diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index b42d5e73..f3914872 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ jobs:
         run: cargo test --locked --all-features --all-targets
         env: # set this explicitly so integration tests will run
           FAKTORY_URL: tcp://127.0.0.1:7419
+      # commands executed during the following test affect all the queues on the Faktory server,
+      # so we perform this test in a dedicated - isolated - step, re-using the the Faktory container
+      - name: cargo test --locked (queue control actions)
+        run: cargo test --locked --all-features --all-targets queue_control_actions_wildcard -- --include-ignored
+        env: # set this explicitly so integration tests will run
+          FAKTORY_URL: tcp://127.0.0.1:7419
       # https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/6669
       - name: cargo test --doc
         run: cargo test --locked --all-features --doc
diff --git a/src/proto/client/mod.rs b/src/proto/client/mod.rs
index 997ecd9e..162c9b5d 100644
--- a/src/proto/client/mod.rs
+++ b/src/proto/client/mod.rs
@@ -312,6 +312,20 @@ where
             },
         }
     }
+
+    pub(crate) async fn perform_queue_action<Q>(
+        &mut self,
+        queues: &[Q],
+        action: QueueAction,
+    ) -> Result<(), Error>
+    where
+        Q: AsRef<str> + Sync,
+    {
+        self.issue(&QueueControl::new(action, queues))
+            .await?
+            .read_ok()
+            .await
+    }
 }
 
 impl<S> Client<S>
@@ -370,25 +384,54 @@ where
     }
 
     /// Pause the given queues.
+    ///
+    /// Passing a wildcard `&["*"]` as the value of the `queues` parameter
+    /// will pause all the queues. To be more explicit, you may want to call [`Client::queue_pause_all`]
+    /// shortcut method to pause all the queues.
     pub async fn queue_pause<Q>(&mut self, queues: &[Q]) -> Result<(), Error>
     where
         Q: AsRef<str> + Sync,
     {
-        self.issue(&QueueControl::new(QueueAction::Pause, queues))
-            .await?
-            .read_ok()
-            .await
+        self.perform_queue_action(queues, QueueAction::Pause).await
+    }
+
+    /// Pause all queues.
+    pub async fn queue_pause_all(&mut self) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        self.perform_queue_action(&["*"], QueueAction::Pause).await
     }
 
     /// Resume the given queues.
+    ///
+    /// Passing a wildcard `&["*"]` as the value of the `queues` parameter
+    /// will resume all the queues. To be more explicit, you may want to call [`Client::queue_resume_all`]
+    /// shortcut method to resume all the queues.
     pub async fn queue_resume<Q>(&mut self, queues: &[Q]) -> Result<(), Error>
     where
         Q: AsRef<str> + Sync,
     {
-        self.issue(&QueueControl::new(QueueAction::Resume, queues))
-            .await?
-            .read_ok()
-            .await
+        self.perform_queue_action(queues, QueueAction::Resume).await
+    }
+
+    /// Resume all queues.
+    pub async fn queue_resume_all(&mut self) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        self.perform_queue_action(&["*"], QueueAction::Resume).await
+    }
+
+    /// Remove the given queues.
+    ///
+    /// Beware, passing a wildcard `&["*"]` as the value of the `queues` parameter
+    /// will **remove** all the queues. To be more explicit, you may want to call [`Client::queue_remove_all`]
+    /// shortcut method to remove all the queues.
+    pub async fn queue_remove<Q>(&mut self, queues: &[Q]) -> Result<(), Error>
+    where
+        Q: AsRef<str> + Sync,
+    {
+        self.perform_queue_action(queues, QueueAction::Remove).await
+    }
+
+    /// Remove all queues.
+    pub async fn queue_remove_all(&mut self) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        self.perform_queue_action(&["*"], QueueAction::Remove).await
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/proto/single/cmd.rs b/src/proto/single/cmd.rs
index 54fb7115..13efb0ab 100644
--- a/src/proto/single/cmd.rs
+++ b/src/proto/single/cmd.rs
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ impl FaktoryCommand for PushBulk {
 pub(crate) enum QueueAction {
     Pause,
     Resume,
+    Remove,
 }
 
 pub(crate) struct QueueControl<'a, S>
@@ -298,6 +299,7 @@ where
         let command = match self.action {
             QueueAction::Pause => b"QUEUE PAUSE".as_ref(),
             QueueAction::Resume => b"QUEUE RESUME".as_ref(),
+            QueueAction::Remove => b"QUEUE REMOVE".as_ref(),
         };
         w.write_all(command).await?;
         write_queues(w, self.queues).await?;
diff --git a/tests/real/community.rs b/tests/real/community.rs
index eabf693f..bca63e41 100644
--- a/tests/real/community.rs
+++ b/tests/real/community.rs
@@ -253,41 +253,192 @@ async fn fail() {
 }
 
