diff --git a/api/src/main/resources/api.yaml b/api/src/main/resources/api.yaml
index 242adb26ce4c19bef40aad454a2d436b985323a0..26f4b43913596ae5d39751eeadbefe7dc422b75b 100644
--- a/api/src/main/resources/api.yaml
+++ b/api/src/main/resources/api.yaml
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ paths:
       tags:
         - FDOs
       description: "Delete an FDO."
-      operationId: permanentlyDeleteFDO
+      operationId: purgeFDO
       parameters:
         - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Prefix'
         - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Suffix'
diff --git a/application/src/main/java/com/indiscale/fdo/manager/service/OperationsLogger.java b/application/src/main/java/com/indiscale/fdo/manager/service/OperationsLogger.java
index 65e93d9543d6ccf86f8c6fbacc90e5771969d820..92ce1bebbe9631160973e383153925ad9032ae59 100644
--- a/application/src/main/java/com/indiscale/fdo/manager/service/OperationsLogger.java
+++ b/application/src/main/java/com/indiscale/fdo/manager/service/OperationsLogger.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public class OperationsLogger {
     }
   }
 
-  public void permanentlyDeleteFDO(DigitalObject fdo, RepositoryConnection repository) {
+  public void purgeFDO(DigitalObject fdo, RepositoryConnection repository) {
     LogRecord rec = new LogRecord(LogRecord.DELETE).fdo(fdo).targetRepository(repository);
     for (OperationsLoggerSink sink : sinks) {
       sink.log(rec);
diff --git a/application/src/main/java/com/indiscale/fdo/manager/service/fdo/FDOApiImpl.java b/application/src/main/java/com/indiscale/fdo/manager/service/fdo/FDOApiImpl.java
index 54e045df33ea7b17d607237c536d62362f98ff6a..6f1726fa080e8c9b12df907259565c97a69ac0a2 100644
--- a/application/src/main/java/com/indiscale/fdo/manager/service/fdo/FDOApiImpl.java
+++ b/application/src/main/java/com/indiscale/fdo/manager/service/fdo/FDOApiImpl.java
@@ -108,15 +108,15 @@ public class FDOApiImpl extends BaseController implements FdoApi {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public ResponseEntity<Void> permanentlyDeleteFDO(String prefix, String suffix) {
+  public ResponseEntity<Void> purgeFDO(String prefix, String suffix) {
     try (Manager manager = getManager()) {
       String pid = prefix + "/" + suffix;
       DigitalObject fdo = manager.resolvePID(pid);
-      String repoId = manager.permanentlyDeleteFDO(pid);
+      String repoId = manager.purgeFDO(pid);
       if (repoId != null && !repoId.isEmpty()) {
         RepositoryConnection repository =
             manager.getRepositoryRegistry().createRepositoryConnection(repoId);
-        getLogger().permanentlyDeleteFDO(fdo, repository);
+        getLogger().purgeFDO(fdo, repository);
         return ResponseEntity.noContent().build();
       } else {
         throw new ResponseStatusException(
diff --git a/application/src/test/java/com/indiscale/fdo/manager/service/fdo/FDOApiTest.java b/application/src/test/java/com/indiscale/fdo/manager/service/fdo/FDOApiTest.java
index c1e858737cfd912f3959b6140cc1b0879d358faf..4a50e6c60f37e6cbb91423c87d65555c5574df26 100644
--- a/application/src/test/java/com/indiscale/fdo/manager/service/fdo/FDOApiTest.java
+++ b/application/src/test/java/com/indiscale/fdo/manager/service/fdo/FDOApiTest.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public class FDOApiTest {
   @Test
   void testFDOApiWithMockitoManager()
       throws PidUnresolvableException, UnknownRepositoryException, UnknownRepositoryTypeException {
-    // Test FDOs
+    // Setup Mocks for Test FDOs
     DigitalObject mockDO =
         new DigitalObject() {
           @Override
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public class FDOApiTest {
         .thenThrow(PidUnresolvableException.class)
         .thenReturn(mockDO)
         .thenReturn(mockDO);
-    when(mockitoManager.permanentlyDeleteFDO("prefix/suffix"))
+    when(mockitoManager.purgeFDO("prefix/suffix"))
         .thenReturn("mock-repo-1")
         .thenReturn("mock-repo-1")
         // .thenReturn("mock-repo-1")    will not be called as PidUnresolvableException was thrown
@@ -116,24 +116,21 @@ public class FDOApiTest {
     when(mockRepositoryRegistry.createRepositoryConnection("mock-repo-1"))
         .thenReturn(mockRepositoryConnection);
     when(mockRepositoryConnection.getId()).thenReturn("mock-repo-1");
-    // 1,2,4 should pass as resolvePID returns successfully and permanentlyDeleteFDO returns an id
+    // 1,2,4 should pass as resolvePID returns successfully and purgeFDO returns an id
     // 3 should fail because resolvePID throws PidUnresolvableException
-    // 5 should fail because permanentlyDeleteFDO returns null
+    // 5 should fail because purgeFDO returns null
     // 6 should fail because the mockitoManager is not configured for "random/string"
-    assertEquals(
-        api.permanentlyDeleteFDO("prefix", "suffix").getStatusCode(), HttpStatusCode.valueOf(204));
-    assertEquals(
-        api.permanentlyDeleteFDO("prefix", "suffix").getStatusCode(), HttpStatusCode.valueOf(204));
-    assertThrows(ResponseStatusException.class, () -> api.permanentlyDeleteFDO("prefix", "suffix"));
-    assertEquals(
-        api.permanentlyDeleteFDO("prefix", "suffix").getStatusCode(), HttpStatusCode.valueOf(204));
-    assertThrows(ResponseStatusException.class, () -> api.permanentlyDeleteFDO("prefix", "suffix"));
-    assertThrows(ResponseStatusException.class, () -> api.permanentlyDeleteFDO("random", "string"));
+    assertEquals(api.purgeFDO("prefix", "suffix").getStatusCode(), HttpStatusCode.valueOf(204));
+    assertEquals(api.purgeFDO("prefix", "suffix").getStatusCode(), HttpStatusCode.valueOf(204));
+    assertThrows(ResponseStatusException.class, () -> api.purgeFDO("prefix", "suffix"));
+    assertEquals(api.purgeFDO("prefix", "suffix").getStatusCode(), HttpStatusCode.valueOf(204));
+    assertThrows(ResponseStatusException.class, () -> api.purgeFDO("prefix", "suffix"));
+    assertThrows(ResponseStatusException.class, () -> api.purgeFDO("random", "string"));
     // resolvePID("prefix/suffix") is called from 1,2,3,4,5
     // resolvePID("random/string") is called from 6
-    // permanentlyDeleteFDO("prefix/suffix") is called from 1,2,4,5
+    // purgeFDO("prefix/suffix") is called from 1,2,4,5
     verify(mockitoManager, times(5)).resolvePID("prefix/suffix");
     verify(mockitoManager, times(1)).resolvePID("random/string");
-    verify(mockitoManager, times(4)).permanentlyDeleteFDO("prefix/suffix");
+    verify(mockitoManager, times(4)).purgeFDO("prefix/suffix");
   }
 }