diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/controllers/admin-user-index.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/controllers/admin-user-index.js.es6
index cbba833b659..0d2ae55508e 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/controllers/admin-user-index.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/controllers/admin-user-index.js.es6
@@ -103,6 +103,16 @@ export default Ember.Controller.extend(CanCheckEmails, {
     anonymize() { return this.get('model').anonymize(); },
     disableSecondFactor() { return this.get('model').disableSecondFactor(); },
 
+
+    clearPenaltyHistory() {
+      let user = this.get('model');
+      return ajax(`/admin/users/${user.get('id')}/penalty_history`, {
+        type: 'DELETE'
+      }).then(() => {
+        user.set('tl3_requirements.penalty_counts.total', 0);
+      }).catch(popupAjaxError);
+    },
+
     destroy() {
       const postCount = this.get('model.post_count');
       if (postCount <= 5) {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/user-index.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/user-index.hbs
index aec1b986f20..e36f7cd4b5c 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/user-index.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/user-index.hbs
@@ -408,6 +408,21 @@
     </div>
   {{/if}}
 
+  {{#if model.tl3_requirements.penalty_counts.total}}
+    <div class='display-row clear-penalty-history'>
+      <div class='field'>{{i18n 'admin.user.penalty_count'}}</div>
+      <div class='value'>{{model.tl3_requirements.penalty_counts.total}}</div>
+      {{#if currentUser.admin}}
+        <div class='controls'>
+          {{d-button label="admin.user.clear_penalty_history.title"
+                     icon="times"
+                     action=(action "clearPenaltyHistory")}}
+          {{i18n "admin.user.clear_penalty_history.description"}}
+        </div>
+      {{/if}}
+    </div>
+  {{/if}}
+
 </section>
 
 {{#if currentUser.admin}}
diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb
index c43a3e8f05f..7b7f42096c0 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb
@@ -54,6 +54,46 @@ class Admin::UsersController < Admin::AdminController
     end
   end
 
+  # DELETE action to delete penalty history for a user
+  def penalty_history
+
+    # We don't delete any history, we merely remove the action type
+    # with a removed type. It can still be viewed in the logs but
+    # will not affect TL3 promotions.
+    sql = <<~SQL
+      UPDATE user_histories
+      SET action = CASE
+        WHEN action = :silence_user THEN :removed_silence_user
+        WHEN action = :unsilence_user THEN :removed_unsilence_user
+        WHEN action = :suspend_user THEN :removed_suspend_user
+        WHEN action = :unsuspend_user THEN :removed_unsuspend_user
+      END
+      WHERE target_user_id = :user_id
+        AND action IN (
+          :silence_user,
+          :suspend_user,
+          :unsilence_user,
+          :unsuspend_user
+        )
+    SQL
+
+    UserHistory.exec_sql(
+      sql,
+      UserHistory.actions.slice(
+        :silence_user,
+        :suspend_user,
+        :unsilence_user,
+        :unsuspend_user,
+        :removed_silence_user,
+        :removed_unsilence_user,
+        :removed_suspend_user,
+        :removed_unsuspend_user
+      ).merge(user_id: params[:user_id].to_i)
+    )
+
+    render json: success_json
+  end
+
   def suspend
     guardian.ensure_can_suspend!(@user)
     @user.suspended_till = params[:suspend_until]
diff --git a/app/models/user_history.rb b/app/models/user_history.rb
index 0a247331157..f500d831793 100644
--- a/app/models/user_history.rb
+++ b/app/models/user_history.rb
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ class UserHistory < ActiveRecord::Base
       create_badge: 57,
       change_badge: 58,
       delete_badge: 59,
+      removed_silence_user: 60,
+      removed_suspend_user: 61,
+      removed_unsilence_user: 62,
+      removed_unsuspend_user: 63,
     )
   end
 
