diff --git a/frontend/src/components/EventAdmin.tsx b/frontend/src/components/EventAdmin.tsx
index 9f4b994..729218a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/EventAdmin.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/EventAdmin.tsx
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ const EventAdmin: React.FC = () => {
     if (!event) return;
 
     try {
+      // Update event's needed_items
       const updatedItems = Array.isArray(event.needed_items) 
         ? event.needed_items.filter(item => item !== itemToRemove)
         : [];
@@ -316,9 +317,47 @@ const EventAdmin: React.FC = () => {
         ...event,
         needed_items: updatedItems
       });
+
+      // Update RSVPs to remove the item from any that had claimed it
+      const updatedRsvps = rsvps.map(rsvp => {
+        let currentItems = Array.isArray(rsvp.items_bringing) 
+          ? rsvp.items_bringing 
+          : typeof rsvp.items_bringing === 'string'
+            ? JSON.parse(rsvp.items_bringing)
+            : [];
+        
+        // Remove the item if it exists in this RSVP
+        if (currentItems.includes(itemToRemove)) {
+          const updatedRsvpItems = currentItems.filter(item => item !== itemToRemove);
+          // Update the RSVP in the database
+          axios.put(`/api/events/${slug}/rsvps/${rsvp.id}`, {
+            ...rsvp,
+            items_bringing: JSON.stringify(updatedRsvpItems)
+          });
+          return {
+            ...rsvp,
+            items_bringing: updatedRsvpItems
+          };
+        }
+        return rsvp;
+      });
+
+      // Recalculate claimed items
+      const claimed = new Set<string>();
+      updatedRsvps.forEach(rsvp => {
+        let rsvpItems = Array.isArray(rsvp.items_bringing) 
+          ? rsvp.items_bringing 
+          : typeof rsvp.items_bringing === 'string'
+            ? JSON.parse(rsvp.items_bringing)
+            : [];
+        rsvpItems.forEach(item => claimed.add(item));
+      });
       
+      // Update all state
       setEvent(prev => prev ? { ...prev, needed_items: updatedItems } : null);
       setNeededItems(prev => prev.filter(item => item !== itemToRemove));
+      setRsvps(updatedRsvps);
+      setClaimedItems(Array.from(claimed));
     } catch (error) {
       setError('Failed to remove item');
     }