diff --git a/grouper/conf/grouper-loader.base.properties b/grouper/conf/grouper-loader.base.properties
index 966b2cf73ed4..883f6e58d1eb 100644
--- a/grouper/conf/grouper-loader.base.properties
+++ b/grouper/conf/grouper-loader.base.properties
@@ -2950,6 +2950,10 @@ grouper.provisioning.removeSyncLogRowsAfterDays = 7
 # {valueType: "boolean", order: 3500, indent: 1, defaultValue: "true", subSection: "membership", showEl: "${operateOnGrouperMemberships && customizeMembershipCrud}"}
 # provisioner.genericProvisioner.deleteMemberships =
 
+# Delete memberships filter by object type  
+# {valueType: "string", order: 3550, indent: 2, defaultValue: "", subSection: "membership", showEl: "${operateOnGrouperMemberships && customizeMembershipCrud && deleteMemberships}", formElement: "dropdown", optionValues: ["", "user", "group", "entity"]}  
+provisioner.genericProvisioner.deleteMembershipsObjectTypeFilter =
+
 # Delete memberships if not exist in grouper
 # {valueType: "boolean", order: 4500, indent: 2, defaultValue: "false", subSection: "membership", showEl: "${operateOnGrouperMemberships && customizeMembershipCrud && deleteMemberships}"}
 # provisioner.genericProvisioner.deleteMembershipsIfNotExistInGrouper =
diff --git a/grouper/src/grouper/edu/internet2/middleware/grouper/app/provisioning/GrouperProvisioningBehavior.java b/grouper/src/grouper/edu/internet2/middleware/grouper/app/provisioning/GrouperProvisioningBehavior.java
index f5d073ddb28c..46dce3ca997b 100644
--- a/grouper/src/grouper/edu/internet2/middleware/grouper/app/provisioning/GrouperProvisioningBehavior.java
+++ b/grouper/src/grouper/edu/internet2/middleware/grouper/app/provisioning/GrouperProvisioningBehavior.java
@@ -1237,7 +1237,17 @@ public boolean isDeleteMembership(ProvisioningMembershipWrapper provisioningMemb
     if (provisioningMembershipWrapper == null) {
       return this.isDeleteMembershipsIfNotExistInGrouper();
     }
-    
+        // Apply object type filter  
+    String objectTypeFilter = this.getGrouperProvisioner().retrieveGrouperProvisioningConfiguration().getDeleteMembershipsObjectTypeFilter();  
+    if (!StringUtils.isBlank(objectTypeFilter)) {  
+      ProvisioningEntity provisioningEntity = provisioningMembershipWrapper.getProvisioningEntity();  
+      if (provisioningEntity != null) {  
+        String entityType = provisioningEntity.getEntityType();  
+        if (!objectTypeFilter.equals(entityType)) {  
+          return false;  
+        }  
+      }  
+    }
     if ((this.grouperProvisioner.retrieveGrouperProvisioningConfiguration().isOperateOnGrouperGroups() && !this.grouperProvisioner.retrieveGrouperProvisioningBehavior().isDeleteGroupsIfUnmarkedProvisionable()) ||
         (this.grouperProvisioner.retrieveGrouperProvisioningConfiguration().isOperateOnGrouperMemberships() && !this.grouperProvisioner.retrieveGrouperProvisioningBehavior().isDeleteMembershipsIfGroupUnmarkedProvisionable())) {
       
diff --git a/grouper/src/grouper/edu/internet2/middleware/grouper/app/provisioning/GrouperProvisioningConfiguration.java b/grouper/src/grouper/edu/internet2/middleware/grouper/app/provisioning/GrouperProvisioningConfiguration.java
index 1385aa2ce10c..f4cb1ce2f28f 100644
--- a/grouper/src/grouper/edu/internet2/middleware/grouper/app/provisioning/GrouperProvisioningConfiguration.java
+++ b/grouper/src/grouper/edu/internet2/middleware/grouper/app/provisioning/GrouperProvisioningConfiguration.java
@@ -1987,7 +1987,10 @@ public void setSelectMemberships(boolean selectMemberships) {
    * if memberships should be deleted in target
    */
   private boolean deleteMemberships = true;
-
+  /**  
+   * delete memberships object type filter  
+   */  
+  private String deleteMembershipsObjectTypeFilter;
   /**
    * 
    */
diff --git a/grouper/src/grouper/edu/internet2/middleware/grouper/app/provisioning/GrouperProvisioningConfigurationValidation.java b/grouper/src/grouper/edu/internet2/middleware/grouper/app/provisioning/GrouperProvisioningConfigurationValidation.java
index 6060591cb17d..02f3dd763ce5 100644
--- a/grouper/src/grouper/edu/internet2/middleware/grouper/app/provisioning/GrouperProvisioningConfigurationValidation.java
+++ b/grouper/src/grouper/edu/internet2/middleware/grouper/app/provisioning/GrouperProvisioningConfigurationValidation.java
@@ -798,12 +798,22 @@ public void validateMembershipDeleteHasDeleteType() {
       if (deleteMembershipsIfGrouperCreated) {
         deleteTypes++;        
       }
-      
+          
       if (deleteTypes != 1) {
         this.addErrorMessage(new ProvisioningValidationIssue()
             .assignMessage(GrouperTextContainer.textOrNull("provisioning.configuration.validation.oneMembershipDeleteType"))
             .assignJqueryHandle("deleteMemberships"));
       }
+        // Add validation for object type filter  
+      String objectTypeFilter = (String) suffixToConfigValue.get("deleteMembershipsObjectTypeFilter");  
+      if (!StringUtils.isBlank(objectTypeFilter)) {  
+        Set<String> validObjectTypes = GrouperUtil.toSet("user", "group", "entity");  
+        if (!validObjectTypes.contains(objectTypeFilter)) {  
+          this.addErrorMessage(new ProvisioningValidationIssue()  
+              .assignMessage("Invalid object type filter: " + objectTypeFilter)  
+              .assignJqueryHandle("deleteMembershipsObjectTypeFilter"));  
+        }  
+      }
     }
     
   }
@@ -1738,4 +1748,4 @@ public Collection<String> validateEntityAttributeNamesForbidden() {
   }
 
 }
- 
\ No newline at end of file
+