diff --git a/public/openapi/write.yaml b/public/openapi/write.yaml
index 6b55e90783..3f90040ffe 100644
--- a/public/openapi/write.yaml
+++ b/public/openapi/write.yaml
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ paths:
     $ref: 'write/chats/roomId.yaml'
   /chats/{roomId}/users:
     $ref: 'write/chats/roomId/users.yaml'
+  /chats/{roomId}/users/{uid}:
+    $ref: 'write/chats/roomId/users/uid.yaml'
   /chats/{roomId}/{mid}:
     $ref: 'write/chats/roomId/mid.yaml'
   /flags/:
diff --git a/public/openapi/write/chats/roomId/users.yaml b/public/openapi/write/chats/roomId/users.yaml
index 2845338c57..150bccfab5 100644
--- a/public/openapi/write/chats/roomId/users.yaml
+++ b/public/openapi/write/chats/roomId/users.yaml
@@ -46,13 +46,52 @@ post:
             uids:
               type: array
               description: A list of valid uids
-              example: [2]
+              example: [2, 4]
               items:
                 type: number
                 description: A valid uid
   responses:
     '200':
       description: users successfully invited to chat room
+      content:
+        application/json:
+          schema:
+            type: object
+            properties:
+              status:
+                $ref: ../../../components/schemas/Status.yaml#/Status
+              response:
+                $ref: ../../../components/schemas/Chats.yaml#/RoomUserList
+delete:
+  tags:
+    - chats
+  summary: remove users from chat room
+  description: This operation removes (kicks) a user from a chat room
+  parameters:
+    - in: path
+      name: roomId
+      schema:
+        type: number
+      required: true
+      description: a valid chat room id
+      example: 1
+  requestBody:
+    required: true
+    content:
+      application/json:
+        schema:
+          type: object
+          properties:
+            uids:
+              type: array
+              description: A list of valid uids
+              example: [2]
+              items:
+                type: number
+                description: A valid uid
+  responses:
+    '200':
+      description: users successfully removed from chat room
       content:
         application/json:
           schema:
diff --git a/public/openapi/write/chats/roomId/users/uid.yaml b/public/openapi/write/chats/roomId/users/uid.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..96b31eb907
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/openapi/write/chats/roomId/users/uid.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+delete:
+  tags:
+    - chats
+  summary: remove one user from chat room
+  description: This operation removes (kicks) a single user from a chat room
+  parameters:
+    - in: path
+      name: roomId
+      schema:
+        type: number
+      required: true
+      description: a valid chat room id
+      example: 1
+    - in: path
+      name: uid
+      schema:
+        type: number
+      required: true
+      description: a valid user id
+      example: 4
+  responses:
+    '200':
+      description: user successfully removed from chat room
+      content:
+        application/json:
+          schema:
+            type: object
+            properties:
+              status:
+                $ref: ../../../../components/schemas/Status.yaml#/Status
+              response:
+                $ref: ../../../../components/schemas/Chats.yaml#/RoomUserList
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/src/client/chats.js b/public/src/client/chats.js
index 5ecee2bfdb..29e89aefe7 100644
--- a/public/src/client/chats.js
+++ b/public/src/client/chats.js
@@ -264,16 +264,9 @@ define('forum/chats', [
 		modal.on('click', '[data-action="kick"]', function () {
 			const uid = parseInt(this.getAttribute('data-uid'), 10);
 
-			socket.emit('modules.chats.removeUserFromRoom', {
-				roomId: roomId,
-				uid: uid,
-			}, function (err) {
-				if (err) {
-					return alerts.error(err);
-				}
-
-				Chats.refreshParticipantsList(roomId, modal);
-			});
+			api.delete(`/chats/${roomId}/users/${uid}`, {}).then((body) => {
+				Chats.refreshParticipantsList(roomId, modal, body);
+			}).catch(alerts.error);
 		});
 	};
 
diff --git a/src/api/chats.js b/src/api/chats.js
index 81c79e2841..4f8660ea2a 100644
--- a/src/api/chats.js
+++ b/src/api/chats.js
@@ -101,3 +101,15 @@ chatsAPI.invite = async (caller, data) => {
 	delete data.uids;
 	return chatsAPI.users(caller, data);
 };
+
+chatsAPI.kick = async (caller, data) => {
+	const uidsExist = await user.exists(data.uids);
+	if (!uidsExist.every(Boolean)) {
+		throw new Error('[[error:no-user]]');
+	}
+
+	await messaging.removeUsersFromRoom(caller.uid, data.uids, data.roomId);
+
+	delete data.uids;
+	return chatsAPI.users(caller, data);
+};
diff --git a/src/controllers/write/chats.js b/src/controllers/write/chats.js
index 0f2b554ac7..999eccb220 100644
--- a/src/controllers/write/chats.js
+++ b/src/controllers/write/chats.js
@@ -70,7 +70,22 @@ Chats.invite = async (req, res) => {
 };
 
