diff --git a/examples/CaptivePortal/CaptivePortal.ino b/examples/CaptivePortal/CaptivePortal.ino
index 2cc5851..ed9dfff 100644
--- a/examples/CaptivePortal/CaptivePortal.ino
+++ b/examples/CaptivePortal/CaptivePortal.ino
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ class CaptiveRequestHandler : public AsyncWebHandler {
     virtual ~CaptiveRequestHandler() {}
 
     bool canHandle(__unused AsyncWebServerRequest* request) {
-      // request->addInterestingHeader("ANY");
       return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/examples/Filters/Filters.ino b/examples/Filters/Filters.ino
index b7bbcff..de5129a 100644
--- a/examples/Filters/Filters.ino
+++ b/examples/Filters/Filters.ino
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ class CaptiveRequestHandler : public AsyncWebHandler {
     virtual ~CaptiveRequestHandler() {}
 
     bool canHandle(__unused AsyncWebServerRequest* request) {
-      // request->addInterestingHeader("ANY");
       return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/AsyncEventSource.cpp b/src/AsyncEventSource.cpp
index 7e370ec..60c7429 100644
--- a/src/AsyncEventSource.cpp
+++ b/src/AsyncEventSource.cpp
@@ -374,8 +374,6 @@ bool AsyncEventSource::canHandle(AsyncWebServerRequest* request) {
   if (request->method() != HTTP_GET || !request->url().equals(_url)) {
     return false;
   }
-  request->addInterestingHeader(T_Last_Event_ID);
-  request->addInterestingHeader(T_Cookie);
   return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/AsyncJson.h b/src/AsyncJson.h
index bca3f24..42a2dc1 100644
--- a/src/AsyncJson.h
+++ b/src/AsyncJson.h
@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ class AsyncCallbackJsonWebHandler : public AsyncWebHandler {
       if (request_method != HTTP_GET && !request->contentType().equalsIgnoreCase(JSON_MIMETYPE))
         return false;
 
-      request->addInterestingHeader("ANY");
       return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/AsyncMessagePack.h b/src/AsyncMessagePack.h
index 57a8824..7fe7278 100644
--- a/src/AsyncMessagePack.h
+++ b/src/AsyncMessagePack.h
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ class AsyncCallbackMessagePackWebHandler : public AsyncWebHandler {
       if (request_method != HTTP_GET && !request->contentType().equalsIgnoreCase(asyncsrv::T_application_msgpack))
         return false;
 
-      request->addInterestingHeader("ANY");
       return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/AsyncWebSocket.cpp b/src/AsyncWebSocket.cpp
index 0b87cef..9ef0b5f 100644
--- a/src/AsyncWebSocket.cpp
+++ b/src/AsyncWebSocket.cpp
@@ -1078,13 +1078,6 @@ bool AsyncWebSocket::canHandle(AsyncWebServerRequest* request) {
   if (request->method() != HTTP_GET || !request->url().equals(_url) || !request->isExpectedRequestedConnType(RCT_WS))
     return false;
 
-  request->addInterestingHeader(WS_STR_CONNECTION);
-  request->addInterestingHeader(WS_STR_UPGRADE);
-  request->addInterestingHeader(WS_STR_ORIGIN);
-  request->addInterestingHeader(WS_STR_COOKIE);
-  request->addInterestingHeader(WS_STR_VERSION);
-  request->addInterestingHeader(WS_STR_KEY);
-  request->addInterestingHeader(WS_STR_PROTOCOL);
   return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/ESPAsyncWebServer.h b/src/ESPAsyncWebServer.h
index fe8e4c9..0fce863 100644
--- a/src/ESPAsyncWebServer.h
+++ b/src/ESPAsyncWebServer.h
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@ class AsyncWebServerRequest {
     AsyncWebServer* _server;
     AsyncWebHandler* _handler;
     AsyncWebServerResponse* _response;
-    std::vector<String> _interestingHeaders;
     ArDisconnectHandler _onDisconnectfn;
 
