diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/ocis-fix-trashbin-recursive-delete.md b/changelog/unreleased/ocis-fix-trashbin-recursive-delete.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2fb323cc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/ocis-fix-trashbin-recursive-delete.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Bugfix: Purge non-empty dirs from trash-bin
+
+This wasn't possible before if the directory was not empty
+
+https://github.com/cs3org/reva/pull/1429
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diff --git a/pkg/storage/fs/ocis/recycle.go b/pkg/storage/fs/ocis/recycle.go
index 0fe2072189..cc81b849d0 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/fs/ocis/recycle.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/fs/ocis/recycle.go
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ func (fs *ocisfs) PurgeRecycleItem(ctx context.Context, key string) (err error)
 		return errtypes.PermissionDenied(key)
 	}
 
-	if err = os.Remove(deletedNodePath); err != nil {
+	if err = os.RemoveAll(deletedNodePath); err != nil {
 		log.Error().Err(err).Str("deletedNodePath", deletedNodePath).Msg("error deleting trash node")
 		return
 	}