diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f26197873..e001d2d4d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ aboutLibraries {
     // Full license text for license IDs mentioned here will be included, even if no detected dependency uses them.
     additionalLicenses = ["mit", "mpl_2_0"]
     // Allows to exclude some fields from the generated meta data field.
-    excludeFields = ["developers", "funding"]
+    // If the class name is specified, the field is only excluded for that class; without a class name, the exclusion is global.
+    excludeFields = ["License.name", "developers", "funding"]
     // Enable inclusion of `platform` dependencies in the library report
     includePlatform = true
     // Define the strict mode, will fail if the project uses licenses not allowed
diff --git a/plugin-build/plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/mikepenz/aboutlibraries/plugin/AboutLibrariesExtension.kt b/plugin-build/plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/mikepenz/aboutlibraries/plugin/AboutLibrariesExtension.kt
index 8eeb827be..50f293955 100644
--- a/plugin-build/plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/mikepenz/aboutlibraries/plugin/AboutLibrariesExtension.kt
+++ b/plugin-build/plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/mikepenz/aboutlibraries/plugin/AboutLibrariesExtension.kt
@@ -219,10 +219,14 @@ abstract class AboutLibrariesExtension {
     /**
      * Defines fields which will be excluded during the serialisation of the metadata output file.
      *
-     * Any field as included in the [com.mikepenz.aboutlibraries.plugin.mapping.Library] can theoretically be excluded.
+     * It is possible to qualify the field names by specifying the class name (e.g. "License.name").
+     * Permissible qualifiers are "ResultContainer", "Library", "Developer", "Organization", "Funding", "Scm",
+     * "License" and "MetaData".
+     * Unqualified field names (e.g. "description") are applied to the entire output.
+     *
      * ```
      * aboutLibraries {
-     *   excludeFields = arrayOf("description", "tag")
+     *   excludeFields = arrayOf("License.name", "ResultContainer.metadata", "description", "tag")
      * }
      * ```
      */
diff --git a/plugin-build/plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/mikepenz/aboutlibraries/plugin/model/ResultContainer.kt b/plugin-build/plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/mikepenz/aboutlibraries/plugin/model/ResultContainer.kt
index a86503e5f..d9d529e68 100644
--- a/plugin-build/plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/mikepenz/aboutlibraries/plugin/model/ResultContainer.kt
+++ b/plugin-build/plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/mikepenz/aboutlibraries/plugin/model/ResultContainer.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 package com.mikepenz.aboutlibraries.plugin.model
 
+import com.mikepenz.aboutlibraries.plugin.mapping.Developer
+import com.mikepenz.aboutlibraries.plugin.mapping.Funding
 import com.mikepenz.aboutlibraries.plugin.mapping.Library
 import com.mikepenz.aboutlibraries.plugin.mapping.License
+import com.mikepenz.aboutlibraries.plugin.mapping.Organization
+import com.mikepenz.aboutlibraries.plugin.mapping.Scm
+import com.mikepenz.aboutlibraries.plugin.util.PartialObjectConverter
 import groovy.json.JsonGenerator
 import groovy.json.JsonOutput
 import java.io.File
@@ -26,10 +31,35 @@ class MetaData(
 )
 
 fun ResultContainer.writeToDisk(outputFile: File, excludeFields: Array<String>, prettyPrint: Boolean) {
-    val fieldNames = mutableListOf("artifactId", "groupId", "artifactFolder").also {
-        it.addAll(excludeFields)
+    val allowedExclusionQualifiers = setOf(
+        ResultContainer::class.simpleName,
+        Library::class.simpleName,
+        Developer::class.simpleName,
+        Organization::class.simpleName,
+        Funding::class.simpleName,
+        Scm::class.simpleName,
+        License::class.simpleName,
+        MetaData::class.simpleName,
+    )
+    val excludedQualifiedFieldNames = mutableSetOf(
+        "${Library::class.simpleName}.${Library::artifactId.name}",
+        "${Library::class.simpleName}.${Library::groupId.name}",
+        "${Library::class.simpleName}.${Library::artifactFolder.name}"
+    )
+    val excludedUnqualifiedFieldNames = mutableSetOf<String>()
+    excludeFields.forEach { excludedField ->
+        val segments = excludedField.split(".")
+        if (segments.size == 2 && allowedExclusionQualifiers.contains(segments.first())) {
+            excludedQualifiedFieldNames.add(excludedField)
+        } else {
+            excludedUnqualifiedFieldNames.add(excludedField)
+        }
     }
-    val jsonGenerator = JsonGenerator.Options().excludeNulls().excludeFieldsByName(fieldNames).build()
+    val jsonGenerator = JsonGenerator.Options()
+        .excludeNulls()
+        .excludeFieldsByName(excludedUnqualifiedFieldNames)
+        .addConverter(PartialObjectConverter(excludedQualifiedFieldNames))
+        .build()
     PrintWriter(OutputStreamWriter(outputFile.outputStream(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8), true).use {
         it.write(jsonGenerator.toJson(this).let { json -> if (prettyPrint) JsonOutput.prettyPrint(json) else json })
     }
diff --git a/plugin-build/plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/mikepenz/aboutlibraries/plugin/util/PartialObjectConverter.kt b/plugin-build/plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/mikepenz/aboutlibraries/plugin/util/PartialObjectConverter.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5daf0edd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin-build/plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/mikepenz/aboutlibraries/plugin/util/PartialObjectConverter.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package com.mikepenz.aboutlibraries.plugin.util
+
+import groovy.json.DefaultJsonGenerator
+import groovy.json.JsonGenerator
+import org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.DefaultGroovyMethods
+
+/**
+ * A converter for [JsonGenerator], which allows properties to be excluded from the output.
+ * The way it works is identical to the serialization of objects in [DefaultJsonGenerator].
+ * @property excludedQualifiedPropertyNames The qualified name (class name + property name)
+ * of the properties that should be excluded from serialization.
+ */
+class PartialObjectConverter(
+    private val excludedQualifiedPropertyNames: Set<String>
+) : JsonGenerator.Converter {
+
+    private val targetClassNames: Set<String> = excludedQualifiedPropertyNames.mapTo(mutableSetOf()) { field ->
+        field.substringBeforeLast('.')
+    }
+
+    private val excludedPropertyNames = setOf("class", "declaringClass", "metaClass")
+
+    override fun handles(type: Class<*>?): Boolean {
+        return type != null && targetClassNames.contains(type.simpleName)
+    }
+
+    override fun convert(value: Any, key: String?): Any {
+        return DefaultGroovyMethods.getProperties(value).filterKeys { propertyName ->
+            propertyName !in excludedPropertyNames && "${value::class.simpleName}.$propertyName" !in excludedQualifiedPropertyNames
+        }
+    }
+
+}
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