diff --git a/milli/src/update/index_documents/mod.rs b/milli/src/update/index_documents/mod.rs
index d60006289..de40e0b9b 100644
--- a/milli/src/update/index_documents/mod.rs
+++ b/milli/src/update/index_documents/mod.rs
@@ -194,6 +194,39 @@ where
         Ok((self, Ok(deleted_documents)))
     }
 
+    /// Removes documents from db using their internal document ids.
+    ///
+    /// # Warning
+    ///
+    /// This function is dangerous and will only work correctly if:
+    ///
+    /// - All the passed ids currently exist in the database
+    /// - No batching using the standards `remove_documents` and `add_documents` took place
+    ///
+    /// TODO: make it impossible to call `remove_documents` or `add_documents` on an instance that calls this function.
+    pub fn remove_documents_from_db_no_batch(
+        mut self,
+        to_delete: &RoaringBitmap,
+    ) -> Result<(Self, u64)> {
+        puffin::profile_function!();
+
+        // Early return when there is no document to add
+        if to_delete.is_empty() {
+            return Ok((self, 0));
+        }
+
+        let deleted_documents = self
+            .transform
+            .as_mut()
+            .expect("Invalid document deletion state")
+            .remove_documents_from_db_no_batch(to_delete, self.wtxn, &self.should_abort)?
+            as u64;
+
+        self.deleted_documents += deleted_documents;
+
+        Ok((self, deleted_documents))
+    }
+
     #[logging_timer::time("IndexDocuments::{}")]
     pub fn execute(mut self) -> Result<DocumentAdditionResult> {
         puffin::profile_function!();
diff --git a/milli/src/update/index_documents/transform.rs b/milli/src/update/index_documents/transform.rs
index 186974bfe..5f5e698d3 100644
--- a/milli/src/update/index_documents/transform.rs
+++ b/milli/src/update/index_documents/transform.rs
@@ -481,6 +481,89 @@ impl<'a, 'i> Transform<'a, 'i> {
         Ok(documents_deleted)
     }
 
+    /// The counter part of `read_documents` that removes documents either from the transform or the database.
+    /// It can be called before, after or in between two calls of the `read_documents`.
+    ///
+    /// It needs to update all the internal datastructure in the transform.
+    /// - If the document is coming from the database -> it's marked as a to_delete document
+    /// - If the document to remove was inserted by the `read_documents` method before AND was present in the db,
+    ///   it's marked as `to_delete` + added into the grenad to ensure we don't reinsert it.
+    /// - If the document to remove was inserted by the `read_documents` method before but was NOT present in the db,
+    ///   it's added into the grenad to ensure we don't insert it + removed from the list of new documents ids.
+    /// - If the document to remove was not present in either the db or the transform we do nothing.
+    #[logging_timer::time]
+    pub fn remove_documents_from_db_no_batch<FA>(
+        &mut self,
+        to_remove: &RoaringBitmap,
+        wtxn: &mut heed::RwTxn,
+        should_abort: FA,
+    ) -> Result<usize>
+    where
+        FA: Fn() -> bool + Sync,
+    {
+        puffin::profile_function!();
+
+        let mut documents_deleted = 0;
+        let mut document_sorter_value_buffer = Vec::new();
+        let mut document_sorter_key_buffer = Vec::new();
+        let external_ids = self.index.external_id_of(wtxn, to_remove.iter())?;
+
+        for (to_remove, external_docid) in to_remove.iter().zip(external_ids) {
+            let external_docid = external_docid?;
+            if should_abort() {
+                return Err(Error::InternalError(InternalError::AbortedIndexation));
+            }
+            self.replaced_documents_ids.insert(to_remove);
+
+            // fetch the obkv document
+            let original_key = BEU32::new(to_remove);
+            let base_obkv = self
+                .index
+                .documents
+                .remap_data_type::<heed::types::ByteSlice>()
+                .get(wtxn, &original_key)?
+                .ok_or(InternalError::DatabaseMissingEntry {
+                    db_name: db_name::DOCUMENTS,
+                    key: None,
+                })?;
+
+            // Key is the concatenation of the internal docid and the external one.
+            document_sorter_key_buffer.clear();
+            document_sorter_key_buffer.extend_from_slice(&to_remove.to_be_bytes());
+            document_sorter_key_buffer.extend_from_slice(external_docid.as_bytes());
+            // push it as to delete in the original_sorter
+            document_sorter_value_buffer.clear();
+            document_sorter_value_buffer.push(Operation::Deletion as u8);
+            into_del_add_obkv(
+                KvReaderU16::new(base_obkv),
+                true,
+                false,
+                &mut document_sorter_value_buffer,
+            )?;
+            self.original_sorter
+                .insert(&document_sorter_key_buffer, &document_sorter_value_buffer)?;
+
+            // flatten it and push it as to delete in the flattened_sorter
+            let flattened_obkv = KvReader::new(base_obkv);
+            if let Some(obkv) = self.flatten_from_fields_ids_map(flattened_obkv)? {
+                // we recreate our buffer with the flattened documents
+                document_sorter_value_buffer.clear();
+                document_sorter_value_buffer.push(Operation::Deletion as u8);
+                into_del_add_obkv(
+                    KvReaderU16::new(&obkv),
+                    true,
+                    false,
+                    &mut document_sorter_value_buffer,
+                )?;
+            }
+            self.flattened_sorter.insert(to_remove.to_be_bytes(), &document_sorter_value_buffer)?;
+
+            documents_deleted += 1;
+        }
+
+        Ok(documents_deleted)
+    }
+
     // Flatten a document from the fields ids map contained in self and insert the new
     // created fields. Returns `None` if the document doesn't need to be flattened.
     fn flatten_from_fields_ids_map(&mut self, obkv: KvReader<FieldId>) -> Result<Option<Vec<u8>>> {