diff --git a/src/core/player.rs b/src/core/player.rs
index 2b5300d..468d6a6 100644
--- a/src/core/player.rs
+++ b/src/core/player.rs
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@ impl PlayerConnection {
         Ok(deferred.await?)
     }
 
+    pub async fn leave_room(&mut self, room_id: RoomId) -> Result<()> {
+        let (promise, deferred) = oneshot();
+        self.player_handle.send(PlayerCommand::Cmd(Cmd::LeaveRoom { room_id, promise }, self.connection_id.clone())).await;
+        Ok(deferred.await?)
+    }
+
     pub async fn terminate(self) {
         self.player_handle
             .send(PlayerCommand::TerminateConnection(self.connection_id))
@@ -166,6 +172,10 @@ pub enum Cmd {
         room_id: RoomId,
         promise: Promise<RoomInfo>,
     },
+    LeaveRoom {
+        room_id: RoomId,
+        promise: Promise<()>,
+    },
     SendMessage {
         room_id: RoomId,
         body: String,
@@ -194,6 +204,10 @@ pub enum Updates {
         room_id: RoomId,
         new_member_id: PlayerId,
     },
+    RoomLeft {
+        room_id: RoomId,
+        former_member_id: PlayerId,
+    },
 }
 
 /// Handle to a player registry — a shared data structure containing information about players.
@@ -322,6 +336,18 @@ impl Player {
                 };
                 self.broadcast_update(update, connection_id).await;
             }
+            Cmd::LeaveRoom { room_id, promise } => {
+                let room = self.my_rooms.remove(&room_id);
+                if let Some(room) = room {
+                    room.unsubscribe(&self.player_id).await;
+                    let room_info = room.get_room_info().await;
+                }
+                promise.send(());
+                let update = Updates::RoomLeft {
+                    room_id, former_member_id: self.player_id.clone(),
+                };
+                self.broadcast_update(update, connection_id).await;
+            }
             Cmd::SendMessage {
                 room_id,
                 body,
diff --git a/src/core/room.rs b/src/core/room.rs
index 02bbb8b..d60da3c 100644
--- a/src/core/room.rs
+++ b/src/core/room.rs
@@ -99,6 +99,16 @@ impl RoomHandle {
         lock.add_subscriber(player_id, player_handle).await;
     }
 
+    pub async fn unsubscribe(&self, player_id: &PlayerId) {
+        let mut lock = self.0.write().await;
+        lock.subscriptions.remove(player_id);
+        let update = Updates::RoomLeft {
+            room_id: lock.room_id.clone(),
+            former_member_id: player_id.clone(),
+        };
+        lock.broadcast_update(update, player_id).await;
+    }
+
     pub async fn send_message(&self, player_id: PlayerId, body: String) {
         let lock = self.0.read().await;
         lock.send_message(player_id, body).await;
diff --git a/src/projections/irc/mod.rs b/src/projections/irc/mod.rs
index e343579..463314e 100644
--- a/src/projections/irc/mod.rs
+++ b/src/projections/irc/mod.rs
@@ -247,6 +247,14 @@ async fn handle_registered_socket<'a>(
                             writer.flush().await?
                         }
                     },
+                    Updates::RoomLeft { room_id, former_member_id } => {
+                        ServerMessage {
+                            tags: vec![],
+                            sender: Some(former_member_id.as_bytes().clone()),
+                            body: ServerMessageBody::Part(Chan::Global(room_id.as_bytes().clone())),
+                        }.write_async(writer).await?;
+                        writer.flush().await?
+                    },
                     Updates::NewMessage { author_id, room_id, body } => {
                         ServerMessage {
                             tags: vec![],
@@ -302,6 +310,9 @@ async fn handle_incoming_message(
             ClientMessage::Join(ref chan) => {
                 handle_join(&config, &user, user_handle, chan, writer).await?;
             }
+            ClientMessage::Part { chan, message } => {
+                handle_part(config, user, user_handle, &chan, writer).await?;
+            }
             ClientMessage::PrivateMessage { recipient, body } => match recipient {
                 Recipient::Chan(Chan::Global(chan)) => match String::from_utf8(body) {
                     Ok(body) => {
@@ -365,6 +376,30 @@ async fn handle_join(
     Ok(())
 }
 
+async fn handle_part(
+    config: &ServerConfig,
+    user: &RegisteredUser,
+    user_handle: &mut PlayerConnection,
+    chan: &Chan,
+    writer: &mut (impl AsyncWrite + Unpin),
+) -> Result<()> {
+    if let Chan::Global(chan_name) = chan {
+        let room_id = RoomId::from_bytes(chan_name.clone())?;
+        user_handle.leave_room(room_id).await?;
+        ServerMessage {
+            tags: vec![],
+            sender: Some(user.nickname.clone()),
+            body: ServerMessageBody::Part(Chan::Global(chan_name.clone())),
+        }
+        .write_async(writer)
+        .await?;
+        writer.flush().await?;
+    } else {
+        log::warn!("Local chans unsupported");
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 async fn produce_on_join_cmd_messages(
     config: &ServerConfig,
     user: &RegisteredUser,
diff --git a/src/protos/irc/server.rs b/src/protos/irc/server.rs
index 1e343c6..d81d351 100644
--- a/src/protos/irc/server.rs
+++ b/src/protos/irc/server.rs
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ pub enum ServerMessageBody {
         body: ByteVec,
     },
     Join(Chan),
+    Part(Chan),
     N001Welcome {
         client: ByteVec,
         text: ByteVec,
@@ -131,6 +132,10 @@ impl ServerMessageBody {
                 writer.write_all(b"JOIN ").await?;
                 chan.write_async(writer).await?;
             }
+            ServerMessageBody::Part(chan) => {
+                writer.write_all(b"PART ").await?;
+                chan.write_async(writer).await?;
+            }
             ServerMessageBody::N001Welcome { client, text } => {
                 writer.write_all(b"001 ").await?;
                 writer.write_all(&client).await?;