diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/mesh/mesh/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/mesh/mesh/mod.rs
index b4fecc066ddb61..fde82287d1f563 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/mesh/mesh/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/mesh/mesh/mod.rs
@@ -116,6 +116,16 @@ impl Mesh {
         );
     }
 
+    /// Removes the data for a vertex attribute
+    pub fn remove_attribute(
+        &mut self,
+        attribute: impl Into<MeshVertexAttributeId>,
+    ) -> Option<VertexAttributeValues> {
+        self.attributes
+            .remove(&attribute.into())
+            .map(|data| data.values)
+    }
+
     #[inline]
     pub fn contains_attribute(&self, id: impl Into<MeshVertexAttributeId>) -> bool {
         self.attributes.contains_key(&id.into())