diff --git a/shell/components/ResourceDetail/index.vue b/shell/components/ResourceDetail/index.vue
index 55aff48dd43..92ece3fae36 100644
--- a/shell/components/ResourceDetail/index.vue
+++ b/shell/components/ResourceDetail/index.vue
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ function modeFor(route) {
 }
 
 async function getYaml(store, model) {
-  const inStore = store.getters['currentStore'](model.type);
   let yaml;
   const opt = { headers: { accept: 'application/yaml' } };
 
@@ -36,9 +35,7 @@ async function getYaml(store, model) {
     yaml = (await model.followLink('view', opt)).data;
   }
 
-  const cleanedYaml = await store.dispatch(`${ inStore }/cleanForDownload`, yaml);
-
-  return cleanedYaml;
+  return model.cleanForDownload(yaml);
 }
 
 export default {
diff --git a/shell/models/__tests__/secret.test.ts b/shell/models/__tests__/secret.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7e27786d3a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/models/__tests__/secret.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import Secret from '@shell/models/secret';
+
+describe('class Secret', () => {
+  it('should contains the type attribute if cleanForDownload', async() => {
+    const secret = new Secret({});
+    const yaml = `apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: my-secret
+type: Opaque
+`;
+    const cleanYaml = await secret.cleanForDownload(yaml);
+
+    expect(cleanYaml).toBe(yaml);
+  });
+
+  it('should remove id, links and actions keys if cleanForDownload', async() => {
+    const secret = new Secret({});
+    const expectedYamlStr = `apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: my-secret
+  namespace: default
+type: Opaque
+`;
+    const part = `id: test_id
+links:
+  view: https://example.com
+actions:
+  remove: https://example.com`;
+    const yaml = `${ expectedYamlStr }
+${ part }`;
+    const cleanYaml = await secret.cleanForDownload(yaml);
+
+    expect(cleanYaml).toBe(expectedYamlStr);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/shell/models/secret.js b/shell/models/secret.js
index 8892e03c2e8..be380dfff78 100644
--- a/shell/models/secret.js
+++ b/shell/models/secret.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import SteveModel from '@shell/plugins/steve/steve-class';
 import { colorForState, stateDisplay, STATES_ENUM } from '@shell/plugins/dashboard-store/resource-class';
 import { diffFrom } from '@shell/utils/time';
 import day from 'dayjs';
+import { steveCleanForDownload } from '@shell/plugins/steve/resource-utils';
 
 export const TYPES = {
   OPAQUE:           'Opaque',
@@ -456,4 +457,12 @@ export default class Secret extends SteveModel {
 
     return val;
   }
+
+  async cleanForDownload(yaml) {
+    // secret resource contains the type attribute
+    // ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubernetes-api/config-and-storage-resources/secret-v1/
+    // ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/secret/#secret-types
+
+    return steveCleanForDownload(yaml, { rootKeys: ['id', 'links', 'actions'] });
+  }
 }
diff --git a/shell/plugins/dashboard-store/resource-class.js b/shell/plugins/dashboard-store/resource-class.js
index 176cfc6ee60..06a0cd466b7 100644
--- a/shell/plugins/dashboard-store/resource-class.js
+++ b/shell/plugins/dashboard-store/resource-class.js
@@ -1381,7 +1381,7 @@ export default class Resource {
 
   async download() {
     const value = await this.followLink('view', { headers: { accept: 'application/yaml' } });
-    const data = await this.$dispatch('cleanForDownload', value.data);
+    const data = await this.cleanForDownload(value.data);
 
     downloadFile(`${ this.nameDisplay }.yaml`, data, 'application/yaml');
   }
@@ -1404,7 +1404,7 @@ export default class Resource {
     await eachLimit(items, 10, (item, idx) => {
       return item.followLink('view', { headers: { accept: 'application/yaml' } } ).then(async(data) => {
         const yaml = data.data || data;
-        const cleanedYaml = await this.$dispatch('cleanForDownload', yaml);
+        const cleanedYaml = await this.cleanForDownload(yaml);
 
         files[`resources/${ names[idx] }`] = cleanedYaml;
       });
@@ -1481,6 +1481,10 @@ export default class Resource {
     this.$dispatch(`cleanForDiff`, this.toJSON());
   }
 