@@ -90,6 +94,8 @@ class UserHistory < ActiveRecord::Base
       :change_site_text,
       :suspend_user,
       :unsuspend_user,
+      :removed_suspend_user,
+      :removed_unsuspend_user,
       :grant_badge,
       :revoke_badge,
       :check_email,
@@ -106,6 +112,8 @@ class UserHistory < ActiveRecord::Base
       :create_category,
       :silence_user,
       :unsilence_user,
+      :removed_silence_user,
+      :removed_unsilence_user,
       :grant_admin,
       :revoke_admin,
       :grant_moderation,
diff --git a/config/locales/client.en.yml b/config/locales/client.en.yml
index e936696bf8d..7e88bdbade5 100644
--- a/config/locales/client.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/client.en.yml
@@ -3365,6 +3365,8 @@ en:
             change_site_text: "change site text"
             suspend_user: "suspend user"
             unsuspend_user: "unsuspend user"
+            removed_suspend_user: "suspend user (removed)"
+            removed_unsuspend_user: "unsuspend user (removed)"
             grant_badge: "grant badge"
             revoke_badge: "revoke badge"
             check_email: "check email"
@@ -3379,6 +3381,8 @@ en:
             create_category: "create category"
             silence_user: "silence user"
             unsilence_user: "unsilence user"
+            removed_silence_user: "silence user (removed)"
+            removed_unsilence_user: "unsilence user (removed)"
             grant_admin: "grant admin"
             revoke_admin: "revoke admin"
             grant_moderation: "grant moderation"
@@ -3563,6 +3567,10 @@ en:
         penalty_post_delete: "Delete the post"
         penalty_post_edit: "Edit the post"
         penalty_post_none: "Do nothing"
+        penalty_count: "Penalty Count"
+        clear_penalty_history:
+          title: "Clear Penalty History"
+          description: "users with penalties cannot reach TL3"
 
         # keys ending with _MF use message format, see https://meta.discourse.org/t/message-format-support-for-localization/7035 for details
         delete_all_posts_confirm_MF: "You are about to delete {POSTS, plural, one {1 post} other {# posts}} and {TOPICS, plural, one {1 topic} other {# topics}}. Are you sure?"
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 71bcbaab242..8765881d63d 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ Discourse::Application.routes.draw do
         put "approve-bulk" => "users#approve_bulk"
         delete "reject-bulk" => "users#reject_bulk"
       end
+      delete "penalty_history", constraints: AdminConstraint.new
       put "suspend"
       put "delete_all_posts"
       put "unsuspend"
diff --git a/spec/requests/admin/users_controller_spec.rb b/spec/requests/admin/users_controller_spec.rb
index 8d665aea2ea..e13942e7792 100644
--- a/spec/requests/admin/users_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/admin/users_controller_spec.rb
@@ -47,4 +47,42 @@ RSpec.describe Admin::UsersController do
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe "#penalty_history" do
+    let(:moderator) { Fabricate(:moderator) }
+    let(:logger) { StaffActionLogger.new(admin) }
+
+    it "doesn't allow moderators to clear a user's history" do
+      sign_in(moderator)
+      delete "/admin/users/#{user.id}/penalty_history.json"
+      expect(response.code).to eq("404")
+    end
+
+    def find_logs(action)
+      UserHistory.where(target_user_id: user.id, action: UserHistory.actions[action])
+    end
+
+    it "allows admins to clear a user's history" do
+      logger.log_user_suspend(user, "suspend reason")
+      logger.log_user_unsuspend(user)
+      logger.log_unsilence_user(user)
+      logger.log_silence_user(user)
+
+      sign_in(admin)
+      delete "/admin/users/#{user.id}/penalty_history.json"
+      expect(response.code).to eq("200")
+
+      expect(find_logs(:suspend_user)).to be_blank
+      expect(find_logs(:unsuspend_user)).to be_blank
+      expect(find_logs(:silence_user)).to be_blank
+      expect(find_logs(:unsilence_user)).to be_blank
+
+      expect(find_logs(:removed_suspend_user)).to be_present
+      expect(find_logs(:removed_unsuspend_user)).to be_present
+      expect(find_logs(:removed_silence_user)).to be_present
+      expect(find_logs(:removed_unsilence_user)).to be_present
+    end
+
+  end
+
 end