diff --git a/src/test/java/org/gcube/gcat/client/ItemTest.java b/src/test/java/org/gcube/gcat/client/ItemTest.java
index c15c421..8d1894c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/gcube/gcat/client/ItemTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/gcube/gcat/client/ItemTest.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -172,4 +173,22 @@ public class ItemTest extends ContextTest {
 		String gotName = jsonNode.get(NAME_KEY).asText();
 		Assert.assertTrue(name.compareTo(gotName) == 0);
 	}
+	
+	// @Test
+	public void purgeAll() throws Exception {
+		ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+		JavaType listType = mapper.getTypeFactory().constructCollectionType(ArrayList.class, String.class);
+		Item item = new Item();
+		String itemsString = item.list(200, 0);
+		List<String> items = mapper.readValue(itemsString, listType);
+		while(items.size()>0) {
+			for(String itemName : items) {
+				item.purge(itemName);
+				Thread.sleep(50);
+			}
+			itemsString = item.list(200, 0);
+			items = mapper.readValue(itemsString, listType);
+			Thread.sleep(TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(5));
+		}
+	}
 }