diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/posts-list/context-menu.hbs b/ghost/admin/app/components/posts-list/context-menu.hbs
index e607f61922..2943ac1da4 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/components/posts-list/context-menu.hbs
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/posts-list/context-menu.hbs
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 <ul class="gh-posts-context-menu dropdown-menu dropdown-triangle-top-left">
-    <li>
-        <button class="mr2" type="button" disabled {{on "click" @menu.close}}>
-            <span>Unpublish</span>
-        </button>
-    </li>
+
+    {{#if this.canUnpublishSelection}}
+        <li>
+            <button class="mr2" type="button" {{on "click" this.unpublishPosts}}>
+                <span>Unpublish</span>
+            </button>
+        </li>
+    {{/if}}
     {{#if this.canFeatureSelection}}
         {{#if this.shouldFeatureSelection }}
             <li>
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/posts-list/context-menu.js b/ghost/admin/app/components/posts-list/context-menu.js
index 094274e119..58a7214f22 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/components/posts-list/context-menu.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/posts-list/context-menu.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import Component from '@glimmer/component';
 import DeletePostsModal from './modals/delete-posts';
 import EditPostsAccessModal from './modals/edit-posts-access';
+import UnpublishPostsModal from './modals/unpublish-posts';
+import nql from '@tryghost/nql';
 import {action} from '@ember/object';
 import {inject as service} from '@ember/service';
 import {task} from 'ember-concurrency';
@@ -31,6 +33,16 @@ export default class PostsContextMenu extends Component {
         });
     }
 
+    @action
+    async unpublishPosts() {
+        this.menu.close();
+        await this.modals.open(UnpublishPostsModal, {
+            isSingle: this.selectionList.isSingle,
+            count: this.selectionList.count,
+            confirm: this.unpublishPostsTask
+        });
+    }
+
     @action
     async editPostsAccess() {
         this.menu.close();
@@ -56,6 +68,50 @@ export default class PostsContextMenu extends Component {
         return true;
     }
 
+    @task
+    *unpublishPostsTask(close) {
+        const updatedModels = this.selectionList.availableModels;
+        yield this.performBulkEdit('unpublish');
+
+        // Update the models on the client side
+        for (const post of updatedModels) {
+            if (post.status === 'published' || post.status === 'sent') {
+                // We need to do it this way to prevent marking the model as dirty
+                this.store.push({
+                    data: {
+                        id: post.id,
+                        type: 'post',
+                        attributes: {
+                            status: 'draft'
+                        }
+                    }
+                });
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Remove posts that no longer match the filter
+        this.updateFilteredPosts();
+
+        close();
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    updateFilteredPosts() {
+        const updatedModels = this.selectionList.availableModels;
+        const filter = this.selectionList.allFilter;
+        const filterNql = nql(filter);
+
+        const remainingModels = this.selectionList.infinityModel.content.filter((model) => {
+            if (!updatedModels.find(u => u.id === model.id)) {
+                return true;
+            }
+            return filterNql.queryJSON(model);
+        });
+        // Deleteobjects method from infintiymodel is broken for all models except the first page, so we cannot use this
+        this.infinity.replace(this.selectionList.infinityModel, remainingModels);
+    }
+
     @task
     *editPostsAccessTask(close, {visibility, tiers}) {
         const updatedModels = this.selectionList.availableModels;
@@ -80,6 +136,9 @@ export default class PostsContextMenu extends Component {
             });
         }
 
+        // Remove posts that no longer match the filter
+        this.updateFilteredPosts();
+
         close();
 
         return true;
@@ -116,7 +175,16 @@ export default class PostsContextMenu extends Component {
         if (!this.selectionList.isSingle) {
             return true;
         }
-        return this.selectionList.availableModels[0].get('status') !== 'sent';
+        return this.selectionList.availableModels[0]?.get('status') !== 'sent';
+    }
+
+    get canUnpublishSelection() {
+        for (const m of this.selectionList.availableModels) {
+            if (['published', 'sent'].includes(m.status)) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
     }
 
     @action
@@ -138,6 +206,9 @@ export default class PostsContextMenu extends Component {
             });
         }
 
+        // Remove posts that no longer match the filter
+        this.updateFilteredPosts();
+
         // Close the menu
         this.menu.close();
     }
@@ -161,6 +232,9 @@ export default class PostsContextMenu extends Component {
             });
         }
 
+        // Remove posts that no longer match the filter
+        this.updateFilteredPosts();
+
         // Close the menu
         this.menu.close();
     }
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/posts-list/modals/unpublish-posts.hbs b/ghost/admin/app/components/posts-list/modals/unpublish-posts.hbs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c50dafe25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/posts-list/modals/unpublish-posts.hbs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<div class="modal-content" data-test-modal="unpublish-posts">
+    <header class="modal-header">
+        <h1>Are you sure you want to unpublish {{if @data.isSingle 'this post' (concat @data.count ' posts')}}?</h1>
+    </header>
+    <button type="button" class="close" title="Close" {{on "click" (fn @close false)}} data-test-button="close">{{svg-jar "close"}}<span class="hidden">Close</span></button>
+
+    <div class="modal-body">
+        <p>
+            You're about to unpublish {{if @data.isSingle 'this post' (concat @data.count ' posts')}}.
+        </p>
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="modal-footer">
+        <button class="gh-btn" data-test-button="cancel" type="button" {{on "click" (fn @close false)}}><span>Cancel</span></button>
+
+         <GhTaskButton
+            @buttonText="Unpublish"
+            @runningText="Unpublishing"
+            @showSuccess={{false}}
+            @task={{@data.confirm}}
+            @taskArgs={{@close}}
+            @class="gh-btn gh-btn-red gh-btn-icon"
+            data-test-button="confirm"
+        />
+
+    </div>
+</div>
diff --git a/ghost/posts-service/lib/PostsService.js b/ghost/posts-service/lib/PostsService.js
index cc8599cc91..0b34b3aa9e 100644
--- a/ghost/posts-service/lib/PostsService.js
+++ b/ghost/posts-service/lib/PostsService.js
@@ -63,7 +63,14 @@ class PostsService {
         return model;
     }
 
+    #mergeFilters(...filters) {
+        return filters.filter(filter => filter).map(f => `(${f})`).join('+');
+    }
+
     async bulkEdit(data, options) {
+        if (data.action === 'unpublish') {
+            return await this.#updatePosts({status: 'draft'}, {filter: this.#mergeFilters('status:[published,sent]', options.filter)});
+        }
         if (data.action === 'feature') {
             return await this.#updatePosts({featured: true}, {filter: options.filter});
         }