diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 774ec6edb82..12acf1a39c6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 - Expand the set of units supported by the prometheus exporter, and don't add unit suffixes if they are already present in `go.opentelemetry.op/otel/exporters/prometheus` (#4374)
 - Move the `Aggregation` interface and its implementations from `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/aggregation` to `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric`. (#4435)
 - The exporters in `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc` and `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp` support the `OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_DEFAULT_HISTOGRAM_AGGREGATION` environment variable. (#4437)
+- Add the `NewAllowKeysFilter` and `NewDenyKeysFilter` functions to `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute` to allow convenient creation of allow-keys and deny-keys filters. (#4444)
 
 ### Changed
 
@@ -37,9 +38,6 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 - Count the Collect time in the PeriodicReader timeout. (#4221)
 - `New` in `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc` returns `*Exporter` instead of `"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric".Exporter`. (#4272)
 - `New` in `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp` returns `*Exporter` instead of `"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric".Exporter`. (#4272)
-- ⚠️ Metrics SDK Breaking ⚠️ : the `AttributeFilter` fields of the `Stream` from `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric` is replaced by the `AttributeKeys` field.
-  The `AttributeKeys` fields allows users to specify an allow-list of attributes allowed to be recorded for a view.
-  This change is made to ensure compatibility with the OpenTelemetry specification. (#4288)
 - If an attribute set is omitted from an async callback, the previous value will no longer be exported. (#4290)
 - If an attribute set is Observed multiple times in an async callback, the values will be summed instead of the last observation winning. (#4289)
 - Allow the explicit bucket histogram aggregation to be used for the up-down counter, observable counter, observable up-down counter, and observable gauge in the `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric` package. (#4332)
diff --git a/attribute/filter.go b/attribute/filter.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..638c213d59a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/attribute/filter.go
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package attribute // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
+
+// Filter supports removing certain attributes from attribute sets. When
+// the filter returns true, the attribute will be kept in the filtered
+// attribute set. When the filter returns false, the attribute is excluded
+// from the filtered attribute set, and the attribute instead appears in
+// the removed list of excluded attributes.
+type Filter func(KeyValue) bool
+
+// NewAllowKeysFilter returns a Filter that only allows attributes with one of
+// the provided keys.
+//
+// If keys is empty a deny-all filter is returned.
+func NewAllowKeysFilter(keys ...Key) Filter {
+	if len(keys) <= 0 {
+		return func(kv KeyValue) bool { return false }
+	}
+
+	allowed := make(map[Key]struct{})
+	for _, k := range keys {
+		allowed[k] = struct{}{}
+	}
+	return func(kv KeyValue) bool {
+		_, ok := allowed[kv.Key]
+		return ok
+	}
+}
+
+// NewDenyKeysFilter returns a Filter that only allows attributes
+// that do not have one of the provided keys.
+//
+// If keys is empty an allow-all filter is returned.
+func NewDenyKeysFilter(keys ...Key) Filter {
+	if len(keys) <= 0 {
+		return func(kv KeyValue) bool { return true }
+	}
+
+	forbid := make(map[Key]struct{})
+	for _, k := range keys {
+		forbid[k] = struct{}{}
+	}
+	return func(kv KeyValue) bool {
+		_, ok := forbid[kv.Key]
+		return !ok
+	}
+}
diff --git a/attribute/filter_test.go b/attribute/filter_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c668e260b83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/attribute/filter_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package attribute
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestNewAllowKeysFilter(t *testing.T) {
+	keys := []string{"zero", "one", "two"}
+	attrs := []KeyValue{Int(keys[0], 0), Int(keys[1], 1), Int(keys[2], 2)}
+
+	t.Run("Empty", func(t *testing.T) {
+		empty := NewAllowKeysFilter()
+		for _, kv := range attrs {
+			if empty(kv) {
+				t.Errorf("empty NewAllowKeysFilter filter accepted %v", kv)
+			}
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Partial", func(t *testing.T) {
+		partial := NewAllowKeysFilter(Key(keys[0]), Key(keys[1]))
+		for _, kv := range attrs[:2] {
+			if !partial(kv) {
+				t.Errorf("partial NewAllowKeysFilter filter denied %v", kv)
+			}
+		}
+		if partial(attrs[2]) {
+			t.Errorf("partial NewAllowKeysFilter filter accepted %v", attrs[2])
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Full", func(t *testing.T) {
+		full := NewAllowKeysFilter(Key(keys[0]), Key(keys[1]), Key(keys[2]))
+		for _, kv := range attrs {
+			if !full(kv) {
+				t.Errorf("full NewAllowKeysFilter filter denied %v", kv)
+			}
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func TestNewDenyKeysFilter(t *testing.T) {
+	keys := []string{"zero", "one", "two"}
+	attrs := []KeyValue{Int(keys[0], 0), Int(keys[1], 1), Int(keys[2], 2)}
+
+	t.Run("Empty", func(t *testing.T) {
+		empty := NewDenyKeysFilter()
+		for _, kv := range attrs {
+			if !empty(kv) {
+				t.Errorf("empty NewDenyKeysFilter filter denied %v", kv)
+			}
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Partial", func(t *testing.T) {
+		partial := NewDenyKeysFilter(Key(keys[0]), Key(keys[1]))
+		for _, kv := range attrs[:2] {
+			if partial(kv) {
+				t.Errorf("partial NewDenyKeysFilter filter accepted %v", kv)
+			}
+		}
+		if !partial(attrs[2]) {
+			t.Errorf("partial NewDenyKeysFilter filter denied %v", attrs[2])
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Full", func(t *testing.T) {
+		full := NewDenyKeysFilter(Key(keys[0]), Key(keys[1]), Key(keys[2]))
+		for _, kv := range attrs {
+			if full(kv) {
+				t.Errorf("full NewDenyKeysFilter filter accepted %v", kv)
+			}
+		}
+	})
+}
diff --git a/attribute/set.go b/attribute/set.go
index b976367e46d..9f9303d4f15 100644
--- a/attribute/set.go
+++ b/attribute/set.go
@@ -39,13 +39,6 @@ type (
 		iface interface{}
 	}
 
