diff --git a/scripts/o3de/o3de/project_properties.py b/scripts/o3de/o3de/project_properties.py
index d8453a2c4f..7a9610a775 100644
--- a/scripts/o3de/o3de/project_properties.py
+++ b/scripts/o3de/o3de/project_properties.py
@@ -13,12 +13,13 @@ logging.basicConfig()
 def get_project_props(name: str = None, path: pathlib.Path = None) -> dict:
     proj_json = manifest.get_project_json_data(project_name=name, project_path=path)
     if not proj_json:
-        logger.error('Could not retrieve project.json file')
+        param = name if name else path
+        logger.error(f'Could not retrieve project.json file for {param}')
         return None
     return proj_json
 
 def edit_project_props(proj_path, proj_name, new_origin, new_display,
-                       new_summary, new_icon, new_tag) -> int:
+                       new_summary, new_icon, new_tag, remove_tag) -> int:
     proj_json = get_project_props(proj_name, proj_path)
     
     if not proj_json:
@@ -36,6 +37,14 @@ def edit_project_props(proj_path, proj_name, new_origin, new_display,
         if 'user_tags' not in proj_json:
             proj_json['user_tags'] = []
         proj_json['user_tags'].append(new_tag)
+    if remove_tag:
+        if 'user_tags' in proj_json:
+            if remove_tag in proj_json['user_tags']:
+                proj_json['user_tags'].remove(remove_tag)
+            else:
+                logger.warn(f'{remove_tag} not found in user_tags for removal.')
+        else:
+            logger.warn(f'user_tags property not found for removal of tag {remove_tag}.')
 
     manifest.save_o3de_manifest(proj_json, pathlib.Path(proj_path) / 'project.json')
     return 0
@@ -47,7 +56,8 @@ def _edit_project_props(args: argparse) -> int:
                                args.project_display,
                                args.project_summary,
                                args.project_icon,
-                               args.project_tag)
+                               args.project_tag,
+                               args.remove_tag)
 
 def add_parser_args(parser):
     group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group(required=True)
@@ -65,7 +75,9 @@ def add_parser_args(parser):
     group.add_argument('-pi', '--project-icon', type=str, required=False,
                        help='Sets the path to the projects icon resource.')
     group.add_argument('-pt', '--project-tag', type=str, required=False,
-                       help='Adds a tag to canonical user tags. These tags are intended for documentation and filtering.')
+                       help='Adds a tag to user tags. These tags are intended for documentation and filtering.')
+    group.add_argument('-rt', '--remove-tag', type=str, required=False,
+                       help='Removes a tag from user tags. These tags are intended for documentation and filtering.')
     parser.set_defaults(func=_edit_project_props)
 
 def add_args(subparsers) -> None: