diff --git a/libraries/WebServer/examples/Filters/Filters.ino b/libraries/WebServer/examples/Filters/Filters.ino
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b9cd80d93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/WebServer/examples/Filters/Filters.ino
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+#include <WiFi.h>
+#include <WiFiClient.h>
+#include <WebServer.h>
+#include <LEAmDNS.h>
+
+// Your STA WiFi Credentials
+// ( This is the AP your RP2040 will connect to )
+const char *ssid = "........";
+const char *password = "........";
+
+// Your AP WiFi Credentials
+// ( This is the AP your RP2040 will broadcast )
+const char *ap_ssid = "RP2040_Demo";
+const char *ap_password = "";
+
+WebServer server(80);
+
+const int led = LED_BUILTIN;
+
+// ON_STA_FILTER - Only accept requests coming from STA interface
+bool ON_STA_FILTER(HTTPServer &server) {
+  return WiFi.localIP() == server.client().localIP();
+}
+
+// ON_AP_FILTER - Only accept requests coming from AP interface
+bool ON_AP_FILTER(HTTPServer &server) {
+  return WiFi.softAPIP() == server.client().localIP();
+}
+
+void handleNotFound() {
+  digitalWrite(led, 1);
+  String message = "File Not Found\n\n";
+  message += "URI: ";
+  message += server.uri();
+  message += "\nMethod: ";
+  message += (server.method() == HTTP_GET) ? "GET" : "POST";
+  message += "\nArguments: ";
+  message += server.args();
+  message += "\n";
+  for (uint8_t i = 0; i < server.args(); i++) {
+    message += " " + server.argName(i) + ": " + server.arg(i) + "\n";
+  }
+  server.send(404, "text/plain", message);
+  digitalWrite(led, 0);
+}
+
+void setup(void) {
+  pinMode(led, OUTPUT);
+  digitalWrite(led, 0);
+  Serial.begin(115200);
+  WiFi.mode(WIFI_AP_STA);
+  // Connect to STA
+  WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
+  // Start AP
+  WiFi.softAP(ap_ssid, ap_password);
+  Serial.println("");
+
+  // Wait for connection
+  while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
+    delay(500);
+    Serial.print(".");
+  }
+  Serial.println("");
+  Serial.print("Connected to ");
+  Serial.println(ssid);
+  Serial.print("IP address: ");
+  Serial.println(WiFi.localIP());
+
+  if (MDNS.begin("picow")) {
+    Serial.println("MDNS responder started");
+  }
+
+  // This route will be accessible by STA clients only
+  server.on("/", [&]() {
+    digitalWrite(led, 1);
+    server.send(200, "text/plain", "Hi!, This route is accessible for STA clients only");
+    digitalWrite(led, 0);
+  }).setFilter(ON_STA_FILTER);
+
+  // This route will be accessible by AP clients only
+  server.on("/", [&]() {
+    digitalWrite(led, 1);
+    server.send(200, "text/plain", "Hi!, This route is accessible for AP clients only");
+    digitalWrite(led, 0);
+  }).setFilter(ON_AP_FILTER);
+
+  server.on("/inline", []() {
+    server.send(200, "text/plain", "this works as well");
+  });
+
+  server.onNotFound(handleNotFound);
+
+  server.begin();
+  Serial.println("HTTP server started");
+}
+
+void loop(void) {
+  server.handleClient();
+  MDNS.update();
+}
diff --git a/libraries/WebServer/src/HTTPServer.cpp b/libraries/WebServer/src/HTTPServer.cpp
index e95098bf4..697dd4f5b 100644
--- a/libraries/WebServer/src/HTTPServer.cpp
+++ b/libraries/WebServer/src/HTTPServer.cpp
@@ -207,22 +207,65 @@ void HTTPServer::requestAuthentication(HTTPAuthMethod mode, const char* realm, c
     send(401, String(FPSTR(mimeTable[html].mimeType)), authFailMsg);
 }
 
-void HTTPServer::on(const Uri &uri, HTTPServer::THandlerFunction handler) {
-    on(uri, HTTP_ANY, handler);
+RequestHandler& HTTPServer::on(const Uri &uri, HTTPServer::THandlerFunction handler) {
+    return on(uri, HTTP_ANY, handler);
 }
 
-void HTTPServer::on(const Uri &uri, HTTPMethod method, HTTPServer::THandlerFunction fn) {
-    on(uri, method, fn, _fileUploadHandler);
+RequestHandler& HTTPServer::on(const Uri &uri, HTTPMethod method, HTTPServer::THandlerFunction fn) {
+    return on(uri, method, fn, _fileUploadHandler);
 }
 
-void HTTPServer::on(const Uri &uri, HTTPMethod method, HTTPServer::THandlerFunction fn, HTTPServer::THandlerFunction ufn) {
-    _addRequestHandler(new FunctionRequestHandler(fn, ufn, uri, method));
+RequestHandler& HTTPServer::on(const Uri &uri, HTTPMethod method, HTTPServer::THandlerFunction fn, HTTPServer::THandlerFunction ufn) {
+    FunctionRequestHandler *handler = new FunctionRequestHandler(fn, ufn, uri, method);
+    _addRequestHandler(handler);
+    return *handler;
+}
+
+bool HTTPServer::removeRoute(const char *uri) {
+    return removeRoute(String(uri), HTTP_ANY);
+}
+
+bool HTTPServer::removeRoute(const char *uri, HTTPMethod method) {
+    return removeRoute(String(uri), method);
+}
+
+bool HTTPServer::removeRoute(const String &uri) {
+    return removeRoute(uri, HTTP_ANY);
+}
+
+bool HTTPServer::removeRoute(const String &uri, HTTPMethod method) {
+    bool anyHandlerRemoved = false;
+    RequestHandler *handler = _firstHandler;
+    RequestHandler *previousHandler = nullptr;
+
+    while (handler) {
+        if (handler->canHandle(method, uri)) {
+            if (_removeRequestHandler(handler)) {
+                anyHandlerRemoved = true;
+                // Move to the next handler
+                if (previousHandler) {
+                    handler = previousHandler->next();
+                } else {
+                    handler = _firstHandler;
+                }
+                continue;
+            }
+        }
+        previousHandler = handler;
+        handler = handler->next();
+    }
+
+    return anyHandlerRemoved;
 }
 
 void HTTPServer::addHandler(RequestHandler* handler) {
     _addRequestHandler(handler);
 }
 
+bool HTTPServer::removeHandler(RequestHandler *handler) {
+    return _removeRequestHandler(handler);
+}
+
 void HTTPServer::_addRequestHandler(RequestHandler* handler) {
     if (!_lastHandler) {
         _firstHandler = handler;
@@ -233,6 +276,32 @@ void HTTPServer::_addRequestHandler(RequestHandler* handler) {
     }
 }
 
+bool HTTPServer::_removeRequestHandler(RequestHandler *handler) {
+    RequestHandler *current = _firstHandler;
+    RequestHandler *previous = nullptr;
+
+    while (current != nullptr) {
+        if (current == handler) {
+            if (previous == nullptr) {
+                _firstHandler = current->next();
+            } else {
+                previous->next(current->next());
+            }
+
+            if (current == _lastHandler) {
+                _lastHandler = previous;
+            }
+
+            // Delete 'matching' handler
+            delete current;
+            return true;
+        }
+        previous = current;
+        current = current->next();
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
 void HTTPServer::serveStatic(const char* uri, FS& fs, const char* path, const char* cache_header) {
     _addRequestHandler(new StaticRequestHandler(fs, path, uri, cache_header));
 }
diff --git a/libraries/WebServer/src/HTTPServer.h b/libraries/WebServer/src/HTTPServer.h
index 50eb03018..82f9b7709 100644
--- a/libraries/WebServer/src/HTTPServer.h
+++ b/libraries/WebServer/src/HTTPServer.h
@@ -95,10 +95,16 @@ class HTTPServer {
     void requestAuthentication(HTTPAuthMethod mode = BASIC_AUTH, const char* realm = nullptr, const String& authFailMsg = String(""));
 
     typedef std::function<void(void)> THandlerFunction;
-    void on(const Uri &uri, THandlerFunction fn);
-    void on(const Uri &uri, HTTPMethod method, THandlerFunction fn);
-    void on(const Uri &uri, HTTPMethod method, THandlerFunction fn, THandlerFunction ufn); //ufn handles file uploads
+    typedef std::function<bool(HTTPServer &server)> FilterFunction;
+    RequestHandler& on(const Uri &uri, THandlerFunction fn);
+    RequestHandler& on(const Uri &uri, HTTPMethod method, THandlerFunction fn);
+    RequestHandler& on(const Uri &uri, HTTPMethod method, THandlerFunction fn, THandlerFunction ufn);  //ufn handles file uploads
+    bool removeRoute(const char *uri);
+    bool removeRoute(const char *uri, HTTPMethod method);
+    bool removeRoute(const String &uri);
+    bool removeRoute(const String &uri, HTTPMethod method);
     void addHandler(RequestHandler* handler);
+    bool removeHandler(RequestHandler *handler);
     void serveStatic(const char* uri, fs::FS& fs, const char* path, const char* cache_header = nullptr);
     void onNotFound(THandlerFunction fn);  //called when handler is not assigned
     void onFileUpload(THandlerFunction ufn); //handle file uploads
@@ -109,6 +115,9 @@ class HTTPServer {
     HTTPMethod method() {
         return _currentMethod;
     }
+    WiFiClient& client() {
+        return *_currentClient;
+    }
     HTTPUpload& upload() {
         return *_currentUpload;
     }
@@ -230,6 +239,7 @@ class HTTPServer {
         return _currentClient->write(b, l);
     }
     void _addRequestHandler(RequestHandler* handler);
+    bool _removeRequestHandler(RequestHandler *handler);
     void _handleRequest();
     void _finalizeResponse();
     ClientFuture _parseRequest(WiFiClient* client);
diff --git a/libraries/WebServer/src/Parsing.cpp b/libraries/WebServer/src/Parsing.cpp
index a0a88ef25..f404f221c 100644
--- a/libraries/WebServer/src/Parsing.cpp
+++ b/libraries/WebServer/src/Parsing.cpp
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ HTTPServer::ClientFuture HTTPServer::_parseRequest(WiFiClient* client) {
     //attach handler
     RequestHandler* handler;
     for (handler = _firstHandler; handler; handler = handler->next()) {
-        if (handler->canHandle(_currentMethod, _currentUri)) {
+        if (handler->canHandle(*this, _currentMethod, _currentUri)) {
             break;
         }
     }
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ HTTPServer::ClientFuture HTTPServer::_parseRequest(WiFiClient* client) {
             }
         }
 
