diff --git a/utbot-intellij/src/main/kotlin/org/utbot/intellij/plugin/ui/actions/GenerateTestsAction.kt b/utbot-intellij/src/main/kotlin/org/utbot/intellij/plugin/ui/actions/GenerateTestsAction.kt
index 34e7540c5f..635b347ec6 100644
--- a/utbot-intellij/src/main/kotlin/org/utbot/intellij/plugin/ui/actions/GenerateTestsAction.kt
+++ b/utbot-intellij/src/main/kotlin/org/utbot/intellij/plugin/ui/actions/GenerateTestsAction.kt
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.core.getPackage
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.core.util.toPsiDirectory
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.core.util.toPsiFile
 import org.utbot.intellij.plugin.util.extractFirstLevelMembers
+import org.utbot.intellij.plugin.util.isVisible
 import java.util.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.j2k.getContainingClass
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.addIfNotNull
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ class GenerateTestsAction : AnAction(), UpdateInBackground {
 
             if (psiElementHandler.isCreateTestActionAvailable(element)) {
                 val srcClass = psiElementHandler.containingClass(element) ?: return null
-                if (srcClass.isInterface) return null
+                if (srcClass.isInterface || !srcClass.isVisible) return null
                 val srcSourceRoot = srcClass.getSourceRoot() ?: return null
                 val srcMembers = srcClass.extractFirstLevelMembers(false)
                 val focusedMethod = focusedMethodOrNull(element, srcMembers, psiElementHandler)
diff --git a/utbot-intellij/src/main/kotlin/org/utbot/intellij/plugin/util/ExtractMembersHelper.kt b/utbot-intellij/src/main/kotlin/org/utbot/intellij/plugin/util/PsiClassHelper.kt
similarity index 61%
rename from utbot-intellij/src/main/kotlin/org/utbot/intellij/plugin/util/ExtractMembersHelper.kt
rename to utbot-intellij/src/main/kotlin/org/utbot/intellij/plugin/util/PsiClassHelper.kt
index b19b0b0e71..1de5b012a7 100644
--- a/utbot-intellij/src/main/kotlin/org/utbot/intellij/plugin/util/ExtractMembersHelper.kt
+++ b/utbot-intellij/src/main/kotlin/org/utbot/intellij/plugin/util/PsiClassHelper.kt
@@ -17,10 +17,24 @@ private fun Iterable<MemberInfo>.filterTestableMethods(): List<MemberInfo> = thi
     .filterWhen(UtSettings.skipTestGenerationForSyntheticMethods) { it.member !is SyntheticElement }
     .filterNot { it.isAbstract }
 
+private val PsiClass.isPrivateOrProtected: Boolean
+    get() = this.modifierList?.let {
+        hasModifierProperty(PsiModifier.PRIVATE) || hasModifierProperty(PsiModifier.PROTECTED)
+    } ?: false
+
+
 // TODO: maybe we need to delete [includeInherited] param here (always false when calling)?
-fun PsiClass.extractClassMethodsIncludingNested(includeInherited: Boolean): List<MemberInfo> =
-    TestIntegrationUtils.extractClassMethods(this, includeInherited)
-        .filterTestableMethods() + innerClasses.flatMap { it.extractClassMethodsIncludingNested(includeInherited) }
+fun PsiClass.extractClassMethodsIncludingNested(includeInherited: Boolean): List<MemberInfo> {
+    val ourMethods = TestIntegrationUtils.extractClassMethods(this, includeInherited)
+        .filterTestableMethods()
+
+    val methodsFromNestedClasses =
+        innerClasses
+            .filter { !it.isPrivateOrProtected }
+            .flatMap { it.extractClassMethodsIncludingNested(includeInherited) }
+
+    return ourMethods + methodsFromNestedClasses
+}
 
 fun PsiClass.extractFirstLevelMembers(includeInherited: Boolean): List<MemberInfo> {
     val methods = TestIntegrationUtils.extractClassMethods(this, includeInherited)
@@ -29,5 +43,8 @@ fun PsiClass.extractFirstLevelMembers(includeInherited: Boolean): List<MemberInf
         allInnerClasses
     else
         innerClasses
-    return methods + classes.map { MemberInfo(it) }
-}
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+    return methods + classes.filter { !it.isPrivateOrProtected }.map { MemberInfo(it) }
+}
+
+val PsiClass.isVisible: Boolean
+    get() = generateSequence(this) { it.containingClass }.none { it.isPrivateOrProtected }
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