diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/common/constants/data_frame_analytics.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/common/constants/data_frame_analytics.ts
index 7d71819de5366..f13537892875d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/common/constants/data_frame_analytics.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/common/constants/data_frame_analytics.ts
@@ -29,4 +29,6 @@ export const JOB_MAP_NODE_TYPES = {
   TRAINED_MODEL: 'trainedModel',
 } as const;
 
+export const BUILT_IN_MODEL_TAG = 'prepackaged';
+
 export type JobMapNodeTypes = typeof JOB_MAP_NODE_TYPES[keyof typeof JOB_MAP_NODE_TYPES];
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/common/types/trained_models.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/common/types/trained_models.ts
index 057ec5cc79d98..6b320d503b4c0 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/common/types/trained_models.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/common/types/trained_models.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ export interface TrainedModelStat {
 }
 
 export interface TrainedModelConfigResponse {
+  description: string;
   created_by: string;
   create_time: string;
   default_field_map: Record<string, string>;
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ export interface TrainedModelConfigResponse {
       }
     | Record<string, any>;
   model_id: string;
-  tags: string;
+  tags: string[];
   version: string;
   inference_config?: Record<string, any>;
   pipelines?: Record<string, PipelineDefinition> | null;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/common/search_bar_filters.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/common/search_bar_filters.tsx
index df935cfdf3825..11754007da775 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/common/search_bar_filters.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/common/search_bar_filters.tsx
@@ -12,68 +12,6 @@ import {
   Value,
   DataFrameAnalyticsListRow,
 } from '../pages/analytics_management/components/analytics_list/common';
-import { ModelItem } from '../pages/analytics_management/components/models_management/models_list';
-
-export function filterAnalyticsModels(
-  items: ModelItem[],
-  clauses: Array<TermClause | FieldClause>
-) {
-  if (clauses.length === 0) {
-    return items;
-  }
-
-  // keep count of the number of matches we make as we're looping over the clauses
-  // we only want to return items which match all clauses, i.e. each search term is ANDed
-  const matches: Record<string, any> = items.reduce((p: Record<string, any>, c) => {
-    p[c.model_id] = {
-      model: c,
-      count: 0,
-    };
-    return p;
-  }, {});
-
-  clauses.forEach((c) => {
-    // the search term could be negated with a minus, e.g. -bananas
-    const bool = c.match === 'must';
-    let ms = [];
-
-    if (c.type === 'term') {
-      // filter term based clauses, e.g. bananas
-      // match on model_id and type
-      // if the term has been negated, AND the matches
-      if (bool === true) {
-        ms = items.filter(
-          (item) =>
-            stringMatch(item.model_id, c.value) === bool || stringMatch(item.type, c.value) === bool
-        );
-      } else {
-        ms = items.filter(
-          (item) =>
-            stringMatch(item.model_id, c.value) === bool && stringMatch(item.type, c.value) === bool
-        );
-      }
-    } else {
-      // filter other clauses, i.e. the filters for type
-      if (Array.isArray(c.value)) {
-        // type value is an array of string(s) e.g. c.value => ['classification']
-        ms = items.filter((item) => {
-          return item.type !== undefined && (c.value as Value[]).includes(item.type);
-        });
-      } else {
-        ms = items.filter((item) => item[c.field as keyof typeof item] === c.value);
-      }
-    }
-
-    ms.forEach((j) => matches[j.model_id].count++);
-  });
-
-  // loop through the matches and return only those items which have match all the clauses
-  const filtered = Object.values(matches)
-    .filter((m) => (m && m.count) >= clauses.length)
-    .map((m) => m.model);
-
-  return filtered;
-}
 
 export function filterAnalytics(
   items: DataFrameAnalyticsListRow[],
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_management/components/models_management/expanded_row.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_management/components/models_management/expanded_row.tsx
index 626ba3dbc6baa..5562fcbe093a1 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_management/components/models_management/expanded_row.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_management/components/models_management/expanded_row.tsx
@@ -66,9 +66,11 @@ export const ExpandedRow: FC<ExpandedRowProps> = ({ item }) => {
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/naming-convention
     license_level,
     pipelines,
+    description,
   } = item;
 
   const details = {
+    description,
     tags,
     version,
     estimated_operations,
@@ -104,8 +106,8 @@ export const ExpandedRow: FC<ExpandedRowProps> = ({ item }) => {
             ),
         };
       })
-      .filter(({ description }) => {
-        return description !== undefined;
+      .filter(({ description: d }) => {
+        return d !== undefined;
       });
   }
 
