An apparatus for removing weeds, which can be towed by anagricultural machine along an agricultural soil, in order to remove anyweeds that might be present on the soil, the apparatus comprising a supportthat can be coupled, even indirectly, to a tractor of the agriculturalmachine,and elements for the rotation of an operating unit, which is supportedrotatably by the support about its own central axis a plurality of teethextend radially from the peripheral region of the unit, for the progressiveremoval of weeds during advancement along the agricultural soil, as aconsequence of the rotation of the unit, and of the teeth, about the centralaxis.