diff --git a/rxjava-core/src/main/java/rx/subscriptions/CompositeSubscription.java b/rxjava-core/src/main/java/rx/subscriptions/CompositeSubscription.java
index 326de38471..a94fd047ae 100644
--- a/rxjava-core/src/main/java/rx/subscriptions/CompositeSubscription.java
+++ b/rxjava-core/src/main/java/rx/subscriptions/CompositeSubscription.java
@@ -51,8 +51,36 @@ public CompositeSubscription(Subscription... subscriptions) {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Remove and unsubscribe all subscriptions but do not unsubscribe the outer CompositeSubscription.
+     */
+    public void clear() {
+        Collection<Throwable> es = null;
+        for (Subscription s : subscriptions.keySet()) {
+            try {
+                s.unsubscribe();
+                this.subscriptions.remove(s);
+            } catch (Throwable e) {
+                if (es == null) {
+                    es = new ArrayList<Throwable>();
+                }
+                es.add(e);
+            }
+        }
+        if (es != null) {
+            throw new CompositeException("Failed to unsubscribe to 1 or more subscriptions.", es);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Remove the {@link Subscription} and unsubscribe it.
+     * 
+     * @param s
+     */
     public void remove(Subscription s) {
         this.subscriptions.remove(s);
+        // also unsubscribe from it: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.reactive.disposables.compositedisposable.remove(v=vs.103).aspx
+        s.unsubscribe();
     }
 
     public boolean isUnsubscribed() {
diff --git a/rxjava-core/src/test/java/rx/subscriptions/CompositeSubscriptionTest.java b/rxjava-core/src/test/java/rx/subscriptions/CompositeSubscriptionTest.java
index ce23bf1d68..551a6b2f66 100644
--- a/rxjava-core/src/test/java/rx/subscriptions/CompositeSubscriptionTest.java
+++ b/rxjava-core/src/test/java/rx/subscriptions/CompositeSubscriptionTest.java
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 /**
  * Copyright 2013 Netflix, Inc.
- *
+ * 
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
+ * 
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
@@ -82,4 +82,66 @@ public void unsubscribe() {
         // we should still have unsubscribed to the second one
         assertEquals(1, counter.get());
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRemoveUnsubscribes() {
+        BooleanSubscription s1 = new BooleanSubscription();
+        BooleanSubscription s2 = new BooleanSubscription();
+
+        CompositeSubscription s = new CompositeSubscription();
+        s.add(s1);
+        s.add(s2);
+
+        s.remove(s1);
+
+        assertTrue(s1.isUnsubscribed());
+        assertFalse(s2.isUnsubscribed());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testClear() {
+        BooleanSubscription s1 = new BooleanSubscription();
+        BooleanSubscription s2 = new BooleanSubscription();
+
+        CompositeSubscription s = new CompositeSubscription();
+        s.add(s1);
+        s.add(s2);
+
+        assertFalse(s1.isUnsubscribed());
+        assertFalse(s2.isUnsubscribed());
+
+        s.clear();
+
+        assertTrue(s1.isUnsubscribed());
+        assertTrue(s1.isUnsubscribed());
+        assertFalse(s.isUnsubscribed());
+
+        BooleanSubscription s3 = new BooleanSubscription();
+
+        s.add(s3);
+        s.unsubscribe();
+
+        assertTrue(s3.isUnsubscribed());
+        assertTrue(s.isUnsubscribed());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testUnsubscribeIdempotence() {
+        final AtomicInteger counter = new AtomicInteger();
+        CompositeSubscription s = new CompositeSubscription();
+        s.add(new Subscription() {
+
+            @Override
+            public void unsubscribe() {
+                counter.incrementAndGet();
+            }
+        });
+
+        s.unsubscribe();
+        s.unsubscribe();
+        s.unsubscribe();
+
+        // we should have only unsubscribed once
+        assertEquals(1, counter.get());
+    }
 }