Its not recommended. You can also achieve in Magento 2 by editing the core file.
Folder path: /vendor/magento/module-offline-payments/Model
Now see what method you want to hide from front-end and edit that file.
I wanted to hide Check/Money Order from front-end. So i added the below code before public function at line 47
protected $_canUseCheckout = false;
So my file looks like below now. I hope it helps.
<?php
/**
* Copyright © Magento, Inc. All rights reserved.
* See COPYING.txt for license details.
*/
namespace Magento\OfflinePayments\Model;
/**
* Class Checkmo
*
* @method \Magento\Quote\Api\Data\PaymentMethodExtensionInterface getExtensionAttributes()
*
* @api
* @since 100.0.2
*/
class Checkmo extends \Magento\Payment\Model\Method\AbstractMethod
{
const PAYMENT_METHOD_CHECKMO_CODE = 'checkmo';
/**
* Payment method code
*
* @var string
*/
protected $_code = self::PAYMENT_METHOD_CHECKMO_CODE;
/**
* @var string
*/
protected $_formBlockType = \Magento\OfflinePayments\Block\Form\Checkmo::class;
/**
* @var string
*/
protected $_infoBlockType = \Magento\OfflinePayments\Block\Info\Checkmo::class;
/**
* Availability option
*
* @var bool
*/
protected $_isOffline = true;
/**
* @return string
*/
protected $_canUseCheckout = false;
public function getPayableTo()
{
return $this->getConfigData('payable_to');
}
/**
* @return string
*/
public function getMailingAddress()
{
return $this->getConfigData('mailing_address');
}
}
