diff --git a/docs/developer/plugin-list.asciidoc b/docs/developer/plugin-list.asciidoc
index c6ae16d828a6d..183e72d23cb71 100644
--- a/docs/developer/plugin-list.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/developer/plugin-list.asciidoc
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ Content is fetched from the remote (https://feeds.elastic.co and https://feeds-s
 
 
 |{kib-repo}blob/{branch}/src/plugins/saved_objects/README.md[savedObjects]
-|The savedObjects plugin exposes utilities to manipulate saved objects on the client side.
+|NOTE: This plugin is deprecated and will be removed in 8.0. See https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/46435 for more information.
 
 
 |{kib-repo}blob/{branch}/src/plugins/saved_objects_management/README.md[savedObjectsManagement]
diff --git a/src/plugins/saved_objects/README.md b/src/plugins/saved_objects/README.md
index 2f8dd44a2c5fa..b82349e092c90 100644
--- a/src/plugins/saved_objects/README.md
+++ b/src/plugins/saved_objects/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 # `savedObjects` plugin
 
+NOTE: This plugin is deprecated and will be removed in 8.0. See https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/46435 for more information.
+
 The `savedObjects` plugin exposes utilities to manipulate saved objects on the client side.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/plugins/saved_objects/public/plugin.ts b/src/plugins/saved_objects/public/plugin.ts
index 2807c5de35fb4..c8e62efc1a867 100644
--- a/src/plugins/saved_objects/public/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/saved_objects/public/plugin.ts
@@ -23,9 +23,13 @@ export interface SavedObjectSetup {
 }
 
 export interface SavedObjectsStart {
+  /** @deprecated */
   SavedObjectClass: new (raw: Record<string, any>) => SavedObject;
+  /** @deprecated */
   settings: {
+    /** @deprecated */
     getPerPage: () => number;
+    /** @deprecated */
     getListingLimit: () => number;
   };
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/saved_objects/public/save_modal/saved_object_save_modal.tsx b/src/plugins/saved_objects/public/save_modal/saved_object_save_modal.tsx
index e476d62a0e793..07f6336dac52c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/saved_objects/public/save_modal/saved_object_save_modal.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/saved_objects/public/save_modal/saved_object_save_modal.tsx
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ export interface SaveModalState {
 
 const generateId = htmlIdGenerator();
 
+/** @deprecated */
 export class SavedObjectSaveModal extends React.Component<Props, SaveModalState> {
   private warning = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>();
   public readonly state = {
diff --git a/src/plugins/saved_objects/public/saved_object/saved_object_loader.ts b/src/plugins/saved_objects/public/saved_object/saved_object_loader.ts
index f1de1933ac43b..10872b5d9cd1a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/saved_objects/public/saved_object/saved_object_loader.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/saved_objects/public/saved_object/saved_object_loader.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export interface SavedObjectLoaderFindOptions {
 }
 
 /**
+ * @deprecated
  * The SavedObjectLoader class provides some convenience functions
  * to load and save one kind of saved objects (specified in the constructor).
  *
diff --git a/src/plugins/saved_objects/public/types.ts b/src/plugins/saved_objects/public/types.ts
index b0bc459cd299b..ca44c56319954 100644
--- a/src/plugins/saved_objects/public/types.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/saved_objects/public/types.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
   SearchSourceFields,
 } from '../../data/public';
 
+/** @deprecated */
 export interface SavedObject {
   _serialize: () => { attributes: SavedObjectAttributes; references: SavedObjectReference[] };
   _source: Record<string, unknown>;