diff --git a/lisp/org-agenda.el b/lisp/org-agenda.el
index 84b2a76..15d776f 100644
--- a/lisp/org-agenda.el
+++ b/lisp/org-agenda.el
@@ -1845,14 +1845,16 @@ Nil means don't hide any tags."
 	  (string :tag "Regexp   ")))
 
 (defcustom org-agenda-remove-tags nil
-  "Non-nil means remove the tags from the headline copy in the agenda.
+  "Non-nil means remove tags from the headline in the agenda.
 When this is the symbol `prefix', only remove tags when
-`org-agenda-prefix-format' contains a `%T' specifier."
+`org-agenda-prefix-format' contains a `%T' specifier.
+When this is a list, only remove the listed tags."
   :group 'org-agenda-line-format
   :type '(choice
 	  (const :tag "Always" t)
-	  (const :tag "Never" nil)
-	  (const :tag "When prefix format contains %T" prefix)))
+	  (repeat (string :tag "Remove this tag"))
+	  (const :tag "When prefix format contains %T" prefix)
+	  (const :tag "Never" nil)))
 
 (org-defvaralias 'org-agenda-remove-tags-when-in-prefix
   'org-agenda-remove-tags)
@@ -3705,7 +3707,9 @@ generating a new one."
 	  (while (org-activate-plain-links (point-max))
 	    (add-text-properties (match-beginning 0) (match-end 0)
 				 '(face org-link))))
-	(unless (eq org-agenda-remove-tags t)
+	(unless (or (eq org-agenda-remove-tags t)
+		    (and (listp org-agenda-remove-tags)
+			 (stringp (car org-agenda-remove-tags))))
 	  (org-agenda-align-tags))
 	(unless org-agenda-with-colors
 	  (remove-text-properties (point-min) (point-max) '(face nil)))
@@ -6529,8 +6533,13 @@ Any match of REMOVE-RE will be removed from TXT."
 			    txt)
 	  ;; Tags are in the string
 	  (if (or (eq org-agenda-remove-tags t)
+		  (and (symbolp org-agenda-remove-tags)
+		       org-prefix-has-tag)
 		  (and org-agenda-remove-tags
-		       org-prefix-has-tag))
+		       (let ((case-fold-search t))
+			 (save-match-data
+			   (string-match (regexp-opt org-agenda-remove-tags)
+					 (match-string 0 txt))))))
 	      (setq txt (replace-match "" t t txt))
 	    (setq txt (replace-match
 		       (concat (make-string (max (- 50 (length txt)) 1) ?\ )