diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/settings/audit-log/event-filter.hbs b/ghost/admin/app/components/settings/audit-log/event-filter.hbs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5b4eb98592
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/settings/audit-log/event-filter.hbs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<GhBasicDropdown @verticalPosition="below" as |dd|>
+    <dd.Trigger class="gh-btn gh-btn-icon gh-btn-action-icon">
+        <span class={{if @excludedEvents "gh-btn-label-green"}}>
+            {{svg-jar "filter"}}
+            Filter events
+        </span>
+    </dd.Trigger>
+
+    <dd.Content class="gh-member-activity-actions-menu dropdown-menu dropdown-triangle-top-right">
+        {{!-- NOTE: re-using ember-power-select-options styles --}}
+        <ul class="ember-power-select-options" role="listbox">
+            {{#each this.eventTypes as |type idx|}}
+                <li class="form-group ember-power-select-option mb0 for-checkbox">
+                    <label class="checkbox" for="type-{{idx}}">
+                        <input
+                            type="checkbox"
+                            checked={{type.isSelected}}
+                            id="type-{{idx}}"
+                            name="eventTypes"
+                            class="gh-input post-settings-featured"
+                            {{on "input" (fn this.toggleEventType type.event)}}>
+                        <span class="input-toggle-component"></span>
+                        <p>{{type.name}}</p>
+                    </label>
+                </li>
+            {{/each}}
+        </ul>
+    </dd.Content>
+</GhBasicDropdown>
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diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/settings/audit-log/event-filter.js b/ghost/admin/app/components/settings/audit-log/event-filter.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e45e5a8368
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/settings/audit-log/event-filter.js
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import Component from '@glimmer/component';
+import {action} from '@ember/object';
+import {inject as service} from '@ember/service';
+
+const ALL_EVENT_TYPES = [
+    {event: 'created', icon: 'event-filter-signup', name: 'Created'},
+    {event: 'edited', icon: 'event-filter-login', name: 'Edited'},
+    {event: 'deleted', icon: 'event-filter-subscription', name: 'Deleted'},
+    {event: 'post', icon: 'event-filter-payment', name: 'Posts'},
+    {event: 'pages', icon: 'event-filter-payment', name: 'Pages'},
+    {event: 'tag', icon: 'event-filter-newsletter', name: 'Tags'},
+    {event: 'integration', icon: 'event-filter-newsletter', name: 'Integrations'},
+    {event: 'api_key', icon: 'event-filter-newsletter', name: 'API keys'},
+    {event: 'label', icon: 'event-filter-newsletter', name: 'Labels'}
+];
+
+export default class AuditLogEventFilter extends Component {
+    @service settings;
+    @service feature;
+
+    get availableEventTypes() {
+        const extended = [...ALL_EVENT_TYPES];
+
+        if (this.args.hiddenEvents?.length) {
+            return extended.filter(t => !this.args.hiddenEvents.includes(t.event));
+        } else {
+            return extended;
+        }
+    }
+
+    get eventTypes() {
+        const excludedEvents = (this.args.excludedEvents || '').split(',');
+
+        return this.availableEventTypes.map(type => ({
+            event: type.event,
+            icon: type.icon,
+            name: type.name,
+            isSelected: !excludedEvents.includes(type.event)
+        }));
+    }
+
+    @action
+    toggleEventType(eventType) {
+        const excludedEvents = new Set(this.eventTypes.reject(type => type.isSelected).map(type => type.event));
+
+        if (excludedEvents.has(eventType)) {
+            excludedEvents.delete(eventType);
+        } else {
+            excludedEvents.add(eventType);
+        }
+
+        const excludeString = Array.from(excludedEvents).join(',');
+
+        this.args.onChange(excludeString || null);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/settings/audit-log/no-events.hbs b/ghost/admin/app/components/settings/audit-log/no-events.hbs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8ef96b7b17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/settings/audit-log/no-events.hbs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<div class="no-posts-box">
+    <div class="no-posts">
+        {{svg-jar "activity-placeholder" class="gh-members-placeholder"}}
+        {{#if @filter}}
+            <h4>No actions match the current filter</h4>
+            <LinkTo @route="settings.audit-log" @query={{reset-query-params "audit-log"}} class="gh-btn gh-btn-lg">
