diff --git a/packages/devtools-kit/src/core/component/tree/filter.ts b/packages/devtools-kit/src/core/component/tree/filter.ts
index 2f8b00eed..b29a0f630 100644
--- a/packages/devtools-kit/src/core/component/tree/filter.ts
+++ b/packages/devtools-kit/src/core/component/tree/filter.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,25 @@ import { getInstanceName } from '../utils'
 
 export class ComponentFilter {
   filter: string
+  positiveFilters: string[] = []
+  negativeFilters: string[] = []
 
   constructor(filter: string) {
     this.filter = filter || ''
+    const tokens = this.filter.trim().split(/\s+/).filter(Boolean)
+    tokens.forEach((token) => {
+      const lower = token.toLowerCase()
+      if (lower.startsWith('-') && lower.length > 1) {
+        this.negativeFilters.push(lower.slice(1))
+      }
+      else {
+        this.positiveFilters.push(lower)
+      }
+    })
+  }
+
+  get hasNegativeFilters() {
+    return this.negativeFilters.length > 0
   }
 
   /**
@@ -15,10 +31,29 @@ export class ComponentFilter {
    * @param {Vue|Vnode} instance
    * @return {boolean}
    */
-  isQualified(instance: VueAppInstance): boolean {
+  isQualified(instance: VueAppInstance, checkPositive = true): boolean {
     const name = getInstanceName(instance)
-    return classify(name).toLowerCase().includes(this.filter)
-      || kebabize(name).toLowerCase().includes(this.filter)
+    const normalizedName = classify(name).toLowerCase()
+    const kebabName = kebabize(name).toLowerCase()
+
+    if (this.hasNegativeFilters) {
+      const isExcluded = this.negativeFilters.some(neg =>
+        normalizedName.includes(neg) || kebabName.includes(neg),
+      )
+      if (isExcluded)
+        return false
+    }
+
+    if (!checkPositive) {
+      return true
+    }
+
+    if (this.positiveFilters.length === 0)
+      return true
+
+    return this.positiveFilters.some(pos =>
+      normalizedName.includes(pos) || kebabName.includes(pos),
+    )
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/devtools-kit/src/core/component/tree/walker.ts b/packages/devtools-kit/src/core/component/tree/walker.ts
index c650847bd..56ed0cc33 100644
--- a/packages/devtools-kit/src/core/component/tree/walker.ts
+++ b/packages/devtools-kit/src/core/component/tree/walker.ts
@@ -115,9 +115,15 @@ export class ComponentWalker {
 
     // capture children
     if (depth < this.maxDepth! || instance.type.__isKeepAlive || parents.some(parent => parent.type.__isKeepAlive)) {
-      treeNode.children = await Promise.all(children
-        .map(child => this.capture(child, depth + 1))
-        .filter(Boolean))
+      if (this.componentFilter.hasNegativeFilters) {
+        const childrenNodes = await Promise.all(children.map(child => this.findQualifiedChildren(child, depth + 1, false)))
+        treeNode.children = Array.prototype.concat.apply([], childrenNodes)
+      }
+      else {
+        treeNode.children = await Promise.all(children
+          .map(child => this.capture(child, depth + 1))
+          .filter(Boolean))
+      }
     }
 
     // keep-alive
@@ -178,8 +184,8 @@ export class ComponentWalker {
    * @param {Vue|Vnode} instance
    * @return {Vue|Array}
    */
-  private async findQualifiedChildren(instance: VueAppInstance, depth: number): Promise<ComponentTreeNode[]> {
-    if (this.componentFilter.isQualified(instance) && !instance.type.devtools?.hide) {
+  private async findQualifiedChildren(instance: VueAppInstance, depth: number, checkPositive = true): Promise<ComponentTreeNode[]> {
+    if (this.componentFilter.isQualified(instance, checkPositive) && !instance.type.devtools?.hide) {
       return [await this.capture(instance, depth)]
     }
     else if (instance.subTree) {
@@ -187,7 +193,7 @@ export class ComponentWalker {
       const list = this.isKeepAlive(instance)
         ? this.getKeepAliveCachedInstances(instance)
         : this.getInternalInstanceChildren(instance.subTree)
-      return this.findQualifiedChildrenFromList(list, depth)
+      return this.findQualifiedChildrenFromList(list, depth, checkPositive)
     }
     else {
       return []
@@ -203,14 +209,12 @@ export class ComponentWalker {
    * @param {Array} instances
    * @return {Array}
    */
-  private async findQualifiedChildrenFromList(instances: VueAppInstance[], depth: number): Promise<ComponentTreeNode[]> {
+  private async findQualifiedChildrenFromList(instances: VueAppInstance[], depth: number, checkPositive: boolean): Promise<ComponentTreeNode[]> {
     instances = instances
       .filter(child => !isBeingDestroyed(child) && !child.type.devtools?.hide)
-    if (!this.componentFilter.filter)
-      return Promise.all(instances.map(child => this.capture(child, depth)))
 
-    else
-      return Array.prototype.concat.apply([], await Promise.all(instances.map(i => this.findQualifiedChildren(i, depth))))
+    return Array.prototype.concat.apply([], await Promise.all(instances.map(i => this.findQualifiedChildren(i, depth, checkPositive))),
+    )
   }
 
   /**