 #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
-async fn queue() {
+async fn queue_control_actions() {
     skip_check!();
-    let local = "pause";
+
+    let local_1 = "queue_control_pause_and_resume_1";
+    let local_2 = "queue_control_pause_and_resume_2";
 
     let (tx, rx) = sync::mpsc::channel();
-    let tx = sync::Arc::new(sync::Mutex::new(tx));
+    let tx_1 = sync::Arc::new(sync::Mutex::new(tx));
+    let tx_2 = sync::Arc::clone(&tx_1);
 
-    let mut w = WorkerBuilder::default()
+    let mut worker = WorkerBuilder::default()
         .hostname("tester".to_string())
-        .wid(WorkerId::new(local))
-        .register_fn(local, move |_job| {
-            let tx = sync::Arc::clone(&tx);
+        .wid(WorkerId::new(local_1))
+        .register_fn(local_1, move |_job| {
+            let tx = sync::Arc::clone(&tx_1);
+            Box::pin(async move { tx.lock().unwrap().send(true) })
+        })
+        .register_fn(local_2, move |_job| {
+            let tx = sync::Arc::clone(&tx_2);
             Box::pin(async move { tx.lock().unwrap().send(true) })
         })
         .connect(None)
         .await
         .unwrap();
 
-    let mut p = Client::connect(None).await.unwrap();
-    p.enqueue(Job::new(local, vec![Value::from(1)]).on_queue(local))
+    let mut client = Client::connect(None).await.unwrap();
+
+    // enqueue three jobs
+    client
+        .enqueue_many([
+            Job::new(local_1, vec![Value::from(1)]).on_queue(local_1),
+            Job::new(local_1, vec![Value::from(1)]).on_queue(local_1),
+            Job::new(local_1, vec![Value::from(1)]).on_queue(local_1),
+        ])
         .await
         .unwrap();
-    p.queue_pause(&[local]).await.unwrap();
 
-    let had_job = w.run_one(0, &[local]).await.unwrap();
+    // pause the queue
+    client.queue_pause(&[local_1]).await.unwrap();
+
+    // try to consume from that queue
+    let had_job = worker.run_one(0, &[local_1]).await.unwrap();
     assert!(!had_job);
     let worker_executed = rx.try_recv().is_ok();
     assert!(!worker_executed);
 
-    p.queue_resume(&[local]).await.unwrap();
+    // resume that queue and ...
+    client.queue_resume(&[local_1]).await.unwrap();
 
