diff --git a/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Utility/BackendUtility.php b/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Utility/BackendUtility.php
index 7efab50781d3fd535b3f2bcd2d81759879ae54d2..7de4240ff0ad2e01ababde38a188215ab836b36a 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Utility/BackendUtility.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Utility/BackendUtility.php
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ class BackendUtility
      * @param int|string $size Optional: $size is [w]x[h] of the thumbnail. 64 is default.
      * @param bool $linkInfoPopup Whether to wrap with a link opening the info popup
      * @return string Thumbnail image tag.
-     * @todo Unused in Core deprecate it!
+     * @deprecated Will be removed in TYPO3 v14
      */
     public static function thumbCode(
         $row,
@@ -1065,6 +1065,7 @@ class BackendUtility
         $size = '',
         $linkInfoPopup = true
     ) {
+        trigger_error('BackendUtility::thumbCode() will be removed in TYPO3 v14.', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
         $size = (int)(trim((string)$size) ?: 64);
         $targetDimension = new ImageDimension($size, $size);
         $thumbData = '';
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/core/Documentation/Changelog/13.3/Deprecation-104662-BackendUtilityThumbCode.rst b/typo3/sysext/core/Documentation/Changelog/13.3/Deprecation-104662-BackendUtilityThumbCode.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..38019f056ab4545a1b5689b79556d69f715ad3dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/typo3/sysext/core/Documentation/Changelog/13.3/Deprecation-104662-BackendUtilityThumbCode.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+.. include:: /Includes.rst.txt
+
+.. _deprecation-104662-1724058079:
+
+===============================================
+Deprecation: #104662 - BackendUtility thumbCode
+===============================================
+
+See :issue:`104662`
+
+Description
+===========
+
+The method :php:`BackendUtility::thumbCode()` has been deprecated since the
+method is no longer used in TYPO3 anymore. Additionally, due to multipe changes
+to file processing over the years, e.g. introducing of FAL, the method's
+signature changed a couple of times leading to a couple of method arguments
+are being unused, which is quite a bad API.
+
+Impact
+======
+
+Calling the PHP method :php:`BackendUtility::thumbCode()` will
+trigger a PHP deprecation warning.
+
+Affected installations
+======================
+
+TYPO3 installations with custom extensions using this method. The extension
+scanner will report any usage as strong match.
+
+
+Migration
+=========
+
+Remove any usage of this method. In case you currently rely on the
+functionality, you can copy it to your custom extension. However, you might
+want to consider refactoring the correspoding code places.
+
+The method basically resolved given :php:`FileReference` objects. In case
+a file could not be resolved, a special icon has been rendered. Otherwise,
+the cropping configuration has been applied and the file's :php:`process()`
+has been called to get the thumbnail, which has been wrapped in correspoding
+thumbnail markup. This might has been extended to also open the information
+modal on click.
+
+This means the relevant parts are:
+
+.. code-block:: php
+
+    // Get file references
+    $fileReferences = BackendUtility:resolveFileReferences($table, $field, $row);
+
+    // Check for existence of the file
+    $fileReference->getOriginalFile()->isMissing()
+
+    // Render special icon if missing
+    $iconFactory
+        ->getIcon('mimetypes-other-other', IconSize::MEDIUM, 'overlay-missing')
+        ->setTitle(static::getLanguageService()->sL('LLL:EXT:core/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_core.xlf:warning.file_missing') . ' ' . $fileObject->getName())
+        ->render()
+
+    // Process file with cropping configuration if not missing
+    $fileReference->getOriginalFile()->process(
+        ProcessedFile::CONTEXT_IMAGEPREVIEW,// ProcessedFile::CONTEXT_IMAGECROPSCALEMASK if cropArea is defiend
+        [
+            'width' => '...',
+            'height' => '...',
+            'crop' // If cropArea is defined
+        ]
+    )
+
+    // Use cropped file and create <img> tag
+    <img src="' . $fileReference->getOriginalFile()->process()->getPublicUrl() . '"/>
+
+    // Wrap the info popup via <a> around the thumbnail
+    <a href="#" data-dispatch-action="TYPO3.InfoWindow.showItem" data-dispatch-args-list="_FILE,' . (int)$fileReference->getOriginalFile()->getUid() . '">
+
+
+Example of the HTML markup for a thumbnail:
+
+.. code-block:: html
+
+    <div class="preview-thumbnails" style="--preview-thumbnails-size: 64px">
+        <div class="preview-thumbnails-element">
+            <div class="preview-thumbnails-element-image">
+                <img src="' . $fileReference->getOriginalFile()->process()->getPublicUrl() . '" width="64px" height="64px" alt="' . $fileReference->getAlternative() ?: $fileReference->getName()  . '" loading="lazy"/>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+
+.. index:: PHP-API, FullyScanned, ext:backend
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/install/Configuration/ExtensionScanner/Php/MethodCallStaticMatcher.php b/typo3/sysext/install/Configuration/ExtensionScanner/Php/MethodCallStaticMatcher.php
index 2acfa3ab5c209b82ce7bd81c5348816e42ddba06..232ba1a7cf6c97761a36d7d274ccf9f7a1950c24 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/install/Configuration/ExtensionScanner/Php/MethodCallStaticMatcher.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/install/Configuration/ExtensionScanner/Php/MethodCallStaticMatcher.php
@@ -1634,4 +1634,11 @@ return [
             'Deprecation-104607-BackendUserAuthenticationReturnWebmounts.rst',
         ],
     ],
+    'TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Utility\BackendUtility::thumbCode' => [
+        'numberOfMandatoryArguments' => 3,
+        'maximumNumberOfArguments' => 10,
+        'restFiles' => [
+            'Deprecation-104662-BackendUtilityThumbCode.rst',
+        ],
+    ],
 ];