     String _temp;
@@ -206,7 +205,6 @@ class AsyncWebServerRequest {
     String _boundary;
     String _authorization;
     RequestedConnectionType _reqconntype;
-    void _removeNotInterestingHeaders();
     bool _isDigest;
     bool _isMultipart;
     bool _isPlainPost;
@@ -289,13 +287,16 @@ class AsyncWebServerRequest {
 
     void setHandler(AsyncWebHandler* handler) { _handler = handler; }
 
-    /**
-     * @brief add header to collect from a response
-     *
-     * @param name
-     */
-    void addInterestingHeader(const char* name);
-    void addInterestingHeader(const String& name) { return addInterestingHeader(name.c_str()); };
+#ifndef ESP8266
+    [[deprecated("All headers are now collected. Use removeHeadersExcept(name) if you really need to free some headers.")]]
+#endif
+    void addInterestingHeader(__unused const char* name) {
+    }
+#ifndef ESP8266
+    [[deprecated("All headers are now collected. Use removeHeadersExcept(name) if you really need to free some headers.")]]
+#endif
+    void addInterestingHeader(__unused const String& name) {
+    }
 
     /**
      * @brief issue 302 redirect response
@@ -411,6 +412,54 @@ class AsyncWebServerRequest {
     const AsyncWebHeader* getHeader(const __FlashStringHelper* data) const;
 #endif
     const AsyncWebHeader* getHeader(size_t num) const;
+    size_t getHeaderNames(std::vector<const char*>& names) const {
+      names.clear();
+      const size_t size = _headers.size();
+      names.reserve(size);
+      for (const auto& h : _headers) {
+        names.push_back(h.name().c_str());
+      }
+      return size;
+    }
+    const std::list<AsyncWebHeader>& getHeaders() const { return _headers; }
+    // Remove a header from the request.
+    // It will free the memory and prevent the header to be seen during request processing.
+    bool removeHeader(const char* name) {
+      const size_t size = _headers.size();
+      _headers.remove_if([&name](const AsyncWebHeader& header) { return header.name().equalsIgnoreCase(name); });
+      return size != _headers.size();
+    }
+    // Remove all request headers.
+    void removeHeaders() { _headers.clear(); }
+    // Remove all request headers with the given names.
+    void removeHeaders(std::vector<const char*>& namesToRemove) {
+      for (const char* name : namesToRemove)
+        removeHeader(name);
+    }
+    void removeHeaders(const char* names...) {
+      va_list args;
+      va_start(args, names);
+      for (const char* name = names; name != NULL; name = va_arg(args, const char*))
+        removeHeader(name);
+      va_end(args);
+    }
+    void removeHeadersExcept(std::vector<const char*>& namesToKeep) {
+      _headers.remove_if([&namesToKeep](const AsyncWebHeader& header) {
+        for (const char* name : namesToKeep)
+          if (header.name().equalsIgnoreCase(name))
+            return false;
+        return true;
+      });
+    }
+    void removeHeadersExcept(const char* names...) {
+      va_list args;
+      va_start(args, names);
+      std::vector<const char*> namesToKeep;
+      for (const char* name = names; name != NULL; name = va_arg(args, const char*))
+        namesToKeep.push_back(name);
+      va_end(args);
+      removeHeadersExcept(namesToKeep);
+    }
 
     size_t params() const; // get arguments count
     bool hasParam(const char* name, bool post = false, bool file = false) const;
diff --git a/src/WebHandlerImpl.h b/src/WebHandlerImpl.h
index b07e013..8ee2a65 100644
--- a/src/WebHandlerImpl.h
+++ b/src/WebHandlerImpl.h
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ class AsyncCallbackWebHandler : public AsyncWebHandler {
       } else if (_uri.length() && (_uri != request->url() && !request->url().startsWith(_uri + "/")))
         return false;
 
-      request->addInterestingHeader("ANY");
       return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/WebHandlers.cpp b/src/WebHandlers.cpp
index d904a39..b87db7f 100644
--- a/src/WebHandlers.cpp
+++ b/src/WebHandlers.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 
 using namespace asyncsrv;
 
