diff --git a/examples/AspNetCore/Program.cs b/examples/AspNetCore/Program.cs
index bc4e0602cda..6361941dc48 100644
--- a/examples/AspNetCore/Program.cs
+++ b/examples/AspNetCore/Program.cs
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@
         // Ensure the MeterProvider subscribes to any custom Meters.
         builder
             .AddMeter(Instrumentation.MeterName)
-            .SetExemplarFilter(new TraceBasedExemplarFilter())
+
+            // .SetExemplarFilter(new TraceBasedExemplarFilter())
             .AddRuntimeInstrumentation()
             .AddHttpClientInstrumentation()
             .AddAspNetCoreInstrumentation();
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console/ConsoleMetricExporter.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console/ConsoleMetricExporter.cs
index 25654d7122b..4be38f11356 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console/ConsoleMetricExporter.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console/ConsoleMetricExporter.cs
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ public override ExportResult Export(in Batch<Metric> batch)
                     }
 
                     var exemplarString = new StringBuilder();
+                    /* Commenting out as Exemplars is marked internal
                     foreach (var exemplar in metricPoint.GetExemplars())
                     {
                         if (exemplar.Timestamp != default)
@@ -219,6 +220,7 @@ public override ExportResult Export(in Batch<Metric> batch)
                             exemplarString.AppendLine();
                         }
                     }
+                    */
 
                     msg = new StringBuilder();
                     msg.Append('(');
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/Implementation/MetricItemExtensions.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/Implementation/MetricItemExtensions.cs
index 5ac61d2e068..8db6ff57d5f 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/Implementation/MetricItemExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/Implementation/MetricItemExtensions.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Reflection.Emit;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
-using Google.Protobuf;
 using Google.Protobuf.Collections;
 using OpenTelemetry.Metrics;
 using OtlpCollector = OpenTelemetry.Proto.Collector.Metrics.V1;
@@ -270,6 +269,7 @@ internal static OtlpMetrics.Metric ToOtlpMetric(this Metric metric)
                                 }
                             }
 
+                            /* Commenting out as Exemplars is marked internal
                             var exemplars = metricPoint.GetExemplars();
                             foreach (var examplar in exemplars)
                             {
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ internal static OtlpMetrics.Metric ToOtlpMetric(this Metric metric)
                                     dataPoint.Exemplars.Add(otlpExemplar);
                                 }
                             }
+                            */
 
                             histogram.DataPoints.Add(dataPoint);
                         }
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/.publicApi/net462/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt b/src/OpenTelemetry/.publicApi/net462/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
index 846034361b3..36c92a3992d 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/.publicApi/net462/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/.publicApi/net462/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
@@ -2,24 +2,12 @@ OpenTelemetry.Logs.LogRecord.Attributes.get -> System.Collections.Generic.IReadO
 OpenTelemetry.Logs.LogRecord.Attributes.set -> void
 OpenTelemetry.Logs.LogRecord.Body.get -> string?
 OpenTelemetry.Logs.LogRecord.Body.set -> void
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.AlwaysOffExemplarFilter
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.AlwaysOffExemplarFilter.AlwaysOffExemplarFilter() -> void
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.AlwaysOnExemplarFilter
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.AlwaysOnExemplarFilter.AlwaysOnExemplarFilter() -> void
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Base2ExponentialBucketHistogramConfiguration
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Base2ExponentialBucketHistogramConfiguration.Base2ExponentialBucketHistogramConfiguration() -> void
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Base2ExponentialBucketHistogramConfiguration.MaxScale.get -> int
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Base2ExponentialBucketHistogramConfiguration.MaxScale.set -> void
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Base2ExponentialBucketHistogramConfiguration.MaxSize.get -> int
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Base2ExponentialBucketHistogramConfiguration.MaxSize.set -> void
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Exemplar
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Exemplar.DoubleValue.get -> double
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Exemplar.Exemplar() -> void
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Exemplar.SpanId.get -> System.Diagnostics.ActivitySpanId?
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Exemplar.Timestamp.get -> System.DateTimeOffset
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Exemplar.TraceId.get -> System.Diagnostics.ActivityTraceId?
