The uptake of Acid Blue 29 (AB29), Reactive Orange 16 (RO16) and Reactive Red 120 (RR120) from aqueous solutions by calcined (CLDH) and uncalcined Mg/Al layered double hydroxide (LDH) has been investigated. The adsorption process was conducted in a batch mode at 25 °C. Anionic dye removal was more efficient using the CLDH rather than LDH. The adsorption process by CLDH involved reconstruction and hydration of the calcined LDH and intercalation of AB29, RO16 and RR120. Physical characterization using X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) were used to ascertain the 'memory effect' phenomenon that is structural reconstruction to regain its original LDH after rehydration. To gain insight into the mechanism of adsorption by CLDH, the pseudo-first order (PFO) and pseudo-second order (PSO) and intraparticle diffusion (IPD) kinetic models were used to analyse experimental data. Based on the correlation coefficient (R 2 ), the PSO has better fitting (R 2 = 0.987 -1.00) compared to PFO (R 2 = 0.867 -0.990). Furthermore the values of maximum adsorption capacity, (q e ) calculated from PSO model are consistent with the experimental q e indicating that the experimental kinetic data for AB29, RO16 and RR120 adsorption by CLDH are suitable for this model. Recycling of the adsorbent, in cycles of calcination-reconstruction process promised a possibility of regeneration of CLDH.Keywords: calcined, adsorption capacity, reconstruction, memory effect, regeneration Abstrak Penyingkiran pewarna Acid Blue 29 (AB29), Reactive Orange 16 (RO16) dan Reactive Red 120 (RR120) daripada larutan akues menggunakan Mg/Al dwi-hidroksida berlapis berkalsin (CLDH) dan tanpa kalsin (LDH) telah dilakukan menggunakan kaedah berkelompok pada suhu 25 °C. Penjerapan bahan pewarna menggunakan CLDH didapati lebih berkesan berbanding LDH. Penjerapan bahan pewarna oleh CLDH berlaku melibatkan proses penghidratan dan penstrukturan semula CLDH dan juga apitan AB29, RO16 dan RR120. Pencirian fizikal pada bahan penjerap yang diperolehi dengan menggunakan kaedah Pembelauan Sinar-X (XRD), Mikroskopi Imbasan Elektron (SEM) dan Spektroskopi Inframerah Transformasi Fourier (FTIR) telah digunakan untuk mengenalpasti fenomena 'kesan memori', iaitu proses penstrukturan semula kepada LDH selepas berlaku penghidratan. Cerapan lebih lanjut mengenai mekanisme proses penjerapan ini, model-model kinetik pseudo tertib pertama (PFO), pseudo tertib kedua (PSO) dan resapan intrapartikel (IPD) telah digunakan untuk menganalisis data ujian. Berdasarkan nilai pekali korelasi (R 2 ), model PSO didapati lebih sesuai (R 2 = 0.99 -1.00) berbanding PFO (R 2 = 0.85 -0.99). Fakta ini diperkukuhkan lagi dengan nilai kapasiti penjerapan maksimum, (q e ) hasil pengiraan menggunakan PSO yang didapati konsisten dengan q e ujian (q e, expt .) untuk AB29, RO16 dan RR120. Kitaran semula bahan penjerap melalui beberapa siri kitaran pengkalsinan-penstrukturan semula juga didapati dapat menjanjikan penjanaan semula CLDH.