+  async cleanForDownload(yaml) {
+    return this.$dispatch(`cleanForDownload`, yaml);
+  }
+
   yamlForSave(yaml) {
     try {
       const obj = jsyaml.load(yaml);
diff --git a/shell/plugins/steve/__tests__/resource-utils.test.ts b/shell/plugins/steve/__tests__/resource-utils.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ad9ca592dfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/plugins/steve/__tests__/resource-utils.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+import { steveCleanForDownload } from '@shell/plugins/steve/resource-utils';
+
+describe('steve: ressource-utils', () => {
+  it('should do nothing if the yaml is not passed', () => {
+    const r = steveCleanForDownload();
+
+    expect(r).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+  it('should remove all default rootKeys', () => {
+    const expectedYamlStr = `apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: my-configmap
+`;
+    const yamlStr = `
+id: test_id
+links: 
+  view: https://example.com2
+type: test_type
+actions:
+  remove: https://example.com
+${ expectedYamlStr }
+`;
+    const cleanedYamlStr = steveCleanForDownload(yamlStr);
+
+    expect(cleanedYamlStr).toBe(expectedYamlStr);
+  });
+  it('should remove all the specified root keys', () => {
+    const part = `apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: my-secret`;
+
+    const rootKeyToYamlStringMap = {
+      id:    'id: test_id',
+      links: `links:
+  view: https://example.com`,
+      actions: `actions:
+  remove: https://example.com`,
+      type: 'type: Opaque'
+    };
+
+    const entries = Object.entries(rootKeyToYamlStringMap);
+    const yamlStr = `${ part }
+${ entries.map(([_, str]) => str).join('\n') }`;
+
+    entries.forEach(([key, str]) => {
+      const expectedYamlStr = `${ part }
+${ entries.filter(([k]) => k !== key).map(([_, str]) => str).join('\n') }\n`;
+      const cleanedYamlStr = steveCleanForDownload(yamlStr, { rootKeys: [key] });
+
+      expect(cleanedYamlStr).toBe(expectedYamlStr);
+    });
+  });
+  it('should remove all default metadata keys', () => {
+    const expectedYamlStr = `apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: my-configmap
+`;
+    const yamlStr = `apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: my-configmap
+  fields: 
+    - kube-root-ca.crt
+    - 1
+    - 7d23h
+  relationships:
+    - rel: 'owner'
+  state: 'active'
+`;
+    const cleanedYamlStr = steveCleanForDownload(yamlStr);
+
+    expect(cleanedYamlStr).toBe(expectedYamlStr);
+  });
+
+  it('should remove all the specified metadata keys', () => {
+    const part = `apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: my-configmap`;
+
+    const metadataKeyToYamlStringMap = {
+      fields:
+`  fields:
+    - kube-root-ca.crt
+    - 1
+    - 7d23h`,
+      relationships:
+`  relationships:
+    - rel: owner`,
+      state: `  state: active`
+    };
+
+    const entries = Object.entries(metadataKeyToYamlStringMap);
+    const yamlStr = `${ part }
+${ entries.map(([_, str]) => str).join('\n') }`;
+
+    entries.forEach(([key, str]) => {
+      const expectedYamlStr = `${ part }
+${ entries.filter(([k]) => k !== key).map(([_, str]) => str).join('\n') }\n`;
+      const cleanedYamlStr = steveCleanForDownload(yamlStr, { metadataKeys: [key] });
+
+      expect(cleanedYamlStr).toBe(expectedYamlStr);
+    });
+  });
+  it('should remove all defalut condition keys', () => {
+    const expectedYamlStr = `apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: my-configmap
+status:
+  conditions:
+    - {}
+    - {}
+    - message: message
+`;
+    const yamlStr = `apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: my-configmap
+status:
+  conditions:
+    - error: 'error'
+    - transitioning: false
+    - message: message
+`;
+    const cleanedYamlStr = steveCleanForDownload(yamlStr);
+
+    expect(cleanedYamlStr).toBe(expectedYamlStr);
+  });
+  it('should remove all the specified condition keys', () => {
+    const part = `apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: my-configmap
+status:
+  conditions:
+    - message: message`;
+
+    const conditionKeyToYamlStringMap = {
+      error:         '    - error: error',
+      transitioning: '    - transitioning: false'
+    };
+
+    const entries = Object.entries(conditionKeyToYamlStringMap);
+    const yamlStr = `${ part }
+${ entries.map(([_, str]) => str).join('\n') }`;
+
+    entries.forEach(([key, str]) => {
+      const expectedYamlStr = `${ part }
+${ entries.map(([k, str]) => k === key ? '    - {}' : str).join('\n') }\n`;
+      const cleanedYamlStr = steveCleanForDownload(yamlStr, { conditionKeys: [key] });
+
+      expect(cleanedYamlStr).toBe(expectedYamlStr);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/shell/plugins/steve/actions.js b/shell/plugins/steve/actions.js
index 06c9cf37cf8..1ba53de2c2f 100644
--- a/shell/plugins/steve/actions.js
+++ b/shell/plugins/steve/actions.js
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 import https from 'https';
 import { addParam, parse as parseUrl, stringify as unParseUrl } from '@shell/utils/url';
 import { handleSpoofedRequest, loadSchemas } from '@shell/plugins/dashboard-store/actions';
-import { set } from '@shell/utils/object';
+import { dropKeys, set } from '@shell/utils/object';
 import { deferred } from '@shell/utils/promise';
 import { streamJson, streamingSupported } from '@shell/utils/stream';
 import isObject from 'lodash/isObject';
 import { classify } from '@shell/plugins/dashboard-store/classify';
 import { NAMESPACE } from '@shell/config/types';
-import jsyaml from 'js-yaml';
 import { handleKubeApiHeaderWarnings } from '@shell/plugins/steve/header-warnings';
+import { steveCleanForDownload } from '@shell/plugins/steve/resource-utils';
 
