diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_transformers/beautiful_soup_transformer.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_transformers/beautiful_soup_transformer.py
index 45723dfff2..b70af98789 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_transformers/beautiful_soup_transformer.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_transformers/beautiful_soup_transformer.py
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ class BeautifulSoupTransformer(BaseDocumentTransformer):
         unwanted_tags: List[str] = ["script", "style"],
         tags_to_extract: List[str] = ["p", "li", "div", "a"],
         remove_lines: bool = True,
+        *,
+        remove_comments: bool = False,
         **kwargs: Any,
     ) -> Sequence[Document]:
         """
@@ -45,8 +47,8 @@ class BeautifulSoupTransformer(BaseDocumentTransformer):
             documents: A sequence of Document objects containing HTML content.
             unwanted_tags: A list of tags to be removed from the HTML.
             tags_to_extract: A list of tags whose content will be extracted.
-            remove_lines: If set to True, unnecessary lines will be
-            removed from the HTML content.
+            remove_lines: If set to True, unnecessary lines will be removed.
+            remove_comments: If set to True, comments will be removed.
 
         Returns:
             A sequence of Document objects with transformed content.
@@ -56,7 +58,9 @@ class BeautifulSoupTransformer(BaseDocumentTransformer):
 
             cleaned_content = self.remove_unwanted_tags(cleaned_content, unwanted_tags)
 
-            cleaned_content = self.extract_tags(cleaned_content, tags_to_extract)
+            cleaned_content = self.extract_tags(
+                cleaned_content, tags_to_extract, remove_comments=remove_comments
+            )
 
             if remove_lines:
                 cleaned_content = self.remove_unnecessary_lines(cleaned_content)
@@ -86,7 +90,9 @@ class BeautifulSoupTransformer(BaseDocumentTransformer):
         return str(soup)
 
     @staticmethod
-    def extract_tags(html_content: str, tags: List[str]) -> str:
+    def extract_tags(
+        html_content: str, tags: List[str], *, remove_comments: bool = False
+    ) -> str:
         """
         Extract specific tags from a given HTML content.
 
@@ -104,7 +110,9 @@ class BeautifulSoupTransformer(BaseDocumentTransformer):
         for element in soup.find_all():
             if element.name in tags:
                 # Extract all navigable strings recursively from this element.
-                text_parts += get_navigable_strings(element)
+                text_parts += get_navigable_strings(
+                    element, remove_comments=remove_comments
+                )
 
                 # To avoid duplicate text, remove all descendants from the soup.
                 element.decompose()
@@ -136,7 +144,9 @@ class BeautifulSoupTransformer(BaseDocumentTransformer):
         raise NotImplementedError
 
 
-def get_navigable_strings(element: Any) -> Iterator[str]:
+def get_navigable_strings(
+    element: Any, *, remove_comments: bool = False
+) -> Iterator[str]:
     """Get all navigable strings from a BeautifulSoup element.
 
     Args:
@@ -146,11 +156,13 @@ def get_navigable_strings(element: Any) -> Iterator[str]:
         A generator of strings.
     """
 
-    from bs4 import NavigableString, Tag
+    from bs4 import Comment, NavigableString, Tag
 
     for child in cast(Tag, element).children:
+        if isinstance(child, Comment) and remove_comments:
+            continue
         if isinstance(child, Tag):
-            yield from get_navigable_strings(child)
+            yield from get_navigable_strings(child, remove_comments=remove_comments)
         elif isinstance(child, NavigableString):
             if (element.name == "a") and (href := element.get("href")):
                 yield f"{child.strip()} ({href})"
diff --git a/libs/community/tests/unit_tests/document_transformers/test_beautiful_soup_transformer.py b/libs/community/tests/unit_tests/document_transformers/test_beautiful_soup_transformer.py
index cc3076854e..199ab5e4e0 100644
--- a/libs/community/tests/unit_tests/document_transformers/test_beautiful_soup_transformer.py
+++ b/libs/community/tests/unit_tests/document_transformers/test_beautiful_soup_transformer.py
@@ -230,3 +230,36 @@ def test_invalid_html() -> None:
     )
     assert docs_transformed[0].page_content == "First heading."
     assert docs_transformed[1].page_content == ""
+
+
+@pytest.mark.requires("bs4")
+def test_remove_comments() -> None:
+    bs_transformer = BeautifulSoupTransformer()
+    html_with_comments = (
+        "<html><!-- Google tag (gtag.js) --><p>First paragraph.</p</html>"
+    )
+    documents = [
+        Document(page_content=html_with_comments),
+    ]
+
+    docs_transformed = bs_transformer.transform_documents(
+        documents, tags_to_extract=["html"], remove_comments=True
+    )
+    assert docs_transformed[0].page_content == "First paragraph."
+
+
+@pytest.mark.requires("bs4")
+def test_do_not_remove_comments() -> None:
+    bs_transformer = BeautifulSoupTransformer()
+    html_with_comments = (
+        "<html><!-- Google tag (gtag.js) --><p>First paragraph.</p</html>"
+    )
+    documents = [
+        Document(page_content=html_with_comments),
+    ]
+
+    docs_transformed = bs_transformer.transform_documents(
+        documents,
+        tags_to_extract=["html"],
+    )
+    assert docs_transformed[0].page_content == "Google tag (gtag.js) First paragraph."