diff --git a/packages/api/src/elastic/pages.ts b/packages/api/src/elastic/pages.ts
index c0abb1a54..34093b5f1 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/elastic/pages.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/elastic/pages.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {
 import { client, INDEX_ALIAS } from './index'
 import { EntityType } from '../datalayer/pubsub'
 import { ResponseError } from '@elastic/elasticsearch/lib/errors'
+import { BulkActionType } from '../generated/graphql'
 
 const appendQuery = (body: SearchBody, query: string): void => {
   body.query.bool.should.push({
@@ -644,3 +645,72 @@ export const searchAsYouType = async (
     return []
   }
 }
+
+export const updatePagesAsync = async (
+  userId: string,
+  action: BulkActionType,
+  args?: PageSearchArgs
+): Promise<string | null> => {
+  // default action is archive
+  let must_not = [
+    {
+      exists: {
+        field: 'archivedAt',
+      },
+    },
+  ]
+  let params: Record<string, any> = { archivedAt: new Date() }
+  if (action === BulkActionType.Delete) {
+    must_not = []
+    params = { state: ArticleSavingRequestStatus.Deleted }
+  }
+  // get update field
+  const field = Object.keys(params)[0]
+
+  try {
+    const { body } = await client.updateByQuery({
+      index: INDEX_ALIAS,
+      conflicts: 'proceed',
+      wait_for_completion: false,
+      body: {
+        query: {
+          bool: {
+            filter: [
+              {
+                term: {
+                  userId,
+                },
+              },
+              {
+                terms: {
+                  state: [
+                    ArticleSavingRequestStatus.Succeeded,
+                    ArticleSavingRequestStatus.Failed,
+                  ],
+                },
+              },
+            ],
+            must_not,
+          },
+        },
+        script: {
+          source: `ctx._source.${field} = params.${field}`,
+          lang: 'painless',
+          params,
+        },
+      },
+    })
+
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access
+    if (body.failures?.length > 0) {
+      console.log('failed to update pages in elastic', body.failures)
+      return null
+    }
+
+    console.log('update pages task started', body.task)
+    return body.task as string
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.log('failed to update pages in elastic', e)
+    return null
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/api/src/generated/graphql.ts b/packages/api/src/generated/graphql.ts
index f6cfc874c..161a0dca3 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/generated/graphql.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/generated/graphql.ts
@@ -218,6 +218,27 @@ export type ArticlesSuccess = {
   pageInfo: PageInfo;
 };
 
+export type BulkActionError = {
+  __typename?: 'BulkActionError';
+  errorCodes: Array<BulkActionErrorCode>;
+};
+
+export enum BulkActionErrorCode {
+  Unauthorized = 'UNAUTHORIZED'
+}
+
+export type BulkActionResult = BulkActionError | BulkActionSuccess;
+
+export type BulkActionSuccess = {
+  __typename?: 'BulkActionSuccess';
+  success: Scalars['Boolean'];
+};
+
+export enum BulkActionType {
+  Archive = 'ARCHIVE',
+  Delete = 'DELETE'
+}
+
 export enum ContentReader {
   Pdf = 'PDF',
   Web = 'WEB'
@@ -1164,6 +1185,7 @@ export type MoveLabelSuccess = {
 export type Mutation = {
   __typename?: 'Mutation';
   addPopularRead: AddPopularReadResult;
+  bulkAction: BulkActionResult;
   createArticle: CreateArticleResult;
   createArticleSavingRequest: CreateArticleSavingRequestResult;
   createGroup: CreateGroupResult;
@@ -1237,6 +1259,12 @@ export type MutationAddPopularReadArgs = {
 };
 
