diff --git a/modules/restapi/src/main/resources/docspell-openapi.yml b/modules/restapi/src/main/resources/docspell-openapi.yml
index c34116ca..741e101f 100644
--- a/modules/restapi/src/main/resources/docspell-openapi.yml
+++ b/modules/restapi/src/main/resources/docspell-openapi.yml
@@ -1727,6 +1727,31 @@ paths:
               schema:
                 $ref: "#/components/schemas/BasicResult"
 
+  /sec/item/{id}/tagsremove:
+    post:
+      operationId: "sec-item-remove-tags"
+      tags: [ Item ]
+      summary: Remove tags from an item
+      description: |
+        Remove the given tags from the item. The tags can be specified
+        via ids or names.
+      security:
+        - authTokenHeader: []
+      parameters:
+        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/id"
+      requestBody:
+        content:
+          application/json:
+            schema:
+              $ref: "#/components/schemas/StringList"
+      responses:
+        200:
+          description: Ok
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                $ref: "#/components/schemas/BasicResult"
+
   /sec/item/{id}/direction:
     put:
       operationId: "sec-item-set-direction"
diff --git a/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/routes/ItemRoutes.scala b/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/routes/ItemRoutes.scala
index 7e677c66..f2bec1fc 100644
--- a/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/routes/ItemRoutes.scala
+++ b/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/routes/ItemRoutes.scala
@@ -173,6 +173,17 @@ object ItemRoutes {
           resp <- Ok(Conversions.basicResult(res, "Tags linked"))
         } yield resp
 
+      case req @ POST -> Root / Ident(id) / "tagsremove" =>
+        for {
+          json <- req.as[StringList]
+          res <- backend.item.removeTagsMultipleItems(
+            NonEmptyList.of(id),
+            json.items,
+            user.account.collective
+          )
+          resp <- Ok(Conversions.basicResult(res, "Tags removed"))
+        } yield resp
+
       case req @ PUT -> Root / Ident(id) / "direction" =>
         for {
           dir <- req.as[DirectionValue]