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+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+import { getCurrentUser } from '@nextcloud/auth'
+import { showError, showSuccess } from '@nextcloud/dialogs'
+import { defaultRemoteURL } from '@nextcloud/files/dav'
+import { t } from '@nextcloud/l10n'
+import axios from '@nextcloud/axios'
+
+import { logger } from '../logger.ts'
+
+/**
+ * Send API request to empty the trashbin.
+ * Returns true if request succeeded - otherwise false is returned.
+ */
+export async function emptyTrash(): Promise<boolean> {
+	try {
+		await axios.delete(`${defaultRemoteURL}/trashbin/${getCurrentUser()!.uid}/trash`)
+		showSuccess(t('files_trashbin', 'All files have been permanently deleted'))
+		return true
+	} catch (error) {
+		showError(t('files_trashbin', 'Failed to empty deleted files'))
+		logger.error('Failed to empty deleted files', { error })
+		return false
+	}
+}