diff --git a/Examples/Titanium.Web.Proxy.Examples.Basic/ProxyTestController.cs b/Examples/Titanium.Web.Proxy.Examples.Basic/ProxyTestController.cs
index 6e1b67067..7a27bc17d 100644
--- a/Examples/Titanium.Web.Proxy.Examples.Basic/ProxyTestController.cs
+++ b/Examples/Titanium.Web.Proxy.Examples.Basic/ProxyTestController.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ public class ProxyTestController
         public ProxyTestController()
         {
             proxyServer = new ProxyServer();
+
+            //generate root certificate without storing it in file system
+            //proxyServer.CertificateEngine = Network.CertificateEngine.BouncyCastle;
+            //proxyServer.CertificateManager.CreateTrustedRootCertificate(false);
+            //proxyServer.CertificateManager.TrustRootCertificate();
+
             proxyServer.ExceptionFunc = exception => Console.WriteLine(exception.Message);
             proxyServer.TrustRootCertificate = true;
 
@@ -92,6 +98,9 @@ public void Stop()
             proxyServer.ClientCertificateSelectionCallback -= OnCertificateSelection;
 
             proxyServer.Stop();
+
+            //remove the generated certificates
+            //proxyServer.CertificateManager.RemoveTrustedRootCertificates();
         }
 
         //intecept & cancel redirect or update requests
diff --git a/Titanium.Web.Proxy/Network/CertificateManager.cs b/Titanium.Web.Proxy/Network/CertificateManager.cs
index 1d11444f2..d3e7547de 100644
--- a/Titanium.Web.Proxy/Network/CertificateManager.cs
+++ b/Titanium.Web.Proxy/Network/CertificateManager.cs
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ public enum CertificateEngine
     /// <summary>
     /// A class to manage SSL certificates used by this proxy server
     /// </summary>
-    internal class CertificateManager : IDisposable
+    public class CertificateManager : IDisposable
     {
-        public CertificateEngine Engine
+        internal CertificateEngine Engine
         {
             get { return engine; }
             set
@@ -164,10 +164,13 @@ internal X509Certificate2 LoadRootCertificate()
         /// <summary>
         /// Attempts to create a RootCertificate
         /// </summary>
-        /// <returns>true if succeeded, else false</returns>
-        internal bool CreateTrustedRootCertificate()
+        /// <param name="persistToFile">if set to <c>true</c> try to load/save the certificate from rootCert.pfx.</param>
+        /// <returns>
+        /// true if succeeded, else false
+        /// </returns>
+        public bool CreateTrustedRootCertificate(bool persistToFile = true)
         {
-            if (RootCertificate == null)
+            if (persistToFile && RootCertificate == null)
             {
                 RootCertificate = LoadRootCertificate();
             }
@@ -186,7 +189,7 @@ internal bool CreateTrustedRootCertificate()
                 exceptionFunc(e);
             }
 
-            if (RootCertificate != null)
+            if (persistToFile && RootCertificate != null)
             {
                 try
                 {
@@ -205,7 +208,7 @@ internal bool CreateTrustedRootCertificate()
         /// <summary>
         /// Trusts the root certificate.
         /// </summary>
-        internal void TrustRootCertificate()
+        public void TrustRootCertificate()
         {
             //current user
             TrustRootCertificate(StoreLocation.CurrentUser);
@@ -214,6 +217,18 @@ internal void TrustRootCertificate()
             TrustRootCertificate(StoreLocation.LocalMachine);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Removes the trusted certificates.
+        /// </summary>
+        public void RemoveTrustedRootCertificates()
+        {
+            //current user
+            RemoveTrustedRootCertificates(StoreLocation.CurrentUser);
+
+            //current system
+            RemoveTrustedRootCertificates(StoreLocation.LocalMachine);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Create an SSL certificate
         /// </summary>
@@ -336,6 +351,46 @@ internal void TrustRootCertificate(StoreLocation storeLocation)
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Remove the Root Certificate trust
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="storeLocation"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        internal void RemoveTrustedRootCertificates(StoreLocation storeLocation)
+        {
+            if (RootCertificate == null)
+            {
+                exceptionFunc(
+                    new Exception("Could not set root certificate"
+                                  + " as system proxy since it is null or empty."));
+
+                return;
+            }
+
+            X509Store x509RootStore = new X509Store(StoreName.Root, storeLocation);
+            var x509PersonalStore = new X509Store(StoreName.My, storeLocation);
+
+            try
+            {
+                x509RootStore.Open(OpenFlags.ReadWrite);
+                x509PersonalStore.Open(OpenFlags.ReadWrite);
+
+                x509RootStore.Remove(RootCertificate);
+                x509PersonalStore.Remove(RootCertificate);
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                exceptionFunc(
+                    new Exception("Failed to make system trust root certificate "
+                                  + $" for {storeLocation} store location. You may need admin rights.", e));
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                x509RootStore.Close();
+                x509PersonalStore.Close();
+            }
+        }
+
         public void Dispose()
         {
         }
diff --git a/Titanium.Web.Proxy/ProxyServer.cs b/Titanium.Web.Proxy/ProxyServer.cs
index 75ee12fef..e0ce23bc3 100644
--- a/Titanium.Web.Proxy/ProxyServer.cs
+++ b/Titanium.Web.Proxy/ProxyServer.cs
@@ -24,11 +24,6 @@ public partial class ProxyServer : IDisposable
         /// </summary>
         private bool proxyRunning { get; set; }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Manages certificates used by this proxy
-        /// </summary>
-        private CertificateManager certificateManager { get; set; }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// An default exception log func
         /// </summary>
@@ -64,13 +59,18 @@ private FireFoxProxySettingsManager firefoxProxySettingsManager
         /// </summary>
         public int BufferSize { get; set; } = 8192;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Manages certificates used by this proxy
+        /// </summary>
+        public CertificateManager CertificateManager { get; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// The root certificate
         /// </summary>
         public X509Certificate2 RootCertificate
         {
-            get { return certificateManager.RootCertificate; }
-            set { certificateManager.RootCertificate = value; }
+            get { return CertificateManager.RootCertificate; }
+            set { CertificateManager.RootCertificate = value; }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ public X509Certificate2 RootCertificate
         /// </summary>
         public string RootCertificateIssuerName
         {
-            get { return certificateManager.Issuer; }
-            set { certificateManager.RootCertificateName = value; }
+            get { return CertificateManager.Issuer; }
+            set { CertificateManager.Issuer = value; }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ public string RootCertificateIssuerName
         /// </summary>
         public string RootCertificateName
         {
-            get { return certificateManager.RootCertificateName; }
-            set { certificateManager.Issuer = value; }
+            get { return CertificateManager.RootCertificateName; }
+            set { CertificateManager.RootCertificateName = value; }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ public bool TrustRootCertificate
         /// </summary>
         public CertificateEngine CertificateEngine
         {
-            get { return certificateManager.Engine; }
-            set { certificateManager.Engine = value; }
+            get { return CertificateManager.Engine; }
+            set { CertificateManager.Engine = value; }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ public ProxyServer(string rootCertificateName, string rootCertificateIssuerName)
             new FireFoxProxySettingsManager();
 #endif
 