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExemplarFilter
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExemplarFilter.ExemplarFilter() -> void
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExponentialHistogramBuckets
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExponentialHistogramBuckets.Enumerator
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExponentialHistogramBuckets.Enumerator.Current.get -> long
@@ -32,20 +20,7 @@ OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExponentialHistogramData.PositiveBuckets.get -> OpenTeleme
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExponentialHistogramData.Scale.get -> int
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExponentialHistogramData.ZeroCount.get -> long
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MetricType.ExponentialHistogram = 80 -> OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MetricType
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.TraceBasedExemplarFilter
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.TraceBasedExemplarFilter.TraceBasedExemplarFilter() -> void
 override OpenTelemetry.BaseExportProcessor<T>.ToString() -> string!
 override OpenTelemetry.BaseProcessor<T>.ToString() -> string!
-static OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MeterProviderBuilderExtensions.SetExemplarFilter(this OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MeterProviderBuilder! meterProviderBuilder, OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExemplarFilter! exemplarFilter) -> OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MeterProviderBuilder!
-~abstract OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExemplarFilter.ShouldSample(double value, System.ReadOnlySpan<System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string, object>> tags) -> bool
-~abstract OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExemplarFilter.ShouldSample(long value, System.ReadOnlySpan<System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string, object>> tags) -> bool
-~OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Exemplar.FilteredTags.get -> System.Collections.Generic.List<System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string, object>>
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MetricPoint.GetExemplars() -> OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Exemplar[]!
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MetricPoint.GetExponentialHistogramData() -> OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExponentialHistogramData!
-~override OpenTelemetry.Metrics.AlwaysOffExemplarFilter.ShouldSample(double value, System.ReadOnlySpan<System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string, object>> tags) -> bool
-~override OpenTelemetry.Metrics.AlwaysOffExemplarFilter.ShouldSample(long value, System.ReadOnlySpan<System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string, object>> tags) -> bool
-~override OpenTelemetry.Metrics.AlwaysOnExemplarFilter.ShouldSample(double value, System.ReadOnlySpan<System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string, object>> tags) -> bool
-~override OpenTelemetry.Metrics.AlwaysOnExemplarFilter.ShouldSample(long value, System.ReadOnlySpan<System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string, object>> tags) -> bool
-~override OpenTelemetry.Metrics.TraceBasedExemplarFilter.ShouldSample(double value, System.ReadOnlySpan<System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string, object>> tags) -> bool
-~override OpenTelemetry.Metrics.TraceBasedExemplarFilter.ShouldSample(long value, System.ReadOnlySpan<System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string, object>> tags) -> bool
 OpenTelemetry.Resources.ResourceBuilder.AddDetector(System.Func<System.IServiceProvider!, OpenTelemetry.Resources.IResourceDetector!>! resourceDetectorFactory) -> OpenTelemetry.Resources.ResourceBuilder!
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/.publicApi/net6.0/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt b/src/OpenTelemetry/.publicApi/net6.0/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
index 846034361b3..36c92a3992d 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/.publicApi/net6.0/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/.publicApi/net6.0/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
@@ -2,24 +2,12 @@ OpenTelemetry.Logs.LogRecord.Attributes.get -> System.Collections.Generic.IReadO
 OpenTelemetry.Logs.LogRecord.Attributes.set -> void
 OpenTelemetry.Logs.LogRecord.Body.get -> string?
 OpenTelemetry.Logs.LogRecord.Body.set -> void
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.AlwaysOffExemplarFilter
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.AlwaysOffExemplarFilter.AlwaysOffExemplarFilter() -> void
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.AlwaysOnExemplarFilter
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.AlwaysOnExemplarFilter.AlwaysOnExemplarFilter() -> void
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Base2ExponentialBucketHistogramConfiguration
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Base2ExponentialBucketHistogramConfiguration.Base2ExponentialBucketHistogramConfiguration() -> void
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Base2ExponentialBucketHistogramConfiguration.MaxScale.get -> int
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Base2ExponentialBucketHistogramConfiguration.MaxScale.set -> void
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Base2ExponentialBucketHistogramConfiguration.MaxSize.get -> int
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Base2ExponentialBucketHistogramConfiguration.MaxSize.set -> void
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Exemplar
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Exemplar.DoubleValue.get -> double
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Exemplar.Exemplar() -> void
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Exemplar.SpanId.get -> System.Diagnostics.ActivitySpanId?
