diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7e9b87fc18..5e76c95a80 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   ([#3885](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/3885))
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-django`: improve readthedocs for sqlcommenter configuration.
   ([#3884](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/3884))
+- `opentelemetry-exporter-richconsole`: Add support for suppressing resource information
+  ([#3898](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/3898))
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-richconsole/src/opentelemetry/exporter/richconsole/__init__.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-richconsole/src/opentelemetry/exporter/richconsole/__init__.py
index 3e3aab7c74..b1165ea043 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-richconsole/src/opentelemetry/exporter/richconsole/__init__.py
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-richconsole/src/opentelemetry/exporter/richconsole/__init__.py
@@ -76,12 +76,16 @@ def _ns_to_time(nanoseconds):
     return ts.strftime("%H:%M:%S.%f")
 
 
-def _child_to_tree(child: Tree, span: ReadableSpan):
+def _child_to_tree(
+    child: Tree, span: ReadableSpan, *, suppress_resource: bool
+):
     child.add(
         Text.from_markup(f"[bold cyan]Kind :[/bold cyan] {span.kind.name}")
     )
     _add_status(child, span)
-    _child_add_optional_attributes(child, span)
+    _child_add_optional_attributes(
+        child, span, suppress_resource=suppress_resource
+    )
 
 
 def _add_status(child: Tree, span: ReadableSpan):
@@ -106,7 +110,9 @@ def _add_status(child: Tree, span: ReadableSpan):
         )
 
 
-def _child_add_optional_attributes(child: Tree, span: ReadableSpan):
+def _child_add_optional_attributes(
+    child: Tree, span: ReadableSpan, *, suppress_resource: bool
+):
     if span.events:
         events = child.add(
             label=Text.from_markup("[bold cyan]Events :[/bold cyan] ")
@@ -133,7 +139,7 @@ def _child_add_optional_attributes(child: Tree, span: ReadableSpan):
                         f"[bold cyan]{attribute} :[/bold cyan] {span.attributes[attribute]}"
                     )
                 )
-    if span.resource:
+    if span.resource and not suppress_resource:
         resources = child.add(
             label=Text.from_markup("[bold cyan]Resources :[/bold cyan] ")
         )
@@ -155,21 +161,29 @@ class RichConsoleSpanExporter(SpanExporter):
     def __init__(
         self,
         service_name: Optional[str] = None,
+        suppress_resource: bool = False,
     ):
         self.service_name = service_name
+        self.suppress_resource = suppress_resource
         self.console = Console()
 
     def export(self, spans: typing.Sequence[ReadableSpan]) -> SpanExportResult:
         if not spans:
             return SpanExportResult.SUCCESS
 
-        for tree in self.spans_to_tree(spans).values():
+        for tree in self.spans_to_tree(
+            spans, suppress_resource=self.suppress_resource
+        ).values():
             self.console.print(tree)
 
         return SpanExportResult.SUCCESS
 
     @staticmethod
-    def spans_to_tree(spans: typing.Sequence[ReadableSpan]) -> Dict[str, Tree]:
+    def spans_to_tree(
+        spans: typing.Sequence[ReadableSpan],
+        *,
+        suppress_resource: bool = False,
+    ) -> Dict[str, Tree]:
         trees = {}
         parents = {}
         spans = list(spans)
@@ -189,7 +203,9 @@ def spans_to_tree(spans: typing.Sequence[ReadableSpan]) -> Dict[str, Tree]:
                         )
                     )
                     parents[span.context.span_id] = child
-                    _child_to_tree(child, span)
+                    _child_to_tree(
+                        child, span, suppress_resource=suppress_resource
+                    )
                     spans.remove(span)
                 elif span.parent and span.parent.span_id in parents:
                     child = parents[span.parent.span_id].add(
@@ -198,6 +214,8 @@ def spans_to_tree(spans: typing.Sequence[ReadableSpan]) -> Dict[str, Tree]:
                         )
                     )
                     parents[span.context.span_id] = child
-                    _child_to_tree(child, span)
+                    _child_to_tree(
+                        child, span, suppress_resource=suppress_resource
+                    )
                     spans.remove(span)
         return trees
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-richconsole/tests/test_rich_exporter.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-richconsole/tests/test_rich_exporter.py
index 44bebb4839..bc204e6959 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-richconsole/tests/test_rich_exporter.py
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-richconsole/tests/test_rich_exporter.py
@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 import pytest
+from rich.text import Text
 from rich.tree import Tree
 
 import opentelemetry.trace
 from opentelemetry.exporter.richconsole import RichConsoleSpanExporter
 from opentelemetry.sdk import trace
+from opentelemetry.sdk.resources import Resource
 from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import BatchSpanProcessor
 
 
@@ -108,3 +110,30 @@ def test_no_deadlock(tracer_provider):
             pass
 
     RichConsoleSpanExporter.spans_to_tree((child,))
+
+
+def test_suppress_resource(span_processor):
+    attributes = {"resource.key": "resource.value"}
+    resource = Resource(attributes)
+    tracer_provider = trace.TracerProvider(resource=resource)
+    tracer_provider.add_span_processor(span_processor)
+    tracer = tracer_provider.get_tracer(__name__)
+
+    with tracer.start_as_current_span("parent") as parent:
+        with tracer.start_as_current_span("child") as child:
+            pass
+
+    trees = RichConsoleSpanExporter.spans_to_tree(
+        (parent, child), suppress_resource=True
+    )
+    assert len(trees) == 1
+
+    nodes = [next(t for t in trees.values())]
+    for node in nodes:
+        label = node.label
+        if isinstance(label, Text):
+            label = label.plain
+
+        assert "resource" not in label.lower()
+
+        nodes.extend(node.children)