-
 AsyncStaticWebHandler::AsyncStaticWebHandler(const char* uri, FS& fs, const char* path, const char* cache_control)
     : _fs(fs), _uri(uri), _path(path), _default_file(F("index.htm")), _cache_control(cache_control), _last_modified(), _callback(nullptr) {
   // Ensure leading '/'
@@ -94,18 +93,7 @@ bool AsyncStaticWebHandler::canHandle(AsyncWebServerRequest* request) {
   if (request->method() != HTTP_GET || !request->url().startsWith(_uri) || !request->isExpectedRequestedConnType(RCT_DEFAULT, RCT_HTTP)) {
     return false;
   }
-  if (_getFile(request)) {
-    // We interested in "If-Modified-Since" header to check if file was modified
-    if (_last_modified.length())
-      request->addInterestingHeader(F("If-Modified-Since"));
-
-    if (_cache_control.length())
-      request->addInterestingHeader(F("If-None-Match"));
-
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  return false;
+  return _getFile(request);
 }
 
 bool AsyncStaticWebHandler::_getFile(AsyncWebServerRequest* request) {
diff --git a/src/WebRequest.cpp b/src/WebRequest.cpp
index 022911e..da17d7a 100644
--- a/src/WebRequest.cpp
+++ b/src/WebRequest.cpp
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ AsyncWebServerRequest::~AsyncWebServerRequest() {
 
   _pathParams.clear();
 
-  _interestingHeaders.clear();
-
   if (_response != NULL) {
     delete _response;
   }
@@ -152,20 +150,6 @@ void AsyncWebServerRequest::_onData(void* buf, size_t len) {
   }
 }
 
-void AsyncWebServerRequest::_removeNotInterestingHeaders() {
-  if (std::any_of(std::begin(_interestingHeaders), std::end(_interestingHeaders), [](const String& str) { return str.equalsIgnoreCase(T_ANY); }))
-    return; // nothing to do
-
-  for (auto iter = std::begin(_headers); iter != std::end(_headers);) {
-    const auto name = iter->name();
-
-    if (std::none_of(std::begin(_interestingHeaders), std::end(_interestingHeaders), [&name](const String& str) { return str.equalsIgnoreCase(name); }))
-      iter = _headers.erase(iter);
-    else
-      iter++;
-  }
-}
-
 void AsyncWebServerRequest::_onPoll() {
   // os_printf("p\n");
   if (_response != NULL && _client != NULL && _client->canSend()) {
@@ -583,7 +567,6 @@ void AsyncWebServerRequest::_parseLine() {
       // end of headers
       _server->_rewriteRequest(this);
       _server->_attachHandler(this);
-      _removeNotInterestingHeaders();
       if (_expectingContinue) {
         String response(T_HTTP_100_CONT);
         _client->write(response.c_str(), response.length());
@@ -683,11 +666,6 @@ const AsyncWebParameter* AsyncWebServerRequest::getParam(size_t num) const {
   return &(*std::next(_params.cbegin(), num));
 }
 
-void AsyncWebServerRequest::addInterestingHeader(const char* name) {
-  if (std::none_of(std::begin(_interestingHeaders), std::end(_interestingHeaders), [&name](const String& str) { return str.equalsIgnoreCase(name); }))
-    _interestingHeaders.emplace_back(name);
-}
-
 AsyncWebServerResponse* AsyncWebServerRequest::beginResponse(int code, const char* contentType, const char* content, AwsTemplateProcessor callback) {
   if (callback)
     return new AsyncProgmemResponse(code, contentType, (const uint8_t*)content, strlen(content), callback);
diff --git a/src/WebServer.cpp b/src/WebServer.cpp
index 58fdf60..06fad78 100644
--- a/src/WebServer.cpp
+++ b/src/WebServer.cpp
@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@ void AsyncWebServer::_attachHandler(AsyncWebServerRequest* request) {
     }
   }
 
-  request->addInterestingHeader(T_ANY);
   request->setHandler(_catchAllHandler);
 }