@@ -365,62 +367,64 @@ export const ExpandedRow: FC<ExpandedRowProps> = ({ item }) => {
               <>
                 <EuiSpacer size={'m'} />
                 <EuiFlexGrid columns={2} gutterSize={'m'}>
-                  {Object.entries(pipelines).map(([pipelineName, { processors, description }]) => {
-                    return (
-                      <EuiFlexItem key={pipelineName}>
-                        <EuiPanel>
-                          <EuiFlexGroup alignItems="center" justifyContent="spaceBetween">
-                            <EuiFlexItem grow={false}>
-                              <EuiTitle size={'xs'}>
-                                <h5>{pipelineName}</h5>
-                              </EuiTitle>
-                            </EuiFlexItem>
-                            <EuiFlexItem grow={false}>
-                              <EuiButtonEmpty
-                                onClick={async () => {
-                                  const ingestPipelinesAppUrlGenerator = share.urlGenerators.getUrlGenerator(
-                                    'INGEST_PIPELINES_APP_URL_GENERATOR'
-                                  );
-                                  await navigateToUrl(
-                                    await ingestPipelinesAppUrlGenerator.createUrl({
-                                      page: 'pipeline_edit',
-                                      pipelineId: pipelineName,
-                                      absolute: true,
-                                    })
-                                  );
-                                }}
-                              >
+                  {Object.entries(pipelines).map(
+                    ([pipelineName, { processors, description: pipelineDescription }]) => {
+                      return (
+                        <EuiFlexItem key={pipelineName}>
+                          <EuiPanel>
+                            <EuiFlexGroup alignItems="center" justifyContent="spaceBetween">
+                              <EuiFlexItem grow={false}>
+                                <EuiTitle size={'xs'}>
+                                  <h5>{pipelineName}</h5>
+                                </EuiTitle>
+                              </EuiFlexItem>
+                              <EuiFlexItem grow={false}>
+                                <EuiButtonEmpty
+                                  onClick={async () => {
+                                    const ingestPipelinesAppUrlGenerator = share.urlGenerators.getUrlGenerator(
+                                      'INGEST_PIPELINES_APP_URL_GENERATOR'
+                                    );
+                                    await navigateToUrl(
+                                      await ingestPipelinesAppUrlGenerator.createUrl({
+                                        page: 'pipeline_edit',
+                                        pipelineId: pipelineName,
+                                        absolute: true,
+                                      })
+                                    );
+                                  }}
+                                >
+                                  <FormattedMessage
+                                    id="xpack.ml.trainedModels.modelsList.expandedRow.editPipelineLabel"
+                                    defaultMessage="Edit"
+                                  />
+                                </EuiButtonEmpty>
+                              </EuiFlexItem>
+                            </EuiFlexGroup>
+
+                            {pipelineDescription && <EuiText>{pipelineDescription}</EuiText>}
+                            <EuiSpacer size={'m'} />
+                            <EuiTitle size={'xxs'}>
+                              <h6>
                                 <FormattedMessage
-                                  id="xpack.ml.trainedModels.modelsList.expandedRow.editPipelineLabel"
-                                  defaultMessage="Edit"
+                                  id="xpack.ml.trainedModels.modelsList.expandedRow.processorsTitle"
+                                  defaultMessage="Processors"
                                 />
-                              </EuiButtonEmpty>
-                            </EuiFlexItem>
-                          </EuiFlexGroup>
-
-                          {description && <EuiText>{description}</EuiText>}
-                          <EuiSpacer size={'m'} />
-                          <EuiTitle size={'xxs'}>
-                            <h6>
-                              <FormattedMessage
-                                id="xpack.ml.trainedModels.modelsList.expandedRow.processorsTitle"
-                                defaultMessage="Processors"
-                              />
-                            </h6>
-                          </EuiTitle>
-                          <EuiCodeBlock
-                            language="painless"
-                            fontSize="m"
-                            paddingSize="m"
-                            overflowHeight={300}
-                            isCopyable
-                          >
-                            {JSON.stringify(processors, null, 2)}
-                          </EuiCodeBlock>
-                        </EuiPanel>
-                      </EuiFlexItem>
-                    );
-                  })}
+                              </h6>
+                            </EuiTitle>
+                            <EuiCodeBlock
+                              language="painless"
+                              fontSize="m"
+                              paddingSize="m"
+                              overflowHeight={300}
+                              isCopyable
+                            >
+                              {JSON.stringify(processors, null, 2)}
+                            </EuiCodeBlock>
+                          </EuiPanel>
+                        </EuiFlexItem>
+                      );
+                    }
+                  )}
                 </EuiFlexGrid>
               </>
             ),
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_management/components/models_management/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_management/components/models_management/index.ts
index ce67d265d7471..27c378aaed25b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_management/components/models_management/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_management/components/models_management/index.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export * from './models_list';
 