-    let had_job = w.run_one(0, &[local]).await.unwrap();
+    // ... be able to consume from it
+    let had_job = worker.run_one(0, &[local_1]).await.unwrap();
     assert!(had_job);
     let worker_executed = rx.try_recv().is_ok();
     assert!(worker_executed);
+
+    // push two jobs on the other queue (reminder: we got two jobs
+    // remaining on the first queue):
+    client
+        .enqueue_many([
+            Job::new(local_2, vec![Value::from(1)]).on_queue(local_2),
+            Job::new(local_2, vec![Value::from(1)]).on_queue(local_2),
+        ])
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+    // pause both queues the queues
+    client.queue_pause(&[local_1, local_2]).await.unwrap();
+
+    // try to consume from them
+    assert!(!worker.run_one(0, &[local_1]).await.unwrap());
+    assert!(!worker.run_one(0, &[local_2]).await.unwrap());
+    assert!(!rx.try_recv().is_ok());
+
+    // now, resume the queues and ...
+    client.queue_resume(&[local_1, local_2]).await.unwrap();
+
+    // ... be able to consume from both of them
+    assert!(worker.run_one(0, &[local_1]).await.unwrap());
+    assert!(rx.try_recv().is_ok());
+    assert!(worker.run_one(0, &[local_2]).await.unwrap());
+    assert!(rx.try_recv().is_ok());
+
+    // let's inspect the sever state
+    let server_state = client.info().await.unwrap();
+    let queues = &server_state.get("faktory").unwrap().get("queues").unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(*queues.get(local_1).unwrap(), 1); // 1 job remaining
+    assert_eq!(*queues.get(local_2).unwrap(), 1); // also 1 job remaining
+
+    // let's now remove the queues
+    client.queue_remove(&[local_1, local_2]).await.unwrap();
+
+    // though there _was_ a job in each queue, consuming from
+    // the removed queues will not yield anything
+    assert!(!worker.run_one(0, &[local_1]).await.unwrap());
+    assert!(!worker.run_one(0, &[local_2]).await.unwrap());
+    assert!(!rx.try_recv().is_ok());
+
+    // let's inspect the sever state again
+    let server_state = client.info().await.unwrap();
+    let queues = &server_state.get("faktory").unwrap().get("queues").unwrap();
+    // our queue are not even mentioned in the server report:
+    assert!(queues.get(local_1).is_none());
+    assert!(queues.get(local_2).is_none());
+}
+
+// Run the following test with:
+// FAKTORY_URL=tcp://127.0.0.1:7419 cargo test --locked --all-features --all-targets queue_control_actions_wildcard -- --include-ignored
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+#[ignore = "this test requires a dedicated test run since the commands being tested will affect all queues on the Faktory server"]
+async fn queue_control_actions_wildcard() {
+    skip_check!();
+
+    let local_1 = "queue_control_wildcard_1";
+    let local_2 = "queue_control_wildcard_2";
+
+    let (tx, rx) = sync::mpsc::channel();
+    let tx_1 = sync::Arc::new(sync::Mutex::new(tx));
+    let tx_2 = sync::Arc::clone(&tx_1);
+
+    let mut worker = WorkerBuilder::default()
+        .hostname("tester".to_string())
+        .wid(WorkerId::new(local_1))
+        .register_fn(local_1, move |_job| {
+            let tx = sync::Arc::clone(&tx_1);
+            Box::pin(async move { tx.lock().unwrap().send(true) })
+        })
+        .register_fn(local_2, move |_job| {
+            let tx = sync::Arc::clone(&tx_2);
+            Box::pin(async move { tx.lock().unwrap().send(true) })
+        })
+        .connect(None)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let mut client = Client::connect(None).await.unwrap();
+
+    // enqueue two jobs on each queue
+    client
+        .enqueue_many([
+            Job::new(local_1, vec![Value::from(1)]).on_queue(local_1),
+            Job::new(local_1, vec![Value::from(1)]).on_queue(local_1),
+            Job::new(local_2, vec![Value::from(1)]).on_queue(local_2),
+            Job::new(local_2, vec![Value::from(1)]).on_queue(local_2),
+        ])
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+    // pause all queues the queues
+    client.queue_pause_all().await.unwrap();
+
+    // try to consume from queues
+    assert!(!worker.run_one(0, &[local_1]).await.unwrap());
+    assert!(!worker.run_one(0, &[local_2]).await.unwrap());
+    assert!(!rx.try_recv().is_ok());
+
+    // now, resume all the queues and ...
+    client.queue_resume_all().await.unwrap();
+
+    // ... be able to consume from both of them
+    assert!(worker.run_one(0, &[local_1]).await.unwrap());
+    assert!(rx.try_recv().is_ok());
+    assert!(worker.run_one(0, &[local_2]).await.unwrap());
+    assert!(rx.try_recv().is_ok());
+
+    // let's inspect the sever state
+    let server_state = client.info().await.unwrap();
+    let queues = &server_state.get("faktory").unwrap().get("queues").unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(*queues.get(local_1).unwrap(), 1); // 1 job remaining
+    assert_eq!(*queues.get(local_2).unwrap(), 1); // also 1 job remaining
+
+    // let's now remove all the queues
+    client.queue_remove_all().await.unwrap();
+
+    // though there _was_ a job in each queue, consuming from
+    // the removed queues will not yield anything
+    assert!(!worker.run_one(0, &[local_1]).await.unwrap());
+    assert!(!worker.run_one(0, &[local_2]).await.unwrap());
+    assert!(!rx.try_recv().is_ok());
+
+    // let's inspect the sever state again
+    let server_state = client.info().await.unwrap();
+    let queues = &server_state.get("faktory").unwrap().get("queues").unwrap();
+
+    // our queue are not even mentioned in the server report:
+    assert!(queues.get(local_1).is_none());
+    assert!(queues.get(local_2).is_none());
 }
 
 #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]