diff --git a/web/html/feed.html b/web/html/feed.html
index e7580d6..1aa62ce 100644
--- a/web/html/feed.html
+++ b/web/html/feed.html
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@
 {{ end }}
 
 <article class="center">
-<button>Deactivate All</button>
+<button
+    hx-post="/mass-deactivate"
+    hx-vals='{{ massDeacVars .Items }}'
+    hx-confirm="Deactivate {{ len .Items }} items?"
+>Deactivate All</button>
 </article>
 
 {{ else }}
diff --git a/web/html/html.go b/web/html/html.go
index 1b1b3e5..c4fda1d 100644
--- a/web/html/html.go
+++ b/web/html/html.go
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ package html
 
 import (
 	"embed"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"html/template"
 	"io"
+	"log"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/Jaculabilis/intake/core"
@@ -18,9 +20,25 @@ func tsToDate(t int) string {
 	return tm.Format(time.DateTime)
 }
 
+func massDeactivateVals(items []core.Item) string {
+	var shorts []string
+	for _, item := range items {
+		shorts = append(shorts, core.FormatAsShort(item))
+	}
+	massDeac := struct {
+		Items []string `json:"items"`
+	}{shorts}
+	vals, err := json.Marshal(massDeac)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("error serializing mass deactivate list: %v", err)
+	}
+	return string(vals)
+}
+
 var funcs = template.FuncMap{
-	"raw":      rawHtml,
-	"tsToDate": tsToDate,
+	"raw":          rawHtml,
+	"tsToDate":     tsToDate,
+	"massDeacVars": massDeactivateVals,
 }
 
 //go:embed intake.css
diff --git a/web/item.go b/web/item.go
index 4a2ad34..c7347fc 100644
--- a/web/item.go
+++ b/web/item.go
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ package web
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"log"
 	"net/http"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/Jaculabilis/intake/core"
@@ -85,3 +87,33 @@ func (env *Env) doAction(writer http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 
 	html.Item(writer, html.ItemData{Item: newItem})
 }
+
+func (env *Env) massDeactivate(writer http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+	if err := req.ParseForm(); err != nil {
+		log.Printf("error parsing form data: %v", err)
+		http.Error(writer, "", http.StatusBadRequest)
+		return
+	}
+	for _, item := range req.PostForm["items"] {
+		i := strings.Index(item, "/")
+		if i == -1 {
+			log.Printf("error: invalid source/item: %s", item)
+			http.Error(writer, "", http.StatusBadRequest)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+	for _, item := range req.PostForm["items"] {
+		i := strings.Index(item, "/")
+		source := item[:i]
+		id := item[i+1:]
+		active, err := core.DeactivateItem(env.db, source, id)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("error: failed to deactivate %s/%s: %v", source, id, err)
+		}
+		if active {
+			log.Printf("deactivated %s/%s", source, id)
+		}
+	}
+	writer.Header()["HX-Refresh"] = []string{"true"}
+	http.Error(writer, "ok", http.StatusNoContent)
+}
diff --git a/web/main.go b/web/main.go
index cb978f6..cf5cd2f 100644
--- a/web/main.go
+++ b/web/main.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ func RunServer(db *core.DB, addr string, port string) {
 	handleFunc("GET /item/{source}/{id}", env.getItem)
 	handleFunc("DELETE /item/{source}/{id}", env.deleteItem)
 	handleFunc("POST   /item/{source}/{id}/action/{action}", env.doAction)
+	handleFunc("POST   /mass-deactivate", env.massDeactivate)
 
 	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(bind, nil))
 }