diff --git a/Wave/Components/ModalComponent.razor b/Wave/Components/ModalComponent.razor
index 4418698..371c492 100644
--- a/Wave/Components/ModalComponent.razor
+++ b/Wave/Components/ModalComponent.razor
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
             @if (ShowCloseButton) {
                 <form method="dialog">
                     <!-- if there is a button in form, it will close the modal -->
-                    <button class="btn" type="submit">Close</button>
+                    <button class="btn" type="submit" autofocus>Close</button>
                 </form>
             }
         </div>
diff --git a/Wave/Components/Pages/Deleted.razor b/Wave/Components/Pages/Deleted.razor
index 946e16c..b826b3b 100644
--- a/Wave/Components/Pages/Deleted.razor
+++ b/Wave/Components/Pages/Deleted.razor
@@ -12,6 +12,27 @@
 
 <h1 class="text-3xl lg:text-5xl font-light mb-6 text-primary">@Localizer["Title"]</h1>
 
+<ModalComponent Id="@ModalId">
+	<ChildContent>
+		<form method="post" id="ConfirmDelete" @formname="ConfirmDelete" @onsubmit="DeleteAll">
+			<AntiforgeryToken />
+			<h2 class="text-xl">@Localizer["Confirm_Title"]</h2>
+			<p class="my-3">@Localizer["Confirm_Description"]</p>
+		</form>
+	</ChildContent>
+	<Actions>
+		<button type="submit" form="ConfirmDelete" class="btn btn-error">
+			@Localizer["Confirm_Submit"]
+		</button>
+	</Actions>
+</ModalComponent>
+
+<div class="flex gap-2 mb-3">
+	<button class="btn btn-sm btn-error" onclick="@(ModalId).showModal()">
+		@Localizer["Delete_Label"]
+	</button>
+</div>
+
 <ArticleCardList Articles="Articles" HasArticleLink="false">
 	<Action Context="article">
 		<form method="post" @formname="@article.Id.ToString()" @onsubmit="Restore" class="w-full">
@@ -25,6 +46,7 @@
 @code {
 	[CascadingParameter(Name = "TitlePostfix")]
 	private string TitlePostfix { get; set; } = default!;
+	private static string ModalId => "ConfirmDeleteDialog";
 
 	private List<Article> Articles { get; } = [];
 
@@ -55,4 +77,15 @@
 		Articles.RemoveAt(Articles.FindIndex(a => a.Id == article.Id));
 	}
 
+	private async Task DeleteAll() {
+		await using var context = await ContextFactory.CreateDbContextAsync();
+
+		context.RemoveRange(await context.Set<Article>()
+			.IgnoreQueryFilters().IgnoreAutoIncludes()
+			.Where(a => a.IsDeleted)
+			.ToListAsync());
+		await context.SaveChangesAsync();
+		Articles.Clear();
+	}
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Wave/Data/ApplicationDbContext.cs b/Wave/Data/ApplicationDbContext.cs
index c53d831..9d5ad3d 100644
--- a/Wave/Data/ApplicationDbContext.cs
+++ b/Wave/Data/ApplicationDbContext.cs
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ public class ApplicationDbContext(DbContextOptions<ApplicationDbContext> options
 
