diff --git a/api-documentation/editor/swagger.yaml b/api-documentation/editor/swagger.yaml
index 014b2e9d..b12aa6d7 100644
--- a/api-documentation/editor/swagger.yaml
+++ b/api-documentation/editor/swagger.yaml
@@ -664,13 +664,13 @@ paths:
               $ref: "#/definitions/AddProjectsToCollection"
         security:
           - ApiKeyAuth: []
-  /collections/remove_project:
+  /collections/remove_projects:
       post:
         tags:
           - Collections
-        summary: Remove projects from collection
-        description: Remove projects from collection
-        operationId: removeProjectFromCollection
+        summary: Remove projects from collections
+        description: Remove projects from collections
+        operationId: removeProjectsFromCollections
         consumes:
           - application/json
         produces:
diff --git a/application/controllers/api/Collections.php b/application/controllers/api/Collections.php
index 16e7a072..51cf9567 100644
--- a/application/controllers/api/Collections.php
+++ b/application/controllers/api/Collections.php
@@ -273,8 +273,8 @@ function remove_projects_post()
 			$this->has_access($resource_='collection',$privilege='edit');
 			$options=$this->raw_json_input();
 
-			if (!isset($options['collection_id'])){
-				throw new Exception("Missing parameter: collection_id");
+			if (!isset($options['collections'])){
+				throw new Exception("Missing parameter: collections");
 			}
 
 			if (!isset($options['projects'])){
@@ -295,11 +295,10 @@ function remove_projects_post()
 				throw new Exception("project was not found");
 			}
 
-			$result=$this->Collection_model->remove_projects($options['collection_id'], $sid_arr);
+			$this->Collection_model->remove_batch_projects($options['collections'], $sid_arr);
 
 			$output=array(
-				'status'=>'success',
-				'result'=>$result
+				'status'=>'success'
 			);
 
 			$this->set_response($output, REST_Controller::HTTP_OK);			
diff --git a/application/models/Collection_model.php b/application/models/Collection_model.php
index c0f09a40..58891661 100644
--- a/application/models/Collection_model.php
+++ b/application/models/Collection_model.php
@@ -231,6 +231,31 @@ function collection_project_exists($collection_id,$sid)
         return $this->db->count_all_results('editor_collection_projects');
     }
 
+
+    /**
+     * 
+     * Batch remove projects from multiple collections
+     * 
+     */
+    function remove_batch_projects($collections,$sids)
+    {
+        $collections=(array)$collections;
+        $sids=(array)$sids;
+        $sids = array_map('intval', $sids);
+
+        foreach($collections as $collection_id){
+
+            //check if collection id exists
+            $collection_exists=$this->collection_id_exists($collection_id);
+
+            if (!$collection_exists){
+                throw new Exception('Collection not found: '.$collection_id);
+            }
+
+            $this->remove_projects($collection_id,$sids);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Remove project from collection
      *