-            certificateManager = new CertificateManager(ExceptionFunc);
+            CertificateManager = new CertificateManager(ExceptionFunc);
             if (rootCertificateName != null)
             {
                 RootCertificateName = rootCertificateName;
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ public void SetAsSystemHttpsProxy(ExplicitProxyEndPoint endPoint)
             EnsureRootCertificate();
 
             //If certificate was trusted by the machine
-            if (certificateManager.CertValidated)
+            if (CertificateManager.CertValidated)
             {
                 systemProxySettingsManager.SetHttpsProxy(
                     Equals(endPoint.IpAddress, IPAddress.Any) |
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ public void Start()
                 Listen(endPoint);
             }
 
-            certificateManager.ClearIdleCertificates(CertificateCacheTimeOutMinutes);
+            CertificateManager.ClearIdleCertificates(CertificateCacheTimeOutMinutes);
 
             proxyRunning = true;
         }
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ public void Stop()
 
             ProxyEndPoints.Clear();
 
-            certificateManager?.StopClearIdleCertificates();
+            CertificateManager?.StopClearIdleCertificates();
 
             proxyRunning = false;
         }
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ public void Dispose()
                 Stop();
             }
 
-            certificateManager?.Dispose();
+            CertificateManager?.Dispose();
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -543,13 +543,13 @@ private Task<ExternalProxy> GetSystemUpStreamProxy(SessionEventArgs sessionEvent
 
         private void EnsureRootCertificate()
         {
-            if (!certificateManager.CertValidated)
+            if (!CertificateManager.CertValidated)
             {
-                certificateManager.CreateTrustedRootCertificate();
+                CertificateManager.CreateTrustedRootCertificate();
 
                 if (TrustRootCertificate)
                 {
-                    certificateManager.TrustRootCertificate();
+                    CertificateManager.TrustRootCertificate();
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/Titanium.Web.Proxy/RequestHandler.cs b/Titanium.Web.Proxy/RequestHandler.cs
index b4fc6fa0c..37e41d8e6 100644
--- a/Titanium.Web.Proxy/RequestHandler.cs
+++ b/Titanium.Web.Proxy/RequestHandler.cs
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ private async Task HandleClient(ExplicitProxyEndPoint endPoint, TcpClient tcpCli
                     {
                         sslStream = new SslStream(clientStream, true);
 
-                        var certificate = endPoint.GenericCertificate ?? certificateManager.CreateCertificate(httpRemoteUri.Host, false);
+                        var certificate = endPoint.GenericCertificate ?? CertificateManager.CreateCertificate(httpRemoteUri.Host, false);
 
                         //Successfully managed to authenticate the client using the fake certificate
                         await sslStream.AuthenticateAsServerAsync(certificate, false,
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ private async Task HandleClient(TransparentProxyEndPoint endPoint, TcpClient tcp
                 var sslStream = new SslStream(clientStream, true);
 
                 //implement in future once SNI supported by SSL stream, for now use the same certificate
-                var certificate = certificateManager.CreateCertificate(endPoint.GenericCertificateName, false);
+                var certificate = CertificateManager.CreateCertificate(endPoint.GenericCertificateName, false);
 
                 try
                 {