diff --git a/src/router.rs b/src/router.rs
index 1de6fb4..24236f8 100644
--- a/src/router.rs
+++ b/src/router.rs
@@ -96,6 +96,40 @@ impl<T> Router<T> {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Remove a given route from the router.
+    ///
+    /// Returns the value stored under the route if it was found.
+    ///
+    /// If the route was not found or if the route is incorrect, `None` is returned.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```rust
+    /// # use matchit::Router;
+    /// let mut router = Router::new();
+    /// router.insert("/home", "Welcome!");
+    ///
+    /// assert_eq!(router.remove("/home"), Some("Welcome!"));
+    /// assert_eq!(router.remove("/home"), None);
+    ///
+    /// router.insert("/home/{id}/", "Hello!");
+    /// assert_eq!(router.remove("/home/{id}/"), Some("Hello!"));
+    /// assert_eq!(router.remove("/home/{id}/"), None);
+    ///
+    /// router.insert("/home/{id}/", "Hello!");
+    /// // Bad route
+    /// assert_eq!(router.remove("/home/{user}"), None);
+    /// assert_eq!(router.remove("/home/{id}/"), Some("Hello!"));
+    ///
+    /// router.insert("/home/{id}/", "Hello!");
+    /// // Ill-formed route
+    /// assert_eq!(router.remove("/home/{id"), None);
+    /// assert_eq!(router.remove("/home/{id}/"), Some("Hello!"));
+    /// ```
+    pub fn remove(&mut self, path: impl Into<String>) -> Option<T> {
+        self.root.remove(path)
+    }
+
     #[cfg(feature = "__test_helpers")]
     pub fn check_priorities(&self) -> Result<u32, (u32, u32)> {
         self.root.check_priorities()
diff --git a/src/tree.rs b/src/tree.rs
index 3684b8d..9ec661c 100644
--- a/src/tree.rs
+++ b/src/tree.rs
@@ -177,6 +177,106 @@ impl<T> Node<T> {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Removes a route from the tree, returning the value if the route existed.
+    /// The provided path should be the same as the one used to insert the route (including wildcards).
+    pub fn remove(&mut self, full_path: impl Into<String>) -> Option<T> {
+        let mut current = self;
+        let unescaped = UnescapedRoute::new(full_path.into().into_bytes());
+        let (full_path, param_remapping) = normalize_params(unescaped).ok()?;
+        let full_path = full_path.into_inner();
+        let mut path: &[u8] = full_path.as_ref();
+
+        let drop_child = |node: &mut Node<T>, i: usize| -> Option<T> {
+            if node.children[i].param_remapping != param_remapping {
+                return None;
+            }
+            // if the node we are dropping doesn't have any children, we can remove it
+            let val = if node.children[i].children.is_empty() {
+                // if the parent node only has one child there are no indices
+                if node.children.len() == 1 && node.indices.is_empty() {
+                    node.wild_child = false;
+                    node.children.remove(0).value.take()
+                } else {
+                    let child = node.children.remove(i);
+                    // Indices are only used for static nodes
+                    if child.node_type == NodeType::Static {
+                        node.indices.remove(i);
+                    } else {
+                        // It was a dynamic node, we remove the wildcard child flag
+                        node.wild_child = false;
+                    }
+                    child.value
+                }
+            } else {
+                node.children[i].value.take()
+            };
+
+            val.map(UnsafeCell::into_inner)
+        };
+
+        // Specific case if we are removing the root node
+        if path == current.prefix.inner() {
+            let val = current.value.take().map(UnsafeCell::into_inner);
+            // if the root node has no children, we can just reset it
+            if current.children.is_empty() {
+                *current = Self::default();
+            }
+            return val;
+        }
+
+        'walk: loop {
+            // the path is longer than this node's prefix, we are expecting a child node
+            if path.len() > current.prefix.len() {
+                let (prefix, rest) = path.split_at(current.prefix.len());
+                // the prefix matches
+                if prefix == current.prefix.inner() {
+                    let first = rest[0];
+                    path = rest;
+
+                    // If there is only one child we can continue with the child node
+                    if current.children.len() == 1 {
+                        if current.children[0].prefix.inner() == rest {
+                            return drop_child(current, 0);
+                        } else {
+                            current = &mut current.children[0];
