diff --git a/src/app/hydrus-api.service.ts b/src/app/hydrus-api.service.ts
index 190e2cf..8a930aa 100644
--- a/src/app/hydrus-api.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/hydrus-api.service.ts
@@ -411,7 +411,9 @@ export class HydrusApiService {
     service_names_to_tags?: ServiceNamesOrKeysToTags,
     service_keys_to_tags?: ServiceNamesOrKeysToTags,
     service_names_to_actions_to_tags?: ServiceNamesOrKeysToActionsToTags,
-    service_keys_to_actions_to_tags?: ServiceNamesOrKeysToActionsToTags
+    service_keys_to_actions_to_tags?: ServiceNamesOrKeysToActionsToTags,
+    override_previously_deleted_mappings?: boolean, // added in hydrus v580
+    create_new_deleted_mappings?: boolean // added in hydrus v580
   } & HydrusRequestFiles) {
     return this.apiPost<void>('add_tags/add_tags', data);
   }
diff --git a/src/app/hydrus-tags.service.ts b/src/app/hydrus-tags.service.ts
index 5cff0b4..9993886 100644
--- a/src/app/hydrus-tags.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/hydrus-tags.service.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export class HydrusTagsService {
     )
   }
 
-  deleteTagsFromLocalServiceFileIDs(file_ids: number[], tags: string[], serviceKey: string) {
+  deleteTagsFromLocalServiceFileIDs(file_ids: number[], tags: string[], serviceKey: string, create_new_deleted_mappings = false) {
     return this.api.addTags(
       {
         file_ids,
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ export class HydrusTagsService {
           [serviceKey]: {
             "1": tags
           }
-        }
+        },
+        create_new_deleted_mappings
       }
     )
   }
diff --git a/src/app/image-list-loader/image-list-loader.component.ts b/src/app/image-list-loader/image-list-loader.component.ts
index 41bd2ad..07535f6 100644
--- a/src/app/image-list-loader/image-list-loader.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/image-list-loader/image-list-loader.component.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { getLocalTagServices } from '../hydrus-services';
 import { TagInputDialogComponent } from '../tag-input-dialog/tag-input-dialog.component';
 import { HydrusTagsService } from '../hydrus-tags.service';
 import { union } from 'set-utilities';
+import { HydrusVersionService } from '../hydrus-version.service';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'app-image-list-loader',
@@ -48,7 +49,8 @@ export class ImageListLoaderComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges {
     private snackbar: MatSnackBar,
     private dialog: MatDialog,
     private errorService: ErrorService,
-    private tagsService: HydrusTagsService
+    private tagsService: HydrusTagsService,
+    private versionService: HydrusVersionService
   ) {
 
   }
@@ -242,7 +244,8 @@ export class ImageListLoaderComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges {
       })
       const dialogResult = await firstValueFrom(tagsDialog.afterClosed());
       if (dialogResult) {
-        if (!await ConfirmDialogComponent.confirmPromise(this.dialog, {
+        // the ability to disable creating new deleted mappings for tags that weren't on the file to begin with was added in hydrus v580
+        if (!await firstValueFrom(this.versionService.isAtLeastVersion(580)) && !await ConfirmDialogComponent.confirmPromise(this.dialog, {
           title: 'Delete tags from selected files?',
           description: `This will attempt to delete the selected tags from ${this.numSelected()} files. A deletion record will be created for the tags on all selected files, including those that do not currently have the tags.`,
         })) return;