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Exemplar.Timestamp.get -> System.DateTimeOffset
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Exemplar.TraceId.get -> System.Diagnostics.ActivityTraceId?
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExemplarFilter
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExemplarFilter.ExemplarFilter() -> void
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExponentialHistogramBuckets
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExponentialHistogramBuckets.Enumerator
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExponentialHistogramBuckets.Enumerator.Current.get -> long
@@ -32,20 +20,7 @@ OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExponentialHistogramData.PositiveBuckets.get -> OpenTeleme
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExponentialHistogramData.Scale.get -> int
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExponentialHistogramData.ZeroCount.get -> long
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MetricType.ExponentialHistogram = 80 -> OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MetricType
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.TraceBasedExemplarFilter
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.TraceBasedExemplarFilter.TraceBasedExemplarFilter() -> void
 override OpenTelemetry.BaseExportProcessor<T>.ToString() -> string!
 override OpenTelemetry.BaseProcessor<T>.ToString() -> string!
-static OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MeterProviderBuilderExtensions.SetExemplarFilter(this OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MeterProviderBuilder! meterProviderBuilder, OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExemplarFilter! exemplarFilter) -> OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MeterProviderBuilder!
-~abstract OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExemplarFilter.ShouldSample(double value, System.ReadOnlySpan<System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string, object>> tags) -> bool
-~abstract OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExemplarFilter.ShouldSample(long value, System.ReadOnlySpan<System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string, object>> tags) -> bool
-~OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Exemplar.FilteredTags.get -> System.Collections.Generic.List<System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string, object>>
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MetricPoint.GetExemplars() -> OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Exemplar[]!
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MetricPoint.GetExponentialHistogramData() -> OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExponentialHistogramData!
-~override OpenTelemetry.Metrics.AlwaysOffExemplarFilter.ShouldSample(double value, System.ReadOnlySpan<System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string, object>> tags) -> bool
-~override OpenTelemetry.Metrics.AlwaysOffExemplarFilter.ShouldSample(long value, System.ReadOnlySpan<System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string, object>> tags) -> bool
-~override OpenTelemetry.Metrics.AlwaysOnExemplarFilter.ShouldSample(double value, System.ReadOnlySpan<System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string, object>> tags) -> bool
-~override OpenTelemetry.Metrics.AlwaysOnExemplarFilter.ShouldSample(long value, System.ReadOnlySpan<System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string, object>> tags) -> bool
-~override OpenTelemetry.Metrics.TraceBasedExemplarFilter.ShouldSample(double value, System.ReadOnlySpan<System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string, object>> tags) -> bool
-~override OpenTelemetry.Metrics.TraceBasedExemplarFilter.ShouldSample(long value, System.ReadOnlySpan<System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string, object>> tags) -> bool
 OpenTelemetry.Resources.ResourceBuilder.AddDetector(System.Func<System.IServiceProvider!, OpenTelemetry.Resources.IResourceDetector!>! resourceDetectorFactory) -> OpenTelemetry.Resources.ResourceBuilder!
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/.publicApi/netstandard2.0/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt b/src/OpenTelemetry/.publicApi/netstandard2.0/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
index 846034361b3..36c92a3992d 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/.publicApi/netstandard2.0/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/.publicApi/netstandard2.0/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
@@ -2,24 +2,12 @@ OpenTelemetry.Logs.LogRecord.Attributes.get -> System.Collections.Generic.IReadO
 OpenTelemetry.Logs.LogRecord.Attributes.set -> void
 OpenTelemetry.Logs.LogRecord.Body.get -> string?
