diff --git a/doc/CHANGES.md b/doc/CHANGES.md
index ff92fde3d..9281126e7 100644
--- a/doc/CHANGES.md
+++ b/doc/CHANGES.md
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ Change log
 You can now have perfect square cells (default) [723](https://github.com/gridstack/gridstack.js/issues/723)
 - fix [1299](https://github.com/gridstack/gridstack.js/pull/1299) many columns round-off error
 - fix [1102](https://github.com/gridstack/gridstack.js/issues/1102) loose functionality when they are moved to a new grid
+- add optional params to `removeWidget()` to have quiet mode (no callbacks)
 
 ## 1.2.0 (2020-08-01)
 
diff --git a/doc/README.md b/doc/README.md
index ffe5fba2e..6018ae8b2 100644
--- a/doc/README.md
+++ b/doc/README.md
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ gridstack.js API
   - [minWidth(el, val)](#minwidthel-val)
   - [movable(el, val)](#movableel-val)
   - [move(el, x, y)](#moveel-x-y)
-  - [removeWidget(el[, removeDOM])](#removewidgetel-removedom)
-  - [removeAll([removeDOM])](#removeallremovedom)
+  - [removeWidget(el, removeDOM = true, triggerEvent = true)](#removewidgetel-removedom--true-triggerevent--true)
+  - [removeAll(removeDOM = true)](#removeallremovedom--true)
   - [resize(el, width, height)](#resizeel-width-height)
   - [resizable(el, val)](#resizableel-val)
   - [save(): GridStackWidget[]](#save-gridstackwidget)
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ Parameters:
 - `el` - widget to move
 - `x`, `y` - new position. If value is `null` or `undefined` it will be ignored.
 
-### removeWidget(el[, removeDOM])
+### removeWidget(el, removeDOM = true, triggerEvent = true)
 
 Removes widget from the grid.
 
@@ -472,8 +472,9 @@ Parameters:
 
 - `el` - widget to remove.
 - `removeDOM` - if `false` node won't be removed from the DOM (Optional. Default `true`).
+- `triggerEvent` if `false` (quiet mode) element will not be added to removed list and no 'removed' callbacks will be called (Default `true`).
 
-### removeAll([removeDOM])
+### removeAll(removeDOM = true)
 
 Removes all widgets from the grid.
 
diff --git a/src/gridstack.ts b/src/gridstack.ts
index 764958d37..92e9765b2 100644
--- a/src/gridstack.ts
+++ b/src/gridstack.ts
@@ -895,6 +895,7 @@ export class GridStack {
    * Removes widget from the grid.
    * @param el  widget or selector to modify
    * @param removeDOM if `false` DOM element won't be removed from the tree (Default? true).
+   * @param triggerEvent if `false` (quiet mode) element will not be added to removed list and no 'removed' callbacks will be called (Default? true).
    */
   public removeWidget(els: GridStackElement, removeDOM = true, triggerEvent = true): GridStack {
     this.getElements(els).forEach(el => {