diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectController.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectController.coffee
index b685cb2ea8..767a897a18 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectController.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectController.coffee
@@ -18,8 +18,15 @@ module.exports =
 
 	deleteProject: (req, res) ->
 		project_id = req.params.Project_id
-		logger.log project_id:project_id, "received request to delete project"
-		projectDeleter.archiveProject project_id, (err)->
+		forever    = req.query?.forever?
+		logger.log project_id: project_id, forever: forever, "received request to delete project"
+
+		if forever
+			doDelete = projectDeleter.deleteProject
+		else
+			doDelete = projectDeleter.archiveProject
+
+		doDelete project_id, (err)->
 			if err?
 				res.send 500
 			else
diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectDeleter.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectDeleter.coffee
index 434c94294f..f9974261cd 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectDeleter.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectDeleter.coffee
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ tagsHandler = require("../Tags/TagsHandler")
 async = require("async")
 FileStoreHandler = require("../FileStore/FileStoreHandler")
 
-module.exports =
+module.exports = ProjectDeleter =
 
 	markAsDeletedByExternalSource : (project_id, callback)->
 		logger.log project_id:project_id, "marking project as deleted by external data source"
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ module.exports =
 		logger.log owner_id:owner_id, "deleting users projects"
 		Project.remove owner_ref:owner_id, callback
 
+	deleteProject: (project_id, callback = (error) ->) ->
+		# archiveProject takes care of the clean-up
+		ProjectDeleter.archiveProject project_id, (error) ->
+			logger.log project_id: project_id, "deleting project"
+			Project.remove _id: project_id, callback
+
 	archiveProject: (project_id, callback = (error) ->)->
 		logger.log project_id:project_id, "deleting project"
 		Project.findById project_id, (err, project)=>
diff --git a/services/web/app/views/modals.jade b/services/web/app/views/modals.jade
index d383a4e1d7..4b19853548 100644
--- a/services/web/app/views/modals.jade
+++ b/services/web/app/views/modals.jade
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#deleteEntityModal(style='display: none')
+#archiveEntityModal(style='display: none')
 	.modal
 		.modal-header
 			h3 Delete Project
@@ -6,6 +6,21 @@
 			span.message Are you sure you want to delete 
 				strong.name Project
 				| ?
+		.modal-footer
+			button.btn.btn-danger.confirm Delete
+			button.btn.cancel No
+
+#deleteEntityModal(style='display: none')
+	.modal
+		.modal-header
+			h3 Delete Project
+		.modal-body
+			p Are you sure you want to delete 
+				strong.name Project
+				| ? 
+
+			p
+				strong It will not be possible to recover your project once deleted.
 		.modal-footer
 			button.btn.btn-danger.confirm Delete Forever
 			button.btn.cancel No
diff --git a/services/web/app/views/project/archived.jade b/services/web/app/views/project/archived.jade
index f50442ce50..4c3e5e8394 100644
--- a/services/web/app/views/project/archived.jade
+++ b/services/web/app/views/project/archived.jade
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ block content
 		-each project in projects
 			- project_id = project._id.toString()
 			.project_entry(id=project_id)
-				.btn-group.project-actions
+				.project-actions
 					a.btn(href='/project/'+project_id+'/restore', data-csrf=csrfToken, data-id=project_id).restoreProject Restore
+					|  
+					a.btn.btn-danger(href='/project/'+project_id+'?forever=true', data-csrf=csrfToken, data-name=project.name, data-id=project_id).deleteProject Delete Forever
 				.projectName #{project.name}
 
 	include ../general/sidebar
diff --git a/services/web/app/views/project/list.jade b/services/web/app/views/project/list.jade
index b72cb094ba..903bfcc60b 100644
--- a/services/web/app/views/project/list.jade
+++ b/services/web/app/views/project/list.jade
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ block content
 							li
 								a(href='/project/'+project_id+'/rename', data-name=project.name, data-id=project_id, data-csrf=csrfToken).renameProject Rename
 							li
-								a(href='/project/'+project_id, 			data-name=project.name, data-id=project_id, data-csrf=csrfToken).deleteProject Delete
+								a(href='/project/'+project_id, 			data-name=project.name, data-id=project_id, data-csrf=csrfToken).archiveProject Delete
 						-else
 							li
 								a(href='/project/'+project_id+'/leave', data-name=project.name, data-id=project_id, data-csrf=csrfToken).leaveProject Leave
diff --git a/services/web/public/coffee/list.coffee b/services/web/public/coffee/list.coffee
index a08a94a729..aa6e66810b 100644
--- a/services/web/public/coffee/list.coffee
+++ b/services/web/public/coffee/list.coffee
@@ -79,6 +79,35 @@ require [
 		$modal.find('.cancel').click (e)->
 			$modal.modal('hide')
 
