diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
index 6cfd3bb..da1fa8a 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
         <wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/src/main/webapp" tag="defaultRootSource"/>
         <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/src/main/java"/>
         <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/src/main/resources"/>
-        <dependent-module archiveName="ckan-util-library-2.4.0-SNAPSHOT.jar" deploy-path="/WEB-INF/lib" handle="module:/resource/ckan-util-library/ckan-util-library">
-            <dependency-type>uses</dependency-type>
-        </dependent-module>
         <property name="context-root" value="catalogue-ws"/>
         <property name="java-output-path" value="/catalogue-ws/target/classes"/>
     </wb-module>
diff --git a/distro/changelog.xml b/distro/changelog.xml
index 85f4b5d..55e595a 100644
--- a/distro/changelog.xml
+++ b/distro/changelog.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 <ReleaseNotes>
+	<Changeset component="org.gcube.data-catalogue.catalogue-ws.1-1-1"
+		date="2018-01-11">
+		<Change>Item purge method enhanced</Change>
+	</Changeset>
 	<Changeset component="org.gcube.data-catalogue.catalogue-ws.1-1-0"
 		date="2017-06-20">
 		<Change>Minor fixes while checking user's permissions</Change>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3bba055..b2b6099 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	<groupId>org.gcube.data-catalogue</groupId>
 	<artifactId>catalogue-ws</artifactId>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
-	<version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<name>catalogue-ws</name>
 
 	<description>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/datacatalogue/catalogue/ws/Item.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/datacatalogue/catalogue/ws/Item.java
index 166fec0..a9ca3f5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/datacatalogue/catalogue/ws/Item.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/datacatalogue/catalogue/ws/Item.java
@@ -22,12 +22,15 @@ import org.gcube.datacatalogue.catalogue.utils.Delegator;
 import org.gcube.datacatalogue.catalogue.utils.PackageCreatePostActions;
 import org.gcube.datacatalogue.catalogue.utils.Validator;
 import org.gcube.datacatalogue.ckanutillibrary.server.DataCatalogue;
+import org.gcube.datacatalogue.ckanutillibrary.shared.RolesCkanGroupOrOrg;
 import org.json.simple.JSONArray;
 import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
 import org.json.simple.parser.JSONParser;
 import org.json.simple.parser.ParseException;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+import eu.trentorise.opendata.jackan.model.CkanDataset;
+
 @Path(Constants.ITEMS)
 /**
  * Items service endpoint.
@@ -139,11 +142,64 @@ public class Item {
 	@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
 	public String purge(String json, @Context UriInfo uriInfo){
 
-		// see http://docs.ckan.org/en/latest/api/#ckan.logic.action.get.dataset_purge
+		// see http://docs.ckan.org/en/latest/api/#ckan.logic.action.delete.dataset_purge
 		Caller caller = AuthorizationProvider.instance.get();
 		String context = ScopeProvider.instance.get();
-		return Delegator.delegatePost(caller, context, Constants.ITEM_PURGE, json, uriInfo);
+		String username = caller.getClient().getId();
+		
+		// we need to extend this method wrt ckan: admins can purge the organization data, while editors just their own
+		DataCatalogue utils = CatalogueUtils.getCatalogue();
 
+		// if sysadmin, just invoke ckan
+		if(utils.isSysAdmin(username)){
+			logger.debug("User  " + caller.getClient().getId() +  " seems a sysadmin");
+			return Delegator.delegatePost(caller, context, Constants.ITEM_PURGE, json, uriInfo);
+		}
+		else{
+			try {
+				
+				String datasetId = null;
+				String ownerId = null;
+				String organization = null;
+				
+				JSONParser parser = new JSONParser();
+				JSONObject obj = (JSONObject)parser.parse(json);
+
+				datasetId = (String)obj.get("id");
+				if(datasetId == null || datasetId.isEmpty())
+					throw new Exception("'id' field is missing!");
+
+				String userApiKey = utils.getApiKeyFromUsername(username);
+				CkanDataset item = utils.getDataset(datasetId, userApiKey);
+				ownerId = item.getCreatorUserId();
+				organization = item.getOrganization().getName();
+
+				// check user role here
+				RolesCkanGroupOrOrg roleInOrganization = RolesCkanGroupOrOrg.convertFromCapacity(utils.getRoleOfUserInOrganization(username, organization, userApiKey));
+
+				boolean purged = false;
+				if(roleInOrganization.equals(RolesCkanGroupOrOrg.MEMBER)){
+					throw new Exception("You have not enough priviliges to delete item with id " + datasetId);
+				}else if(roleInOrganization.equals(RolesCkanGroupOrOrg.ADMIN)){
+					purged = utils.deleteProduct(datasetId, userApiKey, true);
+				}else{
+					// we have an editor here; just check she owns the dataset
+					String userIdCkan = utils.getUserFromApiKey(userApiKey).getId();
+					if(ownerId.equals(userIdCkan))
+						purged = utils.deleteProduct(datasetId, userApiKey, true);
+					else
+						throw new Exception("Editors can only remove their own items!");
+				}
+				return CatalogueUtils.createJSONObjectMin(purged, null).toJSONString();
+
+			} catch (Exception e) {
+				logger.error("Something went wrong... ", e);
+				if(e instanceof ParseException)
+					return CatalogueUtils.createJSONOnFailure("Failed to parse incoming json!");
+				else
+					return CatalogueUtils.createJSONOnFailure(e.toString());
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	// TODO PROFILE VALIDATION MUST BE PERFORMED HERE AS WELL
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/gcube-app.xml b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/gcube-app.xml
index bfd1b1a..dd37e64 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/gcube-app.xml
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/gcube-app.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <application mode='online'>
 	<name>Catalogue-WS</name>
 	<group>Data-Catalogue</group>
-	<version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<description>Catalogue Service</description>
 	<local-persistence location='target' />
 	<exclude>/rest/</exclude>