diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index a042a5c36..82175019c 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "trilium",
-  "version": "0.45.5",
+  "version": "0.45.6",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/src/public/app/dialogs/options/other.js b/src/public/app/dialogs/options/other.js
index 7e498052e..45b271f07 100644
--- a/src/public/app/dialogs/options/other.js
+++ b/src/public/app/dialogs/options/other.js
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ const TPL = `
         <label for="erase-notes-after-time-in-seconds">Erase notes after X seconds</label>
         <input class="form-control" id="erase-notes-after-time-in-seconds" type="number" min="0">
     </div>
+    
+    <p>You can also trigger erasing manually:</p>
+    
+    <button id="erase-deleted-notes-now-button" class="btn">Erase deleted notes now</button>
+    
+    <br/><br/>
 </div>
 
 <div>
@@ -117,6 +123,13 @@ export default class ProtectedSessionOptions {
             return false;
         });
 
+        this.$eraseDeletedNotesButton = $("#erase-deleted-notes-now-button");
+        this.$eraseDeletedNotesButton.on('click', () => {
+            server.post('notes/erase-deleted-notes-now').then(() => {
+                toastService.showMessage("Deleted notes have been erased.");
+            });
+        });
+
         this.$protectedSessionTimeout = $("#protected-session-timeout-in-seconds");
 
         this.$protectedSessionTimeout.on('change', () => {
diff --git a/src/routes/api/notes.js b/src/routes/api/notes.js
index 4f03a5223..a839c0bcf 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/notes.js
+++ b/src/routes/api/notes.js
@@ -193,6 +193,10 @@ function duplicateSubtree(req) {
     return noteService.duplicateSubtree(noteId, parentNoteId);
 }
 
+function eraseDeletedNotesNow() {
+    noteService.eraseDeletedNotesNow();
+}
+
 module.exports = {
     getNote,
     updateNote,
@@ -204,5 +208,6 @@ module.exports = {
     setNoteTypeMime,
     getRelationMap,
     changeTitle,
-    duplicateSubtree
+    duplicateSubtree,
+    eraseDeletedNotesNow
 };
diff --git a/src/routes/api/setup.js b/src/routes/api/setup.js
index 98cdd6327..d2ec74b2e 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/setup.js
+++ b/src/routes/api/setup.js
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ function saveSyncSeed(req) {
         }]
     }
 
+    log.info("Saved sync seed.");
+
     sqlInit.createDatabaseForSync(options);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/routes/routes.js b/src/routes/routes.js
index cfa2e62d4..248cc6fe0 100644
--- a/src/routes/routes.js
+++ b/src/routes/routes.js
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ function register(app) {
     route(GET, '/api/notes/:noteId/revisions/:noteRevisionId/download', [auth.checkApiAuthOrElectron], noteRevisionsApiRoute.downloadNoteRevision);
     apiRoute(PUT, '/api/notes/:noteId/restore-revision/:noteRevisionId', noteRevisionsApiRoute.restoreNoteRevision);
     apiRoute(POST, '/api/notes/relation-map', notesApiRoute.getRelationMap);
+    apiRoute(POST, '/api/notes/erase-deleted-notes-now', notesApiRoute.eraseDeletedNotesNow);
     apiRoute(PUT, '/api/notes/:noteId/change-title', notesApiRoute.changeTitle);
     apiRoute(POST, '/api/notes/:noteId/duplicate/:parentNoteId', notesApiRoute.duplicateSubtree);
 
diff --git a/src/services/notes.js b/src/services/notes.js
index 4aa944504..f7353eeb5 100644
--- a/src/services/notes.js
+++ b/src/services/notes.js
@@ -668,8 +668,10 @@ function scanForLinks(note) {
     }
 }
 
-function eraseDeletedNotes() {
-    const eraseNotesAfterTimeInSeconds = optionService.getOptionInt('eraseNotesAfterTimeInSeconds');
+function eraseDeletedNotes(eraseNotesAfterTimeInSeconds = null) {
+    if (eraseNotesAfterTimeInSeconds === null) {
+        eraseNotesAfterTimeInSeconds = optionService.getOptionInt('eraseNotesAfterTimeInSeconds');
+    }
 
     const cutoffDate = new Date(Date.now() - eraseNotesAfterTimeInSeconds * 1000);
 
@@ -719,6 +721,10 @@ function eraseDeletedNotes() {
     log.info(`Erased notes: ${JSON.stringify(noteIdsToErase)}`);
 }
 
+function eraseDeletedNotesNow() {
+    eraseDeletedNotes(0);
+}
+
 // do a replace in str - all keys should be replaced by the corresponding values
 function replaceByMap(str, mapObj) {
     const re = new RegExp(Object.keys(mapObj).join("|"),"g");
@@ -841,5 +847,6 @@ module.exports = {
     duplicateSubtree,
     duplicateSubtreeWithoutRoot,
     getUndeletedParentBranches,
-    triggerNoteTitleChanged
+    triggerNoteTitleChanged,
+    eraseDeletedNotesNow
 };