diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/docs/plugins/gst_plugins_cache.json b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/docs/plugins/gst_plugins_cache.json
index 102e012e2b..e3a8806a18 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/docs/plugins/gst_plugins_cache.json
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/docs/plugins/gst_plugins_cache.json
@@ -8183,6 +8183,11 @@
                         "desc": "discard aggregated CC when input video buffers hold CC metas already",
                         "name": "favor",
                         "value": "2"
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "desc": "discard aggregated CC even when input video buffers do not hold CC",
+                        "name": "force",
+                        "value": "3"
                     }
                 ]
             },
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/closedcaption/gstcccombiner.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/closedcaption/gstcccombiner.c
index 152b7631d4..d3dc337db8 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/closedcaption/gstcccombiner.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/closedcaption/gstcccombiner.c
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ gst_cccombiner_input_meta_processing_get_type (void)
     {CCCOMBINER_INPUT_PROCESSING_FAVOR,
           "discard aggregated CC when input video buffers hold CC metas already",
         "favor"},
+    {CCCOMBINER_INPUT_PROCESSING_FORCE,
+          "discard aggregated CC even when input video buffers do not hold CC",
+        "force"},
     {0, NULL, NULL},
   };
 
@@ -679,6 +682,12 @@ gst_cc_combiner_collect_captions (GstCCCombiner * self, gboolean timeout)
         g_array_set_size (self->current_frame_captions, 0);
       }
       break;
+    case CCCOMBINER_INPUT_PROCESSING_FORCE:
+      GST_LOG_OBJECT (self,
+          "Forced input captions, dropping %d dequeued captions",
+          self->current_frame_captions->len);
+      g_array_set_size (self->current_frame_captions, 0);
+      break;
   }
 
   if (self->current_frame_captions->len > 0) {
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/closedcaption/gstcccombiner.h b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/closedcaption/gstcccombiner.h
index defd9832ef..52f6b65694 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/closedcaption/gstcccombiner.h
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/closedcaption/gstcccombiner.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ typedef struct _GstCCCombinerClass GstCCCombinerClass;
  * @CCCOMBINER_INPUT_PROCESSING_APPEND: append aggregated CC to existing metas on video buffers
  * @CCCOMBINER_INPUT_PROCESSING_DROP: drop existing CC metas on input video buffers
  * @CCCOMBINER_INPUT_PROCESSING_FAVOR: discard aggregated CC when input video buffers hold CC metas already
+ * @CCCOMBINER_INPUT_PROCESSING_FORCE: discard aggregated CC even when input video buffers do not hold CC meta
  *
  * Possible processing types for the input-meta-processing property.
  *
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ typedef enum {
   CCCOMBINER_INPUT_PROCESSING_APPEND = 0,
   CCCOMBINER_INPUT_PROCESSING_DROP,
   CCCOMBINER_INPUT_PROCESSING_FAVOR,
+  CCCOMBINER_INPUT_PROCESSING_FORCE,
 } GstCCCombinerInputProcessing;
 
 struct _GstCCCombiner