diff --git a/public/src/admin/manage/tags.js b/public/src/admin/manage/tags.js
index 84cd492ea0..8bb8284331 100644
--- a/public/src/admin/manage/tags.js
+++ b/public/src/admin/manage/tags.js
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ define('admin/manage/tags', ['forum/infinitescroll', 'admin/modules/selectable']
 		handleColorPickers();
 		selectable.enable('.tag-management', '.tag-row');
 
+		handleSearch();
+		handleModify();
+		handleDeleteSelected();
+	};
+
+	function handleSearch() {
 		$('#tag-search').on('input propertychange', function() {
 			if (timeoutId) {
 				clearTimeout(timeoutId);
@@ -31,7 +37,9 @@ define('admin/manage/tags', ['forum/infinitescroll', 'admin/modules/selectable']
 				});
 			}, 100);
 		});
+	}
 
+	function handleModify() {
 		$('#modify').on('click', function(ev) {
 			var tagsToModify = $('.tag-row.selected');
 			if (!tagsToModify.length) {
@@ -71,7 +79,32 @@ define('admin/manage/tags', ['forum/infinitescroll', 'admin/modules/selectable']
 				handleColorPickers();
 			}, 500);
 		});
-	};
+	}
+
+	function handleDeleteSelected() {
+		$('#deleteSelected').on('click', function() {
+			var tagsToDelete = $('.tag-row.selected');
+			if (!tagsToDelete.length) {
+				return;
+			}
+
+			bootbox.confirm('Do you want to delete the selected tags?', function(confirm) {
+				if (!confirm) {
+					return;
+				}
+				var tags = [];
+				tagsToDelete.each(function(index, el) {
+					tags.push($(el).attr('data-tag'));
+				});
+				socket.emit('admin.tags.deleteTags', {tags: tags}, function(err) {
+					if (err) {
+						return app.alertError(err.message);
+					}
+					tagsToDelete.remove();
+				});
+			});
+		});
+	}
 
 	function handleColorPickers() {
 		function enableColorPicker(idx, inputEl) {
@@ -96,7 +129,7 @@ define('admin/manage/tags', ['forum/infinitescroll', 'admin/modules/selectable']
 			bgColor : tag.find('[data-name="bgColor"]').val(),
 			color : tag.find('[data-name="color"]').val()
 		};
-		
+
 		socket.emit('admin.tags.update', data, function(err) {
 			if (err) {
 				return app.alertError(err.message);
diff --git a/src/controllers/tags.js b/src/controllers/tags.js
index 53b418f6b9..fb97f1a24f 100644
--- a/src/controllers/tags.js
+++ b/src/controllers/tags.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ tagsController.getTag = function(req, res, next) {
 };
 
 tagsController.getTags = function(req, res, next) {
-	topics.getTags(0, 99, function(err, tags) {
+	topics.getTags(0, 100, function(err, tags) {
 		if (err) {
 			return next(err);
 		}
diff --git a/src/socket.io/admin/tags.js b/src/socket.io/admin/tags.js
index 08ceca1a9f..ad7ffa7201 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/admin/tags.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/admin/tags.js
@@ -11,5 +11,9 @@ Tags.update = function(socket, data, callback) {
 	topics.updateTag(data.tag, data, callback);
 };
 
+Tags.deleteTags = function(socket, data, callback) {
+	topics.deleteTags(data.tags, callback);
+};
+
 
 module.exports = Tags;
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diff --git a/src/topics/tags.js b/src/topics/tags.js
index 07b65b9ceb..4cd650850f 100644
--- a/src/topics/tags.js
+++ b/src/topics/tags.js
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 	function updateTagCount(tag, callback) {
 		callback = callback || function() {};
 		Topics.getTagTopicCount(tag, function(err, count) {
-			if (!err) {
+			if (!err && count) {
 				db.sortedSetAdd('tags:topic:count', count, tag, callback);
 			}
 		});
@@ -78,13 +78,49 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 		db.sortedSetCard('tag:' + tag + ':topics', callback);
 	};
 
+	Topics.deleteTags = function(tags, callback) {
+		if (!Array.isArray(tags) || !tags.length) {
+			return callback();
+		}
+
+		async.series([
+			function(next) {
+				removeTagsFromTopics(tags, next);
+			},
+			function(next) {
+				var keys = tags.map(function(tag) {
+					return 'tag:' + tag + ':topics';
+				});
+				db.deleteAll(keys, next);
+			},
+			function(next) {
+				db.sortedSetRemove('tags:topic:count', tags, next);
+			}
+		], callback);
+	};
+
+	function removeTagsFromTopics(tags, callback) {
+		async.eachLimit(tags, 50, function(tag, next) {
+			db.getSortedSetRange('tag:' + tag + ':topics', 0, -1, function(err, tids) {
+				if (err || !tids.length) {
+					return next(err);
+				}
+				var keys = tids.map(function(tid) {
+					return 'topic:' + tid + ':tags';
+				});
+
+				db.setsRemove(keys, tag, next);
+			});
+		}, callback);
+	}
+
 	Topics.deleteTag = function(tag) {
 		db.delete('tag:' + tag + ':topics');
 		db.sortedSetRemove('tags:topic:count', tag);
 	};
 
-	Topics.getTags = function(start, end, callback) {
-		db.getSortedSetRevRangeWithScores('tags:topic:count', start, end, function(err, tags) {
+	Topics.getTags = function(start, count, callback) {
+		db.getSortedSetRevRangeByScoreWithScores('tags:topic:count', start, count, '+inf', 1, function(err, tags) {
 			if (err) {
 				return callback(err);
 			}
diff --git a/src/views/admin/manage/tags.tpl b/src/views/admin/manage/tags.tpl
index c83aff9d2e..afacffb2d4 100644
--- a/src/views/admin/manage/tags.tpl
+++ b/src/views/admin/manage/tags.tpl
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 			<div class="panel-body">
 				<p>Select tags via clicking and/or dragging, use shift to select multiple.</p>
 				<button class="btn btn-primary btn-md" id="modify">Modify Selected Tags</button>
+				<button class="btn btn-warning btn-md" id="deleteSelected">Delete Selected Tags</button>
 			</div>
 		</div>
 
@@ -50,5 +51,5 @@
 			</div>
 		</div>
 	</div>
-	
+
 </div>
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