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No, Luther denied that those books were equal to the rest of the Old Testament and wanted them removed. Instead, they remained with the others as and Appendix. The King James even included them until someone realized that they were printing Bibles with more pages than they need to because Protestants didn't accept those books as inspired Scripture. The portions of the New Testament he wanted removed remained with the rest of the New Testament and were not flagged as not being the inspired Word of God by anyone other than Luther in his own translation. They were not removed while the books of the Old Testament he disagreed with most certainly were.

What Luther disagreed with was separated from and the balance of the Old Testament and clearly delimited as not being a portion of the inspired works in the Bible. When publishers decided to increase their profit margins by printing Bibles without those books even as an Appendix doesn’t make any difference.

From Luther onward those books Luther disagreed with were clearly marked as not being inspired and as not being part of the Bible. Whether they were bound with many versions as an Appendix or not doesn't change anything. There may be a few dolts around who pretend that denying and teaching books aren't inspired and not part of the Bible isn't the same thing as removing them from the Bible, but such folks are just desperate for an excuse or they're a whole burger short of a Happy Meal.