diff --git a/ippisite/ippidb/templates/base.html b/ippisite/ippidb/templates/base.html
index cc89079ad8119c61bfdd2a3cac9f09cd4423fe0b..47710d4f5da2f64ee7f4717ece428d1d7431b36e 100644
--- a/ippisite/ippidb/templates/base.html
+++ b/ippisite/ippidb/templates/base.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
         <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/bootstrap/css/bootstrap.min.css">
 
         <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/ippidb.css">
-         
+     
         <script src="/static/jquery/jquery-3.3.1.min.js"></script>
         <script src="/static/popper/popper.min.js"></script>
         <script src="/static/bootstrap/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
@@ -38,7 +38,12 @@
             var changeSelection = function(paramName){ 
                 var selectedFields = $('input[name='+ paramName +']:checked').map(function(_, el) { return $(el).val(); }).get(); 
                 modifyUrl(paramName, selectedFields); 
-            } 
+            }
+            var removeFromSelection = function(paramName, value){ 
+                var selectedFields = $('input[name='+ paramName +']:checked').map(function(_, el) { return $(el).val(); }).get(); 
+                selectedFields.remove(value);
+                modifyUrl(paramName, selectedFields); 
+            }
         </script>
 
     </head>
diff --git a/ippisite/ippidb/templates/compound_list.html b/ippisite/ippidb/templates/compound_list.html
index 21abc5ec12c60c82a8a5759a6b6621caf7fbcb8e..18ec47ec5be4937952d79fe1465adf2bbe5dfcb0 100644
--- a/ippisite/ippidb/templates/compound_list.html
+++ b/ippisite/ippidb/templates/compound_list.html
@@ -44,22 +44,22 @@
                 <span>&nbsp;-&nbsp;filters:&nbsp;</span>
                 {% if selected_ppis %}
                     {% for selected in selected_ppis %}
-                        {% include "selected_badge.html" with selected=selected %}
+                        {% include "selected_badge.html" with param_name="ppi" selected=selected %}
                     {% endfor %}
                 {% endif %}
                 {% if selected_diseases %}
                     {% for selected in selected_diseases %}
-                        {% include "selected_badge.html" with selected=selected %}
+                        {% include "selected_badge.html" with param_name="disease" selected=selected %}
                     {% endfor %}
                 {% endif %}
                 {% if selected_taxonomies %}
                     {% for selected in selected_taxonomies %}
-                        {% include "selected_badge.html" with selected=selected %}
+                        {% include "selected_badge.html" with param_name="taxonomy" selected=selected %}
                     {% endfor %}
                 {% endif %}
                 {% if selected_boundcomplexes %}
                     {% for selected in selected_boundcomplexes %}
-                        {% include "selected_badge.html" with selected=selected %}
+                        {% include "selected_badge.html" with param_name="boundcomplex" selected=selected %}
                     {% endfor %}
                 {% endif %}
             {% endif %}
diff --git a/ippisite/ippidb/templates/selected_badge.html b/ippisite/ippidb/templates/selected_badge.html
index d5a69cace79b1412a8f4f881f202c1f5456b6d05..69f8955b7a92ac252085a32e1b573b3648b27134 100644
--- a/ippisite/ippidb/templates/selected_badge.html
+++ b/ippisite/ippidb/templates/selected_badge.html
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 <span class="badge badge-info" style="font-size: 100%">{{ selected.name }}
-    <a href="#" style="color: white;" onclick="$('#selected-{{ selected.id}}')[0].click();"><i class="remove fa fa-times-circle"></i></a>
+    <a href="#" style="color: white;" onclick="removeFromSelection('{{ param_name }}', '{{ selected.id }}')"><i class="remove fa fa-times-circle"></i></a>
 </span>&nbsp;