+                            continue 'walk;
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    // If there are many we get the index of the child matching the first byte
+                    if let Some(i) = current.indices.iter().position(|&c| c == first) {
+                        // continue with the child node
+                        if current.children[i].prefix.inner() == rest {
+                            return drop_child(current, i);
+                        } else {
+                            current = &mut current.children[i];
+                            continue 'walk;
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    // If this node has a wildcard child and that it matches our standardized path
+                    // we continue with that
+                    if current.wild_child
+                        && !current.children.is_empty()
+                        && rest.len() > 2
+                        && rest[0] == b'{'
+                        && rest[2] == b'}'
+                    {
+                        // continue with the wildcard child
+                        if current.children.last_mut().unwrap().prefix.inner() == rest {
+                            return drop_child(current, current.children.len() - 1);
+                        } else {
+                            current = current.children.last_mut().unwrap();
+                            continue 'walk;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            return None;
+        }
+    }
+
     // add a child node, keeping wildcards at the end
     fn add_child(&mut self, child: Node<T>) -> usize {
         let len = self.children.len();
diff --git a/tests/remove.rs b/tests/remove.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d6ff6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/remove.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,248 @@
+use matchit::Router;
+
+struct RemoveTest {
+    routes: Vec<&'static str>,
+    ops: Vec<(Operation, &'static str, Option<&'static str>)>,
+    remaining: Vec<&'static str>,
+}
+
+enum Operation {
+    Insert,
+    Remove,
+}
+
+use Operation::*;
+
+impl RemoveTest {
+    fn run(self) {
+        let mut router = Router::new();
+
+        for route in self.routes.iter() {
+            assert_eq!(router.insert(*route, route.to_owned()), Ok(()), "{route}");
+        }
+
+        for (op, route, expected) in self.ops.iter() {
+            match op {
+                Insert => {
+                    assert_eq!(router.insert(*route, route), Ok(()), "{route}")
+                }
+                Remove => {
+                    assert_eq!(router.remove(*route), *expected, "removing {route}",)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        for route in self.remaining {
+            assert!(matches!(router.at(route), Ok(_)), "remaining {route}");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn normalized() {
+    RemoveTest {
+        routes: vec![
+            "/x/{foo}/bar",
+            "/x/{bar}/baz",
+            "/{foo}/{baz}/bax",
+            "/{foo}/{bar}/baz",
+            "/{fod}/{baz}/{bax}/foo",
+            "/{fod}/baz/bax/foo",
+            "/{foo}/baz/bax",
+            "/{bar}/{bay}/bay",
+            "/s",
+            "/s/s",
+            "/s/s/s",
+            "/s/s/s/s",
+            "/s/s/{s}/x",
+            "/s/s/{y}/d",
+        ],
+        ops: vec![
+            (Remove, "/x/{foo}/bar", Some("/x/{foo}/bar")),
+            (Remove, "/x/{bar}/baz", Some("/x/{bar}/baz")),
+            (Remove, "/{foo}/{baz}/bax", Some("/{foo}/{baz}/bax")),
+            (Remove, "/{foo}/{bar}/baz", Some("/{foo}/{bar}/baz")),
+            (
+                Remove,
+                "/{fod}/{baz}/{bax}/foo",
+                Some("/{fod}/{baz}/{bax}/foo"),
+            ),
+            (Remove, "/{fod}/baz/bax/foo", Some("/{fod}/baz/bax/foo")),
+            (Remove, "/{foo}/baz/bax", Some("/{foo}/baz/bax")),
+            (Remove, "/{bar}/{bay}/bay", Some("/{bar}/{bay}/bay")),
+            (Remove, "/s", Some("/s")),
+            (Remove, "/s/s", Some("/s/s")),
+            (Remove, "/s/s/s", Some("/s/s/s")),
+            (Remove, "/s/s/s/s", Some("/s/s/s/s")),
+            (Remove, "/s/s/{s}/x", Some("/s/s/{s}/x")),
+            (Remove, "/s/s/{y}/d", Some("/s/s/{y}/d")),
+        ],
+        remaining: vec![],
+    }
+    .run();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test() {
+    RemoveTest {
+        routes: vec!["/home", "/home/{id}"],
+        ops: vec![
+            (Remove, "/home", Some("/home")),
+            (Remove, "/home", None),
+            (Remove, "/home/{id}", Some("/home/{id}")),
+            (Remove, "/home/{id}", None),
+        ],
+        remaining: vec![],
