diff --git a/komga-webui/src/components/menus/LibraryActionsMenu.vue b/komga-webui/src/components/menus/LibraryActionsMenu.vue
index 373b9e590..66e6e7b20 100644
--- a/komga-webui/src/components/menus/LibraryActionsMenu.vue
+++ b/komga-webui/src/components/menus/LibraryActionsMenu.vue
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
         <v-list-item @click="confirmRefreshMetadataModal = true">
           <v-list-item-title>{{ $t('menu.refresh_metadata') }}</v-list-item-title>
         </v-list-item>
+        <v-list-item @click="confirmEmptyTrash = true">
+          <v-list-item-title>{{ $t('menu.empty_trash') }}</v-list-item-title>
+        </v-list-item>
         <v-list-item @click="edit">
           <v-list-item-title>{{ $t('menu.edit') }}</v-list-item-title>
         </v-list-item>
@@ -41,6 +44,14 @@
       :button-confirm="$t('dialog.refresh_library_metadata.button_confirm')"
       @confirm="refreshMetadata"
     />
+
+    <confirmation-dialog
+      v-model="confirmEmptyTrash"
+      :title="$t('dialog.empty_trash.title')"
+      :body="$t('dialog.empty_trash.body')"
+      :button-confirm="$t('dialog.empty_trash.button_confirm')"
+      @confirm="emptyTrash"
+    />
   </div>
 </template>
 <script lang="ts">
@@ -60,6 +71,7 @@ export default Vue.extend({
     return {
       confirmAnalyzeModal: false,
       confirmRefreshMetadataModal: false,
+      confirmEmptyTrash: false,
     }
   },
   computed: {
@@ -77,6 +89,9 @@ export default Vue.extend({
     refreshMetadata() {
       this.$komgaLibraries.refreshMetadata(this.library)
     },
+    emptyTrash() {
+      this.$komgaLibraries.emptyTrash(this.library)
+    },
     edit() {
       this.$store.dispatch('dialogEditLibrary', this.library)
     },
diff --git a/komga-webui/src/locales/en.json b/komga-webui/src/locales/en.json
index 26293d93a..0bb527587 100644
--- a/komga-webui/src/locales/en.json
+++ b/komga-webui/src/locales/en.json
@@ -455,6 +455,11 @@
       "page_of_pages": "{page} / {pages}",
       "title": "Inspect Book",
       "title_comparison": "Book Comparison"
+    },
+    "empty_trash": {
+      "title": "Empty trash for library",
+      "body": "By default the media server doesn't remove information for media right away. This helps if a drive is temporarily disconnected. When you empty the trash for a library, all information about missing media is deleted.",
+      "button_confirm": "Empty"
     }
   },
   "enums": {
@@ -558,6 +563,7 @@
     "download_series": "Download series",
     "edit": "Edit",
     "edit_metadata": "Edit metadata",
+    "empty_trash": "Empty trash",
     "mark_read": "Mark as read",
     "mark_unread": "Mark as unread",
     "refresh_metadata": "Refresh metadata",
diff --git a/komga-webui/src/services/komga-libraries.service.ts b/komga-webui/src/services/komga-libraries.service.ts
index 25d965e3a..045e6d3c9 100644
--- a/komga-webui/src/services/komga-libraries.service.ts
+++ b/komga-webui/src/services/komga-libraries.service.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { AxiosInstance } from 'axios'
+import {AxiosInstance} from 'axios'
 
 const API_LIBRARIES = '/api/v1/libraries'
 
@@ -104,4 +104,16 @@ export default class KomgaLibrariesService {
       throw new Error(msg)
     }
   }
+
+  async emptyTrash (library: LibraryDto) {
+    try {
+      await this.http.post(`${API_LIBRARIES}/${library.id}/empty-trash`)
+    } catch (e) {
+      let msg = `An error occurred while trying to empty trash for library '${library.name}'`
+      if (e.response.data.message) {
+        msg += `: ${e.response.data.message}`
+      }
+      throw new Error(msg)
+    }
+  }
 }