diff --git a/frontends/etiquette_flask/backend/endpoints/album_endpoints.py b/frontends/etiquette_flask/backend/endpoints/album_endpoints.py
index 3b5c6ea..0d5fe43 100644
--- a/frontends/etiquette_flask/backend/endpoints/album_endpoints.py
+++ b/frontends/etiquette_flask/backend/endpoints/album_endpoints.py
@@ -78,6 +78,13 @@ def post_album_remove_child(album_id):
     response = album.jsonify()
     return jsonify.make_json_response(response)
 
+@site.route('/album/<album_id>/remove_thumbnail_photo', methods=['POST'])
+def post_album_remove_thumbnail_photo(album_id):
+    album = common.P_album(album_id, response_type='json')
+    album.set_thumbnail_photo(None)
+    common.P.commit(message='album remove thumbnail photo endpoint')
+    return jsonify.make_json_response(album.jsonify())
+
 @site.route('/album/<album_id>/refresh_directories', methods=['POST'])
 def post_album_refresh_directories(album_id):
     album = common.P_album(album_id, response_type='json')
diff --git a/frontends/etiquette_flask/static/js/api.js b/frontends/etiquette_flask/static/js/api.js
index 67fb213..5070cc5 100644
--- a/frontends/etiquette_flask/static/js/api.js
+++ b/frontends/etiquette_flask/static/js/api.js
@@ -100,6 +100,14 @@ function remove_photos(album_id, photo_ids, callback)
     api.albums._add_remove_photos(album_id, photo_ids, "remove", callback);
 }
 
+api.albums.remove_thumbnail_photo =
+function remove_thumbnail_photo(album_id, callback)
+{
+    const url = `/album/${album_id}/remove_thumbnail_photo`;
+    const data = new FormData();
+    common.post(url, data, callback);
+}
+
 api.albums.set_thumbnail_photo =
 function set_thumbnail_photo(album_id, photo_id, callback)
 {