diff --git a/client/src/App.tsx b/client/src/App.tsx
index 81439df..7e4d0a3 100644
--- a/client/src/App.tsx
+++ b/client/src/App.tsx
@@ -738,6 +738,26 @@ const App = () => {
     }
   };
 
+  const forgetFace = async () => {
+    try {
+      const res = await window.fetch(
+        `${base}/api/v1/faces`, {
+        method: 'PUT',
+        headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+        body: JSON.stringify({
+          action: 'forget',
+          faces: selected
+        })
+      });
+      await res.json();
+      removeFacesFromIdentity(selected);
+      deselectAll();
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error(error);
+    }
+  };
+
+
   const changeSelectedIdentity = async () => {
     if (selectedIdentities.length === 0) {
       window.alert('You need to select an identity first (CTRL+CLICK)');
@@ -928,6 +948,7 @@ const App = () => {
                 <Button onClick={guessIdentity}>Guess</Button>
               </>}
               { selected.length !== 0 && <>
+                <Button onClick={forgetFace}>Forget</Button> 
                 <Button onClick={removeFaceFromIdentity}>Remove</Button> 
                 <Button onClick={updateFasAsNotFace}>Not a face</Button> 
                 <Button onClick={changeSelectedIdentity}>Change Identity</Button> 
diff --git a/ketrface/ketrface/db.py b/ketrface/ketrface/db.py
index f247a07..6f65af7 100644
--- a/ketrface/ketrface/db.py
+++ b/ketrface/ketrface/db.py
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ def load_faces(db_path ):
       JOIN facedescriptors ON (faces.descriptorId=facedescriptors.id)
       WHERE faces.identityId IS null 
         AND faces.classifiedBy != 'not-a-face'
+        AND faces.classifiedBy != 'forget'
         AND faces.photoId=photos.id
       ''')
     for row in res.fetchall():
diff --git a/server/db/photos.js b/server/db/photos.js
index 0658612..1ec5dc2 100755
--- a/server/db/photos.js
+++ b/server/db/photos.js
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ function init() {
         type: Sequelize.DataTypes.ENUM(
           'machine',     /* DBSCAN with VGG-Face */
           'human',       /* Human identified */
+          'forget',      /* implies "human"; identityId=NULL */
           'not-a-face'), /* implies "human"; identityId=NULL */
         defaultValue: 'machine',
       },
diff --git a/server/routes/faces.js b/server/routes/faces.js
index 41ccce8..8c20b4e 100755
--- a/server/routes/faces.js
+++ b/server/routes/faces.js
@@ -36,27 +36,16 @@ router.put("/:id?", async (req, res/*, next*/) => {
   }
   const { action } = req.body; 
   console.log(`${action}: ${faces}`);
-  switch (action) {
-  case 'not-a-face':
+  if ([ 'not-a-face', 'forget' ].indexOf(action) !== -1) {
     await photoDB.sequelize.query(
-      `UPDATE faces SET classifiedBy='not-a-face',identityId=NULL ` +
+      `UPDATE faces SET classifiedBy=':action',identityId=NULL ` +
       `WHERE id IN (:faces)`, {
-        replacements: { faces }
+        replacements: { 
+          action,
+          faces 
+        }
       }
     );
-    /*
-    faces = await photoDB.sequelize.query(
-      'SELECT * FROM faces WHERE id IN (:faces)', {
-        replacements: { faces },
-        type: photoDB.Sequelize.QueryTypes.SELECT,
-        raw: true
-      }
-    );
-    faces.forEach(face => {
-      face.faceId = face.id;
-      delete face.id;
-    });
-    */
     return res.status(200).json(faces);
   }
   return res.status(400).json({ message: "Invalid request" });
diff --git a/server/routes/identities.js b/server/routes/identities.js
index a9c6088..751596f 100755
--- a/server/routes/identities.js
+++ b/server/routes/identities.js
@@ -528,10 +528,12 @@ const getUnknownIdentity = async (faceCount) => {
         faces AS total
       WHERE
         total.identityId IS NULL 
-        AND total.classifiedBy != 'not-a-face') AS total
+        AND total.classifiedBy != 'not-a-face'
+        AND total.classifiedBy != 'forget') AS total
     WHERE
     faces.identityId IS NULL 
       AND faces.classifiedBy != 'not-a-face'
+      AND total.classifiedBy != 'forget'
       ${ limit }`;
 
   unknownIdentity.relatedFaces = await photoDB.sequelize.query(sql, {