diff --git a/api/system-current.txt b/api/system-current.txt
index b4a374f..7f79c70 100644
--- a/api/system-current.txt
+++ b/api/system-current.txt
@@ -26109,6 +26109,7 @@
     ctor public LogMaker(int);
     ctor public LogMaker(java.lang.Object[]);
     method public android.metrics.LogMaker addTaggedData(int, java.lang.Object);
+    method public android.metrics.LogMaker clearTaggedData(int);
     method public void deserialize(java.lang.Object[]);
     method public int getCategory();
     method public long getCounterBucket();
diff --git a/core/java/android/metrics/LogMaker.java b/core/java/android/metrics/LogMaker.java
index 2bf841c..83f30be 100644
--- a/core/java/android/metrics/LogMaker.java
+++ b/core/java/android/metrics/LogMaker.java
@@ -102,10 +102,13 @@
 
     /**
      * @param tag From your MetricsEvent enum.
-     * @param value One of Integer, Long, Float, String
-     * @return
+     * @param value One of Integer, Long, Float, or String; or null to clear the tag.
+     * @return modified LogMaker
      */
     public LogMaker addTaggedData(int tag, Object value) {
+        if (value == null) {
+            return clearTaggedData(tag);
+        }
         if (!isValidValue(value)) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                     "Value must be loggable type - int, long, float, String");
@@ -118,11 +121,21 @@
         return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Remove a value from the LogMaker.
+     *
+     * @param tag From your MetricsEvent enum.
+     * @return modified LogMaker
+     */
+    public LogMaker clearTaggedData(int tag) {
+        entries.delete(tag);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return true if this object may be added to a LogMaker as a value.
+     */
     public boolean isValidValue(Object value) {
-        if (value == null) {
-            Log.i("LogBuilder", "Logging a null value.");
-            return true;
-        }
         return value instanceof Integer ||
             value instanceof String ||
             value instanceof Long ||
diff --git a/core/tests/coretests/src/android/metrics/LogMakerTest.java b/core/tests/coretests/src/android/metrics/LogMakerTest.java
index 35d8d93..b0c394e 100644
--- a/core/tests/coretests/src/android/metrics/LogMakerTest.java
+++ b/core/tests/coretests/src/android/metrics/LogMakerTest.java
@@ -115,6 +115,13 @@
         assertEquals(10, out[1]);
     }
 
+    public void testClearData() {
+        LogMaker builder = new LogMaker(0);
+        builder.addTaggedData(1, "onetwothree");
+        builder.clearTaggedData(1);
+        assertEquals(null, builder.getTaggedData(1));
+    }
+
     public void testGiantLogOmitted() {
         LogMaker badBuilder = new LogMaker(0);
         StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder();