diff --git a/src/excmds.ts b/src/excmds.ts
index 1b84f4e7..3778ee83 100644
--- a/src/excmds.ts
+++ b/src/excmds.ts
@@ -4373,6 +4373,10 @@ export function comclear(name: string) {
 */
 //#background
 export async function bind(...args: string[]) {
+    if (args.includes("--recursive")) {
+        throw new Error("`--recursive` can only be called on unbind.")
+    }
+
     const args_obj = parse_bind_args(...args)
     let p = Promise.resolve()
     if (args_obj.excmd !== "") {
@@ -4830,7 +4834,10 @@ export function blacklistadd(url: string) {
     return autocmd("DocStart", url, "mode ignore")
 }
 
-/** Unbind a sequence of keys so that they do nothing at all.
+/**
+   Unbind a sequence of keys so that they do nothing at all.
+
+   Accepts the flag `--recursive` to unbind all binds that start with the specified key sequence, e.g. `:unbind --recursive ;` unbinds all the binds like `;f` `;F` `;;` etc.
 
     See also:
 
@@ -4840,6 +4847,17 @@ export function blacklistadd(url: string) {
 //#background
 export async function unbind(...args: string[]) {
     const args_obj = parse_bind_args(...args)
+
+    if (args_obj.isRecursive) {
+        const prefix = args_obj.key
+        const maps = config.get(args_obj.configName as keyof config.default_config)
+        for (const binding in maps) {
+            if (binding.startsWith(prefix)) {
+                config.set(args_obj.configName, binding, null)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     if (args_obj.excmd !== "") throw new Error("unbind syntax: `unbind key`")
     if (args_obj.mode == "browser") {
         const commands = await browser.commands.getAll()
diff --git a/src/lib/binding.ts b/src/lib/binding.ts
index 1d5981c0..a76f00d8 100644
--- a/src/lib/binding.ts
+++ b/src/lib/binding.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ interface bind_args {
     configName: string
     key: string
     excmd: string
+    isRecursive: boolean
 }
 
 export function parse_bind_args(...args: string[]): bind_args {
@@ -35,9 +36,21 @@ export function parse_bind_args(...args: string[]): bind_args {
     const result = {} as bind_args
     result.mode = "normal"
 
-    if (args[0].startsWith("--mode=")) {
-        result.mode = args.shift().replace("--mode=", "")
+    const flags = []; // --mode and --recursive
+    while (args[0].startsWith("--")) {
+        flags.push(args.shift());
     }
+
+    for (const flag of flags) {
+        if (flag.startsWith("--mode")) {
+            result.mode = flag.replace("--mode=", "");
+        } else if (flag == "--recursive") {
+            result.isRecursive = true;
+        } else {
+            throw new Error("Invalid bind/unbind arguments.");
+        }
+    }
+
     if (!mode2maps.has(result.mode)) {
         result.configName = result.mode + "maps"
     } else {