 			category.HasMany(c => c.Articles).WithMany(a => a.Categories)
 				.UsingEntity<ArticleCategory>(
-					ac => ac.HasOne(a => a.Article).WithMany().OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.NoAction), 
-					ac => ac.HasOne(a => a.Category).WithMany().OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.NoAction), 
+					ac => ac.HasOne(a => a.Article).WithMany().OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade), 
+					ac => ac.HasOne(a => a.Category).WithMany().OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Restrict), 
 					articleCategory => {
 						articleCategory.HasKey(ac => ac.Id);
 						articleCategory.ToTable("ArticleCategories");
diff --git a/Wave/Data/Migrations/postgres/20240604123612_HardDeleteArticles.Designer.cs b/Wave/Data/Migrations/postgres/20240604123612_HardDeleteArticles.Designer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa7b820
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Wave/Data/Migrations/postgres/20240604123612_HardDeleteArticles.Designer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,752 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using System;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+using Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL.Metadata;
+using Wave.Data;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace Wave.Data.Migrations.postgres
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(ApplicationDbContext))]
+    [Migration("20240604123612_HardDeleteArticles")]
+    partial class HardDeleteArticles
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void BuildTargetModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder
+                .HasAnnotation("Npgsql:CollationDefinition:default-case-insensitive", "und-u-kf-upper-ks-level1,und-u-kf-upper-ks-level1,icu,False")
+                .HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "8.0.0")
+                .HasAnnotation("Relational:MaxIdentifierLength", 63);
+
+            NpgsqlModelBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumns(modelBuilder);
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityRole", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<string>("Id")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ConcurrencyStamp")
+                        .IsConcurrencyToken()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .HasMaxLength(256)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(256)");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("NormalizedName")
+                        .HasMaxLength(256)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(256)");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("NormalizedName")
+                        .IsUnique()
+                        .HasDatabaseName("RoleNameIndex");
+
+                    b.ToTable("AspNetRoles", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityRoleClaim<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ClaimType")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ClaimValue")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("RoleId")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("RoleId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("AspNetRoleClaims", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityUserClaim<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ClaimType")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ClaimValue")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("UserId")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("UserId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("AspNetUserClaims", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityUserLogin<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<string>("LoginProvider")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ProviderKey")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ProviderDisplayName")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("UserId")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.HasKey("LoginProvider", "ProviderKey");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("UserId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("AspNetUserLogins", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityUserRole<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<string>("UserId")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("RoleId")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.HasKey("UserId", "RoleId");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("RoleId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("AspNetUserRoles", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityUserToken<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<string>("UserId")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("LoginProvider")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Value")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.HasKey("UserId", "LoginProvider", "Name");
+
+                    b.ToTable("AspNetUserTokens", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Wave.Data.ApiClaim", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ApiKeyKey")
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(128)");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Type")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasMaxLength(128)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(128)");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Value")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasMaxLength(128)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(128)");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("ApiKeyKey");
+
+                    b.ToTable("ApiClaim");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Wave.Data.ApiKey", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<string>("Key")
+                        .HasMaxLength(128)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(128)");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("OwnerName")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasMaxLength(128)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(128)");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Key");
+
+                    b.ToTable("ApiKey");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Wave.Data.ApplicationUser", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<string>("Id")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("AboutTheAuthor")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasMaxLength(512)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(512)");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("AccessFailedCount")
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Biography")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasMaxLength(4096)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(4096)");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("BiographyHtml")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ConcurrencyStamp")
+                        .IsConcurrencyToken()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ContactEmail")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasMaxLength(128)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(128)");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ContactPhone")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasMaxLength(64)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(64)");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ContactPhoneBusiness")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasMaxLength(64)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(64)");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ContactWebsite")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasMaxLength(128)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(128)");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Email")
+                        .HasMaxLength(256)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(256)");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("EmailConfirmed")
+                        .HasColumnType("boolean");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("FullName")
+                        .HasMaxLength(64)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(64)");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("LockoutEnabled")
+                        .HasColumnType("boolean");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTimeOffset?>("LockoutEnd")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("NormalizedEmail")
+                        .HasMaxLength(256)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(256)");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("NormalizedUserName")
