diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 21a283a..36b6ab6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# v1.8
+
+- introduce ResetBreadcrumbtrail attribute for resetting trail, prefer over empty annotation
+
 # v1.7
 
 - support breadcrumbs via PHP Attributes
diff --git a/src/Annotation/Breadcrumb.php b/src/Annotation/Breadcrumb.php
index c68710c..a6334f3 100644
--- a/src/Annotation/Breadcrumb.php
+++ b/src/Annotation/Breadcrumb.php
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class Breadcrumb
     private $attributes = [];
 
     /**
-     * @param array|string         $title           title, or the legacy array that contains all annotation data
+     * @param array|string|null    $title           title, or the legacy array that contains all annotation data. Passing `null` to reset the breadcrumb trail is deprecated and will throw an exception in `2.0`.
      * @param ?string              $routeName
      * @param ?array<string,mixed> $routeParameters
      * @param bool                 $routeAbsolute
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class Breadcrumb
      * @param array                $attributes
      */
     public function __construct(
-        $title,
+        $title = null,
         $routeName = null,
         $routeParameters = null,
         $routeAbsolute = null,
diff --git a/src/Annotation/ResetBreadcrumbTrail.php b/src/Annotation/ResetBreadcrumbTrail.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ba97ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Annotation/ResetBreadcrumbTrail.php
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace APY\BreadcrumbTrailBundle\Annotation;
+
+/**
+ * Resets the breadcrumb trail. Can be applied on controller classes, callables, invokables and action methods.
+ */
+#[\Attribute(\Attribute::TARGET_CLASS | \Attribute::TARGET_METHOD)]
+final class ResetBreadcrumbTrail
+{
+}
diff --git a/src/EventListener/BreadcrumbListener.php b/src/EventListener/BreadcrumbListener.php
index ed13a90..6978c56 100644
--- a/src/EventListener/BreadcrumbListener.php
+++ b/src/EventListener/BreadcrumbListener.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 namespace APY\BreadcrumbTrailBundle\EventListener;
 
 use APY\BreadcrumbTrailBundle\Annotation\Breadcrumb;
+use APY\BreadcrumbTrailBundle\Annotation\ResetBreadcrumbTrail;
 use APY\BreadcrumbTrailBundle\BreadcrumbTrail\Trail;
 use APY\BreadcrumbTrailBundle\MixedAnnotationWithAttributeBreadcrumbsException;
 use Doctrine\Common\Annotations\Reader;
@@ -30,6 +31,11 @@ class BreadcrumbListener
      */
     protected $breadcrumbTrail;
 
+    private $supportedAttributes = [
+        Breadcrumb::class,
+        ResetBreadcrumbTrail::class,
+    ];
+
     /**
      * Constructor.
      *
@@ -109,10 +115,20 @@ private function addBreadcrumbsToTrail(array $annotations)
     {
         // requirements (@Breadcrumb)
         foreach ($annotations as $annotation) {
+            if ($annotation instanceof ResetBreadcrumbTrail) {
+                $this->breadcrumbTrail->reset();
+
+                continue;
+            }
+
             if ($annotation instanceof Breadcrumb) {
                 $template = $annotation->getTemplate();
                 $title = $annotation->getTitle();
 
+                if (null === $title) {
+                    trigger_deprecation('apy/breadcrumb-bundle', '1.8', 'Resetting the breadcrumb trail by passing a Breadcrumb without parameters, and will throw an exception in v2.0. Use #[ResetBreadcrumbTrail] attribute instead.');
+                }
+
                 if (null != $template) {
                     $this->breadcrumbTrail->setTemplate($template);
                     if (null === $title) {
@@ -158,7 +174,11 @@ private function getAttributes($reflected): array
         }
 
         $attributes = [];
-        foreach ($reflected->getAttributes(Breadcrumb::class) as $reflectionAttribute) {
+        foreach ($reflected->getAttributes() as $reflectionAttribute) {
+            if (false === \in_array($reflectionAttribute->getName(), $this->supportedAttributes)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
             $attributes[] = $reflectionAttribute->newInstance();
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Resources/doc/annotation_configuration.md b/src/Resources/doc/annotation_configuration.md
index e1c0578..a0b403b 100644
--- a/src/Resources/doc/annotation_configuration.md
+++ b/src/Resources/doc/annotation_configuration.md
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ Will render the following breadcrumb trail :
 
 ### Reset the trail
 
-Passing an breadcrumb without any parameter values will remove all existing
+Adding a ResetBreadcrumbTrail attribute will remove all existing
 breadcrumbs from the trail.
 