-	// Filter supports removing certain attributes from attribute sets. When
-	// the filter returns true, the attribute will be kept in the filtered
-	// attribute set. When the filter returns false, the attribute is excluded
-	// from the filtered attribute set, and the attribute instead appears in
-	// the removed list of excluded attributes.
-	Filter func(KeyValue) bool
-
 	// Sortable implements sort.Interface, used for sorting KeyValue. This is
 	// an exported type to support a memory optimization. A pointer to one of
 	// these is needed for the call to sort.Stable(), which the caller may
diff --git a/sdk/metric/benchmark_test.go b/sdk/metric/benchmark_test.go
index dd75de3cd63..90f88088630 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/benchmark_test.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/benchmark_test.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ var viewBenchmarks = []struct {
 		"AttrFilterView",
 		[]View{NewView(
 			Instrument{Name: "*"},
-			Stream{AllowAttributeKeys: []attribute.Key{"K"}},
+			Stream{AttributeFilter: attribute.NewAllowKeysFilter("K")},
 		)},
 	},
 }
diff --git a/sdk/metric/instrument.go b/sdk/metric/instrument.go
index c09c89361c6..f7224d4b581 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/instrument.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/instrument.go
@@ -146,31 +146,14 @@ type Stream struct {
 	Unit string
 	// Aggregation the stream uses for an instrument.
 	Aggregation Aggregation
-	// AllowAttributeKeys are an allow-list of attribute keys that will be
-	// preserved for the stream. Any attribute recorded for the stream with a
-	// key not in this slice will be dropped.
+	// AttributeFilter is an attribute Filter applied to the attributes
+	// recorded for an instrument's measurement. If the filter returns false
+	// the attribute will not be recorded, otherwise, if it returns true, it
+	// will record the attribute.
 	//
-	// If this slice is empty, all attributes will be kept.
-	AllowAttributeKeys []attribute.Key
-}
-
-// attributeFilter returns an attribute.Filter that only allows attributes
-// with keys in s.AttributeKeys.
-//
-// If s.AttributeKeys is empty an accept-all filter is returned.
-func (s Stream) attributeFilter() attribute.Filter {
-	if len(s.AllowAttributeKeys) <= 0 {
-		return func(kv attribute.KeyValue) bool { return true }
-	}
-
-	allowed := make(map[attribute.Key]struct{})
-	for _, k := range s.AllowAttributeKeys {
-		allowed[k] = struct{}{}
-	}
-	return func(kv attribute.KeyValue) bool {
-		_, ok := allowed[kv.Key]
-		return ok
-	}
+	// Use NewAllowKeysFilter from "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute" to
+	// provide an allow-list of attribute keys here.
+	AttributeFilter attribute.Filter
 }
 
