diff --git a/R/class_lookup.R b/R/class_lookup.R
index f4da74fa..1fc3c186 100644
--- a/R/class_lookup.R
+++ b/R/class_lookup.R
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ lookup_unset <- function(lookup, names) {
   }
 }
 
+lookup_remove <- function(lookup, names) {
+  remove(list = names, envir = lookup)
+}
+
 lookup_validate <- function(lookup) {
   tar_assert_envir(lookup)
 }
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-class_lookup.R b/tests/testthat/test-class_lookup.R
index bf351e69..ddaa60e1 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-class_lookup.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-class_lookup.R
@@ -24,6 +24,14 @@ tar_test("class lookup", {
   expect_silent(lookup_validate(lookup))
 })
 
+tar_test("class lookup remove method", {
+  lookup <- lookup_new()
+  lookup_set(lookup, names = letters, value = TRUE)
+  expect_equal(sort(lookup_list(lookup)), sort(letters))
+  lookup_remove(lookup, letters)
+  expect_equal(lookup_list(lookup), character(0L))
+})
+
 tar_test("class lookup methods on NULL objects", {
   expect_false(lookup_exists(NULL, "a"))
   expect_true(lookup_missing(NULL, "a"))