 export default {
 
@@ -330,31 +330,7 @@ export default {
 
   // remove fields added by steve before showing/downloading yamls
   cleanForDownload(ctx, yaml) {
-    if (!yaml) {
-      return;
-    }
-    const rootKeys = [
-      'id',
-      'links',
-      'type',
-      'actions'
-    ];
-    const metadataKeys = [
-      'fields',
-      'relationships',
-      'state',
-    ];
-    const conditionKeys = [
-      'error',
-      'transitioning',
-    ];
-    const obj = jsyaml.load(yaml);
-
-    dropKeys(obj, rootKeys);
-    dropKeys(obj?.metadata, metadataKeys);
-    (obj?.status?.conditions || []).forEach((condition) => dropKeys(condition, conditionKeys));
-
-    return jsyaml.dump(obj);
+    return steveCleanForDownload(yaml);
   }
 };
 
@@ -398,16 +374,6 @@ function dropUnderscores(obj) {
   }
 }
 
-function dropKeys(obj, keys) {
-  if ( !obj ) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  for ( const k of keys ) {
-    delete obj[k];
-  }
-}
-
 function dropCattleKeys(obj) {
   if ( !obj ) {
     return;
diff --git a/shell/plugins/steve/resource-utils.ts b/shell/plugins/steve/resource-utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c4ece5ff9e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/plugins/steve/resource-utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { dropKeys } from '@shell/utils/object';
+import jsyaml from 'js-yaml';
+
+export function steveCleanForDownload(yaml: string, keys?: {
+  rootKeys?: string[],
+  metadataKeys?: string[],
+  conditionKeys?: string[]
+ }): string | undefined {
+  if (!yaml) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const {
+    rootKeys = [
+      'id',
+      'links',
+      'type',
+      'actions'
+    ],
+    metadataKeys = [
+      'fields',
+      'relationships',
+      'state',
+    ],
+    conditionKeys = [
+      'error',
+      'transitioning',
+    ]
+  } = keys || {};
+
+  const obj: any = jsyaml.load(yaml);
+
+  dropKeys(obj, rootKeys);
+  dropKeys(obj?.metadata, metadataKeys);
+  (obj?.status?.conditions || []).forEach((condition: any) => dropKeys(condition, conditionKeys));
+
+  return jsyaml.dump(obj);
+}
diff --git a/shell/utils/object.js b/shell/utils/object.js
index 5922cd6e5ee..5aba43f2d90 100644
--- a/shell/utils/object.js
+++ b/shell/utils/object.js
@@ -425,3 +425,13 @@ export function pickBy(obj = {}, predicate = (value, key) => false) {
 export const toDictionary = (array, callback) => Object.assign(
   {}, ...array.map((item) => ({ [item]: callback(item) }))
 );
+
+export function dropKeys(obj, keys) {
+  if ( !obj ) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  for ( const k of keys ) {
+    delete obj[k];
+  }
+}