diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8dde47b..b4cd240 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 * Include the octodns special section info in Record __repr__, makes it easier
   to debug things with providers that have special functionality configured
   there.
+* Most processor.filter processors now support an include_target flag that can
+  be set to False to leave the target zone data untouched, thus remove any
+  existing filtered records. Default behavior is unchanged and filtered records
+  will be completely invisible to octoDNS
 
 ## v1.2.1 - 2023-09-29 - Now with fewer stale files
 
diff --git a/octodns/processor/filter.py b/octodns/processor/filter.py
index 2de3b23..eeab039 100644
--- a/octodns/processor/filter.py
+++ b/octodns/processor/filter.py
@@ -9,6 +9,20 @@ from ..record.exception import ValidationError
 from .base import BaseProcessor
 
 
+class _FilterProcessor(BaseProcessor):
+    def __init__(self, name, include_target=True, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(name, **kwargs)
+        self.include_target = include_target
+
+    def process_source_zone(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self._process(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def process_target_zone(self, existing, *args, **kwargs):
+        if self.include_target:
+            return self._process(existing, *args, **kwargs)
+        return existing
+
+
 class AllowsMixin:
     def matches(self, zone, record):
         pass
@@ -25,9 +39,9 @@ class RejectsMixin:
         pass
 
 
-class _TypeBaseFilter(BaseProcessor):
-    def __init__(self, name, _list):
-        super().__init__(name)
+class _TypeBaseFilter(_FilterProcessor):
+    def __init__(self, name, _list, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(name, **kwargs)
         self._list = set(_list)
 
     def _process(self, zone, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -39,9 +53,6 @@ class _TypeBaseFilter(BaseProcessor):
 
         return zone
 
-    process_source_zone = _process
-    process_target_zone = _process
-
 
 class TypeAllowlistFilter(_TypeBaseFilter, AllowsMixin):
     '''Only manage records of the specified type(s).
@@ -65,8 +76,8 @@ class TypeAllowlistFilter(_TypeBaseFilter, AllowsMixin):
           - ns1
     '''
 
-    def __init__(self, name, allowlist):
-        super().__init__(name, allowlist)
+    def __init__(self, name, allowlist, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(name, allowlist, **kwargs)
 
 
 class TypeRejectlistFilter(_TypeBaseFilter, RejectsMixin):
@@ -90,13 +101,13 @@ class TypeRejectlistFilter(_TypeBaseFilter, RejectsMixin):
           - route53
     '''
 
-    def __init__(self, name, rejectlist):
-        super().__init__(name, rejectlist)
+    def __init__(self, name, rejectlist, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(name, rejectlist, **kwargs)
 
 
-class _NameBaseFilter(BaseProcessor):
-    def __init__(self, name, _list):
-        super().__init__(name)
+class _NameBaseFilter(_FilterProcessor):
+    def __init__(self, name, _list, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(name, **kwargs)
         exact = set()
         regex = []
         for pattern in _list:
@@ -121,9 +132,6 @@ class _NameBaseFilter(BaseProcessor):
 
         return zone
 
-    process_source_zone = _process
-    process_target_zone = _process
-
 
 class NameAllowlistFilter(_NameBaseFilter, AllowsMixin):
     '''Only manage records with names that match the provider patterns
@@ -269,7 +277,7 @@ class ExcludeRootNsChanges(BaseProcessor):
         return plan
 
 
-class ZoneNameFilter(BaseProcessor):
+class ZoneNameFilter(_FilterProcessor):
     '''Filter or error on record names that contain the zone name
 
     Example usage:
@@ -291,8 +299,8 @@ class ZoneNameFilter(BaseProcessor):
           - azure
     '''
 
-    def __init__(self, name, error=True):
-        super().__init__(name)
+    def __init__(self, name, error=True, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(name, **kwargs)
         self.error = error
 
     def _process(self, zone, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -314,6 +322,3 @@ class ZoneNameFilter(BaseProcessor):
                     zone.remove_record(record)
 
         return zone
-
-    process_source_zone = _process
-    process_target_zone = _process
diff --git a/tests/test_octodns_processor_filter.py b/tests/test_octodns_processor_filter.py
index 2d9b881..d4c36ef 100644
--- a/tests/test_octodns_processor_filter.py
+++ b/tests/test_octodns_processor_filter.py
@@ -54,6 +54,22 @@ class TestTypeAllowListFilter(TestCase):
             ['a', 'a2', 'aaaa'], sorted([r.name for r in got.records])
         )
 
+    def test_include_target(self):
+        filter_txt = TypeAllowlistFilter(
+            'only-txt', ['TXT'], include_target=False
+        )
+
+        # as a source we don't see them
+        got = filter_txt.process_source_zone(zone.copy())
+        self.assertEqual(['txt', 'txt2'], sorted([r.name for r in got.records]))
+
+        # but as a target we do b/c it's not included
+        got = filter_txt.process_target_zone(zone.copy())
+        self.assertEqual(
+            ['a', 'a2', 'aaaa', 'txt', 'txt2'],
+            sorted([r.name for r in got.records]),
+        )
+
 
 class TestTypeRejectListFilter(TestCase):
     def test_basics(self):