 Resetting might come in handy in case the controller class unwantedly defines
@@ -292,9 +292,10 @@ breadcrumbs already.
 
 ```php
 use APY\BreadcrumbTrailBundle\Annotation\Breadcrumb;
+use APY\BreadcrumbTrailBundle\Annotation\ResetBreadcrumbTrail;
 
 #[Breadcrumb("Level 1")]
-#[Breadcrumb()]
+#[ResetBreadcrumbTrail()]
 #[Breadcrumb("Level 2")]
 #[Breadcrumb("Level 3")]
 ```
diff --git a/tests/Annotation/BreadcrumbTest.php b/tests/Annotation/BreadcrumbTest.php
index 9c09141..7ba7ea8 100644
--- a/tests/Annotation/BreadcrumbTest.php
+++ b/tests/Annotation/BreadcrumbTest.php
@@ -50,4 +50,15 @@ public function testUnnamedWillGetInterpretedAsValueForTitle()
 
         self::assertEquals($expected, $breadcrumb->getTitle());
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @deprecated passing empty constructor is deprecated since 1.8. ResetBreadcrumbTrail attribute should be used instead. Will throw exception in 2.0.
+     */
+    public function testConstructorWithoutArgumentsIsAllowedForResettingTrail()
+    {
+        $expected = null;
+        $breadcrumb = new Breadcrumb();
+
+        self::assertEquals($expected, $breadcrumb->getTitle());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/EventListener/BreadcrumbListenerTest.php b/tests/EventListener/BreadcrumbListenerTest.php
index 53d7ae1..b761483 100644
--- a/tests/EventListener/BreadcrumbListenerTest.php
+++ b/tests/EventListener/BreadcrumbListenerTest.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 use APY\BreadcrumbTrailBundle\Fixtures\ControllerWithAttributes;
 use APY\BreadcrumbTrailBundle\Fixtures\ControllerWithAttributesAndAnnotations;
 use APY\BreadcrumbTrailBundle\Fixtures\InvokableControllerWithAnnotations;
+use APY\BreadcrumbTrailBundle\Fixtures\ResetTrailAttribute;
 use APY\BreadcrumbTrailBundle\MixedAnnotationWithAttributeBreadcrumbsException;
 use Nyholm\BundleTest\AppKernel;
 use Nyholm\BundleTest\BaseBundleTestCase;
@@ -86,6 +87,20 @@ public function testInvokableController()
         self::assertCount(3, $this->breadcrumbTrail);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @requires PHP >= 8.0
+     */
+    public function testResetTrailAttribute()
+    {
+        $this->setUpTest();
+
+        $controller = new ResetTrailAttribute();
+        $kernelEvent = $this->createControllerEvent($controller);
+        $this->listener->onKernelController($kernelEvent);
+
+        self::assertCount(1, $this->breadcrumbTrail);
+    }
+
     protected function getBundleClass()
     {
         return APYBreadcrumbTrailBundle::class;
diff --git a/tests/Fixtures/ResetTrailAttribute.php b/tests/Fixtures/ResetTrailAttribute.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4cabeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Fixtures/ResetTrailAttribute.php
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace APY\BreadcrumbTrailBundle\Fixtures;
+
+use APY\BreadcrumbTrailBundle\Annotation\Breadcrumb;
+use APY\BreadcrumbTrailBundle\Annotation\ResetBreadcrumbTrail;
+use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\AbstractController;
+
+#[Breadcrumb(title: 'first-breadcrumb')]
+class ResetTrailAttribute extends AbstractController
+{
+    #[ResetBreadcrumbTrail]
+    #[Breadcrumb(title: 'first-breadcrumb-again')]
+    public function indexAction()
+    {
+        return [];
+    }
+}