diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8ad66d40..8327fc64 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 /.idea/
 /node_modules/
 /*.log
+/lib-es5/
diff --git a/lib/cli.js b/lib/cli.js
index 61dc6832..cead6073 100755
--- a/lib/cli.js
+++ b/lib/cli.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ const cli = meow({
           -u, --update          Interactive update.
           -g, --global          Look at global modules.
           -s, --skip-unused     Skip check for unused packages.
+          -r, --remove-unused   Automatically remove unused dependencies.
           -p, --production      Skip devDependencies.
           -i, --ignore          Ignore dependencies based on succeeding glob.
           -E, --save-exact      Save exact version (x.y.z) instead of caret (^x.y.z) in package.json.
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ const cli = meow({
             u: 'update',
             g: 'global',
             s: 'skip-unused',
+            r: 'remove-unused',
             p: 'production',
             E: 'save-exact',
             i: 'ignore'
@@ -56,6 +58,7 @@ const cli = meow({
             'update',
             'global',
             'skip-unused',
+            'remove-unused',
             'production',
             'save-exact',
             'color',
@@ -72,6 +75,7 @@ const options = {
     update: cli.flags.update,
     global: cli.flags.global,
     skipUnused: cli.flags.skipUnused,
+    removeUnused: cli.flags.removeUnused,
     ignoreDev: cli.flags.production,
     saveExact: cli.flags.saveExact,
     emoji: cli.flags.emoji,
diff --git a/lib/in/create-package-summary.js b/lib/in/create-package-summary.js
index 37266df4..1bf017ad 100644
--- a/lib/in/create-package-summary.js
+++ b/lib/in/create-package-summary.js
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ function createPackageSummary(moduleName, currentState) {
                     bump !== 'major',
                 bump: bump,
 
-                unused: unused
+                unused: unused,
+                removed: unused && currentState.get('removeUnused')
             };
         });
 }
diff --git a/lib/in/get-unused-packages.js b/lib/in/get-unused-packages.js
index 09a5fc1d..87dbcaf2 100644
--- a/lib/in/get-unused-packages.js
+++ b/lib/in/get-unused-packages.js
@@ -2,15 +2,9 @@
 
 const depcheck = require('depcheck');
 const ora = require('ora');
+const skipUnused = require('./skip-unused-packages');
 const _ = require('lodash');
 
-function skipUnused(currentState) {
-    return currentState.get('skipUnused') ||        // manual option to ignore this
-        currentState.get('global') ||               // global modules
-        currentState.get('update') ||               // in the process of doing an update
-        !currentState.get('cwdPackageJson').name;   // there's no package.json
-}
-
 function checkUnused(currentState) {
     const spinner = ora(`Checking for unused packages. --skip-unused if you don't want this.`);
     spinner.enabled = spinner.enabled && currentState.get('spinner');
diff --git a/lib/in/index.js b/lib/in/index.js
index f459118d..3aa4693a 100644
--- a/lib/in/index.js
+++ b/lib/in/index.js
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@ const co = require('co');
 const merge = require('merge-options');
 const ora = require('ora');
 const getUnusedPackages = require('./get-unused-packages');
+const removeUnusedPackages = require('./remove-unused-packages');
 const createPackageSummary = require('./create-package-summary');
 
 module.exports = function (currentState) {
     return co(function *() {
         yield getUnusedPackages(currentState);
+        yield removeUnusedPackages(currentState);
 