+    }
+    .run();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn blog() {
+    RemoveTest {
+        routes: vec![
+            "/{page}",
+            "/posts/{year}/{month}/{post}",
+            "/posts/{year}/{month}/index",
+            "/posts/{year}/top",
+            "/static/{*path}",
+            "/favicon.ico",
+        ],
+        ops: vec![
+            (Remove, "/{page}", Some("/{page}")),
+            (
+                Remove,
+                "/posts/{year}/{month}/{post}",
+                Some("/posts/{year}/{month}/{post}"),
+            ),
+            (
+                Remove,
+                "/posts/{year}/{month}/index",
+                Some("/posts/{year}/{month}/index"),
+            ),
+            (Remove, "/posts/{year}/top", Some("/posts/{year}/top")),
+            (Remove, "/static/{*path}", Some("/static/{*path}")),
+            (Remove, "/favicon.ico", Some("/favicon.ico")),
+        ],
+        remaining: vec![],
+    }
+    .run()
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn catchall() {
+    RemoveTest {
+        routes: vec!["/foo/{*catchall}", "/bar", "/bar/", "/bar/{*catchall}"],
+        ops: vec![
+            (Remove, "/foo/{*catchall}", Some("/foo/{*catchall}")),
+            (Remove, "/bar/", Some("/bar/")),
+            (Insert, "/foo/*catchall", Some("/foo/*catchall")),
+            (Remove, "/bar/{*catchall}", Some("/bar/{*catchall}")),
+        ],
+        remaining: vec!["/bar", "/foo/*catchall"],
+    }
+    .run();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn overlapping_routes() {
+    RemoveTest {
+        routes: vec![
+            "/home",
+            "/home/{id}",
+            "/users",
+            "/users/{id}",
+            "/users/{id}/posts",
+            "/users/{id}/posts/{post_id}",
+            "/articles",
+            "/articles/{category}",
+            "/articles/{category}/{id}",
+        ],
+        ops: vec![
+            (Remove, "/home", Some("/home")),
+            (Insert, "/home", Some("/home")),
+            (Remove, "/home/{id}", Some("/home/{id}")),
+            (Insert, "/home/{id}", Some("/home/{id}")),
+            (Remove, "/users", Some("/users")),
+            (Insert, "/users", Some("/users")),
+            (Remove, "/users/{id}", Some("/users/{id}")),
+            (Insert, "/users/{id}", Some("/users/{id}")),
+            (Remove, "/users/{id}/posts", Some("/users/{id}/posts")),
+            (Insert, "/users/{id}/posts", Some("/users/{id}/posts")),
+            (
+                Remove,
+                "/users/{id}/posts/{post_id}",
+                Some("/users/{id}/posts/{post_id}"),
+            ),
+            (
+                Insert,
+                "/users/{id}/posts/{post_id}",
+                Some("/users/{id}/posts/{post_id}"),
+            ),
+            (Remove, "/articles", Some("/articles")),
+            (Insert, "/articles", Some("/articles")),
+            (Remove, "/articles/{category}", Some("/articles/{category}")),
+            (Insert, "/articles/{category}", Some("/articles/{category}")),
+            (
+                Remove,
+                "/articles/{category}/{id}",
+                Some("/articles/{category}/{id}"),
+            ),
+            (
+                Insert,
+                "/articles/{category}/{id}",
+                Some("/articles/{category}/{id}"),
+            ),
+        ],
+        remaining: vec![
+            "/home",
+            "/home/{id}",
+            "/users",
+            "/users/{id}",
+            "/users/{id}/posts",
+            "/users/{id}/posts/{post_id}",
+            "/articles",
+            "/articles/{category}",
+            "/articles/{category}/{id}",
+        ],
+    }
+    .run();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn remove_root() {
+    RemoveTest {
+        routes: vec!["/"],
+        ops: vec![(Remove, "/", Some("/"))],
+        remaining: vec![],
+    }
+    .run();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn check_escaped_params() {
+    RemoveTest {
+        routes: vec![
+            "/foo/{id}",
+            "/foo/{id}/bar",
+            "/bar/{user}/{id}",
+            "/bar/{user}/{id}/baz",
+            "/baz/{product}/{user}/{id}",
+        ],
+        ops: vec![
+            (Remove, "/foo/{a}", None),
+            (Remove, "/foo/{a}/bar", None),
+            (Remove, "/bar/{a}/{b}", None),
+            (Remove, "/bar/{a}/{b}/baz", None),
+            (Remove, "/baz/{a}/{b}/{c}", None),
+        ],
+        remaining: vec![
+            "/foo/{id}",
+            "/foo/{id}/bar",
+            "/bar/{user}/{id}",
+            "/bar/{user}/{id}/baz",
+            "/baz/{product}/{user}/{id}",
+        ],
+    }
+    .run();
+}