 OpenTelemetry.Logs.LogRecord.Body.set -> void
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.AlwaysOffExemplarFilter
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.AlwaysOffExemplarFilter.AlwaysOffExemplarFilter() -> void
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.AlwaysOnExemplarFilter
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.AlwaysOnExemplarFilter.AlwaysOnExemplarFilter() -> void
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Base2ExponentialBucketHistogramConfiguration
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Base2ExponentialBucketHistogramConfiguration.Base2ExponentialBucketHistogramConfiguration() -> void
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Base2ExponentialBucketHistogramConfiguration.MaxScale.get -> int
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Base2ExponentialBucketHistogramConfiguration.MaxScale.set -> void
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Base2ExponentialBucketHistogramConfiguration.MaxSize.get -> int
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Base2ExponentialBucketHistogramConfiguration.MaxSize.set -> void
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Exemplar
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Exemplar.DoubleValue.get -> double
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Exemplar.Exemplar() -> void
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Exemplar.SpanId.get -> System.Diagnostics.ActivitySpanId?
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Exemplar.Timestamp.get -> System.DateTimeOffset
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Exemplar.TraceId.get -> System.Diagnostics.ActivityTraceId?
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExemplarFilter
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExemplarFilter.ExemplarFilter() -> void
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExponentialHistogramBuckets
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExponentialHistogramBuckets.Enumerator
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExponentialHistogramBuckets.Enumerator.Current.get -> long
@@ -32,20 +20,7 @@ OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExponentialHistogramData.PositiveBuckets.get -> OpenTeleme
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExponentialHistogramData.Scale.get -> int
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExponentialHistogramData.ZeroCount.get -> long
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MetricType.ExponentialHistogram = 80 -> OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MetricType
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.TraceBasedExemplarFilter
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.TraceBasedExemplarFilter.TraceBasedExemplarFilter() -> void
 override OpenTelemetry.BaseExportProcessor<T>.ToString() -> string!
 override OpenTelemetry.BaseProcessor<T>.ToString() -> string!
-static OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MeterProviderBuilderExtensions.SetExemplarFilter(this OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MeterProviderBuilder! meterProviderBuilder, OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExemplarFilter! exemplarFilter) -> OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MeterProviderBuilder!
-~abstract OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExemplarFilter.ShouldSample(double value, System.ReadOnlySpan<System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string, object>> tags) -> bool
-~abstract OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExemplarFilter.ShouldSample(long value, System.ReadOnlySpan<System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string, object>> tags) -> bool
-~OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Exemplar.FilteredTags.get -> System.Collections.Generic.List<System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string, object>>
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MetricPoint.GetExemplars() -> OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Exemplar[]!
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MetricPoint.GetExponentialHistogramData() -> OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExponentialHistogramData!
-~override OpenTelemetry.Metrics.AlwaysOffExemplarFilter.ShouldSample(double value, System.ReadOnlySpan<System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string, object>> tags) -> bool
-~override OpenTelemetry.Metrics.AlwaysOffExemplarFilter.ShouldSample(long value, System.ReadOnlySpan<System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string, object>> tags) -> bool
-~override OpenTelemetry.Metrics.AlwaysOnExemplarFilter.ShouldSample(double value, System.ReadOnlySpan<System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string, object>> tags) -> bool
-~override OpenTelemetry.Metrics.AlwaysOnExemplarFilter.ShouldSample(long value, System.ReadOnlySpan<System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string, object>> tags) -> bool
-~override OpenTelemetry.Metrics.TraceBasedExemplarFilter.ShouldSample(double value, System.ReadOnlySpan<System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string, object>> tags) -> bool
-~override OpenTelemetry.Metrics.TraceBasedExemplarFilter.ShouldSample(long value, System.ReadOnlySpan<System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string, object>> tags) -> bool
 OpenTelemetry.Resources.ResourceBuilder.AddDetector(System.Func<System.IServiceProvider!, OpenTelemetry.Resources.IResourceDetector!>! resourceDetectorFactory) -> OpenTelemetry.Resources.ResourceBuilder!
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/.publicApi/netstandard2.1/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt b/src/OpenTelemetry/.publicApi/netstandard2.1/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
index 846034361b3..36c92a3992d 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/.publicApi/netstandard2.1/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/.publicApi/netstandard2.1/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
@@ -2,24 +2,12 @@ OpenTelemetry.Logs.LogRecord.Attributes.get -> System.Collections.Generic.IReadO
 OpenTelemetry.Logs.LogRecord.Attributes.set -> void
 OpenTelemetry.Logs.LogRecord.Body.get -> string?
