diff --git a/webui/src/main/java/com/muwire/webui/FileManager.java b/webui/src/main/java/com/muwire/webui/FileManager.java
index 18d1a6c1..d3dba615 100644
--- a/webui/src/main/java/com/muwire/webui/FileManager.java
+++ b/webui/src/main/java/com/muwire/webui/FileManager.java
@@ -77,25 +77,23 @@ public class FileManager {
         core.getEventBus().publish(event);
     }
     
-    void unshareDirectory(String filePath) {
-        File directory = new File(filePath);
-        if (core.getMuOptions().getWatchedDirectories().contains(directory)) {
-            DirectoryUnsharedEvent event = new DirectoryUnsharedEvent();
-            event.setDirectory(directory);
+    void unshareFile(File file) {
+        if (file.isFile()) {
+            SharedFile sf = core.getFileManager().getFileToSharedFile().get(file);
+            if (sf == null)
+                return;
+
+            fileTree.remove(file);
+            revision++;
+            FileUnsharedEvent event = new FileUnsharedEvent();
+            event.setUnsharedFile(sf);
             core.getEventBus().publish(event);
+        } else {
+            if (core.getMuOptions().getWatchedDirectories().contains(file.getAbsolutePath())) {
+                DirectoryUnsharedEvent event = new DirectoryUnsharedEvent();
+                event.setDirectory(file);
+                core.getEventBus().publish(event);
+            }
         }
     }
-    
-    void unshareFile(String filePath) {
-        File file = new File(filePath);
-        SharedFile sf = core.getFileManager().getFileToSharedFile().get(file);
-        if (sf == null)
-            return;
-
-        fileTree.remove(file);
-        revision++;
-        FileUnsharedEvent event = new FileUnsharedEvent();
-        event.setUnsharedFile(sf);
-        core.getEventBus().publish(event);
-    }
 }
diff --git a/webui/src/main/java/com/muwire/webui/FilesServlet.java b/webui/src/main/java/com/muwire/webui/FilesServlet.java
index b824da18..7ce3574e 100644
--- a/webui/src/main/java/com/muwire/webui/FilesServlet.java
+++ b/webui/src/main/java/com/muwire/webui/FilesServlet.java
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ package com.muwire.webui;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
 
 import javax.servlet.ServletConfig;
 import javax.servlet.ServletException;
@@ -102,16 +105,18 @@ public class FilesServlet extends HttpServlet {
         if (action.equals("share")) {
             String file = req.getParameter("file");
             fileManager.share(file);
-        } else if (action.equals("unshareFile")) {
-            String files = req.getParameter("files");
-            for (String file : files.split(","))
-                fileManager.unshareFile(Base64.decodeToString(file));
-            String directories = req.getParameter("directories");
-            if (directories != null) {
-                for (String directory : directories.split(","))
-                    fileManager.unshareDirectory(Base64.decodeToString(directory));
+            resp.sendRedirect("/MuWire/Files.jsp");
+        } else if (action.equals("unshare")) {
+            String pathElements = req.getParameter("path");
+            File current = null;
+            for (String element : pathElements.split(",")) {
+                element = Base64.decodeToString(element);
+                if (current == null)
+                    current = new File(element);
+                else 
+                    current = new File(current, element);
             }
+            fileManager.unshareFile(current);
         }
-        resp.sendRedirect("/MuWire/Files.jsp");
     }
 }
diff --git a/webui/src/main/js/files.js b/webui/src/main/js/files.js
index c7a0ab49..09e58642 100644
--- a/webui/src/main/js/files.js
+++ b/webui/src/main/js/files.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class Node {
 	updateDiv() {
 		var div = document.getElementById(this.nodeId)
 		if (this.leaf) {
-			div.innerHTML = "<li>"+this.path+"</li>"
+			div.innerHTML = "<li>"+this.path+"<br/><a href='#' onclick='window.unshare(\"" + this.nodeId + "\");return false;'>Unshare</a></li>"
 		} else {
 			if (this.children.length == 0) {
 				div.innerHTML = "<li><span><a href='#' onclick='window.expand(\"" + this.nodeId + "\");return false'>" + 
@@ -215,8 +215,7 @@ function initFiles() {
 	root.updateDiv()
 }
 
-function expand(nodeId) {
-	var node = nodesById.get(nodeId)
+function encodedPathToRoot(node) {
 	var pathElements = []
 	var tmpNode = node
 	while(tmpNode.parent != null) {
@@ -227,7 +226,12 @@ function expand(nodeId) {
 	while(pathElements.length > 0)
 		reversedPath.push(pathElements.pop())
 	var encodedPath = reversedPath.join(",")
-	
+	return encodedPath	
+}
+
+function expand(nodeId) {
+	var node = nodesById.get(nodeId)
+	var encodedPath = encodedPathToRoot(node)	
 	var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest()
 	xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
 		if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
@@ -267,4 +271,20 @@ function collapse(nodeId) {
 	var node = nodesById.get(nodeId)
 	node.children = []
 	node.updateDiv()
+}
+
+function unshare(nodeId) {
+	var node = nodesById.get(nodeId)
+	var encodedPath = encodedPathToRoot(node)
+	var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest()
+	xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
+		if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
+			var parent = node.parent
+			collapse(parent.nodeId)
+			expand(parent.nodeId)
+		}
+	}
+	xmlhttp.open("POST", "/MuWire/Files", true)
+	xmlhttp.setRequestHeader('Content-type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
+	xmlhttp.send("action=unshare&path="+encodedPath)
 }
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