 // instID are the identifying properties of a instrument.
diff --git a/sdk/metric/meter_test.go b/sdk/metric/meter_test.go
index edb1a400b2d..7c1d21f96cd 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/meter_test.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/meter_test.go
@@ -1518,7 +1518,7 @@ func testAttributeFilter(temporality metricdata.Temporality) func(*testing.T) {
 					WithReader(rdr),
 					WithView(NewView(
 						Instrument{Name: "*"},
-						Stream{AllowAttributeKeys: []attribute.Key{"foo"}},
+						Stream{AttributeFilter: attribute.NewAllowKeysFilter("foo")},
 					)),
 				).Meter("TestAttributeFilter")
 				require.NoError(t, tt.register(t, mtr))
@@ -1565,8 +1565,11 @@ func TestObservableExample(t *testing.T) {
 		selector := func(InstrumentKind) metricdata.Temporality { return temp }
 		reader := NewManualReader(WithTemporalitySelector(selector))
 
-		noFiltered := NewView(Instrument{Name: instName}, Stream{Name: instName})
-		filtered := NewView(Instrument{Name: instName}, Stream{Name: filteredStream, AllowAttributeKeys: []attribute.Key{"pid"}})
+		allowAll := attribute.NewDenyKeysFilter()
+		noFiltered := NewView(Instrument{Name: instName}, Stream{Name: instName, AttributeFilter: allowAll})
+
+		filter := attribute.NewDenyKeysFilter("tid")
+		filtered := NewView(Instrument{Name: instName}, Stream{Name: filteredStream, AttributeFilter: filter})
 
 		mp := NewMeterProvider(WithReader(reader), WithView(noFiltered, filtered))
 		meter := mp.Meter(scopeName)
diff --git a/sdk/metric/pipeline.go b/sdk/metric/pipeline.go
index d76231cff7f..c1597a75597 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/pipeline.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/pipeline.go
@@ -351,9 +351,7 @@ func (i *inserter[N]) cachedAggregator(scope instrumentation.Scope, kind Instrum
 		b := aggregate.Builder[N]{
 			Temporality: i.pipeline.reader.temporality(kind),
 		}
-		if len(stream.AllowAttributeKeys) > 0 {
-			b.Filter = stream.attributeFilter()
-		}
+		b.Filter = stream.AttributeFilter
 		in, out, err := i.aggregateFunc(b, stream.Aggregation, kind)
 		if err != nil {
 			return aggVal[N]{0, nil, err}
diff --git a/sdk/metric/view.go b/sdk/metric/view.go
index 2d0fe18d7e9..e4f350e1912 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/view.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/view.go
@@ -107,11 +107,11 @@ func NewView(criteria Instrument, mask Stream) View {
 	return func(i Instrument) (Stream, bool) {
 		if matchFunc(i) {
 			return Stream{
-				Name:               nonZero(mask.Name, i.Name),
-				Description:        nonZero(mask.Description, i.Description),
-				Unit:               nonZero(mask.Unit, i.Unit),
-				Aggregation:        agg,
-				AllowAttributeKeys: mask.AllowAttributeKeys,
+				Name:            nonZero(mask.Name, i.Name),
+				Description:     nonZero(mask.Description, i.Description),
+				Unit:            nonZero(mask.Unit, i.Unit),
+				Aggregation:     agg,
+				AttributeFilter: mask.AttributeFilter,
 			}, true
 		}
 		return Stream{}, false
diff --git a/sdk/metric/view_test.go b/sdk/metric/view_test.go
index 07f0c906cb8..d9e3f9b6c81 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/view_test.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/view_test.go
@@ -404,18 +404,6 @@ func TestNewViewReplace(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 			},
 		},
-		{
-			name: "AttributeKeys",
-			mask: Stream{AllowAttributeKeys: []attribute.Key{"test"}},
-			want: func(i Instrument) Stream {
-				return Stream{
-					Name:               i.Name,
-					Description:        i.Description,
-					Unit:               i.Unit,
-					AllowAttributeKeys: []attribute.Key{"test"},
-				}
-			},
-		},
 		{
 			name: "Complete",
 			mask: Stream{
@@ -442,6 +430,23 @@ func TestNewViewReplace(t *testing.T) {
 			assert.Equal(t, test.want(completeIP), got)
 		})
 	}
+
+	// Go does not allow for the comparison of function values, even their
+	// addresses. Therefore, the AttributeFilter field needs an alternative
+	// testing strategy.
+	t.Run("AttributeFilter", func(t *testing.T) {
+		allowed := attribute.String("key", "val")
+		filter := func(kv attribute.KeyValue) bool {
+			return kv == allowed
+		}
+		mask := Stream{AttributeFilter: filter}
+		got, match := NewView(completeIP, mask)(completeIP)
+		require.True(t, match, "view did not match exact criteria")
+		require.NotNil(t, got.AttributeFilter, "AttributeFilter not set")
+		assert.True(t, got.AttributeFilter(allowed), "wrong AttributeFilter")
+		other := attribute.String("key", "other val")
+		assert.False(t, got.AttributeFilter(other), "wrong AttributeFilter")
+	})
 }
 
 type badAgg struct {