diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/core/baserecordingsnippets.py b/src/spikeinterface/core/baserecordingsnippets.py
index ac2a58fced..50118c78d7 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/core/baserecordingsnippets.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/core/baserecordingsnippets.py
@@ -101,12 +101,12 @@ def set_probe(self, probe, group_mode="by_probe", in_place=False):
         assert isinstance(probe, Probe), "must give Probe"
         probegroup = ProbeGroup()
         probegroup.add_probe(probe)
-        return self.set_probes(probegroup, group_mode=group_mode, in_place=in_place)
+        return self._set_probes(probegroup, group_mode=group_mode, in_place=in_place)
 
     def set_probegroup(self, probegroup, group_mode="by_probe", in_place=False):
-        return self.set_probes(probegroup, group_mode=group_mode, in_place=in_place)
+        return self._set_probes(probegroup, group_mode=group_mode, in_place=in_place)
 
-    def set_probes(self, probe_or_probegroup, group_mode="by_probe", in_place=False):
+    def _set_probes(self, probe_or_probegroup, group_mode="by_probe", in_place=False):
         """
         Attach a list of Probe objects to a recording.
         For this Probe.device_channel_indices is used to link contacts to recording channels.
@@ -233,6 +233,21 @@ def set_probes(self, probe_or_probegroup, group_mode="by_probe", in_place=False)
 
         return sub_recording
 
+    def set_probes(self, probe_or_probegroup, group_mode="by_probe", in_place=False):
+
+        warning_msg = (
+            "`set_probes` is now a private function and the public function will be "
+            "removed in 0.103.0. Please use `set_probe` or `set_probegroups` instead"
+        )
+
+        warn(warning_msg, category=DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
+
+        sub_recording = self._set_probes(
+            probe_or_probegroup=probe_or_probegroup, group_mode=group_mode, in_place=in_place
+        )
+
+        return sub_recording
+
     def get_probe(self):
         probes = self.get_probes()
         assert len(probes) == 1, "there are several probe use .get_probes() or get_probegroup()"
@@ -329,7 +344,7 @@ def set_dummy_probe_from_locations(self, locations, shape="circle", shape_params
 
     def set_channel_locations(self, locations, channel_ids=None):
         if self.get_property("contact_vector") is not None:
-            raise ValueError("set_channel_locations(..) destroy the probe description, prefer set_probes(..)")
+            raise ValueError("set_channel_locations(..) destroys the probe description, prefer _set_probes(..)")
         self.set_property("location", locations, ids=channel_ids)
 
     def get_channel_locations(self, channel_ids=None, axes: str = "xy"):
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/neoextractors/spikegadgets.py b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/neoextractors/spikegadgets.py
index 6ce2ebe792..f326c49cd1 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/neoextractors/spikegadgets.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/neoextractors/spikegadgets.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def __init__(self, file_path, stream_id=None, stream_name=None, block_index=None
             probegroup = probeinterface.read_spikegadgets(file_path, raise_error=False)
 
         if probegroup is not None:
-            self.set_probes(probegroup, in_place=True)
+            self.set_probegroup(probegroup, in_place=True)
 
     @classmethod
     def map_to_neo_kwargs(cls, file_path):