diff --git a/apps/files/src/components/BreadCrumbs.vue b/apps/files/src/components/BreadCrumbs.vue
index c423b698d40d8..a6611200e9be8 100644
--- a/apps/files/src/components/BreadCrumbs.vue
+++ b/apps/files/src/components/BreadCrumbs.vue
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
 	margin-block: 0;
 	margin-inline: 10px;
 	min-width: 0;
+	gap: var(--default-grid-baseline);
 
 	:deep() {
 		a {
diff --git a/apps/files_trashbin/src/fileListActions/emptyTrashAction.ts b/apps/files_trashbin/src/fileListActions/emptyTrashAction.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1d195d7e049bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/files_trashbin/src/fileListActions/emptyTrashAction.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+import PQueue from 'p-queue'
+import { FileListAction } from '@nextcloud/files'
+import { DialogSeverity, getDialogBuilder, showSuccess } from '@nextcloud/dialogs'
+
+import TrashCanSvg from '@mdi/svg/svg/trash-can.svg?raw'
+
+import { deleteNode } from '../../../files/src/actions/deleteUtils.ts'
+import { logger } from '../logger.ts'
+
+const queue = new PQueue({ concurrency: 5 })
+
+export const emptyTrashAction = new FileListAction({
+	id: 'empty-trash',
+
+	displayName: () => t('files_trashbin', 'Empty deleted files'),
+	iconSvgInline: () => TrashCanSvg,
+	order: 0,
+
+	enabled: (view, nodes, { folder }) => {
+		if (view.id !== 'trashbin') {
+			return false
+		}
+
+		return nodes.length > 0 && folder.path === '/'
+	},
+
+	exec: async (view, nodes) => {
+		const dialog = getDialogBuilder(t('files_trashbin', 'Confirm permanent deletion'))
+			.setSeverity(DialogSeverity.Warning)
+			// TODO Add note for groupfolders
+			.setText(t('files_trashbin', "Are you sure you want to permanently delete the items in deleted files? You can't undo this action."))
+			.setButtons([
+				{
+					label: t('files_trashbin', 'Cancel'),
+					type: 'secondary',
+					callback: () => {},
+				},
+				{
+					label: t('files_trashbin', 'Empty deleted files'),
+					type: 'error',
+					callback: async () => {
+						for (const node of nodes) {
+							queue.add(async () => {
+								try {
+									await deleteNode(node)
+								} catch (error) {
+									logger.error('Failed to delete node', { error, node })
+								}
+							})
+						}
+						queue.once('empty', () => {
+							showSuccess(t('files_trashbin', 'Permanently deleted items in deleted files'))
+						})
+					},
+				},
+			])
+			.build()
+
+		try {
+			await dialog.show()
+		} catch (error) {
+			// Allow throw on dialog close
+		}
+	},
+})
diff --git a/apps/files_trashbin/src/files-init.ts b/apps/files_trashbin/src/files-init.ts
index ab5d293d1369d..f516d6f5be552 100644
--- a/apps/files_trashbin/src/files-init.ts
+++ b/apps/files_trashbin/src/files-init.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import './trashbin.scss'
 
 import { translate as t } from '@nextcloud/l10n'
+import { View, getNavigation, registerFileListAction } from '@nextcloud/files'
 import DeleteSvg from '@mdi/svg/svg/delete.svg?raw'
 
 import { getContents } from './services/trashbin'
@@ -13,7 +14,8 @@ import { columns } from './columns.ts'
 
 // Register restore action
 import './actions/restoreAction'
-import { View, getNavigation } from '@nextcloud/files'
+
+import { emptyTrashAction } from './fileListActions/emptyTrashAction.ts'
 
 const Navigation = getNavigation()
 Navigation.register(new View({
@@ -34,3 +36,5 @@ Navigation.register(new View({
 
 	getContents,
 }))
+
+registerFileListAction(emptyTrashAction)
diff --git a/apps/files_trashbin/src/logger.ts b/apps/files_trashbin/src/logger.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..064351c2fb56c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/files_trashbin/src/logger.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+import { getLoggerBuilder } from '@nextcloud/logger'
+
+export const logger = getLoggerBuilder()
+	.setApp('files_trashbin')
+	.detectUser()
+	.build()