+                <span>Show all actions</span>
+            </LinkTo>
+        {{else}}
+            <h4>No actions yet</h4>
+        {{/if}}
+    </div>
+</div>
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diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/settings/audit-log/search-trigger.hbs b/ghost/admin/app/components/settings/audit-log/search-trigger.hbs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0c7005fb90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/settings/audit-log/search-trigger.hbs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<div class="gh-btn"><span>Filter member {{svg-jar "arrow-down-small"}}</span></div>
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/settings/audit-log/search.hbs b/ghost/admin/app/components/settings/audit-log/search.hbs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..984887f6d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/settings/audit-log/search.hbs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{{#if @selected}}
+    <button class="gh-btn" {{on "click" (fn @onChange null)}} type="button">
+        <span class="gh-btn-label-green">
+            Clear search &times;
+        </span>
+    </button>
+{{else}}
+    <PowerSelect
+        @searchEnabled={{false}}
+        @search={{perform this.searchUsersTask}}
+        @selected={{@selected}}
+        @onChange={{@onChange}}
+        @triggerClass="gh-member-filter-search-trigger"
+        @dropdownClass="gh-member-filter-search-dropdown"
+        @triggerComponent="gh-input-with-select/trigger"
+        @placeholder="Search users"
+        @extra={{hash showSearchMessage=false}}
+        as |member|
+    >
+        {{#if member.name}}<strong>{{member.name}}</strong>{{/if}}
+        <span>{{member.email}}</span>
+    </PowerSelect>
+{{/if}}
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/settings/audit-log/search.js b/ghost/admin/app/components/settings/audit-log/search.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..97acb8b445
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/settings/audit-log/search.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import Component from '@glimmer/component';
+import {action} from '@ember/object';
+import {inject as service} from '@ember/service';
+import {task, timeout} from 'ember-concurrency';
+
+export default class AuditLogSearch extends Component {
+    @service store;
+
+    @action
+    clear() {
+        this.args.onChange(null);
+    }
+
+    @task
+    *searchUsersTask(term) {
+        yield timeout(300); // debounce
+
+        return yield this.store.query('user', {search: term, limit: 20});
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/settings/audit-log/table.hbs b/ghost/admin/app/components/settings/audit-log/table.hbs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e408ed0891
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/settings/audit-log/table.hbs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<table class="gh-list">
+    <thead>
+        <tr>
+            <th>User</th>
+            <th>Action</th>
+            <th>When</th>
+        </tr>
+    </thead>
+    <tbody>
+        {{#each @events as |event|}}
+        {{#let (parse-audit-log-event event) as |ev|}}
+        <tr>
+            <div class="gh-list-data gh-list-cellwidth-30">
+                <div class="flex items-center">
+                    <span class="user-list-item-figure" style={{background-image-style (or ev.actor.profileImageUrl ev.actor.iconImage)}}>
+                        <span class="hidden">Photo of {{ev.actor.name}}</span>
+                    </span>
+                    <h3 class="ma0 pa0 gh-members-list-name">{{ev.actor.name}}</h3>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+            <div class="gh-list-data gh-list-cellwidth-50">
+                <div class="gh-members-activity-container">
+                    <div class="gh-members-activity-icon">{{svg-jar ev.actionIcon}}</div>
+                    <div class="gh-members-activity-event">
+                        <span class="gh-members-activity-description">
+                            {{capitalize-first-letter ev.action}}
+                            {{#if (or ev.resource.title ev.resource.name)}}
+                            <LinkTo @route="editor.edit" @models={{array ev.resource.displayName ev.resource.id}} class="permalink">
+                            <strong>{{if ev.resource.title ev.resource.title ev.resource.name}}</strong>
+                            </LinkTo>
+                            {{/if}}
+                        </span>
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+            <div class="gh-list-data">{{moment-format ev.original.created_at "DD MMM YYYY HH:mm:ss"}}</div>