 export const ModelsTableToConfigMapping = {
   id: 'model_id',
+  description: 'description',
   createdAt: 'create_time',
   type: 'type',
 } as const;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_management/components/models_management/models_list.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_management/components/models_management/models_list.tsx
index 0f32e4596f1c5..4c3da00ed7cad 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_management/components/models_management/models_list.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_management/components/models_management/models_list.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
-import React, { FC, useState, useCallback, useEffect, useMemo } from 'react';
+import React, { FC, useState, useCallback, useMemo } from 'react';
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 import { FormattedMessage } from '@kbn/i18n/react';
 import {
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import {
   EuiFlexItem,
   EuiTitle,
   EuiButton,
-  EuiSearchBar,
   EuiSpacer,
   EuiButtonIcon,
   EuiBadge,
@@ -48,18 +47,17 @@ import {
   refreshAnalyticsList$,
   useRefreshAnalyticsList,
 } from '../../../../common';
-import { useTableSettings } from '../analytics_list/use_table_settings';
-import { filterAnalyticsModels } from '../../../../common/search_bar_filters';
 import { ML_PAGES } from '../../../../../../../common/constants/ml_url_generator';
 import { DataFrameAnalysisConfigType } from '../../../../../../../common/types/data_frame_analytics';
 import { timeFormatter } from '../../../../../../../common/util/date_utils';
 import { ListingPageUrlState } from '../../../../../../../common/types/common';
 import { usePageUrlState } from '../../../../../util/url_state';
+import { BUILT_IN_MODEL_TAG } from '../../../../../../../common/constants/data_frame_analytics';
 
 type Stats = Omit<TrainedModelStat, 'model_id'>;
 
 export type ModelItem = TrainedModelConfigResponse & {
-  type?: string;
+  type?: string[];
   stats?: Stats;
   pipelines?: ModelPipelines['pipelines'] | null;
 };
@@ -73,6 +71,11 @@ export const getDefaultModelsListState = (): ListingPageUrlState => ({
   sortDirection: 'asc',
 });
 
+export const BUILT_IN_MODEL_TYPE = i18n.translate(
+  'xpack.ml.trainedModels.modelsList.builtInModelLabel',
+  { defaultMessage: 'built-in' }
+);
+
 export const ModelsList: FC = () => {
   const {
     services: {
@@ -99,7 +102,6 @@ export const ModelsList: FC = () => {
   const trainedModelsApiService = useTrainedModelsApiService();
   const { toasts } = useNotifications();
 
-  const [filteredModels, setFilteredModels] = useState<ModelItem[]>([]);
   const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(false);
   const [items, setItems] = useState<ModelItem[]>([]);
   const [selectedModels, setSelectedModels] = useState<ModelItem[]>([]);
@@ -111,36 +113,15 @@ export const ModelsList: FC = () => {
   const mlUrlGenerator = useMlUrlGenerator();
   const navigateToPath = useNavigateToPath();
 
-  const updateFilteredItems = (queryClauses: any) => {
-    if (queryClauses.length) {
-      const filtered = filterAnalyticsModels(items, queryClauses);
-      setFilteredModels(filtered);
-    } else {
-      setFilteredModels(items);
-    }
-  };
-
-  const filterList = () => {
-    if (searchQueryText !== '') {
-      const query = EuiSearchBar.Query.parse(searchQueryText);
-      let clauses: any = [];
-      if (query && query.ast !== undefined && query.ast.clauses !== undefined) {
-        clauses = query.ast.clauses;
-      }
-      updateFilteredItems(clauses);
-    } else {
-      updateFilteredItems([]);
-    }
-  };
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    filterList();
-  }, [searchQueryText, items]);
+  const isBuiltInModel = useCallback(
+    (item: ModelItem) => item.tags.includes(BUILT_IN_MODEL_TAG),
+    []
+  );
 
   /**
-   * Fetches inference trained models.
+   * Fetches trained models.
    */
-  const fetchData = useCallback(async () => {
+  const fetchModelsData = useCallback(async () => {
     try {
       const response = await trainedModelsApiService.getTrainedModels(undefined, {
         with_pipelines: true,
@@ -151,10 +132,16 @@ export const ModelsList: FC = () => {
       const expandedItemsToRefresh = [];
 
