diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fe01363..a64af0a 100755
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -683,6 +683,15 @@ version = "1.0.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e86697c916019a8588c99b5fac3cead74ec0b4b819707a682fd4d23fa0ce1ba1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "same-file"
+version = "1.0.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "93fc1dc3aaa9bfed95e02e6eadabb4baf7e3078b0bd1b4d7b6b0b68378900502"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-util",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "scopeguard"
 version = "1.2.0"
@@ -832,7 +841,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "trasher"
-version = "3.3.5"
+version = "3.3.6"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "base64",
@@ -849,6 +858,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ratatui",
  "regex",
  "tui-input",
+ "walkdir",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -891,6 +901,16 @@ version = "0.9.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "walkdir"
+version = "2.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "29790946404f91d9c5d06f9874efddea1dc06c5efe94541a7d6863108e3a5e4b"
+dependencies = [
+ "same-file",
+ "winapi-util",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
 version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
@@ -967,6 +987,15 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-util"
+version = "0.1.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4d4cc384e1e73b93bafa6fb4f1df8c41695c8a91cf9c4c64358067d15a7b6c6b"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
 version = "0.4.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a688d92..6a9a2e7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "trasher"
-version = "3.3.5"
+version = "3.3.6"
 authors = ["Clément Nerma <clement.nerma@gmail.com>"]
 edition = "2021"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
@@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ mountpoints = "0.2.1"
 indicatif = "0.17.8"
 fs_extra = "1.3.0"
 comfy-table = "7.1.0"
+walkdir = "2.5.0"
diff --git a/src/actions.rs b/src/actions.rs
index fde9e9e..0bf4dd3 100644
--- a/src/actions.rs
+++ b/src/actions.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 use std::{fs, io::stdin, path::PathBuf};
 
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
+use indicatif::{ProgressBar, ProgressStyle};
 
-use crate::{error, fuzzy::FuzzyFinderItem, info, success, warn};
+use crate::{fuzzy::FuzzyFinderItem, info, success, warn};
 
 use super::{args::*, bail, debug, fsutils::*, items::*};
 
@@ -330,23 +331,42 @@ pub fn empty(config: &Config) -> Result<()> {
 
     info!("Emptying the trash...");
 
-    let mut failed = false;
-
     for trash_dir in trash_dirs {
         info!("Emptying trash directory: {}", trash_dir.display());
 
-        if let Err(err) = fs::remove_dir_all(&trash_dir) {
-            error!(
-                "Failed to empty the trash at path: {}\n> {err}\n",
-                trash_dir.display()
-            );
+        warn!("> Listing files and directories to delete...");
+
+        let items = list_deletable_fs_items(&trash_dir)?;
+
+        warn!("> Deleting all {} items...", items.len());
+
+        let pbr = ProgressBar::new(items.len().try_into().unwrap());
+
+        pbr.set_style(ProgressStyle::default_bar()
+            .template("{spinner:.green} [{elapsed_precise}] [{bar:40.cyan/blue}] {bytes}/{total_bytes} ({eta})")
+            .expect("Invalid progress bar template")
+            .progress_chars("#>-"));
+
+        for (i, item) in items.iter().enumerate() {
+            let metadata = item
+                .symlink_metadata()
+                .with_context(|| format!("Failed to get metadata for item: {}", item.display()))?
+                .file_type();
 
-            failed = true;
+            if metadata.is_dir() {
+                fs::remove_dir(item)
+                    .with_context(|| format!("Failed to remove directory: {}", item.display()))?;
+            } else {
+                fs::remove_file(item)
+                    .with_context(|| format!("Failed to remove file: {}", item.display()))?;
+            }
+
+            if i % 25 == 0 || i + 1 == items.len() {
+                pbr.set_position((i + 1).try_into().unwrap());
+            }
         }
-    }
 
-    if failed {
-        bail!("Failed to empty trash directories");
+        pbr.finish();
     }
 
     success!("Trash was successfully emptied.");
diff --git a/src/fsutils.rs b/src/fsutils.rs
index 3ae4985..c2d6927 100755
--- a/src/fsutils.rs
+++ b/src/fsutils.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use comfy_table::{presets::UTF8_FULL_CONDENSED, ContentArrangement, Table};
 use fs_extra::dir::TransitProcessResult;
 use indicatif::{ProgressBar, ProgressStyle};
 use mountpoints::mountpaths;
+use walkdir::WalkDir;
 
 use crate::{debug, error, Config};
 
@@ -465,3 +466,12 @@ pub fn are_on_same_fs(a: &Path, b: &Path) -> Result<bool> {
 
     Ok(a_fs_id == b_fs_id)
 }
+
+pub fn list_deletable_fs_items(path: &Path) -> Result<Vec<PathBuf>> {
+    WalkDir::new(path)
+        .contents_first(true)
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|entry| entry.map(|entry| entry.into_path()))
+        .collect::<Result<Vec<PathBuf>, _>>()
+        .context("Failed to read directory entry")
+}