+        </tr>
+        {{/let}}
+        {{/each}}
+    </tbody>
+</table>
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/controllers/settings/audit-log.js b/ghost/admin/app/controllers/settings/audit-log.js
index 8a3f944f26..400e38b193 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/controllers/settings/audit-log.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/controllers/settings/audit-log.js
@@ -1,4 +1,39 @@
 import Controller from '@ember/controller';
+import {action} from '@ember/object';
+import {inject as service} from '@ember/service';
+import {tracked} from '@glimmer/tracking';
 
 export default class AuditLogController extends Controller {
+    @service router;
+    @service settings;
+    @service store;
+
+    queryParams = ['excludedResources', 'user'];
+
+    @tracked excludedResources = null;
+    @tracked user = null;
+
+    get fullExcludedResources() {
+        return (this.excludedResources || '').split(',');
+    }
+
+    get userRecord() {
+        if (!this.user) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        // TODO: {reload: true} here shouldn't be needed but without it
+        // the template renders nothing if the record is already in the store
+        return this.store.findRecord('user', this.user, {reload: true});
+    }
+
+    @action
+    changeExcludedResources(newList) {
+        this.router.transitionTo({queryParams: {excludedResources: newList}});
+    }
+
+    @action
+    changeUser(user) {
+        this.router.transitionTo({queryParams: {user: user?.id}});
+    }
 }
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/helpers/audit-log-event-fetcher.js b/ghost/admin/app/helpers/audit-log-event-fetcher.js
index e6b73dfcca..8a0af9f53e 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/helpers/audit-log-event-fetcher.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/helpers/audit-log-event-fetcher.js
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ export default class AuditLogEventFetcher extends Resource {
         this.cursor = moment.utc().format('YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss');
         let filter = `created_at:<'${this.cursor}'`;
 
+        if (this.args.named.filter) {
+            filter += `+${this.args.named.filter}`;
+        }
+
         // Can't get this working with Promise.all, somehow results in an infinite loop
         await this.loadEventsTask.perform({filter});
     }
@@ -58,6 +62,10 @@ export default class AuditLogEventFetcher extends Resource {
         this.cursor = cursor;
         let filter = `created_at:<'${this.cursor}'`;
 
+        if (this.args.named.filter) {
+            filter += `+${this.args.named.filter}`;
+        }
+
         this.loadEventsTask.perform({filter});
     }
 
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/helpers/audit-log-event-filter.js b/ghost/admin/app/helpers/audit-log-event-filter.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e37a895776
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/helpers/audit-log-event-filter.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import Helper from '@ember/component/helper';
+import classic from 'ember-classic-decorator';
+import {isBlank} from '@ember/utils';
+import {inject as service} from '@ember/service';
+
+@classic
+export default class AuditLogEventFilter extends Helper {
+    @service settings;
+    @service feature;
+
+    compute(
+        positionalParams,
+        {excludedEvents = [], user = ''}
+    ) {
+        const excludedEventsSet = new Set();
+
+        if (excludedEvents.length) {
+            excludedEvents.forEach(type => excludedEventsSet.add(type));
+        }
+
+        let filterParts = [];
+
+        const excludedEventsArray = Array.from(excludedEventsSet).reject(isBlank);
+        if (excludedEventsArray.length > 0) {
+            filterParts.push(`resource_type:-[${excludedEventsArray.join(',')}]`);
+        }
+
+        if (user) {
+            filterParts.push(`actor_id:${user}`);
+        }
+
+        return filterParts.join('+');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/templates/settings/audit-log.hbs b/ghost/admin/app/templates/settings/audit-log.hbs
index 9331d45a2c..c112b73cf3 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/templates/settings/audit-log.hbs
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/templates/settings/audit-log.hbs
@@ -4,74 +4,41 @@
         <LinkTo @route="settings">Settings</LinkTo>
         <span>{{svg-jar "arrow-right"}}</span>
         <LinkTo @route="settings.audit-log" data-test-link="audit-log-back">Audit log</LinkTo>
+        {{#if this.userRecord}}
+            <span>{{svg-jar "arrow-right"}}</span>
+            <span class="truncate">{{or this.userRecord.name this.userRecord.email}}</span>
