diff --git a/src/ConfigIgnoreConfig.php b/src/ConfigIgnoreConfig.php
index fc1927f..7f9ac7d 100644
--- a/src/ConfigIgnoreConfig.php
+++ b/src/ConfigIgnoreConfig.php
@@ -197,6 +197,26 @@ final class ConfigIgnoreConfig {
   public function isIgnored(string $collection, string $name, string $direction, string $operation) {
     $parts = [];
     foreach ($this->data[$operation][$direction] as $pattern) {
+      // Get collection from the pattern.
+      $collection_pattern = '*';
+      if (strpos($pattern, '|') !== FALSE) {
+        // Divide the pattern into collection and pattern.
+        [$collection_pattern, $pattern] = explode('|', $pattern, 2);
+        $pattern = trim($pattern);
+
+        // If collection pattern includes a wildcard then move it to the
+        // config name pattern.
+        if ($collection_pattern[0] === '~') {
+          $collection_pattern = ltrim($collection_pattern, '~');
+          $pattern = '~' . ltrim($pattern, '~');
+        }
+      }
+
+      // Skip if the collection pattern does not match.
+      if (!self::wildcardMatch($collection_pattern, $collection)) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
       // Early return when the line matches.
       if ($pattern === '~' . $name) {
         return FALSE;
diff --git a/src/Form/IgnoreSettingsForm.php b/src/Form/IgnoreSettingsForm.php
index c050c9f..1d13362 100644
--- a/src/Form/IgnoreSettingsForm.php
+++ b/src/Form/IgnoreSettingsForm.php
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ Examples: <ul>
 <li>* (will ignore everything)</li>
 <li>~webform.webform.contact (will force import for this configuration, even if ignored by a wildcard)</li>
 <li>user.mail:register_no_approval_required.body (will ignore the body of the no approval required email setting, but will not ignore other user.mail configuration.)</li>
+<li>language.*|* (will ignore all language collections)</li>
+<li>language.fr|* (will ignore all fr language collection)</li>
+<li>language.fr|field.field.* (will ignore all fr field translations)</li>
+<li>~language.fr|field.field.media.file.field_media_file (will force import for certain field translation)</li>
 </ul>');
 
     $form['mode'] = [
diff --git a/tests/src/Kernel/IgnoreKernelTest.php b/tests/src/Kernel/IgnoreKernelTest.php
index 287eb93..377c83a 100644
--- a/tests/src/Kernel/IgnoreKernelTest.php
+++ b/tests/src/Kernel/IgnoreKernelTest.php
@@ -171,12 +171,29 @@ class IgnoreKernelTest extends KernelTestBase {
       [],
       [],
     ];
-    yield 'do not remove translation when ignored' => [
+    yield 'do not remove config and translation when ignored' => [
       'simple',
       ['config_test.system'],
-      ['de' => ['config_test.system' => ['foo' => 'Neues Foo']]],
+      [
+        '' => ['config_test.system' => ['foo' => 'New Foo']],
+        'de' => ['config_test.system' => ['foo' => 'Nieuw Foo']],
+      ],
       [],
-      ['de' => ['config_test.system' => ['foo' => 'Neues Foo']]],
+      [
+        '' => ['config_test.system' => ['foo' => 'New Foo']],
+        'de' => ['config_test.system' => ['foo' => 'Nieuw Foo']],
+      ],
+    ];
+    yield 'do not remove only de translation when ignored' => [
+      'simple',
+      ['language.de|config_test.system'],
+      [
+        '' => ['config_test.system' => ['foo' => 'New Foo']],
+        'de' => ['config_test.system' => ['foo' => 'Nieuw Foo']],
+        'fr' => ['config_test.system' => ['foo' => 'Neues Foo']],
+      ],
+      [],
+      ['de' => ['config_test.system' => ['foo' => 'Nieuw Foo']]],
     ];
     yield 'do not remove translation when key is ignored' => [
       'simple',
@@ -199,6 +216,18 @@ class IgnoreKernelTest extends KernelTestBase {
       ['se' => ['config_test.system' => ['foo' => 'Ny foo']]],
       [],
     ];
+    yield 'ignore only fr lang collection' => [
+      'simple',
+      ['language.fr|*'],
+      [],
+      [
+        '' => ['config_test.system' => ['foo' => 'FR Bar', '404' => 'herp']],
+        'fr' => ['config_test.system' => ['foo' => 'FR Bar']],
+      ],
+      [
+        '' => ['config_test.system' => ['foo' => 'FR Bar', '404' => 'herp']],
+      ],
+    ];
     yield 'new config is ignored' => [
       'simple',
       ['config_test.*'],
@@ -220,6 +249,30 @@ class IgnoreKernelTest extends KernelTestBase {
         ],
       ],
     ];
+    yield 'new collection is ignored' => [
+      'simple',
+      ['language.*|config_test.*'],
+      ['' => ['config_test.dynamic.exist' => ['id' => 'exist', 'label' => 'E']]],
+      [
+        '' => ['config_test.dynamic.exist' => ['id' => 'exist', 'label' => 'N']],
+        'de' => ['config_test.dynamic.exist' => ['label' => 'DE']],
+      ],
+      ['' => ['config_test.dynamic.exist' => ['id' => 'exist', 'label' => 'N']]],
+    ];
+    yield 'new collection is ignored except FR' => [
+      'simple',
+      ['language.*|config_test.*', '~language.fr|config_test.*'],
+      ['' => ['config_test.dynamic.exist' => ['id' => 'exist', 'label' => 'E']]],
+      [
+        '' => ['config_test.dynamic.exist' => ['id' => 'exist', 'label' => 'N']],
+        'de' => ['config_test.dynamic.exist' => ['label' => 'DE']],
+        'fr' => ['config_test.dynamic.exist' => ['label' => 'FR']],
+      ],
+      [
+        '' => ['config_test.dynamic.exist' => ['id' => 'exist', 'label' => 'N']],
+        'fr' => ['config_test.dynamic.exist' => ['label' => 'FR']],
+      ],
+    ];
     yield 'new config is not ignored in lenient mode' => [
       'lenient',
       ['config_test.*'],
@@ -434,7 +487,7 @@ class IgnoreKernelTest extends KernelTestBase {
         if ($data !== FALSE) {
           if (is_array($storage->read($name))) {
             // Merge nested arrays if the storage already has data.
-            $data = NestedArray::mergeDeep($storage->read($name), $data);
+            $data = NestedArray::mergeDeepArray([$storage->read($name), $data], TRUE);
           }
           $storage->write($name, $data);
         }