diff --git a/packages/core/src/Editor.ts b/packages/core/src/Editor.ts
index 5b061938..3a094673 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/Editor.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/Editor.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ export class Editor extends EventEmitter {
     this.registerCommand('insertHTML', require('./commands/insertHTML').default)
     this.registerCommand('setContent', require('./commands/setContent').default)
     this.registerCommand('clearContent', require('./commands/clearContent').default)
+    this.registerCommand('removeMarks', require('./commands/removeMarks').default)
     
     if (this.options.injectCSS) {
       this.css = injectCSS(require('./style.css'))
diff --git a/packages/core/src/commands/removeMarks.ts b/packages/core/src/commands/removeMarks.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a002c641
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/commands/removeMarks.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { Editor } from '../Editor'
+
+declare module '../Editor' {
+  interface Editor {
+    removeMarks(): Editor,
+  }
+}
+
+export default function removeMarks(next: Function, editor: Editor): void {
+  const { state, view, schema } = editor
+  const { selection, tr } = state
+  const { from, to, empty } = selection
+  let transaction = tr
+
+  if (empty) {
+    next()
+    return
+  }
+
+  Object
+    .entries(schema.marks)
+    .forEach(([name, mark]) => {
+      transaction.removeMark(from, to, mark)
+    })
+
+  view.dispatch(transaction)
+  next()
+}
diff --git a/src/demos/HandleExtensions/index.vue b/src/demos/HandleExtensions/index.vue
index 04a0975f..6698f7a1 100644
--- a/src/demos/HandleExtensions/index.vue
+++ b/src/demos/HandleExtensions/index.vue
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 <template>
   <div>
     <div v-if="editor">
+      <button @click="editor.focus().removeMarks()">
+        clear formatting
+      </button>
       <button @click="editor.focus().undo()">
         undo
       </button>