+                        .HasMaxLength(256)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(256)");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("PasswordHash")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("PhoneNumber")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("PhoneNumberConfirmed")
+                        .HasColumnType("boolean");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("SecurityStamp")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("TwoFactorEnabled")
+                        .HasColumnType("boolean");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("UserName")
+                        .HasMaxLength(256)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(256)");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("NormalizedEmail")
+                        .HasDatabaseName("EmailIndex");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("NormalizedUserName")
+                        .IsUnique()
+                        .HasDatabaseName("UserNameIndex");
+
+                    b.ToTable("AspNetUsers", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Wave.Data.Article", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<Guid>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("uuid");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("AuthorId")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Body")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("BodyHtml")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("BodyPlain")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasDefaultValue("");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("CanBePublic")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAddOrUpdate()
+                        .HasColumnType("boolean")
+                        .HasComputedColumnSql("\"IsDeleted\" = false AND \"Status\" = 2", true);
+
+                    b.Property<DateTimeOffset>("CreationDate")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasDefaultValueSql("now()");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("IsDeleted")
+                        .HasColumnType("boolean");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTimeOffset>("LastModified")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasDefaultValueSql("now()");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTimeOffset>("PublishDate")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ReviewerId")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Slug")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasMaxLength(64)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(64)")
+                        .HasDefaultValue("");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("Status")
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Title")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasMaxLength(256)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(256)");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("AuthorId");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("ReviewerId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Articles", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Wave.Data.ArticleCategory", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<Guid>("ArticleId")
+                        .HasColumnType("uuid");
+
+                    b.Property<Guid>("CategoryId")
+                        .HasColumnType("uuid");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("ArticleId");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("CategoryId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("ArticleCategories", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Wave.Data.ArticleImage", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<Guid>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("uuid");
+
+                    b.Property<Guid?>("ArticleId")
+                        .HasColumnType("uuid");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ImageDescription")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasMaxLength(2048)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(2048)");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("ArticleId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Images", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Wave.Data.Category", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<Guid>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("uuid");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("Color")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer")
+                        .HasDefaultValue(25);
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasMaxLength(128)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(128)")
+                        .UseCollation("default-case-insensitive");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("Name")
+                        .IsUnique();
+
+                    b.ToTable("Categories", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Wave.Data.EmailNewsletter", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<Guid>("ArticleId")
+                        .HasColumnType("uuid");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTimeOffset>("DistributionDateTime")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("IsSend")
+                        .HasColumnType("boolean");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("ArticleId")
+                        .IsUnique();
+
+                    b.ToTable("Newsletter", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Wave.Data.EmailSubscriber", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<Guid>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("uuid");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Email")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasMaxLength(256)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(256)")
+                        .UseCollation("default-case-insensitive");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Language")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasMaxLength(8)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(8)")
+                        .HasDefaultValue("en-US");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTimeOffset?>("LastMailOpened")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTimeOffset?>("LastMailReceived")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .HasMaxLength(128)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(128)");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("UnsubscribeReason")
+                        .HasMaxLength(256)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(256)");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("Unsubscribed")
+                        .HasColumnType("boolean");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("Email")
+                        .IsUnique();
+
+                    b.HasIndex("Unsubscribed");
+
+                    b.ToTable("NewsletterSubscribers", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Wave.Data.ProfilePicture", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ApplicationUserId")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<Guid>("ImageId")
+                        .HasColumnType("uuid");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("ApplicationUserId")
+                        .IsUnique();
+
+                    b.ToTable("ProfilePictures", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Wave.Data.UserLink", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ApplicationUserId")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("UrlString")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasMaxLength(1024)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(1024)");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("ApplicationUserId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("UserLink");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityRoleClaim<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityRole", null)
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("RoleId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityUserClaim<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("Wave.Data.ApplicationUser", null)
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("UserId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityUserLogin<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("Wave.Data.ApplicationUser", null)
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("UserId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityUserRole<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityRole", null)
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("RoleId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+
+                    b.HasOne("Wave.Data.ApplicationUser", null)
