How to Filter Events using Different Methods

An easy-to-follow guide on filtering the events before sending them to your specified destinations in RudderStack.

RudderStack provides different filtering methods before sending the events to your specified destinations. The following table explains these methods in detail:

MethodDescriptionConnection modeApplicable

Create transformations to filter out certain event names, types, or any distinguishing factors among them.

Cloud mode

Specify which events should be discarded or allowed to flow through by whitelisting or blacklisting them in the RudderStack dashboard, while setting up the destination.

Device mode

Send your events only to the selective destinations by stopping the SDK from loading other device mode integrations.

Device mode

Filter out selective destinations by stopping RudderStack from sending certain events to them.

Cloud mode and device mode

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