         const spinner = ora(`Checking npm registries for updated packages.`);
         spinner.enabled = spinner.enabled && currentState.get('spinner');
diff --git a/lib/in/remove-unused-packages.js b/lib/in/remove-unused-packages.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fbd78e0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/in/remove-unused-packages.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const exec = require('child_process').exec;
+const ora = require('ora');
+const skipUnused = require('./skip-unused-packages');
+const _ = require('lodash');
+
+function skipAutoRemove(currentState) {
+    return skipUnused(currentState) || !currentState.get('removeUnused');
+}
+
+function removeUnused(currentState) {
+    const dependenciesToRemove = currentState.get('unusedDependencies');
+    if (skipAutoRemove(currentState) || _.isEmpty(dependenciesToRemove)) {
+        return Promise.resolve(currentState);
+    }
+
+    const spinner = ora(`Remove unused dependencies. --skip-unused if you don't want this.`);
+    spinner.enabled = spinner.enabled && currentState.get('spinner');
+    spinner.start();
+
+    return new Promise(resolve => {
+        const removeCommand = 'npm remove --save ' + dependenciesToRemove.join(' ');
+        exec(removeCommand, {cwd: currentState.get('cwd')}, (error, stdout, stderr) => {
+            if (error || !_.isEmpty(stderr)) {
+                currentState.set('removeUnusedError', error || new Error(stderr));
+            }
+            resolve(currentState);
+        });
+    }).then(result => {
+        spinner.stop();
+        return currentState;
+    });
+}
+
+module.exports = removeUnused;
diff --git a/lib/in/skip-unused-packages.js b/lib/in/skip-unused-packages.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e1af2242
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/in/skip-unused-packages.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+'use strict';
+
+function skipUnused(currentState) {
+    return currentState.get('skipUnused') ||           // manual option to ignore this
+           currentState.get('global') ||               // global modules
+           currentState.get('update') ||               // in the process of doing an update
+           !currentState.get('cwdPackageJson').name;   // there's no package.json
+}
+
+module.exports = skipUnused;
diff --git a/lib/out/static-output.js b/lib/out/static-output.js
index 7eee0f69..4e60e750 100644
--- a/lib/out/static-output.js
+++ b/lib/out/static-output.js
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ function render(pkg, currentState) {
     const flags = currentState.get('global') ? '--global' : `--save${pkg.devDependency ? '-dev' : ''}`;
     const upgradeCommand = `npm install ${flags} ${packageName}@${pkg.latest}`;
     const upgradeMessage = `${chalk.green(upgradeCommand)} to go from ${pkg.installed} to ${pkg.latest}`;
+
     // DYLAN: clean this up
     const status = _([
-        pkg.notInstalled ? chalk.bgRed.white.bold(emoji(' :worried: ') + ' MISSING! ') + ' Not installed.' : '',
+        pkg.notInstalled && !pkg.removed ? chalk.bgRed.white.bold(emoji(' :worried: ') + ' MISSING! ') + ' Not installed.' : '',
         pkg.notInPackageJson ? chalk.bgRed.white.bold(emoji(' :worried: ') + ' PKG ERR! ') + ' Not in the package.json. ' + pkg.notInPackageJson : '',
         pkg.pkgError && !pkg.notInstalled ? chalk.bgGreen.white.bold(emoji(' :worried: ') + ' PKG ERR! ') + ' ' + chalk.red(pkg.pkgError.message) : '',
         pkg.bump && pkg.easyUpgrade ? [
@@ -30,12 +31,16 @@ function render(pkg, currentState) {
             chalk.white.bold.bgGreen((pkg.bump === 'nonSemver' ? emoji(' :sunglasses: ') + ' new ver! '.toUpperCase() : emoji(' :sunglasses: ') + ' ' + pkg.bump.toUpperCase() + ' UP ')) + ' ' + uppercaseFirstLetter(pkg.bump) + ' update available. ' + chalk.blue.underline(pkg.homepage || ''),
             indent + upgradeMessage
         ] : '',
-        pkg.unused ? [
+        pkg.unused && !pkg.removed ? [
             chalk.black.bold.bgWhite(emoji(' :confused: ') + ' NOTUSED? ') + ` ${chalk.yellow(`Still using ${packageName}?`)}`,
             indent + `Depcheck did not find code similar to ${chalk.green(`require('${packageName}')`)} or ${chalk.green(`import from '${packageName}'`)}.`,
             indent + `Check your code before removing as depcheck isn't able to foresee all ways dependencies can be used.`,
             indent + `Use ${chalk.green('--skip-unused')} to skip this check.`,
-            indent + `To remove this package: ${chalk.green(`npm uninstall --save${pkg.devDependency ? '-dev' : ''} ${packageName}`)}`
+            indent + `To remove this package: ${chalk.green(`npm uninstall --save${pkg.devDependency ? '-dev' : ''} ${packageName}`)} or add ${chalk.green(`--remove-unused`)} option for auto removing unused dependencies.`
+        ] : '',
+        pkg.removed ? [
+            chalk.bgGreen.white.bold(emoji(' :thumbsup: ') + ' RM UNUSED ') + `The package was removed as unused.`,
+            indent + `Don't use ${chalk.green('--remove-unused')} or add ${chalk.green('--skip-unused')} option to skip this check.`
         ] : '',
         pkg.mismatch && !pkg.bump ? chalk.bgRed.yellow.bold(emoji(' :interrobang: ') + ' MISMATCH ') + ' Installed version does not match package.json. ' + pkg.installed + ' ≠ ' + pkg.packageJson : '',
         pkg.regError ? chalk.bgRed.white.bold(emoji(' :no_entry: ') + ' NPM ERR! ') + ' ' + chalk.red(pkg.regError) : ''
@@ -85,6 +90,13 @@ function outputConsole(currentState) {
         console.log('');
         console.log(renderedTable);
         console.log(`Use ${chalk.green(`npm-check -${currentState.get('global') ? 'g' : ''}u`)} for interactive update.`);
+
+        const removeError = currentState.get('removeUnusedError');
+        if (removeError) {
+            console.log("Auto removing dependencies have crashed with following error: ",
+                        chalk.red(removeError));
+        }
+
         process.exitCode = 1;
     } else {
         console.log(`${emoji(':heart:  ')}Your modules look ${chalk.bold('amazing')}. Keep up the great work.${emoji(' :heart:')}`);
diff --git a/lib/state/state.js b/lib/state/state.js
index 335a72fe..50821b67 100644
--- a/lib/state/state.js
+++ b/lib/state/state.js
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ const defaultOptions = {
     cwd: process.cwd(),
     nodeModulesPath: false,
     skipUnused: false,
+    removeUnused: false,
+    removeUnusedError: null,
 