-        if (!isForm && _currentHandler && _currentHandler->canRaw(_currentUri)) {
+        if (!isForm && _currentHandler && _currentHandler->canRaw(*this, _currentUri)) {
             log_v("Parse raw");
             _currentRaw.reset(new HTTPRaw());
             _currentRaw->status = RAW_START;
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ void HTTPServer::_parseArguments(String data) {
 
 void HTTPServer::_uploadWriteByte(uint8_t b) {
     if (_currentUpload->currentSize == HTTP_UPLOAD_BUFLEN) {
-        if (_currentHandler && _currentHandler->canUpload(_currentUri)) {
+        if (_currentHandler && _currentHandler->canUpload(*this, _currentUri)) {
             _currentHandler->upload(*this, _currentUri, *_currentUpload);
         }
         _currentUpload->totalSize += _currentUpload->currentSize;
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ bool HTTPServer::_parseForm(WiFiClient * client, String boundary, uint32_t len)
                         _currentUpload->totalSize = 0;
                         _currentUpload->currentSize = 0;
                         log_v("Start File: %s Type: %s", _currentUpload->filename.c_str(), _currentUpload->type.c_str());
-                        if (_currentHandler && _currentHandler->canUpload(_currentUri)) {
+                        if (_currentHandler && _currentHandler->canUpload(*this, _currentUri)) {
                             _currentHandler->upload(*this, _currentUri, *_currentUpload);
                         }
                         _currentUpload->status = UPLOAD_FILE_WRITE;
@@ -501,12 +501,12 @@ bool HTTPServer::_parseForm(WiFiClient * client, String boundary, uint32_t len)
                             }
                         }
                         // Found the boundary string, finish processing this file upload
-                        if (_currentHandler && _currentHandler->canUpload(_currentUri)) {
+                        if (_currentHandler && _currentHandler->canUpload(*this, _currentUri)) {
                             _currentHandler->upload(*this, _currentUri, *_currentUpload);
                         }
                         _currentUpload->totalSize += _currentUpload->currentSize;
                         _currentUpload->status = UPLOAD_FILE_END;
-                        if (_currentHandler && _currentHandler->canUpload(_currentUri)) {
+                        if (_currentHandler && _currentHandler->canUpload(*this, _currentUri)) {
                             _currentHandler->upload(*this, _currentUri, *_currentUpload);
                         }
                         log_v("End File: %s Type: %s Size: %d", _currentUpload->filename.c_str(), _currentUpload->type.c_str(), (int)_currentUpload->totalSize);
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ String HTTPServer::urlDecode(const String & text) {
 
 bool HTTPServer::_parseFormUploadAborted() {
     _currentUpload->status = UPLOAD_FILE_ABORTED;
-    if (_currentHandler && _currentHandler->canUpload(_currentUri)) {
+    if (_currentHandler && _currentHandler->canUpload(*this, _currentUri)) {
         _currentHandler->upload(*this, _currentUri, *_currentUpload);
     }
     return false;
diff --git a/libraries/WebServer/src/detail/RequestHandler.h b/libraries/WebServer/src/detail/RequestHandler.h
index f40a6ffc2..b5eb038ac 100644
--- a/libraries/WebServer/src/detail/RequestHandler.h
+++ b/libraries/WebServer/src/detail/RequestHandler.h
@@ -6,17 +6,43 @@
 class RequestHandler {
 public:
     virtual ~RequestHandler() { }
+
+    /*
+        note: old handler API for backward compatibility
+    */
+
     virtual bool canHandle(HTTPMethod method, String uri) {
-        (void) method;
-        (void) uri;
+        (void)method;
+        (void)uri;
         return false;
     }
     virtual bool canUpload(String uri) {
-        (void) uri;
+        (void)uri;
         return false;
     }
     virtual bool canRaw(String uri) {
-        (void) uri;
+        (void)uri;
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /*
+        note: new handler API with support for filters etc.
+    */
+
+    virtual bool canHandle(HTTPServer &server, HTTPMethod method, String uri) {
+        (void)server;
+        (void)method;
+        (void)uri;
+        return false;
+    }
+    virtual bool canUpload(HTTPServer &server, String uri) {
+        (void)server;
+        (void)uri;
+        return false;
+    }
+    virtual bool canRaw(HTTPServer &server, String uri) {
+        (void)server;
+        (void)uri;
         return false;
     }
     virtual bool handle(HTTPServer& server, HTTPMethod requestMethod, String requestUri) {
@@ -43,6 +69,11 @@ class RequestHandler {
         _next = r;
     }
 