+        {{/if}}
     </h2>
+    <div class="view-actions">
+        <Settings::AuditLog::EventFilter
+             @excludedEvents={{this.excludedResources}}
+             @hiddenEvents={{this.hiddenResources}}
+             @onChange={{this.changeExcludedResources}} />
+
+        <Settings::AuditLog::Search
+             @selected={{this.userRecord}}
+             @onChange={{this.changeUser}} />
+    </div>
     </GhCanvasHeader>
     <div class="view-container">
-        {{#let (audit-log-event-fetcher pageSize=50) as |eventsFetcher|}}
-        {{#if eventsFetcher.data}}
-        <div class="gh-list-scrolling">
-            <table class="gh-list">
-                <thead>
-                    <tr>
-                        <th>User</th>
-                        <th>Action</th>
-                        <th>When</th>
-                    </tr>
-                </thead>
-                <tbody>
-                    {{#each eventsFetcher.data as |event|}}
-                    {{#let (parse-audit-log-event event) as |ev|}}
-                    <tr>
-                        <div class="gh-list-data gh-list-cellwidth-30">
-                            <div class="flex items-center">
-                                <span class="user-list-item-figure" style={{background-image-style (or ev.actor.profileImageUrl ev.actor.iconImage)}}>
-                                    <span class="hidden">Photo of {{ev.actor.name}}</span>
-                                </span>
-                                <h3 class="ma0 pa0 gh-members-list-name">{{ev.actor.name}}</h3>
-                            </div>
-                        </div>
-                        <div class="gh-list-data gh-list-cellwidth-50">
-                            <div class="gh-members-activity-container">
-                                <div class="gh-members-activity-icon">{{svg-jar ev.actionIcon}}</div>
-                                <div class="gh-members-activity-event">
-                                    <span class="gh-members-activity-description">
-                                        {{capitalize-first-letter ev.action}}
-                                        {{#if (or ev.resource.title ev.resource.name)}}
-                                        <LinkTo @route="editor.edit" @models={{array ev.resource.displayName ev.resource.id}} class="permalink">
-                                            <strong>{{if ev.resource.title ev.resource.title ev.resource.name}}</strong>
-                                        </LinkTo>
-                                        {{else}}
-                                        <br/><small>{{ev.original.resource_id}}</small>
-                                        {{/if}}
-                                    </span>
-                                </div>
-                            </div>
-                        </div>
-                        <div class="gh-list-data">{{moment-format ev.original.created_at "DD MMM YYYY HH:mm:ss"}}</div>
-                    </tr>
-                    {{/let}}
-                    {{/each}}
-                </tbody>
-            </table>
+        {{#let (audit-log-event-fetcher filter=(audit-log-event-filter excludedEvents=this.fullExcludedResources user=this.user) pageSize=50) as |eventsFetcher|}}
+            {{#if eventsFetcher.data}}
+            <div class="gh-list-scrolling">
+                <Settings::AuditLog::Table @events={{eventsFetcher.data}} />
 
-            {{#if (not (or eventsFetcher.isLoading eventsFetcher.hasReachedEnd))}}
-            <GhScrollTrigger @enter={{eventsFetcher.loadNextPage}} @triggerOffset={{250}} />
-            {{/if}}
-        </div>
-        {{else}}
-        {{#unless eventsFetcher.isLoading}}
-        <div class="no-posts-box">
-            <div class="no-posts">
-                {{svg-jar "activity-placeholder" class="gh-members-placeholder"}}
-                <h4>No staff activity yet</h4>
+                {{#if (not (or eventsFetcher.isLoading eventsFetcher.hasReachedEnd))}}
+                    <GhScrollTrigger @enter={{eventsFetcher.loadNextPage}} @triggerOffset={{250}} />
+                {{/if}}
             </div>
-        </div>
-        {{/unless}}
-        {{/if}}
+            {{else}}
+                {{#unless eventsFetcher.isLoading}}
+                    <Settings::AuditLog::NoEvents @filter={{or this.user this.excludedResources}} />
+                {{/unless}}
+            {{/if}}
 
-        {{#if eventsFetcher.isLoading}}
-        <div class="no-posts-box"><GhLoadingSpinner /></div>
-        {{/if}}
+            {{#if eventsFetcher.isLoading}}
+                <div class="no-posts-box"><GhLoadingSpinner /></div>
+            {{/if}}
         {{/let}}
     </div>
 </section>