     ignoreDev: false,
     forceColor: false,
diff --git a/templates/readme/api.md b/templates/readme/api.md
index c25cfe46..33f6b739 100644
--- a/templates/readme/api.md
+++ b/templates/readme/api.md
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ npmCheck(options)
 * Skip checking for unused packages.
 * default is `false`
 
+### `removeUnused`
+
+* Automatically remove all unused packages.
+* default is `false`
+
 ### `ignoreDev`
 
 * Ignore `devDependencies`.
diff --git a/templates/readme/cli.md b/templates/readme/cli.md
index 908b684b..4e5fc9a4 100644
--- a/templates/readme/cli.md
+++ b/templates/readme/cli.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Options
   -u, --update          Interactive update.
   -g, --global          Look at global modules.
   -s, --skip-unused     Skip check for unused packages.
+  -r, --remove-unused   Automatically remove unused dependencies.
   -p, --production      Skip devDependencies.
   -i, --ignore          Ignore dependencies based on succeeding glob.
   -E, --save-exact      Save exact version (x.y.z) instead of caret (^x.y.z) in package.json.
@@ -90,6 +91,14 @@ This option will skip that check.
 
 This is enabled by default when using `global` or `update`.
 
+### `-r, --remove-unused`
+
+You can automatically remove all unused dependencies that `npm-check` marked as unused. You must also
+be worried about false positive tests, so it's highly recommended to make a backup of your `package.json`
+before running `npm-check` with this option.
+
+This option is disabled by default.
+
 ### `-p, --production`
 
 By default `npm-check` will look at packages listed as `dependencies` and `devDependencies`.
diff --git a/templates/readme/features.md b/templates/readme/features.md
index cd56e13b..6e23f730 100644
--- a/templates/readme/features.md
+++ b/templates/readme/features.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 * Tells you what's out of date.
 * Provides a link to the package's documentation so you can decide if you want the update.
 * Kindly informs you if a dependency is not being used in your code.
+* Allows to automatically remove all unused dependencies via `--remove-unused` option.
 * Works on your globally installed packages too, via `-g`.
 * **Interactive Update** for less typing and fewer typos, via `-u`.
 * Supports public and private [@scoped/packages](https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/scoped-packages).