diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 32c6515bf..ab5644082 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 - Hosts can have a color and an icon, which sync to the desktop and mobile apps
 - A sidebar setting to turn off alternating row colors
 - TERMIX_NGINX_TEMPLATE, TERMIX_NGINX_CONF, TERMIX_NGINX_PID and TERMIX_APP_DIR let an install outside Docker, like the Proxmox LXC script, switch nginx to HTTPS when a certificate is added
+- Removing a user or role from a shared folder can also remove their access from every host in the folder and its subfolders
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/src/backend/database/routes/rbac.ts b/src/backend/database/routes/rbac.ts
index 2f88ccc04..b1f372fd0 100644
--- a/src/backend/database/routes/rbac.ts
+++ b/src/backend/database/routes/rbac.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
 import { isAuthOverrideProtocol } from "../../hosts/protocol-auth/registry.js";
 import {
   assertHostsUnlocked,
+  hostLock,
   hasHostLocks,
   requireUnlockedHost,
   sendHostLocked,
@@ -722,14 +723,40 @@ router.get(
   },
 );
 
+/** The host grants that went to the same user or role as a folder rule. */
+export function grantsForFolderRule<
+  T extends { userId?: string | null; roleId?: number | null },
+>(entries: T[], rule: { userId?: string | null; roleId?: number | null }): T[] {
+  return entries.filter((entry) =>
+    rule.userId
+      ? entry.userId === rule.userId
+      : rule.roleId != null && entry.roleId === rule.roleId,
+  );
+}
+
 /**
  * @openapi
  * /rbac/folder/access/{id}:
  *   delete:
  *     summary: Stop a folder share from applying to hosts added later
- *     description: Grants already fanned out to hosts stay; revoke those per host.
+ *     description: Grants already fanned out to hosts stay, unless fromHosts=true, which also removes the same user's or role's access from every host in the folder and its subfolders that the caller may manage sharing on.
  *     tags:
  *       - RBAC
+ *     parameters:
+ *       - in: path
+ *         name: id
+ *         required: true
+ *         schema:
+ *           type: integer
+ *       - in: query
+ *         name: fromHosts
+ *         schema:
+ *           type: boolean
+ *     responses:
+ *       200:
+ *         description: Removed. removedFromHosts counts the host grants removed.
+ *       404:
+ *         description: No such rule.
  */
 router.delete(
   "/folder/access/:id",
@@ -741,11 +768,35 @@ router.delete(
     }
     try {
       const repository = createCurrentFolderAccessRepository();
-      if (!(await repository.findById(ruleId, req.userId!))) {
+      const rule = await repository.findById(ruleId, req.userId!);
+      if (!rule) {
         return res.status(404).json({ error: "Rule not found" });
       }
       await repository.deleteById(ruleId, req.userId!);
-      res.json({ success: true });
+
+      let removedFromHosts = 0;
+      if (req.query.fromHosts === "true") {
+        const hosts =
+          await createCurrentHostFolderRepository().listHostsInFolder(
+            req.userId!,
+            rule.folder,
+          );
+        const access = createCurrentRbacAccessRepository();
+        for (const host of hosts) {
+          if (hostLock(host.id)) continue;
+          if (!(await canManageHostSharing(req.userId!, host.id)).allowed)
+            continue;
+          let changed = false;
+          const entries = await access.listHostAccess(host.id);
+          for (const entry of grantsForFolderRule(entries, rule)) {
+            await access.revokeHostAccess(entry.id, host.id);
+            removedFromHosts++;
+            changed = true;
+          }
+          if (changed) await pruneHostGrants(host.id);
+        }
+      }
+      res.json({ success: true, removedFromHosts });
     } catch (error) {
       databaseLogger.error("Failed to delete folder access rule", error, {
         operation: "delete_folder_access",
diff --git a/src/backend/tests/database/routes/rbac-share-prune.test.ts b/src/backend/tests/database/routes/rbac-share-prune.test.ts
index 00da97cc0..d3d20100f 100644
--- a/src/backend/tests/database/routes/rbac-share-prune.test.ts
+++ b/src/backend/tests/database/routes/rbac-share-prune.test.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ vi.mock("../../../database/repositories/factory.js", () => ({
   }),
 }));
 
-const { pruneHostGrants, pruneCredentialGrants } =
+const { pruneHostGrants, pruneCredentialGrants, grantsForFolderRule } =
   await import("../../../database/routes/rbac.js");
 
 const chain = (): Grant[] => [
@@ -105,3 +105,27 @@ describe("share pruning", () => {
     expect(state.credentialGrants.map((g) => g.userId)).toEqual(["dave"]);
   });
 });
+
+describe("grantsForFolderRule", () => {
+  const entries = [
+    { id: 1, userId: "bob", roleId: null },
+    { id: 2, userId: null, roleId: 7 },
+    { id: 3, userId: "carol", roleId: null },
+  ];
+
+  it("picks the grants of the rule's user or role", () => {
+    expect(
+      grantsForFolderRule(entries, { userId: "bob", roleId: null }).map(
+        (e) => e.id,
+      ),
+    ).toEqual([1]);
+    expect(
+      grantsForFolderRule(entries, { userId: null, roleId: 7 }).map(
+        (e) => e.id,
+      ),
+    ).toEqual([2]);
+    expect(
+      grantsForFolderRule(entries, { userId: null, roleId: null }),
+    ).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/ui/api/rbac-api.ts b/src/ui/api/rbac-api.ts
index af2bce016..22a46af11 100644
--- a/src/ui/api/rbac-api.ts
+++ b/src/ui/api/rbac-api.ts
@@ -238,9 +238,14 @@ export async function getFolderAccess(
   }
 }
 
-export async function revokeFolderAccess(ruleId: number): Promise<void> {
+export async function revokeFolderAccess(
+  ruleId: number,
+  options: { fromHosts?: boolean } = {},
+): Promise<void> {
   try {
-    await rbacApi.delete(`/rbac/folder/access/${ruleId}`);
+    await rbacApi.delete(`/rbac/folder/access/${ruleId}`, {
+      params: options.fromHosts ? { fromHosts: "true" } : undefined,
+    });
   } catch (error) {
     throw handleApiError(error, "revoke folder access");
   }
diff --git a/src/ui/locales/en.json b/src/ui/locales/en.json
index 220c8c025..1a6c275a0 100644
--- a/src/ui/locales/en.json
+++ b/src/ui/locales/en.json
@@ -777,6 +777,7 @@
       "sharedBadge": "Shared",
       "sharedBadgeTooltip": "Shared by {{owner}} ({{level}} access)",
       "viewOnlyBanner": "This host is shared with you by {{owner}} with view access. The configuration is read-only.",
+      "folderRuleRemoveFromHosts": "Also remove this access from every host in the folder and its subfolders",
       "sharedCopyBanner": "This host is shared with you by {{owner}}. The desktop keeps a read-only copy, so change it on the server and it syncs here.",
       "sharedEditBanner": "This host is shared with you by {{owner}} with edit access. Changes apply to the real host; authentication references can only be changed by the owner.",
       "ownerOnlyControl": "Only the host owner can change this",