diff --git a/packages/payload/src/admin/components/elements/WhereBuilder/field-types.tsx b/packages/payload/src/admin/components/elements/WhereBuilder/field-types.tsx
index 55598af862..9c95045263 100644
--- a/packages/payload/src/admin/components/elements/WhereBuilder/field-types.tsx
+++ b/packages/payload/src/admin/components/elements/WhereBuilder/field-types.tsx
@@ -77,6 +77,15 @@ const contains = {
   value: 'contains',
 }
 
+const filterOperators = (operators, hasMany = false) => {
+  if (hasMany) {
+    return operators.filter(
+      (operator) => operator.value !== 'equals' && operator.value !== 'not_equals',
+    )
+  }
+  return operators
+}
+
 const fieldTypeConditions = {
   checkbox: {
     component: 'Text',
@@ -100,7 +109,7 @@ const fieldTypeConditions = {
   },
   number: {
     component: 'Number',
-    operators: [...base, ...numeric],
+    operators: (hasMany) => filterOperators([...base, ...numeric], hasMany),
   },
   point: {
     component: 'Point',
@@ -120,11 +129,11 @@ const fieldTypeConditions = {
   },
   select: {
     component: 'Select',
-    operators: [...base],
+    operators: (hasMany) => filterOperators([...base], hasMany),
   },
   text: {
     component: 'Text',
-    operators: [...base, like, contains],
+    operators: (hasMany) => filterOperators([...base, like, contains], hasMany),
   },
   textarea: {
     component: 'Text',
diff --git a/packages/payload/src/admin/components/elements/WhereBuilder/index.tsx b/packages/payload/src/admin/components/elements/WhereBuilder/index.tsx
index f1c46abecd..df1919486b 100644
--- a/packages/payload/src/admin/components/elements/WhereBuilder/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/payload/src/admin/components/elements/WhereBuilder/index.tsx
@@ -22,36 +22,44 @@ const baseClass = 'where-builder'
 
 const reduceFields = (fields, i18n) =>
   flattenTopLevelFields(fields).reduce((reduced, field) => {
+    let operators = []
+
     if (typeof fieldTypes[field.type] === 'object') {
-      const operatorKeys = new Set()
-      const operators = fieldTypes[field.type].operators.reduce((acc, operator) => {
-        if (!operatorKeys.has(operator.value)) {
-          operatorKeys.add(operator.value)
-          return [
-            ...acc,
-            {
-              ...operator,
-              label: i18n.t(`operators:${operator.label}`),
-            },
-          ]
-        }
-        return acc
-      }, [])
-
-      const formattedField = {
-        label: getTranslation(field.label || field.name, i18n),
-        value: field.name,
-        ...fieldTypes[field.type],
-        operators,
-        props: {
-          ...field,
-        },
+      if (typeof fieldTypes[field.type].operators === 'function') {
+        operators = fieldTypes[field.type].operators(
+          'hasMany' in field && field.hasMany ? true : false,
+        )
+      } else {
+        operators = fieldTypes[field.type].operators
       }
+    }
 
-      return [...reduced, formattedField]
+    const operatorKeys = new Set()
+    const filteredOperators = operators.reduce((acc, operator) => {
+      if (!operatorKeys.has(operator.value)) {
+        operatorKeys.add(operator.value)
+        return [
+          ...acc,
+          {
+            ...operator,
+            label: i18n.t(`operators:${operator.label}`),
+          },
+        ]
+      }
+      return acc
+    }, [])
+
+    const formattedField = {
+      label: getTranslation(field.label || field.name, i18n),
+      value: field.name,
+      ...fieldTypes[field.type],
+      operators: filteredOperators,
+      props: {
+        ...field,
+      },
     }
 
-    return reduced
+    return [...reduced, formattedField]
   }, [])
 
 /**
@@ -185,7 +193,7 @@ const WhereBuilder: React.FC<Props> = (props) => {
             iconStyle="with-border"
             onClick={() => {
               if (reducedFields.length > 0)
-                dispatchConditions({ field: reducedFields[0].value, type: 'add' })
+                dispatchConditions({ type: 'add', field: reducedFields[0].value })
             }}
           >
             {t('or')}
@@ -203,7 +211,7 @@ const WhereBuilder: React.FC<Props> = (props) => {
             iconStyle="with-border"
             onClick={() => {
               if (reducedFields.length > 0)
-                dispatchConditions({ field: reducedFields[0].value, type: 'add' })
+                dispatchConditions({ type: 'add', field: reducedFields[0].value })
             }}
           >
             {t('addFilter')}
diff --git a/test/fields/e2e.spec.ts b/test/fields/e2e.spec.ts
index cc3bd9f62f..9f2ebb45f2 100644
--- a/test/fields/e2e.spec.ts
+++ b/test/fields/e2e.spec.ts
@@ -355,6 +355,29 @@ describe('fields', () => {
       await saveDocAndAssert(page)
       await expect(field.locator('.rs__value-container')).toContainText('One')
     })
+
+    test('should not allow filtering by hasMany field / equals / not equals', async () => {
+      await page.goto(url.list)
+
+      await page.locator('.list-controls__toggle-columns').click()
+      await page.locator('.list-controls__toggle-where').click()
+      await page.waitForSelector('.list-controls__where.rah-static--height-auto')
+      await page.locator('.where-builder__add-first-filter').click()
+
+      const conditionField = page.locator('.condition__field')
+      await conditionField.click()
+
+      const dropdownFieldOptions = conditionField.locator('.rs__option')
+      await dropdownFieldOptions.locator('text=Select Has Many').nth(0).click()
+
+      const operatorField = page.locator('.condition__operator')
+      await operatorField.click()
+
+      const dropdownOperatorOptions = operatorField.locator('.rs__option')
+
+      await expect(dropdownOperatorOptions.locator('text=equals')).toBeHidden()
+      await expect(dropdownOperatorOptions.locator('text=not equals')).toBeHidden()
+    })
   })
 
   describe('point', () => {