diff --git a/.chloggen/k8sobjects-filter-delete.yaml b/.chloggen/k8sobjects-filter-delete.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..e245115d7c60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/k8sobjects-filter-delete.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: enhancement
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
+component: k8sobjectreceiver
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Adds option to excluded `DELETED` updates when in watch mode.
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+issues: [26042]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
+
+# If your change doesn't affect end users or the exported elements of any package,
+# you should instead start your pull request title with [chore] or use the "Skip Changelog" label.
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: []
diff --git a/receiver/k8sobjectsreceiver/README.md b/receiver/k8sobjectsreceiver/README.md
index 9c1079d4403d..8084997f62f5 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sobjectsreceiver/README.md
+++ b/receiver/k8sobjectsreceiver/README.md
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ the K8s API server. This can be one of `none` (for no auth), `serviceAccount`
 - `label_selector`: select objects by label(s)
 - `field_selector`: select objects by field(s)
 - `interval`: the interval at which object is pulled, default 60 minutes. Only useful for `pull` mode.
+- `exclude_deleted`: whether the object's deleted updates should be dropped. Only usable in `watch` mode.
 - `resource_version` allows watch resources starting from a specific version (default = `1`). Only available for `watch` mode. If not specified, the receiver will do an initial list to get the resourceVersion before starting the watch. See [Efficient Detection of Change](https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/using-api/api-concepts/#efficient-detection-of-changes) for details on why this is necessary.
 - `namespaces`: An array of `namespaces` to collect events from. (default = `all`)
 - `group`: API group name. It is an optional config. When given resource object is present in multiple groups,
diff --git a/receiver/k8sobjectsreceiver/config.go b/receiver/k8sobjectsreceiver/config.go
index bb492c45d39c..1f66bce452f8 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sobjectsreceiver/config.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sobjectsreceiver/config.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ type K8sObjectsConfig struct {
 	FieldSelector   string        `mapstructure:"field_selector"`
 	Interval        time.Duration `mapstructure:"interval"`
 	ResourceVersion string        `mapstructure:"resource_version"`
+	ExcludeDeleted  bool          `mapstructure:"exclude_deleted"`
 	gvr             *schema.GroupVersionResource
 }
 
@@ -86,6 +87,10 @@ func (c *Config) Validate() error {
 		if object.Mode == PullMode && object.Interval == 0 {
 			object.Interval = defaultPullInterval
 		}
+		
+		if object.Mode == PullMode && object.ExcludeDeleted {
+			return fmt.Errorf("ExcludeDeleted can only be enabled for watch mode")
+		}
 
 		object.gvr = gvr
 	}
diff --git a/receiver/k8sobjectsreceiver/config_test.go b/receiver/k8sobjectsreceiver/config_test.go
index 293f73245cb0..4bbc98143dea 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sobjectsreceiver/config_test.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sobjectsreceiver/config_test.go
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ func TestLoadConfig(t *testing.T) {
 						Namespaces:      []string{"default"},
 						Group:           "events.k8s.io",
 						ResourceVersion: "",
+						ExcludeDeleted:  true,
 						gvr: &schema.GroupVersionResource{
 							Group:    "events.k8s.io",
 							Version:  "v1",
@@ -130,6 +131,9 @@ func TestLoadConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			id: component.NewIDWithName(metadata.Type, "invalid_resource"),
 		},
+		{
+			id: component.NewIDWithName(metadata.Type, "exclude_deleted_with_pull"),
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
diff --git a/receiver/k8sobjectsreceiver/receiver.go b/receiver/k8sobjectsreceiver/receiver.go
index 2c226d8e8626..7bd607d91bc7 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sobjectsreceiver/receiver.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sobjectsreceiver/receiver.go
@@ -172,6 +172,11 @@ func (kr *k8sobjectsreceiver) startWatch(ctx context.Context, config *K8sObjects
 				kr.setting.Logger.Warn("Watch channel closed unexpectedly", zap.String("resource", config.gvr.String()))
 				return
 			}
+
+			if data.Type == apiWatch.Deleted && config.ExcludeDeleted {
+				continue
+			}
+
 			logs, err := watchObjectsToLogData(&data, time.Now(), config)
 			if err != nil {
 				kr.setting.Logger.Error("error converting objects to log data", zap.Error(err))
diff --git a/receiver/k8sobjectsreceiver/testdata/config.yaml b/receiver/k8sobjectsreceiver/testdata/config.yaml
index 765d06269eba..2d70e910eff6 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sobjectsreceiver/testdata/config.yaml
+++ b/receiver/k8sobjectsreceiver/testdata/config.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ k8sobjects:
       mode: watch
       group: events.k8s.io
       namespaces: [default]
+      exclude_deleted: true
 k8sobjects/pull_with_resource:
   objects:
     - name: pods
@@ -30,3 +31,8 @@ k8sobjects/invalid_resource:
   objects:
     - name: fake_resource
       mode: watch
+k8sobjects/exclude_deleted_with_pull:
+  objects:
+    - name: events
+      mode: pull
+      exclude_deleted: true