diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 495aa33..a993bbd 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
 
 S3method("+",gg)
+S3method("-",gg)
 S3method(merge_element,default)
 S3method(merge_element,element)
 S3method(print,ggedit)
diff --git a/R/as.gglist.R b/R/as.gglist.R
index 577bd62..b1ea297 100644
--- a/R/as.gglist.R
+++ b/R/as.gglist.R
@@ -14,6 +14,40 @@ as.gglist <- function(p) {
   structure(p, class = cl)
 }
 
+#' @export
+#' @import ggplot2
+#' @importFrom plyr llply
+"-.gg" <- function(e1, e2) {
+  
+  pf <- proto_features(e2)
+  
+  if (inherits(e1, "gglist")) {
+    e3 <- as.gglist(
+      plyr::llply(e1, function(t1) {
+        geom <- tolower(gsub('^Geom','',pf$geom))
+        layers <- t1$layers
+        layer.type <- lapply(t1$layers, function(x) class(x$geom))
+        a.rm <- which(grepl(paste0("(?i)", geom), layer.type))
+        if(length(a.rm)>0){
+          remove_geom(t1, geom,max(a.rm)) 
+        }else{
+          t1
+        }
+      })
+    )
+  }else{
+    geom <- tolower(gsub('^Geom','',pf$geom))
+    layers <- e1$layers
+    layer.type <- lapply(e1$layers, function(x) class(x$geom))
+    a.rm <- which(grepl(paste0("(?i)", geom), layer.type))
+    e3 <- remove_geom(e1, geom, max(a.rm))
+  }
+  
+  attributes(e3) <- attributes(e1)
+  
+  e3
+}
+
 #' @export
 #' @import ggplot2
 #' @importFrom plyr llply
diff --git a/R/remove_geom.R b/R/remove_geom.R
index 10dd677..38ab57b 100644
--- a/R/remove_geom.R
+++ b/R/remove_geom.R
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ remove_geom <- function(p, geom, idx) {
 
   if (length(a.rm) >= idx) a.rm <- a.rm[idx]
   
-  p$labels[[names(layers[[a.rm]]$mapping)]] <- NULL
   layers <- layers[-a.rm]