diff --git a/client/components/modals/libraries/EditModal.vue b/client/components/modals/libraries/EditModal.vue
index 1fd011cf..09c0fc1d 100644
--- a/client/components/modals/libraries/EditModal.vue
+++ b/client/components/modals/libraries/EditModal.vue
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
     </div>
 
     <div class="px-2 md:px-4 w-full text-sm pt-2 md:pt-6 pb-20 rounded-b-lg rounded-tr-lg bg-bg shadow-lg border border-black-300 relative overflow-hidden" style="min-height: 400px; max-height: 80vh">
-      <component v-if="libraryCopy && show" ref="tabComponent" :is="tabName" :is-new="!library" :library="libraryCopy" :processing.sync="processing" @update="updateLibrary" @close="show = false" />
+      <component v-if="libraryCopy && show" ref="tabComponent" :is="tabName" :is-new="!library" :library="libraryCopy" :library-id="libraryId" :processing.sync="processing" @update="updateLibrary" @close="show = false" />
 
-      <div class="absolute bottom-0 left-0 w-full px-4 py-4 border-t border-white border-opacity-10">
+      <div v-show="selectedTab !== 'tools'" class="absolute bottom-0 left-0 w-full px-4 py-4 border-t border-white border-opacity-10">
         <div class="flex justify-end">
           <ui-btn @click="submit">{{ buttonText }}</ui-btn>
         </div>
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ export default {
     mediaType() {
       return this.libraryCopy?.mediaType
     },
+    libraryId() {
+      return this.library?.id
+    },
     tabs() {
       return [
         {
@@ -78,6 +81,11 @@ export default {
           id: 'schedule',
           title: this.$strings.HeaderSchedule,
           component: 'modals-libraries-schedule-scan'
+        },
+        {
+          id: 'tools',
+          title: this.$strings.HeaderTools,
+          component: 'modals-libraries-library-tools'
         }
       ].filter((tab) => {
         return tab.id !== 'scanner' || this.mediaType === 'book'
diff --git a/client/components/modals/libraries/LibraryTools.vue b/client/components/modals/libraries/LibraryTools.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d1e62dd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/components/modals/libraries/LibraryTools.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+<template>
+  <div class="w-full h-full px-1 md:px-4 py-1 mb-4">
+    <ui-btn class="mb-4" @click.stop="removeAllMetadataClick('json')">Remove all metadata.json files in library item folders</ui-btn>
+    <ui-btn @click.stop="removeAllMetadataClick('abs')">Remove all metadata.abs files in library item folders</ui-btn>
+  </div>
+</template>
+
+<script>
+export default {
+  props: {
+    library: {
+      type: Object,
+      default: () => null
+    },
+    libraryId: String,
+    processing: Boolean
+  },
+  data() {
+    return {}
+  },
+  computed: {
+    librarySettings() {
+      return this.library.settings || {}
+    },
+    mediaType() {
+      return this.library.mediaType
+    },
+    isBookLibrary() {
+      return this.mediaType === 'book'
+    }
+  },
+  methods: {
+    removeAllMetadataClick(ext) {
+      const payload = {
+        message: `Are you sure you want to remove all metadata.${ext} files in your library item folders?`,
+        persistent: true,
+        callback: (confirmed) => {
+          if (confirmed) {
+            this.removeAllMetadataInLibrary(ext)
+          }
+        },
+        type: 'yesNo'
+      }
+      this.$store.commit('globals/setConfirmPrompt', payload)
+    },
+    removeAllMetadataInLibrary(ext) {
+      this.$emit('update:processing', true)
+      this.$axios
+        .$post(`/api/libraries/${this.libraryId}/remove-metadata?ext=${ext}`)
+        .then((data) => {
+          if (!data.found) {
+            this.$toast.info(`No metadata.${ext} files were found in library`)
+          } else if (!data.removed) {
+            this.$toast.success(`No metadata.${ext} files removed`)
+          } else {
+            this.$toast.success(`Successfully removed ${data.removed} metadata.${ext} files`)
+          }
+        })
+        .catch((error) => {
+          console.error('Failed to remove metadata files', error)
+          this.$toast.error('Failed to remove metadata files')
+        })
+        .finally(() => {
+          this.$emit('update:processing', false)
+        })
+    }
+  },
+  mounted() {}
+}
+</script>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/controllers/LibraryController.js b/server/controllers/LibraryController.js
index 2b76d6b3..9c593ff2 100644
--- a/server/controllers/LibraryController.js
+++ b/server/controllers/LibraryController.js
@@ -854,6 +854,56 @@ class LibraryController {
     res.send(opmlText)
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Remove all metadata.json or metadata.abs files in library item folders
+   * 
+   * @param {import('express').Request} req 
+   * @param {import('express').Response} res 
+   */
+  async removeAllMetadataFiles(req, res) {
+    if (!req.user.isAdminOrUp) {
+      Logger.error(`[LibraryController] Non-admin user attempted to remove all metadata files`, req.user)
+      return res.sendStatus(403)
+    }
+
+    const fileExt = req.query.ext === 'abs' ? 'abs' : 'json'
+    const metadataFilename = `metadata.${fileExt}`
+    const libraryItemsWithMetadata = await Database.libraryItemModel.findAll({
+      attributes: ['id', 'libraryFiles'],
+      where: [
+        {
+          libraryId: req.library.id
+        },
+        Sequelize.where(Sequelize.literal(`(SELECT count(*) FROM json_each(libraryFiles) WHERE json_valid(libraryFiles) AND json_extract(json_each.value, "$.metadata.filename") = "${metadataFilename}")`), {
+          [Sequelize.Op.gte]: 1
+        })
+      ]
+    })
+    if (!libraryItemsWithMetadata.length) {
+      Logger.info(`[LibraryController] No ${metadataFilename} files found to remove`)
+      return res.json({
+        found: 0
+      })
+    }
+
+    Logger.info(`[LibraryController] Found ${libraryItemsWithMetadata.length} ${metadataFilename} files to remove`)
+
+    let numRemoved = 0
+    for (const libraryItem of libraryItemsWithMetadata) {
+      const metadataFilepath = libraryItem.libraryFiles.find(lf => lf.metadata.filename === metadataFilename)?.metadata.path
+      if (!metadataFilepath) continue
+      Logger.debug(`[LibraryController] Removing file "${metadataFilepath}"`)
+      if ((await fileUtils.removeFile(metadataFilepath))) {
+        numRemoved++
+      }
+    }
+
+    res.json({
+      found: libraryItemsWithMetadata.length,
+      removed: numRemoved
+    })
+  }
+
   /**
    * Middleware that is not using libraryItems from memory
    * @param {import('express').Request} req 
diff --git a/server/routers/ApiRouter.js b/server/routers/ApiRouter.js
index a90d1873..03a0696c 100644
--- a/server/routers/ApiRouter.js
+++ b/server/routers/ApiRouter.js
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ class ApiRouter {
     this.router.get('/libraries/:id/recent-episodes', LibraryController.middleware.bind(this), LibraryController.getRecentEpisodes.bind(this))
     this.router.get('/libraries/:id/opml', LibraryController.middleware.bind(this), LibraryController.getOPMLFile.bind(this))
     this.router.post('/libraries/order', LibraryController.reorder.bind(this))
+    this.router.post('/libraries/:id/remove-metadata', LibraryController.middleware.bind(this), LibraryController.removeAllMetadataFiles.bind(this))
 
     //
     // Item Routes