diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/client/Item.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/client/Item.java
index 9031090..d05be3d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/client/Item.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/client/Item.java
@@ -124,9 +124,10 @@ public class Item extends GCatClient implements org.gcube.gcat.api.interfaces.It
 	}
 	
 	
-	public Void bulkDelete(Map<String,String> queryParams) throws WebServiceException{
+	public Void bulkDelete(Map<String,String> queryParams, boolean purge) throws WebServiceException{
 		try {
 			initRequest();
+			queryParams.put(GCatConstants.PURGE_QUERY_PARAMETER, String.valueOf(purge));
 			gxhttpStringRequest.queryParams(queryParams);
 			HttpURLConnection httpURLConnection = gxhttpStringRequest.delete();
 			parseHttpURLConnection(httpURLConnection);
@@ -138,17 +139,13 @@ public class Item extends GCatClient implements org.gcube.gcat.api.interfaces.It
 		}
 	}
 	
-	
 	public Void bulkDelete(boolean purge) throws WebServiceException{
-		
-		return null;
+		return bulkDelete(null, purge);
 	}
 	
 	public Void bulkPurge() throws WebServiceException {
-		
-		return null;
+		return bulkDelete(null, true);
 	}
-	
 
 	protected String moderate(String name, ModerationContent moderationContent) {
 		try {