diff --git a/api-goldens/element-ng/sort-bar/index.api.md b/api-goldens/element-ng/sort-bar/index.api.md
index 8a904729a..812cbd3d1 100644
--- a/api-goldens/element-ng/sort-bar/index.api.md
+++ b/api-goldens/element-ng/sort-bar/index.api.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import * as i0 from '@angular/core';
 import { OnInit } from '@angular/core';
 import { TranslatableString } from '@siemens/element-translate-ng/translate';
 
-// @public (undocumented)
+// @public @deprecated (undocumented)
 export class SiSortBarComponent implements OnInit {
     readonly defaultSortCriteria: i0.InputSignal<string | number>;
     readonly sortChange: i0.OutputEmitterRef<HttpParams>;
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export class SiSortBarComponent implements OnInit {
     readonly sortTitle: i0.InputSignal<TranslatableString>;
 }
 
-// @public (undocumented)
+// @public @deprecated (undocumented)
 export class SiSortBarModule {
 }
 
diff --git a/playwright/e2e/element-examples/static.spec.ts b/playwright/e2e/element-examples/static.spec.ts
index 9344a7b66..72649b08a 100644
--- a/playwright/e2e/element-examples/static.spec.ts
+++ b/playwright/e2e/element-examples/static.spec.ts
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ test('si-search-bar/si-search-bar-value', ({ si }) => si.static());
 test('si-search-bar/si-search-bar', ({ si }) => si.static());
 test('si-slider/si-slider', ({ si }) => si.static());
 test('si-slider/si-slider-icon', ({ si }) => si.static());
-test('si-sort-bar/si-sort-bar', ({ si }) => si.static());
 test('si-split/si-split-hide-header', ({ si }) => si.static());
 test('si-split/si-split-mixed', ({ si }) => si.static());
 test('si-summary-chip/si-summary-chip', ({ si }) => si.static());
diff --git a/playwright/snapshots/static.spec.ts-snapshots/si-sort-bar--si-sort-bar-element-examples-chromium-dark-linux.png b/playwright/snapshots/static.spec.ts-snapshots/si-sort-bar--si-sort-bar-element-examples-chromium-dark-linux.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a79d1645..000000000
--- a/playwright/snapshots/static.spec.ts-snapshots/si-sort-bar--si-sort-bar-element-examples-chromium-dark-linux.png
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:ef18e16a9ecb57cc6c25384db0c63bde789f41d6eade0fed5f901608d6a34936
-size 5978
diff --git a/playwright/snapshots/static.spec.ts-snapshots/si-sort-bar--si-sort-bar-element-examples-chromium-light-linux.png b/playwright/snapshots/static.spec.ts-snapshots/si-sort-bar--si-sort-bar-element-examples-chromium-light-linux.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 79ec7bdbb..000000000
--- a/playwright/snapshots/static.spec.ts-snapshots/si-sort-bar--si-sort-bar-element-examples-chromium-light-linux.png
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:c6598935f1613f9ba8a23f8a458152a0246cb73c121d177908759008414ad443
-size 5869
diff --git a/playwright/snapshots/static.spec.ts-snapshots/si-sort-bar--si-sort-bar.yaml b/playwright/snapshots/static.spec.ts-snapshots/si-sort-bar--si-sort-bar.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index f4ad3a84b..000000000
--- a/playwright/snapshots/static.spec.ts-snapshots/si-sort-bar--si-sort-bar.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-- text: "Sort by: name date value"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/projects/element-ng/sort-bar/si-sort-bar.component.ts b/projects/element-ng/sort-bar/si-sort-bar.component.ts
index 899cdba19..7265e5250 100644
--- a/projects/element-ng/sort-bar/si-sort-bar.component.ts
+++ b/projects/element-ng/sort-bar/si-sort-bar.component.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ export interface SortCriteria {
   key: number | string;
 }
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated SiSortBarComponent originate from the older design system and do not align with current
+ * design guidelines. No known use case exists for this component.
+ * It will be removed in v50.
+ */
 @Component({
   selector: 'si-sort-bar',
   imports: [SiIconComponent, SiTranslatePipe],
diff --git a/projects/element-ng/sort-bar/si-sort-bar.module.ts b/projects/element-ng/sort-bar/si-sort-bar.module.ts
index 6ce617504..db72ef513 100644
--- a/projects/element-ng/sort-bar/si-sort-bar.module.ts
+++ b/projects/element-ng/sort-bar/si-sort-bar.module.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
 
 import { SiSortBarComponent } from './si-sort-bar.component';
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated SiSortBarModule originate from the older design system and do not align with current
+ * design guidelines. No known use case exists for this module and component.
+ * It will be removed in v50.
+ */
 @NgModule({
   imports: [SiSortBarComponent],
   exports: [SiSortBarComponent]
diff --git a/src/app/examples/si-sort-bar/si-sort-bar.html b/src/app/examples/si-sort-bar-deprecated/si-sort-bar-deprecated.html
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/examples/si-sort-bar/si-sort-bar.html
rename to src/app/examples/si-sort-bar-deprecated/si-sort-bar-deprecated.html
diff --git a/src/app/examples/si-sort-bar/si-sort-bar.ts b/src/app/examples/si-sort-bar-deprecated/si-sort-bar-deprecated.ts
similarity index 82%
rename from src/app/examples/si-sort-bar/si-sort-bar.ts
rename to src/app/examples/si-sort-bar-deprecated/si-sort-bar-deprecated.ts
index 49372a66e..e67fedba0 100644
--- a/src/app/examples/si-sort-bar/si-sort-bar.ts
+++ b/src/app/examples/si-sort-bar-deprecated/si-sort-bar-deprecated.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) Siemens 2016 - 2026
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  */
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-deprecated */
 import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component, inject } from '@angular/core';
 import { SiSortBarComponent } from '@siemens/element-ng/sort-bar';
 import { LOG_EVENT } from '@siemens/live-preview';
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ import { LOG_EVENT } from '@siemens/live-preview';
 @Component({
   selector: 'app-sample',
   imports: [SiSortBarComponent],
-  templateUrl: './si-sort-bar.html',
+  templateUrl: './si-sort-bar-deprecated.html',
   changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush,
   host: { class: 'p-5' }
 })