 
+export type MutationBulkActionArgs = {
+  action: BulkActionType;
+  query?: InputMaybe<Scalars['String']>;
+};
+
+
 export type MutationCreateArticleArgs = {
   input: CreateArticleInput;
 };
@@ -3202,6 +3230,11 @@ export type ResolversTypes = {
   ArticlesResult: ResolversTypes['ArticlesError'] | ResolversTypes['ArticlesSuccess'];
   ArticlesSuccess: ResolverTypeWrapper<ArticlesSuccess>;
   Boolean: ResolverTypeWrapper<Scalars['Boolean']>;
+  BulkActionError: ResolverTypeWrapper<BulkActionError>;
+  BulkActionErrorCode: BulkActionErrorCode;
+  BulkActionResult: ResolversTypes['BulkActionError'] | ResolversTypes['BulkActionSuccess'];
+  BulkActionSuccess: ResolverTypeWrapper<BulkActionSuccess>;
+  BulkActionType: BulkActionType;
   ContentReader: ContentReader;
   CreateArticleError: ResolverTypeWrapper<CreateArticleError>;
   CreateArticleErrorCode: CreateArticleErrorCode;
@@ -3672,6 +3705,9 @@ export type ResolversParentTypes = {
   ArticlesResult: ResolversParentTypes['ArticlesError'] | ResolversParentTypes['ArticlesSuccess'];
   ArticlesSuccess: ArticlesSuccess;
   Boolean: Scalars['Boolean'];
+  BulkActionError: BulkActionError;
+  BulkActionResult: ResolversParentTypes['BulkActionError'] | ResolversParentTypes['BulkActionSuccess'];
+  BulkActionSuccess: BulkActionSuccess;
   CreateArticleError: CreateArticleError;
   CreateArticleInput: CreateArticleInput;
   CreateArticleResult: ResolversParentTypes['CreateArticleError'] | ResolversParentTypes['CreateArticleSuccess'];
@@ -4186,6 +4222,20 @@ export type ArticlesSuccessResolvers<ContextType = ResolverContext, ParentType e
   __isTypeOf?: IsTypeOfResolverFn<ParentType, ContextType>;
 };
 
+export type BulkActionErrorResolvers<ContextType = ResolverContext, ParentType extends ResolversParentTypes['BulkActionError'] = ResolversParentTypes['BulkActionError']> = {
+  errorCodes?: Resolver<Array<ResolversTypes['BulkActionErrorCode']>, ParentType, ContextType>;
+  __isTypeOf?: IsTypeOfResolverFn<ParentType, ContextType>;
+};
+
+export type BulkActionResultResolvers<ContextType = ResolverContext, ParentType extends ResolversParentTypes['BulkActionResult'] = ResolversParentTypes['BulkActionResult']> = {
+  __resolveType: TypeResolveFn<'BulkActionError' | 'BulkActionSuccess', ParentType, ContextType>;
+};
+
+export type BulkActionSuccessResolvers<ContextType = ResolverContext, ParentType extends ResolversParentTypes['BulkActionSuccess'] = ResolversParentTypes['BulkActionSuccess']> = {
+  success?: Resolver<ResolversTypes['Boolean'], ParentType, ContextType>;
+  __isTypeOf?: IsTypeOfResolverFn<ParentType, ContextType>;
+};
+
 export type CreateArticleErrorResolvers<ContextType = ResolverContext, ParentType extends ResolversParentTypes['CreateArticleError'] = ResolversParentTypes['CreateArticleError']> = {
   errorCodes?: Resolver<Array<ResolversTypes['CreateArticleErrorCode']>, ParentType, ContextType>;
   __isTypeOf?: IsTypeOfResolverFn<ParentType, ContextType>;
@@ -4871,6 +4921,7 @@ export type MoveLabelSuccessResolvers<ContextType = ResolverContext, ParentType
 
 export type MutationResolvers<ContextType = ResolverContext, ParentType extends ResolversParentTypes['Mutation'] = ResolversParentTypes['Mutation']> = {
   addPopularRead?: Resolver<ResolversTypes['AddPopularReadResult'], ParentType, ContextType, RequireFields<MutationAddPopularReadArgs, 'name'>>;
+  bulkAction?: Resolver<ResolversTypes['BulkActionResult'], ParentType, ContextType, RequireFields<MutationBulkActionArgs, 'action'>>;
   createArticle?: Resolver<ResolversTypes['CreateArticleResult'], ParentType, ContextType, RequireFields<MutationCreateArticleArgs, 'input'>>;
   createArticleSavingRequest?: Resolver<ResolversTypes['CreateArticleSavingRequestResult'], ParentType, ContextType, RequireFields<MutationCreateArticleSavingRequestArgs, 'input'>>;
   createGroup?: Resolver<ResolversTypes['CreateGroupResult'], ParentType, ContextType, RequireFields<MutationCreateGroupArgs, 'input'>>;
@@ -5905,6 +5956,9 @@ export type Resolvers<ContextType = ResolverContext> = {
   ArticlesError?: ArticlesErrorResolvers<ContextType>;
   ArticlesResult?: ArticlesResultResolvers<ContextType>;
   ArticlesSuccess?: ArticlesSuccessResolvers<ContextType>;
+  BulkActionError?: BulkActionErrorResolvers<ContextType>;
+  BulkActionResult?: BulkActionResultResolvers<ContextType>;
+  BulkActionSuccess?: BulkActionSuccessResolvers<ContextType>;
   CreateArticleError?: CreateArticleErrorResolvers<ContextType>;
   CreateArticleResult?: CreateArticleResultResolvers<ContextType>;
   CreateArticleSavingRequestError?: CreateArticleSavingRequestErrorResolvers<ContextType>;
diff --git a/packages/api/src/generated/schema.graphql b/packages/api/src/generated/schema.graphql
index 4154541a5..34968394b 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/generated/schema.graphql
+++ b/packages/api/src/generated/schema.graphql
@@ -179,6 +179,25 @@ type ArticlesSuccess {
   pageInfo: PageInfo!
 }
 
+type BulkActionError {
+  errorCodes: [BulkActionErrorCode!]!
+}
+
+enum BulkActionErrorCode {
+  UNAUTHORIZED
+}
+
+union BulkActionResult = BulkActionError | BulkActionSuccess
+
+type BulkActionSuccess {
+  success: Boolean!
+}
+
+enum BulkActionType {
+  ARCHIVE
+  DELETE
+}
+
 enum ContentReader {
   PDF
   WEB
@@ -1036,6 +1055,7 @@ type MoveLabelSuccess {
 
 type Mutation {
   addPopularRead(name: String!): AddPopularReadResult!
+  bulkAction(action: BulkActionType!, query: String): BulkActionResult!
   createArticle(input: CreateArticleInput!): CreateArticleResult!
   createArticleSavingRequest(input: CreateArticleSavingRequestInput!): CreateArticleSavingRequestResult!
   createGroup(input: CreateGroupInput!): CreateGroupResult!
diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
index e7ba636a9..a7cd6c906 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
@@ -9,12 +9,16 @@ import {
   ArticleErrorCode,
   ArticlesError,
   ArticleSuccess,
+  BulkActionError,
+  BulkActionErrorCode,
+  BulkActionSuccess,
   ContentReader,
   CreateArticleError,
   CreateArticleErrorCode,
   CreateArticleSuccess,
   FeedArticle,
   InputMaybe,
+  MutationBulkActionArgs,
   MutationCreateArticleArgs,
   MutationSaveArticleReadingProgressArgs,
   MutationSetBookmarkArticleArgs,
@@ -95,6 +99,7 @@ import {
   searchAsYouType,
   searchPages,
   updatePage,
+  updatePagesAsync,
 } from '../../elastic/pages'
 import { searchHighlights } from '../../elastic/highlights'
 import { saveSearchHistory } from '../../services/search_history'
@@ -1043,6 +1048,34 @@ export const updatesSinceResolver = authorized<
   }
 )
 
+export const bulkActionResolver = authorized<
+  BulkActionSuccess,
+  BulkActionError,
+  MutationBulkActionArgs
+>(async (_parent, { action }, { claims: { uid }, log }) => {
+  log.info('bulkActionResolver')
+
+  if (!uid) {
+    log.error('bulkActionResolver', { error: 'Unauthorized' })
+    return { errorCodes: [BulkActionErrorCode.Unauthorized] }
+  }
+
+  analytics.track({
+    userId: uid,
+    event: 'BulkAction',
+    properties: {
+      env: env.server.apiEnv,
+    },
+  })
+
+  // TODO: get search filters from query
+
+  // start a task to update pages
+  const taskId = await updatePagesAsync(uid, action)
+
+  return { success: !!taskId }
+})
+
 const getUpdateReason = (page: Page, since: Date) => {
   if (page.state === ArticleSavingRequestStatus.Deleted) {
     return UpdateReason.Deleted
diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/function_resolvers.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/function_resolvers.ts
index ea5ff9ecf..e1d7e6c9a 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/function_resolvers.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/function_resolvers.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import {
   addPopularReadResolver,
   apiKeysResolver,
   articleSavingRequestResolver,
+  bulkActionResolver,
   createArticleResolver,
   createArticleSavingRequestResolver,
   createGroupResolver,
@@ -201,6 +202,7 @@ export const functionResolvers = {
     leaveGroup: leaveGroupResolver,
     uploadImportFile: uploadImportFileResolver,
     markEmailAsItem: markEmailAsItemResolver,
+    bulkAction: bulkActionResolver,
   },
   Query: {
     me: getMeUserResolver,
@@ -664,4 +666,5 @@ export const functionResolvers = {
   ...resultResolveTypeResolver('UploadImportFile'),
   ...resultResolveTypeResolver('RecentEmails'),
   ...resultResolveTypeResolver('MarkEmailAsItem'),
+  ...resultResolveTypeResolver('BulkAction'),
 }
diff --git a/packages/api/src/schema.ts b/packages/api/src/schema.ts
index 64915652d..5d4353c0b 100755
--- a/packages/api/src/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/schema.ts
@@ -2373,6 +2373,25 @@ const schema = gql`
     NOT_FOUND
   }
 
