diff --git a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/io_shell.C b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/io_shell.C
index 054668db6b..85f43663a0 100644
--- a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/io_shell.C
+++ b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/io_shell.C
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
 namespace {
   std::string codename;
-  std::string version = "6.3 (2024/02/28)";
+  std::string version = "6.4 (2024/03/07)";
 
   bool mem_stats = false;
 
@@ -597,6 +597,13 @@ namespace {
       properties.add(Ioss::Property("MEMORY_WRITE", 1));
     }
 
+    if (interFace.delete_qa) {
+      properties.add(Ioss::Property("IGNORE_QA_RECORDS", "YES"));
+    }
+    if (interFace.delete_info) {
+      properties.add(Ioss::Property("IGNORE_INFO_RECORDS", "YES"));
+    }
+
     if (interFace.compression_level > 0 || interFace.shuffle || interFace.szip) {
       properties.add(Ioss::Property("FILE_TYPE", "netcdf4"));
       properties.add(Ioss::Property("COMPRESSION_LEVEL", interFace.compression_level));
diff --git a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/shell_interface.C b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/shell_interface.C
index 5425e8224f..7a9af79c0a 100644
--- a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/shell_interface.C
+++ b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/shell_interface.C
@@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ void IOShell::Interface::enroll_options()
   options_.enroll("floor", Ioss::GetLongOption::MandatoryValue,
                   "Only compare values if `|a| > floor && |b| > floor`", nullptr);
   options_.enroll("ignore_qa_info", Ioss::GetLongOption::NoValue,
-                  "If comparing databases, do not compare the qa and info records.", nullptr,
-                  nullptr, true);
+                  "If comparing databases, do not compare the qa and info records.", nullptr, nullptr, true);
 
   options_.enroll("ignore_node_map", Ioss::GetLongOption::NoValue,
                   "Do not read the global node id map (if any) from the input database.", nullptr,
@@ -245,10 +244,6 @@ void IOShell::Interface::enroll_options()
                   "comma-separated list of times that should be transferred to output database",
                   nullptr);
 
-  options_.enroll("delete_timesteps", Ioss::GetLongOption::NoValue,
-                  "Do not transfer any timesteps or transient data to the output database",
-                  nullptr);
-
   options_.enroll("append_after_time", Ioss::GetLongOption::MandatoryValue,
                   "add steps on input database after specified time on output database", nullptr);
 
@@ -259,7 +254,15 @@ void IOShell::Interface::enroll_options()
                   "Specify the number of steps between database flushes.\n"
                   "\t\tIf not specified, then the default database-dependent setting is used.\n"
                   "\t\tA value of 0 disables flushing.",
-                  nullptr, nullptr, true);
+                  nullptr);
+  options_.enroll("delete_timesteps", Ioss::GetLongOption::NoValue,
+                  "Do not transfer any timesteps or transient data to the output database",
+                  nullptr);
+
+  options_.enroll("delete_qa_records", Ioss::GetLongOption::NoValue,
+		  "Do not output qa records to output database.", nullptr);
+  options_.enroll("delete_info_records", Ioss::GetLongOption::NoValue,
+		  "Do not output info records to output database.", nullptr, nullptr, true);
 
   options_.enroll("field_suffix_separator", Ioss::GetLongOption::MandatoryValue,
                   "Character used to separate a field suffix from the field basename\n"
@@ -413,6 +416,8 @@ bool IOShell::Interface::parse_options(int argc, char **argv, int my_processor)
   ignore_elem_map = (options_.retrieve("ignore_element_map") != nullptr);
   ignore_edge_map = (options_.retrieve("ignore_edge_map") != nullptr);
   ignore_face_map = (options_.retrieve("ignore_face_map") != nullptr);
+  delete_qa       = (options_.retrieve("delete_qa_records") != nullptr);
+  delete_info     = (options_.retrieve("delete_info_records") != nullptr);
 
   {
     const char *temp = options_.retrieve("absolute");
diff --git a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/shell_interface.h b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/shell_interface.h
index c767006ba3..37473978cb 100644
--- a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/shell_interface.h
+++ b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/shell_interface.h
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ namespace IOShell {
     bool ignore_elem_map{false};
     bool ignore_edge_map{false};
     bool ignore_face_map{false};
+    bool delete_qa{false};
+    bool delete_info{false};
     char fieldSuffixSeparator{'_'};
   };
 } // namespace IOShell