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("UserId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityUserToken<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("Wave.Data.ApplicationUser", null)
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("UserId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Wave.Data.ApiClaim", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("Wave.Data.ApiKey", null)
+                        .WithMany("ApiClaims")
+                        .HasForeignKey("ApiKeyKey")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Wave.Data.Article", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("Wave.Data.ApplicationUser", "Author")
+                        .WithMany("Articles")
+                        .HasForeignKey("AuthorId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+
+                    b.HasOne("Wave.Data.ApplicationUser", "Reviewer")
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("ReviewerId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.SetNull);
+
+                    b.OwnsMany("Wave.Data.ArticleHeading", "Headings", b1 =>
+                        {
+                            b1.Property<int>("Id")
+                                .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                                .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                            NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b1.Property<int>("Id"));
+
+                            b1.Property<string>("Anchor")
+                                .IsRequired()
+                                .HasMaxLength(256)
+                                .HasColumnType("character varying(256)");
+
+                            b1.Property<Guid?>("ArticleId")
+                                .HasColumnType("uuid");
+
+                            b1.Property<string>("Label")
+                                .IsRequired()
+                                .HasMaxLength(128)
+                                .HasColumnType("character varying(128)");
+
+                            b1.Property<int>("Order")
+                                .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                            b1.HasKey("Id");
+
+                            b1.HasIndex("ArticleId");
+
+                            b1.ToTable("ArticleHeading");
+
+                            b1.WithOwner()
+                                .HasForeignKey("ArticleId");
+                        });
+
+                    b.Navigation("Author");
+
+                    b.Navigation("Headings");
+
+                    b.Navigation("Reviewer");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Wave.Data.ArticleCategory", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("Wave.Data.Article", "Article")
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("ArticleId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+
+                    b.HasOne("Wave.Data.Category", "Category")
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("CategoryId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Restrict)
+                        .IsRequired();
+
+                    b.Navigation("Article");
+
+                    b.Navigation("Category");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Wave.Data.ArticleImage", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("Wave.Data.Article", null)
+                        .WithMany("Images")
+                        .HasForeignKey("ArticleId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Wave.Data.EmailNewsletter", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("Wave.Data.Article", "Article")
+                        .WithOne()
+                        .HasForeignKey("Wave.Data.EmailNewsletter", "ArticleId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+
+                    b.Navigation("Article");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Wave.Data.ProfilePicture", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("Wave.Data.ApplicationUser", null)
+                        .WithOne("ProfilePicture")
+                        .HasForeignKey("Wave.Data.ProfilePicture", "ApplicationUserId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.SetNull);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Wave.Data.UserLink", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("Wave.Data.ApplicationUser", null)
+                        .WithMany("Links")
+                        .HasForeignKey("ApplicationUserId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Wave.Data.ApiKey", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Navigation("ApiClaims");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Wave.Data.ApplicationUser", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Navigation("Articles");
+
+                    b.Navigation("Links");
+
+                    b.Navigation("ProfilePicture");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Wave.Data.Article", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Navigation("Images");
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Wave/Data/Migrations/postgres/20240604123612_HardDeleteArticles.cs b/Wave/Data/Migrations/postgres/20240604123612_HardDeleteArticles.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7a0553
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Wave/Data/Migrations/postgres/20240604123612_HardDeleteArticles.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+using System;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace Wave.Data.Migrations.postgres;
+
+/// <inheritdoc />
+public partial class HardDeleteArticles : Migration {
+	/// <inheritdoc />
+	protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder) {
+		migrationBuilder.DropForeignKey(
+			name: "FK_ArticleCategories_Articles_ArticleId",
+			table: "ArticleCategories");
+
+		migrationBuilder.DropForeignKey(
+			name: "FK_ArticleCategories_Categories_CategoryId",
+			table: "ArticleCategories");
+
+		migrationBuilder.DropPrimaryKey(
+			name: "PK_ArticleHeading",
+			table: "ArticleHeading");
+
+		migrationBuilder.AlterColumn<Guid>(
+			name: "ArticleId",
+			table: "ArticleHeading",
+			type: "uuid",
+			nullable: true,
+			oldClrType: typeof(Guid),
+			oldType: "uuid");
+
+		migrationBuilder.AddPrimaryKey(
+			name: "PK_ArticleHeading",
+			table: "ArticleHeading",
+			column: "Id");
+
+		migrationBuilder.CreateIndex(
+			name: "IX_ArticleHeading_ArticleId",
+			table: "ArticleHeading",
+			column: "ArticleId");
+
+		migrationBuilder.AddForeignKey(
+			name: "FK_ArticleCategories_Articles_ArticleId",
+			table: "ArticleCategories",
+			column: "ArticleId",
+			principalTable: "Articles",
+			principalColumn: "Id",
+			onDelete: ReferentialAction.Cascade);
+
+		migrationBuilder.AddForeignKey(
+			name: "FK_ArticleCategories_Categories_CategoryId",
+			table: "ArticleCategories",
+			column: "CategoryId",
+			principalTable: "Categories",
+			principalColumn: "Id",
+			onDelete: ReferentialAction.Restrict);
+	}
+
+	/// <inheritdoc />
+	protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder) {
+		migrationBuilder.DropForeignKey(
+			name: "FK_ArticleCategories_Articles_ArticleId",
+			table: "ArticleCategories");
+
+		migrationBuilder.DropForeignKey(
+			name: "FK_ArticleCategories_Categories_CategoryId",
+			table: "ArticleCategories");
+
+		migrationBuilder.DropPrimaryKey(
+			name: "PK_ArticleHeading",
+			table: "ArticleHeading");
+
+		migrationBuilder.DropIndex(
+			name: "IX_ArticleHeading_ArticleId",
+			table: "ArticleHeading");
+
+		migrationBuilder.AlterColumn<Guid>(
+			name: "ArticleId",
+			table: "ArticleHeading",
+			type: "uuid",
+			nullable: false,
+			defaultValue: new Guid("00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"),
+			oldClrType: typeof(Guid),
+			oldType: "uuid",
+			oldNullable: true);
+
+		migrationBuilder.AddPrimaryKey(
+			name: "PK_ArticleHeading",
+			table: "ArticleHeading",
+			columns: new[] {"ArticleId", "Id"});
+
+		migrationBuilder.AddForeignKey(
+			name: "FK_ArticleCategories_Articles_ArticleId",
+			table: "ArticleCategories",
+			column: "ArticleId",
+			principalTable: "Articles",
+			principalColumn: "Id");
+
+		migrationBuilder.AddForeignKey(
+			name: "FK_ArticleCategories_Categories_CategoryId",
+			table: "ArticleCategories",
+			column: "CategoryId",
+			principalTable: "Categories",
+			principalColumn: "Id");
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/Wave/Data/Migrations/postgres/ApplicationDbContextModelSnapshot.cs b/Wave/Data/Migrations/postgres/ApplicationDbContextModelSnapshot.cs
index 009fed2..924311e 100644
--- a/Wave/Data/Migrations/postgres/ApplicationDbContextModelSnapshot.cs
+++ b/Wave/Data/Migrations/postgres/ApplicationDbContextModelSnapshot.cs
@@ -632,9 +632,6 @@ protected override void BuildModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
 
