diff --git a/i18n/en.pot b/i18n/en.pot
index e64b25d92..8a055491e 100644
--- a/i18n/en.pot
+++ b/i18n/en.pot
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ msgstr ""
 "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8\n"
 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1)\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2024-08-05T19:23:59.881Z\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2024-08-05T19:23:59.881Z\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2024-08-06T07:39:27.037Z\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2024-08-06T07:39:27.037Z\n"
 
 msgid ""
 "THIS NEW RELEASE INCLUDES SHARING SETTINGS PER INSTANCES. FOR THIS VERSION "
diff --git a/src/domain/metadata/usecases/MetadataSyncUseCase.ts b/src/domain/metadata/usecases/MetadataSyncUseCase.ts
index 5d61f7c49..81d8962f1 100644
--- a/src/domain/metadata/usecases/MetadataSyncUseCase.ts
+++ b/src/domain/metadata/usecases/MetadataSyncUseCase.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export class MetadataSyncUseCase extends GenericSyncUseCase {
                 includeSharingSettings,
                 removeOrgUnitReferences,
                 removeUserObjectsAndReferences,
+                removeUserNonEssentialObjects,
             } = builder;
 
             //TODO: when metadata entities schema exists on domain, move this factory to domain
@@ -56,7 +57,8 @@ export class MetadataSyncUseCase extends GenericSyncUseCase {
                     excludeRules,
                     includeSharingSettings,
                     removeOrgUnitReferences,
-                    removeUserObjectsAndReferences
+                    removeUserObjectsAndReferences,
+                    removeUserNonEssentialObjects
                 );
 
                 result[collectionName] = result[collectionName] || [];
@@ -75,6 +77,7 @@ export class MetadataSyncUseCase extends GenericSyncUseCase {
                         includeSharingSettings,
                         removeOrgUnitReferences,
                         removeUserObjectsAndReferences,
+                        removeUserNonEssentialObjects,
                     });
                 });
 
@@ -93,6 +96,7 @@ export class MetadataSyncUseCase extends GenericSyncUseCase {
             includeSharingSettings = true,
             removeOrgUnitReferences = false,
             removeUserObjectsAndReferences = false,
+            removeUserNonEssentialObjects = false,
             metadataIncludeExcludeRules = {},
             useDefaultIncludeExclude = {},
         } = syncParams ?? {};
@@ -132,6 +136,7 @@ export class MetadataSyncUseCase extends GenericSyncUseCase {
                 includeSharingSettings,
                 removeOrgUnitReferences,
                 removeUserObjectsAndReferences,
+                removeUserNonEssentialObjects,
             });
         });
 
diff --git a/src/domain/metadata/utils.ts b/src/domain/metadata/utils.ts
index 6cea35378..d66cb84bb 100644
--- a/src/domain/metadata/utils.ts
+++ b/src/domain/metadata/utils.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ export function cleanObject(
     excludeRules: string[][] = [],
     includeSharingSettings: boolean,
     removeOrgUnitReferences: boolean,
-    removeUserObjectsAndReferences: boolean
+    removeUserObjectsAndReferences: boolean,
+    removeNonEssentialObjects: boolean
 ): any {
     const leafRules: string[] = _(excludeRules)
         .filter(path => path.length === 1)
@@ -46,9 +47,31 @@ export function cleanObject(
     const sharingSettingsFilter = includeSharingSettings ? [] : userProperties;
     const organisationUnitFilter = removeOrgUnitReferences ? ["organisationUnits"] : [];
     const userFilter = removeUserObjectsAndReferences ? ["createdBy", "lastUpdatedBy", "user"] : [];
-    const propsToRemove = [...sharingSettingsFilter, ...organisationUnitFilter, ...userFilter];
+    const userNonEssentialObjectsFilter = removeNonEssentialObjects
+        ? ["lastUpdated", "created", "lastUpdatedBy", "createdBy"]
+        : [];
+    const propsToRemove = _.uniq([
+        ...sharingSettingsFilter,
+        ...organisationUnitFilter,
+        ...userFilter,
+        ...userNonEssentialObjectsFilter,
+        ...cleanLeafRules,
+        ...blacklistedProperties,
+    ]);
+
+    const elementWithCleanedChildrenProperties = _(element)
+        .mapValues(children =>
+            _.isArray(children)
+                ? children.map(childElement => cleanPropertiesToSync(childElement, propsToRemove))
+                : children
+        )
+        .value();
+
+    return cleanPropertiesToSync(elementWithCleanedChildrenProperties, propsToRemove);
+}
 
-    return _.pick(element, _.difference(_.keys(element), cleanLeafRules, blacklistedProperties, propsToRemove));
+function cleanPropertiesToSync(element: Record<string, any>, propsToRemove: string[]): Record<string, any> {
+    return _.pick(element, _.difference(_.keys(element), propsToRemove));
 }
 
 export function cleanReferences(references: Record<string, string[]>, includeRules: string[][] = []): string[] {
diff --git a/src/types/synchronization.ts b/src/types/synchronization.ts
index 837664407..961401a32 100644
--- a/src/types/synchronization.ts
+++ b/src/types/synchronization.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export interface ExportBuilder {
     includeSharingSettings: boolean;
     removeOrgUnitReferences: boolean;
     removeUserObjectsAndReferences: boolean;
+    removeUserNonEssentialObjects: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface SynchronizationState {