diff --git a/gui/main_window.py b/gui/main_window.py
index e4fd349..7d5956e 100644
--- a/gui/main_window.py
+++ b/gui/main_window.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from PySide6 import QtCore, QtWidgets
+from PySide6 import QtCore, QtWidgets, QtGui
 from enum import Enum
 import webbrowser
 import plistlib
@@ -423,6 +423,11 @@ class MainWindow(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
         # update the value
         valueField.setText(new_str)
 
+    def delete_custom_gestalt_key(self, id: int, widget: QtWidgets.QWidget):
+        CustomGestaltTweaks.deactivate_tweak(id)
+        self.ui.customKeysLayout.removeWidget(widget)
+        widget.setParent(None)
+
     def on_addGestaltKeyBtn_clicked(self):
         # create a blank gestalt value with default value of 1
         key_identifier = CustomGestaltTweaks.create_tweak()
@@ -439,10 +444,17 @@ class MainWindow(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
         keyField.setPlaceholderText("Key")
         keyField.setAlignment(QtCore.Qt.AlignmentFlag.AlignLeft)
         keyField.setTextMargins(5, 0, 5, 0)
-        keyField.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 50, 0)
         keyField.textEdited.connect(lambda txt, id=key_identifier: CustomGestaltTweaks.set_tweak_key(id, txt))
         hlayout.addWidget(keyField)
 
+        # create the delete button
+        delBtn = QtWidgets.QToolButton(widget)
+        delBtn.setIcon(QtGui.QIcon(":/icon/trash.svg"))
+        delBtn.setStyleSheet("QToolButton { margin-right: 8px; background: none; border: none; }\nQToolButton:pressed { background: none; color: #FFFFFF; }")
+        delBtn.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 50, 0)
+        delBtn.clicked.connect(lambda _, id=key_identifier, w=widget: self.delete_custom_gestalt_key(id, w))
+        hlayout.addWidget(delBtn)
+
         # create the type dropdown
         valueTypeDrp = QtWidgets.QComboBox(widget)
         valueTypeDrp.setStyleSheet("QComboBox {\n	background-color: #3b3b3b;\n    border: none;\n    color: #e8e8e8;\n    font-size: 14px;\n	padding-left: 8px;\n	border-radius: 8px;\n}\n\nQComboBox::drop-down {\n    image: url(:/icon/caret-down-fill.svg);\n	icon-size: 16px;\n    subcontrol-position: right center;\n	margin-right: 8px;\n}\n\nQComboBox QAbstractItemView {\n	background-color: #3b3b3b;\n    outline: none;\n	margin-top: 1px;\n}\n\nQComboBox QAbstractItemView::item {\n	background-color: #3b3b3b;\n	color: #e8e8e8;\n    padding-left: 8px;\n}\n\nQComboBox QAbstractItemView::item:hover {\n    background-color: #535353;\n    color: #ffffff;\n}")
diff --git a/tweaks/custom_gestalt_tweaks.py b/tweaks/custom_gestalt_tweaks.py
index 15933e0..446d84f 100644
--- a/tweaks/custom_gestalt_tweaks.py
+++ b/tweaks/custom_gestalt_tweaks.py
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@ class CustomGestaltTweak:
     def __init__(self, tweak: MobileGestaltTweak, value_type: ValueType):
         self.tweak = tweak
         self.value_type = value_type
+        self.deactivated = False
 
     # TODO: change everything to not return the dict since it is passed by reference
     def apply_tweak(self, plist: dict) -> dict:
-        if self.tweak.key == "":
+        if self.deactivated or self.tweak.key == "":
             # key was not set, don't apply (maybe user added it by accident)
             return plist
         self.tweak.enabled = True
@@ -82,6 +83,10 @@ class CustomGestaltTweaks:
             new_str = "{  }"
         CustomGestaltTweaks.custom_tweaks[id].tweak.value = new_value
         return new_str
+    
+    def deactivate_tweak(id: int):
+        CustomGestaltTweaks.custom_tweaks[id].deactivated = True
+        CustomGestaltTweaks.custom_tweaks[id].tweak = None
 
     def apply_tweaks(plist: dict):
         for tweak in CustomGestaltTweaks.custom_tweaks: