diff --git a/main.ts b/main.ts
index 1ab0840..40e6c0b 100644
--- a/main.ts
+++ b/main.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {
     startCopy,
     startDelete,
     startMove,
+    startPurge,
     startSync,
 } from './lib/rclone/api'
 import { compareVersions } from './lib/rclone/common'
@@ -390,6 +391,7 @@ async function handleTask(task: ScheduledTask) {
             deleteEmptyDstDirs,
             fs,
             rmDirs,
+            remote,
         } = task.args
 
         switch (task.type) {
@@ -427,6 +429,14 @@ async function handleTask(task: ScheduledTask) {
                     _filter,
                 })
                 break
+            case 'purge':
+                await startPurge({
+                    fs,
+                    remote,
+                    _filter,
+                    _config,
+                })
+                break
             default:
                 break
         }
diff --git a/types/task.d.ts b/types/task.d.ts
index 31b0563..26192e8 100644
--- a/types/task.d.ts
+++ b/types/task.d.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export interface ScheduledTask {
     id: string
-    type: 'delete' | 'sync' | 'copy' | 'move'
+    type: 'delete' | 'sync' | 'copy' | 'move' | 'purge'
     cron: string
     isRunning: boolean
     isEnabled: boolean