+  enum BulkActionType {
+    DELETE
+    ARCHIVE
+  }
+
+  union BulkActionResult = BulkActionSuccess | BulkActionError
+
+  type BulkActionSuccess {
+    success: Boolean!
+  }
+
+  type BulkActionError {
+    errorCodes: [BulkActionErrorCode!]!
+  }
+
+  enum BulkActionErrorCode {
+    UNAUTHORIZED
+  }
+
   # Mutations
   type Mutation {
     googleLogin(input: GoogleLoginInput!): LoginResult!
@@ -2462,6 +2481,7 @@ const schema = gql`
       contentType: String!
     ): UploadImportFileResult!
     markEmailAsItem(recentEmailId: ID!): MarkEmailAsItemResult!
+    bulkAction(query: String, action: BulkActionType!): BulkActionResult!
   }
 
   # FIXME: remove sort from feedArticles after all cached tabs are closed
diff --git a/packages/api/test/resolvers/article.test.ts b/packages/api/test/resolvers/article.test.ts
index a539101a4..77fd10fad 100644
--- a/packages/api/test/resolvers/article.test.ts
+++ b/packages/api/test/resolvers/article.test.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import 'mocha'
 import { User } from '../../src/entity/user'
 import chaiString from 'chai-string'
 import {
+  BulkActionType,
   SyncUpdatedItemEdge,
   UpdateReason,
   UploadFileStatus,
@@ -1084,4 +1085,87 @@ describe('Article API', () => {
       )
     })
   })
+
+  describe('BulkAction API', () => {
+    const bulkActionQuery = (action: BulkActionType) => `
+      mutation {
+        bulkAction (action: ${action}) {
+          ... on BulkActionSuccess {
+            success
+          }
+          ... on BulkActionError {
+            errorCodes
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    `
+
+    before(async () => {
+      // Create some test pages
+      for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+        await createPage(
+          {
+            id: '',
+            hash: '',
+            userId: user.id,
+            pageType: i == 0 ? PageType.Article : PageType.File,
+            title: 'test page',
+            content: '',
+            slug: '',
+            createdAt: new Date(),
+            updatedAt: new Date(),
+            readingProgressPercent: 0,
+            readingProgressAnchorIndex: 0,
+            url: '',
+            savedAt: new Date(),
+            state:
+              i == 0
+                ? ArticleSavingRequestStatus.Failed
+                : ArticleSavingRequestStatus.Succeeded,
+          },
+          ctx
+        )
+      }
+    })
+
+    after(async () => {
+      // Delete all pages
+      await deletePagesByParam({ userId: user.id }, ctx)
+    })
+
+    context('when action is Archive', () => {
+      it('archives all pages', async () => {
+        const res = await graphqlRequest(
+          bulkActionQuery(BulkActionType.Archive),
+          authToken
+        ).expect(200)
+        expect(res.body.data.bulkAction.success).to.be.true
+        // Wait for the archive to finish
+        await setTimeout(async () => {
+          const pages = await graphqlRequest(searchQuery(), authToken).expect(
+            200
+          )
+          expect(pages.body.data.search.pageInfo.totalCount).to.eql(0)
+        }, 1000)
+      })
+    })
+
+    context('when action is Delete', () => {
+      it('deletes all pages', async () => {
+        const res = await graphqlRequest(
+          bulkActionQuery(BulkActionType.Delete),
+          authToken
+        ).expect(200)
+        expect(res.body.data.bulkAction.success).to.be.true
+        // Wait for the delete to finish
+        await setTimeout(async () => {
+          const pages = await graphqlRequest(
+            searchQuery('in:all'),
+            authToken
+          ).expect(200)
+          expect(pages.body.data.search.pageInfo.totalCount).to.eql(0)
+        }, 1000)
+      })
+    })
+  })
 })