diff --git a/resources/qml/CommunitiesList.qml b/resources/qml/CommunitiesList.qml
index 0ccd7e82..6aab949c 100644
--- a/resources/qml/CommunitiesList.qml
+++ b/resources/qml/CommunitiesList.qml
@@ -33,16 +33,16 @@ Page {
         Platform.Menu {
             id: communityContextMenu
 
-            property string id
+            property string tagId
 
             function show(id_, tags_) {
-                id = id_;
+                tagId = id_;
                 open();
             }
 
             Platform.MenuItem {
-                text: qsTr("Leave room")
-                onTriggered: Rooms.leave(roomContextMenu.roomid)
+                text: qsTr("Hide rooms with this tag or from this space by default.")
+                onTriggered: Communities.toggleTagId(communityContextMenu.tagId)
             }
 
         }
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Page {
             states: [
                 State {
                     name: "highlight"
-                    when: hovered.hovered && !(Communities.currentTagId == model.id)
+                    when: (hovered.hovered || model.hidden) && !(Communities.currentTagId == model.id)
 
                     PropertyChanges {
                         target: communityItem
diff --git a/src/timeline/CommunitiesModel.cpp b/src/timeline/CommunitiesModel.cpp
index 9b758e97..96a450ea 100644
--- a/src/timeline/CommunitiesModel.cpp
+++ b/src/timeline/CommunitiesModel.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ CommunitiesModel::roleNames() const
           {DisplayName, "displayName"},
           {Tooltip, "tooltip"},
           {ChildrenHidden, "childrenHidden"},
+          {Hidden, "hidden"},
           {Id, "id"},
         };
 }
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@ CommunitiesModel::data(const QModelIndex &index, int role) const
                         return tr("Shows all rooms without filtering.");
                 case CommunitiesModel::Roles::ChildrenHidden:
                         return false;
+                case CommunitiesModel::Roles::Hidden:
+                        return false;
                 case CommunitiesModel::Roles::Id:
                         return "";
                 }
@@ -82,8 +85,10 @@ CommunitiesModel::data(const QModelIndex &index, int role) const
                 }
 
                 switch (role) {
+                case CommunitiesModel::Roles::Hidden:
+                        return hiddentTagIds_.contains("tag:" + tag);
                 case CommunitiesModel::Roles::ChildrenHidden:
-                        return UserSettings::instance()->hiddenTags().contains("tag:" + tag);
+                        return true;
                 case CommunitiesModel::Roles::Id:
                         return "tag:" + tag;
                 }
@@ -107,9 +112,12 @@ CommunitiesModel::initializeSidebar()
         tags_.clear();
         for (const auto &t : ts)
                 tags_.push_back(QString::fromStdString(t));
+
+        hiddentTagIds_ = UserSettings::instance()->hiddenTags();
         endResetModel();
 
         emit tagsChanged();
+        emit hiddenTagsChanged();
 }
 
 void
@@ -158,3 +166,23 @@ CommunitiesModel::setCurrentTagId(QString tagId)
         this->currentTagId_ = "";
         emit currentTagIdChanged(currentTagId_);
 }
+
+void
+CommunitiesModel::toggleTagId(QString tagId)
+{
+        if (hiddentTagIds_.contains(tagId)) {
+                hiddentTagIds_.removeOne(tagId);
+                UserSettings::instance()->setHiddenTags(hiddentTagIds_);
+        } else {
+                hiddentTagIds_.push_back(tagId);
+                UserSettings::instance()->setHiddenTags(hiddentTagIds_);
+        }
+
+        if (tagId.startsWith("tag:")) {
+                auto idx = tags_.indexOf(tagId.mid(4));
+                if (idx != -1)
+                        emit dataChanged(index(idx), index(idx), {Hidden});
+        }
+
+        emit hiddenTagsChanged();
+}
diff --git a/src/timeline/CommunitiesModel.h b/src/timeline/CommunitiesModel.h
index 038c253b..c98b5955 100644
--- a/src/timeline/CommunitiesModel.h
+++ b/src/timeline/CommunitiesModel.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ public:
                 DisplayName,
                 Tooltip,
                 ChildrenHidden,
+                Hidden,
                 Id,
         };
 
@@ -49,12 +50,15 @@ public slots:
                 emit currentTagIdChanged(currentTagId_);
         }
         QStringList tags() const { return tags_; }
+        void toggleTagId(QString tagId);
 
 signals:
         void currentTagIdChanged(QString tagId);
+        void hiddenTagsChanged();
         void tagsChanged();
 
 private:
         QStringList tags_;
         QString currentTagId_;
+        QStringList hiddentTagIds_;
 };
diff --git a/src/timeline/RoomlistModel.cpp b/src/timeline/RoomlistModel.cpp
index c0fb74a4..0f980c6c 100644
--- a/src/timeline/RoomlistModel.cpp
+++ b/src/timeline/RoomlistModel.cpp
@@ -462,22 +462,6 @@ FilteredRoomlistModel::lessThan(const QModelIndex &left, const QModelIndex &righ
                 return left.row() < right.row();
 }
 
-bool
-FilteredRoomlistModel::filterAcceptsRow(int sourceRow, const QModelIndex &) const
-{
-        if (filterType == FilterBy::Nothing)
-                return true;
-        else if (filterType == FilterBy::Tag) {
-                auto tags = sourceModel()
-                              ->data(sourceModel()->index(sourceRow, 0), RoomlistModel::Tags)
-                              .toStringList();
-
-                return tags.contains(filterStr);
-        } else {
-                return true;
-        }
-}
-
 FilteredRoomlistModel::FilteredRoomlistModel(RoomlistModel *model, QObject *parent)
   : QSortFilterProxyModel(parent)
   , roomlistmodel(model)
@@ -502,6 +486,55 @@ FilteredRoomlistModel::FilteredRoomlistModel(RoomlistModel *model, QObject *pare
         sort(0);
 }
 
+void
+FilteredRoomlistModel::updateHiddenTagsAndSpaces()
+{
+        hiddenTags.clear();
+        hiddenSpaces.clear();
+        for (const auto &t : UserSettings::instance()->hiddenTags()) {
+                if (t.startsWith("tag:"))
+                        hiddenTags.push_back(t.mid(4));
+                else if (t.startsWith("space:"))
+                        hiddenSpaces.push_back(t.mid(6));
+        }
+
+        invalidateFilter();
+}
+
+bool
+FilteredRoomlistModel::filterAcceptsRow(int sourceRow, const QModelIndex &) const
+{
+        if (filterType == FilterBy::Nothing) {
+                if (!hiddenTags.empty()) {
+                        auto tags =
+                          sourceModel()
+                            ->data(sourceModel()->index(sourceRow, 0), RoomlistModel::Tags)
+                            .toStringList();
+
+                        for (const auto &t : tags)
+                                if (hiddenTags.contains(t))
+                                        return false;
+                }
+
+                return true;
+        } else if (filterType == FilterBy::Tag) {
+                auto tags = sourceModel()
+                              ->data(sourceModel()->index(sourceRow, 0), RoomlistModel::Tags)
+                              .toStringList();
+
+                if (!tags.contains(filterStr))
+                        return false;
+                else if (!hiddenTags.empty()) {
+                        for (const auto &t : tags)
+                                if (t != filterStr && hiddenTags.contains(t))
+                                        return false;
+                }
+                return true;
+        } else {
+                return true;
+        }
+}
+
 void
 FilteredRoomlistModel::toggleTag(QString roomid, QString tag, bool on)
 {
diff --git a/src/timeline/RoomlistModel.h b/src/timeline/RoomlistModel.h
index b89c9a54..b0244886 100644
--- a/src/timeline/RoomlistModel.h
+++ b/src/timeline/RoomlistModel.h
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ public slots:
                 invalidateFilter();
         }
 
+        void updateHiddenTagsAndSpaces();
+
 signals:
         void currentRoomChanged();
 
@@ -158,4 +160,5 @@ private:
         };
         QString filterStr   = "";
         FilterBy filterType = FilterBy::Nothing;
+        QStringList hiddenTags, hiddenSpaces;
 };
diff --git a/src/timeline/TimelineViewManager.cpp b/src/timeline/TimelineViewManager.cpp
index 2ee79d4f..c109d38e 100644
--- a/src/timeline/TimelineViewManager.cpp
+++ b/src/timeline/TimelineViewManager.cpp
@@ -201,6 +201,10 @@ TimelineViewManager::TimelineViewManager(CallManager *callManager, ChatPage *par
                           &CommunitiesModel::currentTagIdChanged,
                           ptr,
                           &FilteredRoomlistModel::updateFilterTag);
+                  connect(self->communities_,
+                          &CommunitiesModel::hiddenTagsChanged,
+                          ptr,
+                          &FilteredRoomlistModel::updateHiddenTagsAndSpaces);
                   return ptr;
           });
         qmlRegisterSingletonType<RoomlistModel>(