+    virtual RequestHandler& setFilter(std::function<bool(HTTPServer&)> filter) {
+        (void)filter;
+        return *this;
+    }
+
 private:
     RequestHandler* _next = nullptr;
 
diff --git a/libraries/WebServer/src/detail/RequestHandlersImpl.h b/libraries/WebServer/src/detail/RequestHandlersImpl.h
index 39642b755..b355cfee0 100644
--- a/libraries/WebServer/src/detail/RequestHandlersImpl.h
+++ b/libraries/WebServer/src/detail/RequestHandlersImpl.h
@@ -51,9 +51,31 @@ class FunctionRequestHandler : public RequestHandler {
         return true;
     }
 
+    bool canHandle(HTTPServer &server, HTTPMethod requestMethod, String requestUri) override {
+        if (_method != HTTP_ANY && _method != requestMethod) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return _uri->canHandle(requestUri, pathArgs) && (_filter != NULL ? _filter(server) : true);
+    }
+    bool canUpload(HTTPServer &server, String requestUri) override {
+        if (!_ufn || !canHandle(server, HTTP_POST, requestUri)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+    bool canRaw(HTTPServer &server, String requestUri) override {
+        (void) requestUri;
+        if (!_ufn || _method == HTTP_GET || (_filter != NULL ? _filter(server) == false : false)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
     bool handle(HTTPServer& server, HTTPMethod requestMethod, String requestUri) override {
-        (void) server;
-        if (!canHandle(requestMethod, requestUri)) {
+        if (!canHandle(server, requestMethod, requestUri)) {
             return false;
         }
 
@@ -62,9 +84,8 @@ class FunctionRequestHandler : public RequestHandler {
     }
 
     void upload(HTTPServer& server, String requestUri, HTTPUpload& upload) override {
-        (void) server;
         (void) upload;
-        if (canUpload(requestUri)) {
+        if (canUpload(server, requestUri)) {
             _ufn();
         }
     }
@@ -72,14 +93,22 @@ class FunctionRequestHandler : public RequestHandler {
     void raw(HTTPServer& server, String requestUri, HTTPRaw& raw) override {
         (void)server;
         (void)raw;
-        if (canRaw(requestUri)) {
+        if (canRaw(server, requestUri)) {
             _ufn();
         }
     }
 
+    FunctionRequestHandler& setFilter(HTTPServer::FilterFunction filter) {
+        _filter = filter;
+        return *this;
+    }
+
 protected:
     HTTPServer::THandlerFunction _fn;
     HTTPServer::THandlerFunction _ufn;
+    // _filter should return 'true' when the request should be handled
+    // and 'false' when the request should be ignored
+    HTTPServer::FilterFunction _filter;
     Uri *_uri;
     HTTPMethod _method;
 };
@@ -109,8 +138,24 @@ class StaticRequestHandler : public RequestHandler {
         return true;
     }
 
+    bool canHandle(HTTPServer &server, HTTPMethod requestMethod, String requestUri) override {
+        if (requestMethod != HTTP_GET) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if ((_isFile && requestUri != _uri) || !requestUri.startsWith(_uri)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (_filter != NULL ? _filter(server) == false : false) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
     bool handle(HTTPServer& server, HTTPMethod requestMethod, String requestUri) override {
-        if (!canHandle(requestMethod, requestUri)) {
+        if (!canHandle(server, requestMethod, requestUri)) {
             return false;
         }
 
@@ -169,7 +214,15 @@ class StaticRequestHandler : public RequestHandler {
         return String(buff);
     }
 
+    StaticRequestHandler& setFilter(HTTPServer::FilterFunction filter) {
+        _filter = filter;
+        return *this;
+    }
+
 protected:
+    // _filter should return 'true' when the request should be handled
+    // and 'false' when the request should be ignored
+    HTTPServer::FilterFunction _filter;
     FS _fs;
     String _uri;
     String _path;