlane-xyz/widgets': minor
+---
+
+Allow chains to be disabled in ChainSearchMenu
diff --git a/typescript/widgets/src/chains/ChainSearchMenu.tsx b/typescript/widgets/src/chains/ChainSearchMenu.tsx
index a945e4bd93..d26f90c91f 100644
--- a/typescript/widgets/src/chains/ChainSearchMenu.tsx
+++ b/typescript/widgets/src/chains/ChainSearchMenu.tsx
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ import {
   ChainMap,
   ChainMetadata,
   ChainName,
+  ChainStatus,
   mergeChainMetadataMap,
 } from '@hyperlane-xyz/sdk';
-import { ProtocolType } from '@hyperlane-xyz/utils';
+import { ProtocolType, objMap } from '@hyperlane-xyz/utils';
 
 import {
   SearchMenu,
@@ -64,6 +65,10 @@ export interface ChainSearchMenuProps {
   showAddChainButton?: boolean;
   // Field by which data will be sorted by default
   defaultSortField?: DefaultSortField;
+  /**
+   * Allow chains to be shown as disabled. Defaults to `false`
+   */
+  shouldDisableChains?: boolean;
 }
 
 export function ChainSearchMenu({
@@ -76,6 +81,7 @@ export function ChainSearchMenu({
   showAddChainButton,
   showAddChainMenu,
   defaultSortField,
+  shouldDisableChains = false,
 }: ChainSearchMenuProps) {
   const [drilldownChain, setDrilldownChain] = useState<ChainName | undefined>(
     showChainDetails,
@@ -88,11 +94,22 @@ export function ChainSearchMenu({
       chainMetadata,
       overrideChainMetadata,
     );
-    return { mergedMetadata, listData: Object.values(mergedMetadata) };
-  }, [chainMetadata, overrideChainMetadata]);
+    const disabledChainMetadata = getDisabledChains(
+      mergedMetadata,
+      shouldDisableChains,
+    );
+    return {
+      mergedMetadata: disabledChainMetadata,
+      listData: Object.values(disabledChainMetadata),
+    };
+  }, [chainMetadata, overrideChainMetadata, shouldDisableChains]);
 
   const { ListComponent, searchFn, sortOptions, defaultSortState } =
-    useCustomizedListItems(customListItemField, defaultSortField);
+    useCustomizedListItems(
+      customListItemField,
+      shouldDisableChains,
+      defaultSortField,
+    );
 
   if (drilldownChain && mergedMetadata[drilldownChain]) {
     const isLocalOverrideChain = !chainMetadata[drilldownChain];
@@ -225,12 +242,14 @@ function chainSearch({
   sort,
   filter,
   customListItemField,
+  shouldDisableChains,
 }: {
   data: ChainMetadata[];
   query: string;
   sort: SortState<ChainSortByOption>;
   filter: ChainFilterState;
   customListItemField?: CustomListItemField;
+  shouldDisableChains?: boolean;
 }) {
   const queryFormatted = query.trim().toLowerCase();
   return (
@@ -257,6 +276,14 @@ function chainSearch({
       })
       // Sort options
       .sort((c1, c2) => {
+        if (shouldDisableChains) {
+          // If one chain is disabled and the other is not, place the disabled chain at the bottom
+          const c1Disabled = c1.availability?.status === ChainStatus.Disabled;
+          const c2Disabled = c2.availability?.status === ChainStatus.Disabled;
+          if (c1Disabled && !c2Disabled) return 1;
+          if (!c1Disabled && c2Disabled) return -1;
+        }
+
         // Special case handling for if the chains are being sorted by the
         // custom field provided to ChainSearchMenu
         if (customListItemField && sort.sortBy === customListItemField.header) {
@@ -290,6 +317,7 @@ function chainSearch({
  */
 function useCustomizedListItems(
   customListItemField,
+  shouldDisableChains: boolean,
   defaultSortField?: DefaultSortField,
 ) {
   // Create closure of ChainListItem but with customField pre-bound
@@ -303,8 +331,8 @@ function useCustomizedListItems(
   // Bind the custom field to the search function
   const searchFn = useCallback(
     (args: Parameters<typeof chainSearch>[0]) =>
-      chainSearch({ ...args, customListItemField }),
-    [customListItemField],
+      chainSearch({ ...args, shouldDisableChains, customListItemField }),
+    [customListItemField, shouldDisableChains],
   );
 
   // Merge the custom field into the sort options if a custom field exists
@@ -333,3 +361,18 @@ function useCustomizedListItems(
 
   return { ListComponent, searchFn, sortOptions, defaultSortState };
 }
+
+function getDisabledChains(
+  chainMetadata: ChainMap<ChainMetadata>,
+  shouldDisableChains: boolean,
+) {
+  if (!shouldDisableChains) return chainMetadata;
+
+  return objMap(chainMetadata, (_, chain) => {
+    if (chain.availability?.status === ChainStatus.Disabled) {
+      return { ...chain, disabled: true };
+    }
+
+    return chain;
+  });
+}
diff --git a/typescript/widgets/src/components/SearchMenu.tsx b/typescript/widgets/src/components/SearchMenu.tsx
index 750d2bfb3d..ee703d282b 100644
--- a/typescript/widgets/src/components/SearchMenu.tsx
+++ b/typescript/widgets/src/components/SearchMenu.tsx
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ export function SearchMenu<
       e.stopPropagation();
       if (results.length === 1) {
         const item = results[0];
+        if (item.disabled) return;
         isEditMode ? onClickEditItem(item) : onClickItem(item);
       }
     },
diff --git a/typescript/widgets/src/stories/ChainSearchMenu.stories.tsx b/typescript/widgets/src/stories/ChainSearchMenu.stories.tsx
index fa6adff950..7a3e1a4b39 100644
--- a/typescript/widgets/src/stories/ChainSearchMenu.stories.tsx
+++ b/typescript/widgets/src/stories/ChainSearchMenu.stories.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Meta, StoryObj } from '@storybook/react';
 
 import { chainMetadata } from '@hyperlane-xyz/registry';
+import { ChainDisabledReason, ChainStatus } from '@hyperlane-xyz/sdk';
 import { pick } from '@hyperlane-xyz/utils';
 
 import {
@@ -84,3 +85,37 @@ export const WithOverrideChain = {
     showAddChainButton: true,
   },
 } satisfies Story;
+
+export const WithDisabledChains = {
+  args: {
+    chainMetadata: pick(chainMetadata, ['alfajores', 'base']),
+    overrideChainMetadata: {
+      arbitrum: {
+        ...chainMetadata['arbitrum'],
+        availability: {
+          status: ChainStatus.Disabled,
+          reasons: [ChainDisabledReason.Deprecated],
+        },
+      },
+      ethereum: {
+        ...chainMetadata['ethereum'],
+        availability: {
+          status: ChainStatus.Disabled,
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    onChangeOverrideMetadata: () => {},
+    showAddChainButton: true,
+    defaultSortField: 'custom',
+    shouldDisableChains: true,
+    customListItemField: {
+      header: 'Warp Routes',
+      data: {
+        alfajores: { display: '1 token', sortValue: 1 },
+        arbitrum: { display: '2 tokens', sortValue: 2 },
+        ethereum: { display: '1 token', sortValue: 1 },
+        base: { display: '2 tokens', sortValue: 2 },
+      },
+    },
+  },
+} satisfies Story;