diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 811814afa..2461b9473 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ crashlytics-build.properties
 Packages/packages-lock.json
 GameData/run.cc
 GameData/player.cc
+GameData/RemovedMods/
 Vault/Aetheria/.obsidian/plugins/copilot/data.json
 
 # Agent scratch, sandboxed toolchain caches, and throwaway checkouts. These had
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/ShipModCatalog.cs b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/ShipModCatalog.cs
index 653becda2..35dbc24c6 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/ShipModCatalog.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/ShipModCatalog.cs
@@ -189,6 +189,28 @@ public static class ShipModCatalog
         return (composition.Included.Length == 0 ? shippedCatalog : derivedCatalog, composition.Excluded);
     }
 
+    // The one uninstall: presence under Mods is the only enablement (MR1), so a package leaves by moving, never by deletion,
+    // to <parent of modsRoot>/RemovedMods/<package> ('<package> (2)' and on when taken). Moving it back reinstalls it.
+    // Returns the destination. Compose and ResolveCatalog never read RemovedMods.
+    public static string RemovePackage(string modsRoot, string package)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(package) || package == "." || package == ".." || package == "(all mods)" ||
+            package != Path.GetFileName(package) || package.IndexOfAny(Path.GetInvalidFileNameChars()) >= 0)
+            throw new ArgumentException("Not a mod package name.", nameof(package));
+        var source = Path.Combine(Path.GetFullPath(modsRoot), package);
+        if (!Directory.Exists(source)) throw new DirectoryNotFoundException("The package is not a directory under the mods folder.");
+        var removed = RemovedRoot(modsRoot);
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(removed);
+        var destination = Path.Combine(removed, package);
+        for (var copy = 2; Directory.Exists(destination) || File.Exists(destination); copy++)
+            destination = Path.Combine(removed, $"{package} ({copy})");
+        Directory.Move(source, destination);
+        return destination;
+    }
+
+    private static string RemovedRoot(string modsRoot) =>
+        Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(Path.GetFullPath(modsRoot)), "RemovedMods");
+
     private static Package Bind(HullData hull, ShipAuthoring ship, FactionProductData[] products, string directory, string path)
     {
         if (!string.Equals(Path.GetFileName(directory), ship.Id, StringComparison.Ordinal))
diff --git a/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/ShipModCatalogTests.cs b/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/ShipModCatalogTests.cs
index 188a82474..103755402 100644
--- a/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/ShipModCatalogTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/ShipModCatalogTests.cs
@@ -582,6 +582,53 @@ public sealed class ShipModCatalogTests : IDisposable
         Assert.Contains(ShipModCatalog.HullKey("mod.c").Value, Records(Derived).Keys);
     }
 
+    private string RemovedMods => Path.Combine(_directory.Path, "RemovedMods");
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void RemovePackageMovesItAsideAndTheNextBootDoesNotLoadIt()
+    {
+        WritePackage("mod.skiff");
+        var before = (Ship: Hash(Path.Combine(Mods, "mod.skiff", "ship.cc")), Glb: Hash(Path.Combine(Mods, "mod.skiff", "skiff.glb")));
+        Assert.Equal(Derived, ShipModCatalog.ResolveCatalog(Shipped, Derived, Mods).Catalog);
+
+        var destination = ShipModCatalog.RemovePackage(Mods, "mod.skiff");
+
+        Assert.Equal(Path.Combine(RemovedMods, "mod.skiff"), destination);
+        Assert.False(Directory.Exists(Path.Combine(Mods, "mod.skiff")));
+        Assert.Equal(before, (Hash(Path.Combine(destination, "ship.cc")), Hash(Path.Combine(destination, "skiff.glb"))));
+        Assert.Equal(Shipped, ShipModCatalog.ResolveCatalog(Shipped, Derived, Mods).Catalog);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void RemovingAPackageTwiceKeepsBothCopies()
+    {
+        WritePackage("mod.skiff");
+        ShipModCatalog.RemovePackage(Mods, "mod.skiff");
+        File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(RemovedMods, "mod.skiff", "marker.txt"), "first");
+        WritePackage("mod.skiff");
+        var second = ShipModCatalog.RemovePackage(Mods, "mod.skiff");
+
+        Assert.Equal(Path.Combine(RemovedMods, "mod.skiff (2)"), second);
+        Assert.Equal("first", File.ReadAllText(Path.Combine(RemovedMods, "mod.skiff", "marker.txt")));
+        Assert.False(File.Exists(Path.Combine(second, "marker.txt")));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void RemovePackageRefusesWhatIsNotAPackageDirectory()
+    {
+        WritePackage("mod.skiff");
+        File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(_directory.Path, "outside.txt"), "x");
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.Combine(_directory.Path, "Mods2"));
+        foreach (var name in new[] { "", ".", "..", "(all mods)", "a/b", "a\b", "../Mods", "missing" })
+            Assert.ThrowsAny<Exception>(() => ShipModCatalog.RemovePackage(Mods, name));
+        Assert.True(Directory.Exists(Mods));
+        Assert.True(Directory.Exists(Path.Combine(Mods, "mod.skiff")));
+        Assert.True(Directory.Exists(Path.Combine(_directory.Path, "Mods2")));
+        Assert.True(File.Exists(Path.Combine(_directory.Path, "outside.txt")));
+        Assert.False(Directory.Exists(RemovedMods));
+        Assert.Equal(new[] { "mod.skiff" }, Directory.GetDirectories(Mods).Select(Path.GetFileName));
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void TheBootCatalogIsTheShippedOneUntilAModIsInstalled()
     {