                     b.OwnsMany("Wave.Data.ArticleHeading", "Headings", b1 =>
                         {
-                            b1.Property<Guid>("ArticleId")
-                                .HasColumnType("uuid");
-
                             b1.Property<int>("Id")
                                 .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
                                 .HasColumnType("integer");
@@ -646,6 +643,9 @@ protected override void BuildModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
                                 .HasMaxLength(256)
                                 .HasColumnType("character varying(256)");
 
+                            b1.Property<Guid?>("ArticleId")
+                                .HasColumnType("uuid");
+
                             b1.Property<string>("Label")
                                 .IsRequired()
                                 .HasMaxLength(128)
@@ -654,7 +654,9 @@ protected override void BuildModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
                             b1.Property<int>("Order")
                                 .HasColumnType("integer");
 
-                            b1.HasKey("ArticleId", "Id");
+                            b1.HasKey("Id");
+
+                            b1.HasIndex("ArticleId");
 
                             b1.ToTable("ArticleHeading");
 
@@ -674,13 +676,13 @@ protected override void BuildModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
                     b.HasOne("Wave.Data.Article", "Article")
                         .WithMany()
                         .HasForeignKey("ArticleId")
-                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.NoAction)
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
                         .IsRequired();
 
                     b.HasOne("Wave.Data.Category", "Category")
                         .WithMany()
                         .HasForeignKey("CategoryId")
-                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.NoAction)
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Restrict)
                         .IsRequired();
 
                     b.Navigation("Article");
diff --git a/Wave/Resources/Components/Pages/Deleted.de-DE.resx b/Wave/Resources/Components/Pages/Deleted.de-DE.resx
index e45146a..a553e6d 100644
--- a/Wave/Resources/Components/Pages/Deleted.de-DE.resx
+++ b/Wave/Resources/Components/Pages/Deleted.de-DE.resx
@@ -104,4 +104,16 @@
     <data name="Restore_Submit" xml:space="preserve">
         <value>Artikel Wiederherstellen</value>
     </data>
+    <data name="Delete_Label" xml:space="preserve">
+        <value>Artikel Löschen</value>
+    </data>
+    <data name="Confirm_Title" xml:space="preserve">
+        <value>Sind Sie sich sicher?</value>
+    </data>
+    <data name="Confirm_Submit" xml:space="preserve">
+        <value>Ja, Artikel unwiederruflich löschen</value>
+    </data>
+    <data name="Confirm_Description" xml:space="preserve">
+        <value>Diese Operation ist unwiederruflich</value>
+    </data>
 </root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Wave/Resources/Components/Pages/Deleted.resx b/Wave/Resources/Components/Pages/Deleted.resx
index 8e6aa87..bafde79 100644
--- a/Wave/Resources/Components/Pages/Deleted.resx
+++ b/Wave/Resources/Components/Pages/Deleted.resx
@@ -104,4 +104,16 @@
     <data name="Restore_Submit" xml:space="preserve">
         <value>Restore Article</value>
     </data>
+    <data name="Delete_Label" xml:space="preserve">
+        <value>Delete Articles</value>
+    </data>
+    <data name="Confirm_Title" xml:space="preserve">
+        <value>Are you sure?</value>
+    </data>
+    <data name="Confirm_Description" xml:space="preserve">
+        <value>This action is irreversible.</value>
+    </data>
+    <data name="Confirm_Submit" xml:space="preserve">
+        <value>Yes, permanently delete articles</value>
+    </data>
 </root>
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