diff --git a/src/context/directory/index.ts b/src/context/directory/index.ts
index 51cd700f7..bd004d027 100644
--- a/src/context/directory/index.ts
+++ b/src/context/directory/index.ts
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ import { loadFileAndReplaceKeywords, Auth0 } from '../../tools';
 
 import cleanAssets from '../../readonly';
 import log from '../../logger';
-import handlers from './handlers';
+import handlers, { DirectoryHandler } from './handlers';
 import {
   isDirectory, isFile, stripIdentifiers, toConfigFn
 } from '../../utils';
-import { Assets, Auth0APIClient, Config } from '../../types'
+import { Assets, Auth0APIClient, Config, AssetTypes } from '../../types'
 
 type KeywordMappings = { [key: string]: (string | number)[] | string | number }
 
@@ -78,14 +78,17 @@ export default class DirectoryContext {
     // Copy clients to be used by handlers which require converting client_id to the name
     // Must copy as the client_id will be stripped if AUTH0_EXPORT_IDENTIFIERS is false
     //@ts-ignore because assets haven't been typed yet TODO: type assets
-    this.assets.clientsOrig = [...this.assets.clients];
+    this.assets.clientsOrig = [...this.assets.clients || []];
 
     // Optionally Strip identifiers
     if (!this.config.AUTH0_EXPORT_IDENTIFIERS) {
       this.assets = stripIdentifiers(auth0, this.assets);
     }
 
-    await Promise.all(Object.entries(handlers).map(async ([name, handler]) => {
+    await Promise.all(Object.entries(handlers).filter(([handlerName]: [AssetTypes, DirectoryHandler<any>]) => {
+      const excludedAssetTypes = this.config.AUTH0_EXCLUDED || []
+      return !excludedAssetTypes.includes(handlerName)
+    }).map(async ([name, handler]) => {
       try {
         await handler.dump(this);
       } catch (err) {
diff --git a/src/context/index.ts b/src/context/index.ts
index b66204ffb..4ddeac45d 100644
--- a/src/context/index.ts
+++ b/src/context/index.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const nonPrimitiveProps: (keyof Config)[] = [
   'AUTH0_EXCLUDED_CONNECTIONS',
   'AUTH0_EXCLUDED_RESOURCE_SERVERS',
   'AUTH0_EXCLUDED_DEFAULTS',
+  'AUTH0_EXCLUDED',
   'EXCLUDED_PROPS',
   'INCLUDED_PROPS'
 ];
diff --git a/src/context/yaml/index.ts b/src/context/yaml/index.ts
index fcc7d8391..4bcabe289 100644
--- a/src/context/yaml/index.ts
+++ b/src/context/yaml/index.ts
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ import log from '../../logger';
 import {
   isFile, toConfigFn, stripIdentifiers, formatResults, recordsSorter
 } from '../../utils';
-import handlers from './handlers';
+import handlers, { YAMLHandler } from './handlers';
 import cleanAssets from '../../readonly';
-import { Assets, Config, Auth0APIClient } from '../../types'
+import { Assets, Config, Auth0APIClient, AssetTypes } from '../../types'
 
 type KeywordMappings = { [key: string]: (string | number)[] | string | number }
 
@@ -101,7 +101,10 @@ export default class YAMLContext {
       throw new Error(`Problem loading tenant data from Auth0 ${err}${extraMessage}`);
     }
 
-    await Promise.all(Object.entries(handlers).map(async ([name, handler]) => {
+    await Promise.all(Object.entries(handlers).filter(([handlerName]: [AssetTypes, YAMLHandler<any>]) => {
+      const excludedAssetTypes = this.config.AUTH0_EXCLUDED || []
+      return !excludedAssetTypes.includes(handlerName)
+    }).map(async ([name, handler]) => {
       try {
         const data = await handler.dump(this);
         if (data) {
diff --git a/src/tools/auth0/index.ts b/src/tools/auth0/index.ts
index 3d698634b..379ebbd84 100644
--- a/src/tools/auth0/index.ts
+++ b/src/tools/auth0/index.ts
@@ -39,11 +39,13 @@ export default class Auth0 {
     this.config = config;
     this.assets = assets;
 
-    this.handlers = Object.values(handlers).map((h) => {
-      //@ts-ignore because prompts don't appear to have been universally implemented yet
-      const handler = new h.default({ client: this.client, config: this.config });
-      return handler
-    });
+    this.handlers = Object.values(handlers).map((handler) => {
+      //@ts-ignore because class expects `type` property but gets directly injected into class constructors
+      return new handler.default({ client: this.client, config: this.config });
+    }).filter((handler) => {
+      const excludedAssetTypes = config('AUTH0_EXCLUDED') || []
+      return !excludedAssetTypes.includes(handler.type)
+    })
   }
 
