diff --git a/messages/data.export.md b/messages/data.export.md
index ffbb876..377fb73 100644
--- a/messages/data.export.md
+++ b/messages/data.export.md
@@ -17,3 +17,7 @@ path to data plan file
 # flags.apitype.summary
 
 API Type to use
+
+# flags.excludenullfields.summary
+
+Exclude null fields from exported JSON files
diff --git a/src/commands/texei/data/export.ts b/src/commands/texei/data/export.ts
index aef8be1..c12effd 100644
--- a/src/commands/texei/data/export.ts
+++ b/src/commands/texei/data/export.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ export default class Export extends SfCommand<ExportResult> {
       options: ['rest', 'bulk'],
       default: 'rest',
     }),
+    // new flag to exclude null fields
+    excludenullfields: Flags.boolean({
+      char: 'e',
+      summary: messages.getMessage('flags.excludenullfields.summary'),
+      default: false,
+    }),
     // loglevel is a no-op, but this flag is added to avoid breaking scripts and warn users who are using it
     loglevel,
   };
@@ -113,7 +119,7 @@ export default class Export extends SfCommand<ExportResult> {
       });
 
       const fileName = `${index}-${obj.name}${obj.label ? '-' + obj.label : ''}.json`;
-      const objectRecords: any = await this.getsObjectRecords(obj, recordIdsMap, flags.apitype);
+      const objectRecords: any = await this.getsObjectRecords(obj, recordIdsMap, flags.apitype, flags);
       await this.saveFile(objectRecords, fileName, flags.outputdir);
       index++;
 
@@ -123,7 +129,12 @@ export default class Export extends SfCommand<ExportResult> {
     return { message: 'Data exported' };
   }
 
-  private async getsObjectRecords(sobject: DataPlanSObject, recordIdsMap: Map<string, string>, apitype: string) {
+  private async getsObjectRecords(
+    sobject: DataPlanSObject,
+    recordIdsMap: Map<string, string>,
+    apitype: string,
+    flags: { [key: string]: any }
+  ) {
     // Query to retrieve creatable sObject fields
     let fields: string[] = [];
     const lookups = [];
@@ -300,7 +311,8 @@ export default class Export extends SfCommand<ExportResult> {
 
     const recordFile: any = {};
     recordFile.attributes = objectAttributes;
-    recordFile.records = recordResults;
+
+    recordFile.records = recordResults.map((record) => removeNullFields(record, flags.excludenullfields));
 
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-return
     return recordFile;
@@ -414,3 +426,18 @@ export default class Export extends SfCommand<ExportResult> {
     });
   }
 }
+
+// add function to remove null values from object
+function removeNullFields(record: { [key: string]: any }, excludeNullFields: boolean): { [key: string]: any } {
+  if (!excludeNullFields) {
+    return record;
+  }
+
+  const filteredRecord: { [key: string]: any } = {};
+  for (const key in record) {
+    if (record[key] !== null) {
+      filteredRecord[key] = record[key];
+    }
+  }
+  return filteredRecord;
+}