 OpenTelemetry.Logs.LogRecord.Body.set -> void
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.AlwaysOffExemplarFilter
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.AlwaysOffExemplarFilter.AlwaysOffExemplarFilter() -> void
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.AlwaysOnExemplarFilter
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.AlwaysOnExemplarFilter.AlwaysOnExemplarFilter() -> void
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Base2ExponentialBucketHistogramConfiguration
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Base2ExponentialBucketHistogramConfiguration.Base2ExponentialBucketHistogramConfiguration() -> void
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Base2ExponentialBucketHistogramConfiguration.MaxScale.get -> int
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Base2ExponentialBucketHistogramConfiguration.MaxScale.set -> void
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Base2ExponentialBucketHistogramConfiguration.MaxSize.get -> int
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Base2ExponentialBucketHistogramConfiguration.MaxSize.set -> void
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Exemplar
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Exemplar.DoubleValue.get -> double
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Exemplar.Exemplar() -> void
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Exemplar.SpanId.get -> System.Diagnostics.ActivitySpanId?
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Exemplar.Timestamp.get -> System.DateTimeOffset
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Exemplar.TraceId.get -> System.Diagnostics.ActivityTraceId?
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExemplarFilter
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExemplarFilter.ExemplarFilter() -> void
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExponentialHistogramBuckets
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExponentialHistogramBuckets.Enumerator
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExponentialHistogramBuckets.Enumerator.Current.get -> long
@@ -32,20 +20,7 @@ OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExponentialHistogramData.PositiveBuckets.get -> OpenTeleme
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExponentialHistogramData.Scale.get -> int
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExponentialHistogramData.ZeroCount.get -> long
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MetricType.ExponentialHistogram = 80 -> OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MetricType
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.TraceBasedExemplarFilter
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.TraceBasedExemplarFilter.TraceBasedExemplarFilter() -> void
 override OpenTelemetry.BaseExportProcessor<T>.ToString() -> string!
 override OpenTelemetry.BaseProcessor<T>.ToString() -> string!
-static OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MeterProviderBuilderExtensions.SetExemplarFilter(this OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MeterProviderBuilder! meterProviderBuilder, OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExemplarFilter! exemplarFilter) -> OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MeterProviderBuilder!
-~abstract OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExemplarFilter.ShouldSample(double value, System.ReadOnlySpan<System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string, object>> tags) -> bool
-~abstract OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExemplarFilter.ShouldSample(long value, System.ReadOnlySpan<System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string, object>> tags) -> bool
-~OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Exemplar.FilteredTags.get -> System.Collections.Generic.List<System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string, object>>
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MetricPoint.GetExemplars() -> OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Exemplar[]!
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MetricPoint.GetExponentialHistogramData() -> OpenTelemetry.Metrics.ExponentialHistogramData!
-~override OpenTelemetry.Metrics.AlwaysOffExemplarFilter.ShouldSample(double value, System.ReadOnlySpan<System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string, object>> tags) -> bool
-~override OpenTelemetry.Metrics.AlwaysOffExemplarFilter.ShouldSample(long value, System.ReadOnlySpan<System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string, object>> tags) -> bool
-~override OpenTelemetry.Metrics.AlwaysOnExemplarFilter.ShouldSample(double value, System.ReadOnlySpan<System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string, object>> tags) -> bool
-~override OpenTelemetry.Metrics.AlwaysOnExemplarFilter.ShouldSample(long value, System.ReadOnlySpan<System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string, object>> tags) -> bool
-~override OpenTelemetry.Metrics.TraceBasedExemplarFilter.ShouldSample(double value, System.ReadOnlySpan<System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string, object>> tags) -> bool
-~override OpenTelemetry.Metrics.TraceBasedExemplarFilter.ShouldSample(long value, System.ReadOnlySpan<System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string, object>> tags) -> bool
 OpenTelemetry.Resources.ResourceBuilder.AddDetector(System.Func<System.IServiceProvider!, OpenTelemetry.Resources.IResourceDetector!>! resourceDetectorFactory) -> OpenTelemetry.Resources.ResourceBuilder!