   async runStage(stage: Stage): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index a0778f456..833bf0075 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -115,18 +115,13 @@ export type Config = {
     AUTH0_CLIENT_SECRET: string
     AUTH0_INPUT_FILE: string
     AUTH0_ALLOW_DELETE: boolean
+    AUTH0_EXCLUDED: AssetTypes[]
     EXTENSION_SECRET: string
     AUTH0_ACCESS_TOKEN?: string
     AUTH0_BASE_PATH?: string
     AUTH0_AUDIENCE?: string
     AUTH0_API_MAX_RETRIES?: number
     AUTH0_KEYWORD_REPLACE_MAPPINGS?: { [key: string]: string[] | string }
-    AUTH0_EXCLUDED_RULES?: string[]
-    AUTH0_EXCLUDED_CLIENTS?: string[]
-    AUTH0_EXCLUDED_DATABASES?: string[]
-    AUTH0_EXCLUDED_CONNECTIONS?: string[]
-    AUTH0_EXCLUDED_RESOURCE_SERVERS?: string[]
-    AUTH0_EXCLUDED_DEFAULTS?: string[]
     AUTH0_EXPORT_IDENTIFIERS?: boolean
     AUTH0_CONNECTIONS_DIRECTORY?: string
     EXCLUDED_PROPS?: {
@@ -134,6 +129,13 @@ export type Config = {
     }
     INCLUDED_PROPS?: {}
     AUTH0_IGNORE_UNAVAILABLE_MIGRATIONS?: boolean
+    // Eventually deprecate:
+    AUTH0_EXCLUDED_RULES?: string[]
+    AUTH0_EXCLUDED_CLIENTS?: string[]
+    AUTH0_EXCLUDED_DATABASES?: string[]
+    AUTH0_EXCLUDED_CONNECTIONS?: string[]
+    AUTH0_EXCLUDED_RESOURCE_SERVERS?: string[]
+    AUTH0_EXCLUDED_DEFAULTS?: string[]
 }// TODO: replace with a more accurate representation of the Config type 
 
 export type Asset = { [key: string]: any }
diff --git a/test/tools/auth0/index.test.ts b/test/tools/auth0/index.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..699584d37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tools/auth0/index.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { expect } from 'chai';
+import Auth0 from '../../../src/tools/auth0'
+import { Auth0APIClient, Assets } from '../../../src/types'
+
+const mockEmptyClient = {} as Auth0APIClient
+const mockEmptyAssets = {} as Assets
+
+describe("#Auth0 class", () => {
+
+    describe("#resource exclusion", () => {
+        it('should exclude handlers listed in AUTH0_EXCLUDED from Auth0 class', () => {
+
+            const auth0WithoutExclusions = new Auth0(mockEmptyClient, mockEmptyAssets, () => []);
+
+            const AUTH0_EXCLUDED = ['rules', 'organizations', 'connections']
+            const auth0WithExclusions = new Auth0(mockEmptyClient, mockEmptyAssets, () => AUTH0_EXCLUDED);
+
+            expect(auth0WithoutExclusions.handlers.length).to.equal(auth0WithExclusions.handlers.length + AUTH0_EXCLUDED.length) // Number of handlers is reduced by number of exclusions
+
+            const areAllExcludedHandlersAbsent = auth0WithExclusions.handlers.some((handler) => {
+                return AUTH0_EXCLUDED.includes(handler.type)
+            })
+
+            expect(areAllExcludedHandlersAbsent).to.be.false;
+        })
+
+        it('should not exclude any handlers if AUTH0_EXCLUDED is undefined', () => {
+            const AUTH0_EXCLUDED = undefined
+            const auth0 = new Auth0(mockEmptyClient, mockEmptyAssets, () => AUTH0_EXCLUDED);
+
+            expect(auth0.handlers.length).to.be.greaterThan(0)
+        })
+    })
+})
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/tools/auth0/validator.tests.js b/test/tools/auth0/validator.tests.js
index dd43ff9a6..364b88f63 100644
--- a/test/tools/auth0/validator.tests.js
+++ b/test/tools/auth0/validator.tests.js
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import { expect } from 'chai';
 import Auth0 from '../../../src/tools/auth0';
 import constants from '../../../src/tools/constants';
 
+const mockConfigFn = () => { };
+
 describe('#schema validation tests', () => {
   const client = {
     rules: {
@@ -33,13 +35,13 @@ describe('#schema validation tests', () => {
   };
 
   const checkPassed = (data, done) => {
-    const auth0 = new Auth0(client, data, {});
+    const auth0 = new Auth0(client, data, mockConfigFn);
 
     auth0.validate().then(passedCb(done), failedCb(done));
   };
 
   const checkRequired = (field, data, done) => {
-    const auth0 = new Auth0({}, data, {});
+    const auth0 = new Auth0({}, data, mockConfigFn);
 
     auth0
       .validate()
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ describe('#schema validation tests', () => {
   };
 
   const checkEnum = (data, done) => {
-    const auth0 = new Auth0({}, data, {});
+    const auth0 = new Auth0({}, data, mockConfigFn);
 
     auth0
       .validate()
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ describe('#schema validation tests', () => {
   };
 
   const checkTypeError = (field, expectedType, data, done) => {
-    const auth0 = new Auth0({}, data, {});
+    const auth0 = new Auth0({}, data, mockConfigFn);
 
     auth0
       .validate()
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@ describe('#schema validation tests', () => {
         anything: 'anything'
       } ];
 
