diff --git a/services/web/app/views/project/list/project-list.pug b/services/web/app/views/project/list/project-list.pug
index 38159bfc48..eae31a4316 100644
--- a/services/web/app/views/project/list/project-list.pug
+++ b/services/web/app/views/project/list/project-list.pug
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@
 										) {{tag.name}} 
 										a.label.label-default.tag-label-remove(
 											href
+											ng-click="removeProjectFromTag(project, tag)"
 										) ×
 
 						.col-xs-2
diff --git a/services/web/public/coffee/main/project-list/project-list.coffee b/services/web/public/coffee/main/project-list/project-list.coffee
index 81659983fb..ad9d0f3582 100644
--- a/services/web/public/coffee/main/project-list/project-list.coffee
+++ b/services/web/public/coffee/main/project-list/project-list.coffee
@@ -201,6 +201,23 @@ define [
 			# the projects from view
 			$scope.updateVisibleProjects()
 
+		$scope.removeProjectFromTag = (project, tag) ->
+			tag.showWhenEmpty = true
+
+			project.tags ||= []
+			index = project.tags.indexOf tag
+
+			if index > -1
+				$scope._removeProjectIdsFromTagArray(tag, [ project.id ])
+				project.tags.splice(index, 1)
+				queuedHttp({
+					method: "DELETE"
+					url: "/tag/#{tag._id}/project/#{project.id}"
+					headers:
+						"X-CSRF-Token": window.csrfToken
+				})
+				$scope.updateVisibleProjects()
+
 		$scope.addSelectedProjectsToTag = (tag) ->
 			selected_projects = $scope.getSelectedProjects()
 			event_tracking.send 'project-list-page-interaction', 'project action', 'addSelectedProjectsToTag'