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/Builder/MeterProviderBuilderExtensions.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/Builder/MeterProviderBuilderExtensions.cs
index 21763741efe..bd9eb90890a 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/Builder/MeterProviderBuilderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/Builder/MeterProviderBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ public static MeterProviderBuilder ConfigureResource(this MeterProviderBuilder m
         /// <param name="meterProviderBuilder"><see cref="MeterProviderBuilder"/>.</param>
         /// <param name="exemplarFilter"><see cref="ExemplarFilter"/> ExemplarFilter to use.</param>
         /// <returns>The supplied <see cref="MeterProviderBuilder"/> for chaining.</returns>
-        public static MeterProviderBuilder SetExemplarFilter(this MeterProviderBuilder meterProviderBuilder, ExemplarFilter exemplarFilter)
+        internal static MeterProviderBuilder SetExemplarFilter(this MeterProviderBuilder meterProviderBuilder, ExemplarFilter exemplarFilter)
         {
             Guard.ThrowIfNull(exemplarFilter);
 
@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@ public static MeterProviderBuilder SetExemplarFilter(this MeterProviderBuilder m
             return meterProviderBuilder;
         }
 
+#pragma warning disable SA1202 // `public` members should come before `internal` members
         /// <summary>
         /// Run the given actions to initialize the <see cref="MeterProvider"/>.
         /// </summary>
@@ -339,5 +340,6 @@ public static MeterProviderBuilder SetExemplarFilter(this MeterProviderBuilder m
 
             return null;
         }
+#pragma warning restore SA1202
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/Exemplar/AlwaysOffExemplarFilter.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/Exemplar/AlwaysOffExemplarFilter.cs
index 2d3f3cab898..dbc4c2a9b26 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/Exemplar/AlwaysOffExemplarFilter.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/Exemplar/AlwaysOffExemplarFilter.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ namespace OpenTelemetry.Metrics;
 /// An ExemplarFilter which makes no measurements eligible for being an Exemplar.
 /// Using this ExemplarFilter is as good as disabling Exemplar feature.
 /// </summary>
-public sealed class AlwaysOffExemplarFilter : ExemplarFilter
+internal sealed class AlwaysOffExemplarFilter : ExemplarFilter
 {
     public override bool ShouldSample(long value, ReadOnlySpan<KeyValuePair<string, object>> tags)
     {
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/Exemplar/AlwaysOnExemplarFilter.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/Exemplar/AlwaysOnExemplarFilter.cs
index 79adb9eeba3..4c13efc64ef 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/Exemplar/AlwaysOnExemplarFilter.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/Exemplar/AlwaysOnExemplarFilter.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace OpenTelemetry.Metrics;
 /// <summary>
 /// An ExemplarFilter which makes all measurements eligible for being an Exemplar.
 /// </summary>
-public sealed class AlwaysOnExemplarFilter : ExemplarFilter
+internal sealed class AlwaysOnExemplarFilter : ExemplarFilter
 {
     public override bool ShouldSample(long value, ReadOnlySpan<KeyValuePair<string, object>> tags)
     {
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/Exemplar/Exemplar.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/Exemplar/Exemplar.cs
index 32f3c2dab2a..6f1a6ed1901 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/Exemplar/Exemplar.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/Exemplar/Exemplar.cs
@@ -18,10 +18,11 @@
 
 namespace OpenTelemetry.Metrics
 {
+#pragma warning disable SA1623 // The property's documentation summary text should begin with: `Gets or sets`
     /// <summary>
     /// Represents an Exemplar data.
     /// </summary>
-    public struct Exemplar
+    internal struct Exemplar
     {
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the timestamp (UTC).
@@ -51,4 +52,5 @@ public struct Exemplar
         /// </summary>
         public List<KeyValuePair<string, object>> FilteredTags { get; internal set; }
     }
+#pragma warning restore SA1623
 }
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/Exemplar/ExemplarFilter.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/Exemplar/ExemplarFilter.cs
index 9e79570ce77..a41e7dade1b 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/Exemplar/ExemplarFilter.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/Exemplar/ExemplarFilter.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace OpenTelemetry.Metrics;
 /// <summary>
 /// The base class for defining Exemplar Filter.