-      const auth0 = new Auth0({}, { branding: data }, {});
+      const auth0 = new Auth0({}, { branding: data }, mockConfigFn);
 
       auth0.validate().then(failedCb(done), passedCb(done, 'should be object'));
     });
@@ -125,7 +127,7 @@ describe('#schema validation tests', () => {
         audience: 'audience'
       } ];
 
-      const auth0 = new Auth0({}, { clientGrants: data }, {});
+      const auth0 = new Auth0({}, { clientGrants: data }, mockConfigFn);
 
       auth0.validate().then(failedCb(done), passedCb(done, 'should be array'));
     });
@@ -155,7 +157,7 @@ describe('#schema validation tests', () => {
         name: ''
       } ];
 
-      const auth0 = new Auth0({}, { clients: data }, {});
+      const auth0 = new Auth0({}, { clients: data }, mockConfigFn);
 
       auth0
         .validate()
@@ -235,7 +237,7 @@ describe('#schema validation tests', () => {
         anything: 'anything'
       } ];
 
-      const auth0 = new Auth0({}, { emailProvider: data }, {});
+      const auth0 = new Auth0({}, { emailProvider: data }, mockConfigFn);
 
       auth0.validate().then(failedCb(done), passedCb(done, 'should be object'));
     });
@@ -490,7 +492,7 @@ describe('#schema validation tests', () => {
         anything: 'anything'
       } ];
 
-      const auth0 = new Auth0({}, { prompts: data }, {});
+      const auth0 = new Auth0({}, { prompts: data }, mockConfigFn);
 
       auth0.validate().then(failedCb(done), passedCb(done, 'should be object'));
     });
@@ -545,7 +547,7 @@ describe('#schema validation tests', () => {
         name: '-rule-'
       } ];
 
-      const auth0 = new Auth0({}, { rules: data }, {});
+      const auth0 = new Auth0({}, { rules: data }, mockConfigFn);
 
       auth0
         .validate()
@@ -595,7 +597,7 @@ describe('#schema validation tests', () => {
         value: 'value'
       } ];
 
-      const auth0 = new Auth0({}, { rulesConfigs: data }, {});
+      const auth0 = new Auth0({}, { rulesConfigs: data }, mockConfigFn);
 
       auth0
         .validate()
@@ -626,7 +628,7 @@ describe('#schema validation tests', () => {
         name: '-hook-'
       } ];
 
-      const auth0 = new Auth0({}, { hooks: data }, {});
+      const auth0 = new Auth0({}, { hooks: data }, mockConfigFn);
 
       auth0
         .validate()
@@ -668,7 +670,7 @@ describe('#schema validation tests', () => {
         anything: 'anything'
       } ];
 
-      const auth0 = new Auth0({}, { tenant: data }, {});
+      const auth0 = new Auth0({}, { tenant: data }, mockConfigFn);
 
       auth0.validate().then(failedCb(done), passedCb(done, 'should be object'));
     });
@@ -686,7 +688,7 @@ describe('#schema validation tests', () => {
     it('should fail validation if migrations is not an object', (done) => {
       const data = '';
 
-      const auth0 = new Auth0({}, { migrations: data }, {});
+      const auth0 = new Auth0({}, { migrations: data }, mockConfigFn);
 
       auth0.validate().then(failedCb(done), passedCb(done, 'should be object'));
     });
@@ -696,7 +698,7 @@ describe('#schema validation tests', () => {
         migration_flag: 'string'
       };
 
-      const auth0 = new Auth0({}, { migrations: data }, {});
+      const auth0 = new Auth0({}, { migrations: data }, mockConfigFn);
 
       auth0.validate().then(failedCb(done), passedCb(done, 'should be boolean'));
     });
diff --git a/test/utils.test.js b/test/utils.test.js
index b68b5011a..40b59e29a 100644
--- a/test/utils.test.js
+++ b/test/utils.test.js
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import {
   toConfigFn
 } from '../src/utils';
 
+const mockConfigFn = () => { };
+
 describe('#utils', function() {
   it('should check if directory exist', () => {
     const dirExist = path.join(testDataDir, 'utils', 'isdir');
@@ -95,7 +97,7 @@ describe('#utils', function() {
       rulesConfigs: [ { key: 'test', value: 'test' } ]
     };
 
-    const auth0 = new Auth0(mockMgmtClient(), {}, {});
+    const auth0 = new Auth0(mockMgmtClient(), {}, mockConfigFn);
 
     expect(stripIdentifiers(auth0, assets)).to.deep.equal({
       clients: [