+	$('.archiveProject').click (event)->
+		event.preventDefault()
+		$modal = $('#archiveEntityModal')
+		$confirm = $modal.find('.confirm')
+		$modal.modal({backdrop:true, show:true, keyboard:true})
+		name = $(@).data("name")
+		id = $(@).data("id")
+
+		$modal.find(".name").text(name)
+
+		href = this.href
+		self = @
+		$confirm.on 'click', (e) =>
+			$.ajax
+				url: href
+				type:'DELETE'
+				data:
+					_csrf: $(@).data("csrf")
+				success: (data)->
+					$modal.modal('hide')
+					if data.message
+						new Message data
+					else
+						$("##{id}").fadeOut(1000)
+		$modal.on 'hide', ->
+			$confirm.off 'click'
+		$modal.find('.cancel').click (e)->
+			$modal.modal('hide')
+
 	$('.renameProject').click (event)->
 		event.preventDefault()
 		$modal = $('#renameProjectModal')
diff --git a/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Project/ProjectControllerTests.coffee b/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Project/ProjectControllerTests.coffee
index 380cd7e1c0..34df344e86 100644
--- a/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Project/ProjectControllerTests.coffee
+++ b/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Project/ProjectControllerTests.coffee
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ describe "ProjectController", ->
 					url:"chat.com"
 			siteUrl: "mysite.com"
 		@ProjectDeleter = 
-			archiveProject: sinon.stub().callsArgWith(1)
-			restoreProject: sinon.stub().callsArgWith(1)
+			archiveProject: sinon.stub().callsArg(1)
+			deleteProject: sinon.stub().callsArg(1)
+			restoreProject: sinon.stub().callsArg(1)
 			findArchivedProjects: sinon.stub()
 		@ProjectDuplicator =
 			duplicate: sinon.stub().callsArgWith(3, null, {_id:@project_id})
@@ -70,13 +71,21 @@ describe "ProjectController", ->
 				jsPath:"js path here"
 
 	describe "deleteProject", ->
-		it "should tell the project deleter", (done)->
+		it "should tell the project deleter to archive when forever=false", (done)->
 			@res.send = (code)=>
 				@ProjectDeleter.archiveProject.calledWith(@project_id).should.equal true
 				code.should.equal 200
 				done()
 			@ProjectController.deleteProject @req, @res
 
+		it "should tell the project deleter to delete when forever=true", (done)->
+			@req.query = forever: "true"
+			@res.send = (code)=>
+				@ProjectDeleter.deleteProject.calledWith(@project_id).should.equal true
+				code.should.equal 200
+				done()
+			@ProjectController.deleteProject @req, @res
+
 	describe "restoreProject", ->
 		it "should tell the project deleter", (done)->
 			@res.send = (code)=>
diff --git a/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Project/ProjectDeleterTests.coffee b/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Project/ProjectDeleterTests.coffee
index 931f7d89c4..77c37c7f14 100644
--- a/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Project/ProjectDeleterTests.coffee
+++ b/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Project/ProjectDeleterTests.coffee
@@ -55,6 +55,22 @@ describe 'Project deleter', ->
 				@Project.remove.calledWith(owner_ref:user_id).should.equal true
 				done()
 
+	describe "deleteProject", ->
+		beforeEach (done) ->
+			@project_id = "mock-project-id-123"
+			@deleter.archiveProject = sinon.stub().callsArg(1)
+
+			@deleter.deleteProject @project_id, done
+
+		it "should archive the project to clean it up", ->
+			@deleter.archiveProject
+				.calledWith(@project_id)
+				.should.equal true
+
+		it "should remove the project from Mongo", ->
+			@Project.remove
+				.calledWith(_id: @project_id)
+				.should.equal true
 
 	describe "archiveProject", ->
 		beforeEach ->