 Chats.kick = async (req, res) => {
-	// ...
+	const users = await api.chats.kick(req, {
+		...req.body,
+		roomId: req.params.roomId,
+	});
+
+	helpers.formatApiResponse(200, res, users);
+};
+
+Chats.kickUser = async (req, res) => {
+	req.body.uids = [req.params.uid];
+	const users = await api.chats.kick(req, {
+		...req.body,
+		roomId: req.params.roomId,
+	});
+
+	helpers.formatApiResponse(200, res, users);
 };
 
 Chats.messages = {};
diff --git a/src/routes/write/chats.js b/src/routes/write/chats.js
index b1b62417d5..a211270c71 100644
--- a/src/routes/write/chats.js
+++ b/src/routes/write/chats.js
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ module.exports = function () {
 
 	setupApiRoute(router, 'get', '/:roomId/users', [...middlewares, middleware.assert.room], controllers.write.chats.users);
 	setupApiRoute(router, 'post', '/:roomId/users', [...middlewares, middleware.assert.room, middleware.checkRequired.bind(null, ['uids'])], controllers.write.chats.invite);
-	// setupApiRoute(router, 'delete', '/:roomId/users', [...middlewares, middleware.assert.room, middleware.checkRequired.bind(null, ['uids'])], controllers.write.chats.kick);
+	setupApiRoute(router, 'delete', '/:roomId/users', [...middlewares, middleware.assert.room, middleware.checkRequired.bind(null, ['uids'])], controllers.write.chats.kick);
+	setupApiRoute(router, 'delete', '/:roomId/users/:uid', [...middlewares, middleware.assert.room, middleware.assert.user], controllers.write.chats.kickUser);
 
 	setupApiRoute(router, 'get', '/:roomId/:mid', [...middlewares, middleware.assert.room, middleware.assert.message], controllers.write.chats.messages.get);
 	setupApiRoute(router, 'put', '/:roomId/:mid', [...middlewares, middleware.assert.room, middleware.assert.message], controllers.write.chats.messages.edit);
diff --git a/src/socket.io/modules.js b/src/socket.io/modules.js
index a199069ea4..0b6be7e34b 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/modules.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/modules.js
@@ -117,15 +117,17 @@ SocketModules.chats.addUserToRoom = async function (socket, data) {
 };
 
 SocketModules.chats.removeUserFromRoom = async function (socket, data) {
+	sockets.warnDeprecated(socket, 'DELETE /api/v3/chats/:roomId/users OR DELETE /api/v3/chats/:roomId/users/:uid');
+
 	if (!data || !data.roomId) {
 		throw new Error('[[error:invalid-data]]');
 	}
-	const exists = await user.exists(data.uid);
-	if (!exists) {
-		throw new Error('[[error:no-user]]');
-	}
 
-	await Messaging.removeUsersFromRoom(socket.uid, [data.uid], data.roomId);
+	// Revised API can accept multiple uids now
+	data.uids = [data.uid];
+	delete data.uid;
+
+	await api.chats.kick(socket, data);
 };
 
 SocketModules.chats.leave = async function (socket, roomid) {
diff --git a/test/api.js b/test/api.js
index 64857041f2..97d19470f6 100644
--- a/test/api.js
+++ b/test/api.js
@@ -390,6 +390,7 @@ describe('API', async () => {
 
 					try {
 						if (type === 'json') {
+							console.log(`calling ${url}`);
 							response = await request(url, {
 								method: method,
 								jar: !unauthenticatedRoutes.includes(path) ? jar : undefined,
@@ -418,7 +419,12 @@ describe('API', async () => {
 
 				it('response status code should match one of the schema defined responses', () => {
 					// HACK: allow HTTP 418 I am a teapot, for now   👇
-					assert(context[method].responses.hasOwnProperty('418') || Object.keys(context[method].responses).includes(String(response.statusCode)), `${method.toUpperCase()} ${path} sent back unexpected HTTP status code: ${response.statusCode}`);
+					try {
+						assert(context[method].responses.hasOwnProperty('418') || Object.keys(context[method].responses).includes(String(response.statusCode)), `${method.toUpperCase()} ${path} sent back unexpected HTTP status code: ${response.statusCode}`);
+					} catch (e) {
+						console.log(response.body);
+						throw e;
+					}
 				});
 
 				// Recursively iterate through schema properties, comparing type