       for (const model of response) {
-        const tableItem = {
+        const tableItem: ModelItem = {
           ...model,
+          // Extract model types
           ...(typeof model.inference_config === 'object'
-            ? { type: Object.keys(model.inference_config)[0] }
+            ? {
+                type: [
+                  ...Object.keys(model.inference_config),
+                  ...(isBuiltInModel(model) ? [BUILT_IN_MODEL_TYPE] : []),
+                ],
+              }
             : {}),
         };
         newItems.push(tableItem);
@@ -190,7 +177,7 @@ export const ModelsList: FC = () => {
   // Subscribe to the refresh observable to trigger reloading the model list.
   useRefreshAnalyticsList({
     isLoading: setIsLoading,
-    onRefresh: fetchData,
+    onRefresh: fetchModelsData,
   });
 
   const modelsStats: ModelsBarStats = useMemo(() => {
@@ -369,7 +356,7 @@ export const ModelsList: FC = () => {
       onClick: async (model) => {
         await prepareModelsForDeletion([model]);
       },
-      available: (item) => canDeleteDataFrameAnalytics,
+      available: (item) => canDeleteDataFrameAnalytics && !isBuiltInModel(item),
       enabled: (item) => {
         // TODO check for permissions to delete ingest pipelines.
         // ATM undefined means pipelines fetch failed server-side.
@@ -418,6 +405,15 @@ export const ModelsList: FC = () => {
       sortable: true,
       truncateText: true,
     },
+    {
+      field: ModelsTableToConfigMapping.description,
+      width: '350px',
+      name: i18n.translate('xpack.ml.trainedModels.modelsList.modelDescriptionHeader', {
+        defaultMessage: 'Description',
+      }),
+      sortable: false,
+      truncateText: true,
+    },
     {
       field: ModelsTableToConfigMapping.type,
       name: i18n.translate('xpack.ml.trainedModels.modelsList.typeHeader', {
@@ -425,7 +421,15 @@ export const ModelsList: FC = () => {
       }),
       sortable: true,
       align: 'left',
-      render: (type: string) => <EuiBadge color="hollow">{type}</EuiBadge>,
+      render: (types: string[]) => (
+        <EuiFlexGroup gutterSize={'xs'} wrap>
+          {types.map((type) => (
+            <EuiFlexItem key={type} grow={false}>
+              <EuiBadge color="hollow">{type}</EuiBadge>
+            </EuiFlexItem>
+          ))}
+        </EuiFlexGroup>
+      ),
     },
     {
       field: ModelsTableToConfigMapping.createdAt,
@@ -459,12 +463,6 @@ export const ModelsList: FC = () => {
         ]
       : [];
 
-  const { onTableChange, pagination, sorting } = useTableSettings<ModelItem>(
-    filteredModels,
-    pageState,
-    updatePageState
-  );
-
   const toolsLeft = (
     <EuiFlexItem grow={false}>
       <EuiFlexGroup justifyContent="spaceBetween" alignItems="center">
@@ -496,15 +494,27 @@ export const ModelsList: FC = () => {
   const selection: EuiTableSelectionType<ModelItem> | undefined = isSelectionAllowed
     ? {
         selectableMessage: (selectable, item) => {
-          return selectable
-            ? i18n.translate('xpack.ml.trainedModels.modelsList.selectableMessage', {
-                defaultMessage: 'Select a model',
-              })
-            : i18n.translate('xpack.ml.trainedModels.modelsList.disableSelectableMessage', {
-                defaultMessage: 'Model has associated pipelines',
-              });
+          if (selectable) {
+            return i18n.translate('xpack.ml.trainedModels.modelsList.selectableMessage', {
+              defaultMessage: 'Select a model',
+            });
+          }
+
+          if (Array.isArray(item.pipelines) && item.pipelines.length > 0) {
+            return i18n.translate('xpack.ml.trainedModels.modelsList.disableSelectableMessage', {
+              defaultMessage: 'Model has associated pipelines',
+            });
+          }
+
+          if (isBuiltInModel(item)) {
+            return i18n.translate('xpack.ml.trainedModels.modelsList.builtInModelMessage', {
+              defaultMessage: 'Built-in model',
+            });
+          }
+
+          return '';
         },
-        selectable: (item) => !item.pipelines,
+        selectable: (item) => !item.pipelines && !isBuiltInModel(item),
         onSelectionChange: (selectedItems) => {
           setSelectedModels(selectedItems);
         },
@@ -534,6 +544,7 @@ export const ModelsList: FC = () => {
         }
       : {}),
   };
+
   return (
     <>
       <EuiSpacer size="m" />
@@ -556,9 +567,6 @@ export const ModelsList: FC = () => {
           items={items}
           itemId={ModelsTableToConfigMapping.id}
           loading={isLoading}
-          onTableChange={onTableChange}
-          pagination={pagination}
-          sorting={sorting}
           search={search}
           selection={selection}
           rowProps={(item) => ({