diff --git a/PandaPkgInfo.py b/PandaPkgInfo.py
index 8f9511a..9c8a7ff 100644
--- a/PandaPkgInfo.py
+++ b/PandaPkgInfo.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-release_version = "0.0.29"
+release_version = "0.0.30"
diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 8f7c642..c5c3063 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ Includes all libraries used by both server and monitor (and others).
 Release Note
 ------------
 
+* 0.0.30 (1/7/2022)
+  * added message removal functions to MBSenderProxy
+
 * 0.0.29 (27/6/2022)
   * env vars in msg config json
 
diff --git a/pandacommon/pandamsgbkr/msg_bkr_utils.py b/pandacommon/pandamsgbkr/msg_bkr_utils.py
index fd3ec51..feedead 100644
--- a/pandacommon/pandamsgbkr/msg_bkr_utils.py
+++ b/pandacommon/pandamsgbkr/msg_bkr_utils.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+import datetime
 import threading
 import socket
 import ssl
 import random
+import uuid
 import collections
 import time
 import copy
@@ -445,6 +447,10 @@ def __init__(self, name, host_port_list, destination, use_ssl=False, cert_file=N
         self.to_disconnect = False
         # whether to log verbosely
         self.verbose = verbose
+        # instance lock for removers
+        self.remover_lock = threading.Lock()
+        # removers
+        self.removers = {}
         # get connection
         self._get_connection()
 
@@ -465,11 +471,11 @@ def _on_disconnected(self, conn_id):
         self.logger.debug('_on_disconnected from {c} called'.format(c=conn_id))
         self.got_disconnected = True
 
-    def send(self, data):
+    def send(self, data, headers=None):
         """
         send a message to queue
         """
-        self.conn.send(destination=self.destination, body=data)
+        self.conn.send(destination=self.destination, body=data, headers=headers)
         if self.verbose:
             self.logger.debug('send to {dest} | {data}'.format(dest=self.destination, data=data))
 
@@ -490,6 +496,11 @@ def go(self):
                 self.got_disconnected = False
                 self.conn.set_listener(self.listener.__class__.__name__, self.listener)
                 self.conn.connect(**self.connect_params)
+                # add removers
+                with self.remover_lock:
+                    for r_id in self.removers:
+                        headers = self.removers[r_id]['headers']
+                        self.conn.subscribe(destination=self.destination, headers=headers, id=r_id, ack='auto')
                 self.logger.info('connected to {0} {1}'.format(self.conn_id, self.destination))
             else:
                 self.logger.info('connection to {0} {1} already exists. Skipped...'.format(
@@ -514,3 +525,40 @@ def restart(self):
         self._get_connection()
         self.go()
         self.logger.info('the {0}th restart done'.format(self.n_restart))
+
+    def add_remover(self, headers, timeout):
+        """
+        add a message remover relevant to the selector specified in the headers
+        :param headers: a dictionary to specify the selector
+        :param timeout: lifetime of the subscription
+        """
+        self.logger.debug('adding remover with headers={}'.format(headers))
+        # unique id for each remover
+        r_id = self.sub_id + '.' + str(uuid.uuid4())
+        with self.remover_lock:
+            self.removers[r_id] = {'timeout': datetime.datetime.utcnow() + datetime.timedelta(seconds=timeout),
+                                   'headers': copy.copy(headers)}
+        # reconnect if necessary
+        if self.got_disconnected:
+            self.restart()
+        # subscribe to remove the messages
+        self.conn.subscribe(destination=self.destination, headers=headers, id=r_id, ack='auto')
+        self.logger.debug('added remover id={}'.format(r_id))
+
+    def purge_removers(self):
+        """
+        purge old message removers
+        """
+        self.logger.debug('purging old removers')
+        with self.remover_lock:
+            time_now = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
+            n_old = len(self.removers)
+            for r_id in list(self.removers):
+                timeout = self.removers[r_id]['timeout']
+                # unsubscribe if old
+                if timeout < time_now:
+                    self.conn.unsubscribe(id=r_id)
+                    del self.removers[r_id]
+                    self.logger.debug('purged remover id={}'.format(r_id))
+            n_new = len(self.removers)
+            self.logger.debug('purged {} removers in total among {} removers'.format(n_old-n_new, n_old))