 /// </summary>
-public abstract class ExemplarFilter
+internal abstract class ExemplarFilter
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// Determines if a given measurement is eligible for being
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/Exemplar/TraceBasedExemplarFilter.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/Exemplar/TraceBasedExemplarFilter.cs
index 69c4c29e9f8..ef85d1f8057 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/Exemplar/TraceBasedExemplarFilter.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/Exemplar/TraceBasedExemplarFilter.cs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ namespace OpenTelemetry.Metrics;
 /// An ExemplarFilter which makes those measurements eligible for being an Exemplar,
 /// which are recorded in the context of a sampled parent activity (span).
 /// </summary>
-public sealed class TraceBasedExemplarFilter : ExemplarFilter
+internal sealed class TraceBasedExemplarFilter : ExemplarFilter
 {
     public override bool ShouldSample(long value, ReadOnlySpan<KeyValuePair<string, object>> tags)
     {
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/MetricPoint.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/MetricPoint.cs
index f0c3a0b70f0..b8b07501c1e 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/MetricPoint.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/MetricPoint.cs
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ public bool TryGetHistogramMinMaxValues(out double min, out double max)
         /// </summary>
         /// <returns><see cref="Exemplar"/>.</returns>
         [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
-        public readonly Exemplar[] GetExemplars()
+        internal readonly Exemplar[] GetExemplars()
         {
             // TODO: Do not expose Exemplar data structure (array now)
             return this.mpComponents?.Exemplars ?? Array.Empty<Exemplar>();
diff --git a/test/Benchmarks/Metrics/ExemplarBenchmarks.cs b/test/Benchmarks/Metrics/ExemplarBenchmarks.cs
index c4355229dc7..ec25fa5e3d3 100644
--- a/test/Benchmarks/Metrics/ExemplarBenchmarks.cs
+++ b/test/Benchmarks/Metrics/ExemplarBenchmarks.cs
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public void HistogramWithTagReduction()
             this.histogramWithTagReduction.Record(random.Next(1000), tags);
         }
 
-        public class HighValueExemplarFilter : ExemplarFilter
+        internal class HighValueExemplarFilter : ExemplarFilter
         {
             public override bool ShouldSample(long value, ReadOnlySpan<KeyValuePair<string, object>> tags)
             {
diff --git a/test/OpenTelemetry.Tests.Stress.Metrics/Program.cs b/test/OpenTelemetry.Tests.Stress.Metrics/Program.cs
index 9dd7a9872fb..6147c2fb247 100644
--- a/test/OpenTelemetry.Tests.Stress.Metrics/Program.cs
+++ b/test/OpenTelemetry.Tests.Stress.Metrics/Program.cs
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ public static void Main()
 
         using var meterProvider = Sdk.CreateMeterProviderBuilder()
             .AddMeter(TestMeter.Name)
-            .SetExemplarFilter(new AlwaysOnExemplarFilter())
+
+            // .SetExemplarFilter(new AlwaysOnExemplarFilter())
             .AddPrometheusHttpListener(
                 options => options.UriPrefixes = new string[] { $"http://localhost:9185/" })
             .Build();
diff --git a/test/OpenTelemetry.Tests/Metrics/MetricTestsBase.cs b/test/OpenTelemetry.Tests/Metrics/MetricTestsBase.cs
index 3b3312c3057..181027e37a2 100644
--- a/test/OpenTelemetry.Tests/Metrics/MetricTestsBase.cs
+++ b/test/OpenTelemetry.Tests/Metrics/MetricTestsBase.cs
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public static void CheckTagsForNthMetricPoint(List<Metric> metrics, List<KeyValu
         }
     }
 
-    public static Exemplar[] GetExemplars(MetricPoint mp)
+    internal static Exemplar[] GetExemplars(MetricPoint mp)
     {
         return mp.GetExemplars().Where(exemplar => exemplar.Timestamp != default).ToArray();
     }