diff --git a/frontend/src/components/settings/MaintenancePanel.vue b/frontend/src/components/settings/MaintenancePanel.vue
index 83356a6..e1391df 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/settings/MaintenancePanel.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/settings/MaintenancePanel.vue
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     <AllowlistTable class="mt-4" />
     <AliasTable class="mt-4" />
     <BackupCard class="mt-6" />
+    <TagMaintenanceCard class="mt-6" />
     <BrowserExtensionCard class="mt-6" />
     <LegacyMigrationCard class="mt-6" />
   </div>
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ import MLThresholdSliders from './MLThresholdSliders.vue'
 import AllowlistTable from './AllowlistTable.vue'
 import AliasTable from './AliasTable.vue'
 import BackupCard from './BackupCard.vue'
+import TagMaintenanceCard from './TagMaintenanceCard.vue'
 import BrowserExtensionCard from './BrowserExtensionCard.vue'
 import LegacyMigrationCard from './LegacyMigrationCard.vue'
 </script>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/settings/TagMaintenanceCard.vue b/frontend/src/components/settings/TagMaintenanceCard.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d82f0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/settings/TagMaintenanceCard.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+<template>
+  <v-card class="fc-tag-maint">
+    <v-card-title class="d-flex align-center" style="gap: 10px;">
+      <v-icon icon="mdi-tag-remove" size="small" />
+      <span>Tag maintenance</span>
+    </v-card-title>
+    <v-card-text>
+      <p class="fc-muted text-body-2 mb-4">
+        Remove tags with zero image associations and zero series-page
+        references. Auto-created tag rows that never got applied get
+        swept here.
+      </p>
+
+      <v-alert
+        v-if="store.lastError"
+        type="warning" variant="tonal" density="compact" class="mb-3"
+      >{{ store.lastError }}</v-alert>
+
+      <v-btn
+        color="accent" variant="flat" rounded="pill"
+        prepend-icon="mdi-magnify"
+        :loading="loadingPreview"
+        class="mb-3"
+        @click="onPreview"
+      >Preview unused tags</v-btn>
+
+      <div v-if="preview">
+        <p class="text-body-2 mb-2">
+          <strong>{{ preview.count }}</strong> unused tag(s).
+          <span v-if="preview.count > 50" class="fc-muted">
+            Showing first 50 names.
+          </span>
+        </p>
+        <div v-if="preview.sample_names?.length" class="fc-name-grid mb-3">
+          <span v-for="n in preview.sample_names" :key="n" class="fc-name">
+            {{ n }}
+          </span>
+        </div>
+        <v-btn
+          color="error" variant="flat" rounded="pill"
+          prepend-icon="mdi-delete-sweep"
+          :disabled="!preview.count"
+          :loading="committing"
+          @click="onCommit"
+        >Delete {{ preview.count }} unused tag(s)</v-btn>
+      </div>
+    </v-card-text>
+  </v-card>
+</template>
+
+<script setup>
+import { ref } from 'vue'
+
+import { useAdminStore } from '../../stores/admin.js'
+
+const store = useAdminStore()
+const preview = ref(null)
+const loadingPreview = ref(false)
+const committing = ref(false)
+
+async function onPreview() {
+  loadingPreview.value = true
+  try {
+    preview.value = await store.pruneUnusedTags({ dryRun: true })
+  } finally {
+    loadingPreview.value = false
+  }
+}
+
+async function onCommit() {
+  committing.value = true
+  try {
+    const result = await store.pruneUnusedTags({ dryRun: false })
+    preview.value = { count: 0, sample_names: result.sample_names || [] }
+  } finally {
+    committing.value = false
+  }
+}
+</script>
+
+<style scoped>
+.fc-tag-maint { border-radius: 8px; }
+.fc-muted { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant)); }
+.fc-name-grid {
+  display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 4px 8px;
+  max-height: 200px; overflow-y: auto;
+  padding: 8px; border-radius: 4px;
+  background: rgb(var(--v-theme-surface-light));
+}
+.fc-name {
+  font-family: 'JetBrains Mono', monospace;
+  font-size: 12px;
+  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant));
+}
+</style>