diff --git a/interface/resources/qml/hifi/Pal.qml b/interface/resources/qml/hifi/Pal.qml
index 3438baa217..a57e76f864 100644
--- a/interface/resources/qml/hifi/Pal.qml
+++ b/interface/resources/qml/hifi/Pal.qml
@@ -502,6 +502,10 @@ Rectangle {
             ignored = {};
             gainSliderValueDB = {};
             break;
+        case 'avatarDisconnected':
+            var sessionID = message.params[0];
+            delete ignored[sessionID];
+            break;
         default:
             console.log('Unrecognized message:', JSON.stringify(message));
         }
diff --git a/interface/src/avatar/AvatarManager.cpp b/interface/src/avatar/AvatarManager.cpp
index 1f5726acba..b0dc9922ff 100644
--- a/interface/src/avatar/AvatarManager.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/avatar/AvatarManager.cpp
@@ -260,6 +260,10 @@ void AvatarManager::handleRemovedAvatar(const AvatarSharedPointer& removedAvatar
     }
     if (removalReason == KillAvatarReason::TheirAvatarEnteredYourBubble || removalReason == YourAvatarEnteredTheirBubble) {
         DependencyManager::get<NodeList>()->radiusIgnoreNodeBySessionID(avatar->getSessionUUID(), true);
+    } else if (removalReason == KillAvatarReason::AvatarDisconnected) {
+        // remove from node sets, if present
+        DependencyManager::get<NodeList>()->removeFromIgnoreMuteSets(avatar->getSessionUUID());
+        DependencyManager::get<UsersScriptingInterface>()->avatarDisconnected(avatar->getSessionUUID());
     }
     _avatarFades.push_back(removedAvatar);
 }
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/NodeList.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/NodeList.cpp
index 98a563c4e5..0fcd207b94 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/NodeList.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/NodeList.cpp
@@ -847,6 +847,16 @@ void NodeList::ignoreNodeBySessionID(const QUuid& nodeID, bool ignoreEnabled) {
     }
 }
 
+void NodeList::removeFromIgnoreMuteSets(const QUuid& nodeID) {
+    // don't remove yourself, or nobody
+    if (!nodeID.isNull() && _sessionUUID != nodeID) {
+        QWriteLocker ignoredSetLocker{ &_ignoredSetLock };
+        QWriteLocker personalMutedSetLocker{ &_personalMutedSetLock };
+        _ignoredNodeIDs.unsafe_erase(nodeID);
+        _personalMutedNodeIDs.unsafe_erase(nodeID);
+    }
+}
+
 bool NodeList::isIgnoringNode(const QUuid& nodeID) const {
     QReadLocker ignoredSetLocker{ &_ignoredSetLock };
     return _ignoredNodeIDs.find(nodeID) != _ignoredNodeIDs.cend();
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/NodeList.h b/libraries/networking/src/NodeList.h
index 5c477303e2..c4564c0889 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/NodeList.h
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/NodeList.h
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ public:
     bool getRequestsDomainListData() { return _requestsDomainListData; }
     void setRequestsDomainListData(bool isRequesting);
 
+    void removeFromIgnoreMuteSets(const QUuid& nodeID);
+
 public slots:
     void reset();
     void sendDomainServerCheckIn();
diff --git a/libraries/script-engine/src/UsersScriptingInterface.h b/libraries/script-engine/src/UsersScriptingInterface.h
index 0b6b7855b5..758868ac63 100644
--- a/libraries/script-engine/src/UsersScriptingInterface.h
+++ b/libraries/script-engine/src/UsersScriptingInterface.h
@@ -139,6 +139,13 @@ signals:
     */
     void usernameFromIDReply(const QString& nodeID, const QString& username, const QString& machineFingerprint);
 
+    /**jsdoc
+     * Notifies scripts that a user has disconnected from the domain
+     * @function Users.avatar.avatarDisconnected
+     * @param {nodeID} NodeID The session ID of the avatar that has disconnected
+     */
+    void avatarDisconnected(const QUuid& nodeID);
+
 private:
     bool getRequestsDomainListData();
     void setRequestsDomainListData(bool requests);
diff --git a/scripts/system/pal.js b/scripts/system/pal.js
index 5c5b84e3e8..fb0d2b310b 100644
--- a/scripts/system/pal.js
+++ b/scripts/system/pal.js
@@ -580,7 +580,10 @@ function onClicked() {
     }
     pal.setVisible(!pal.visible);
 }
-
+function avatarDisconnected(nodeID) {
+    // remove from the pal list
+    pal.sendToQml({method: 'avatarDisconnected', params: [nodeID]});
+}
 //
 // Button state.
 //
@@ -593,6 +596,8 @@ button.clicked.connect(onClicked);
 pal.visibleChanged.connect(onVisibleChanged);
 pal.closed.connect(off);
 Users.usernameFromIDReply.connect(usernameFromIDReply);
+Users.avatarDisconnected.connect(avatarDisconnected);
+
 function clearLocalQMLDataAndClosePAL() {
     pal.sendToQml({ method: 'clearLocalQMLData' });
     if (pal.visible) {
@@ -615,6 +620,7 @@ Script.scriptEnding.connect(function () {
     Window.domainConnectionRefused.disconnect(clearLocalQMLDataAndClosePAL);
     Messages.unsubscribe(CHANNEL);
     Messages.messageReceived.disconnect(receiveMessage);
+    Users.avatarDisconnected.disconnect(avatarDisconnected);
     off();
 });