diff --git a/include/tidesdb/tidesdb.hpp b/include/tidesdb/tidesdb.hpp
index 393f447..e910e32 100644
--- a/include/tidesdb/tidesdb.hpp
+++ b/include/tidesdb/tidesdb.hpp
@@ -297,6 +297,15 @@ class ColumnFamily
      */
     void flushMemtable();
 
+    /**
+     * @brief Synchronously flush memtable and run aggressive compaction to completion
+     *
+     * Blocks until all flush and compaction I/O is complete. Use before backup,
+     * after bulk deletes, or during maintenance windows where a guaranteed clean
+     * on-disk state is required.
+     */
+    void purge();
+
     /**
      * @brief Check if a flush operation is in progress
      * @return true if flushing, false otherwise
@@ -637,6 +646,15 @@ class TidesDB
      */
     void checkpoint(const std::string& dir);
 
+    /**
+     * @brief Synchronously flush and aggressively compact all column families
+     *
+     * Calls purge() on each column family and then drains the global flush and
+     * compaction queues. Blocks until all work is complete. Throws on the first
+     * column family that fails.
+     */
+    void purge();
+
     /**
      * @brief Get default database configuration
      * @return Default Config struct
diff --git a/src/tidesdb.cpp b/src/tidesdb.cpp
index 1a7782d..52be007 100644
--- a/src/tidesdb.cpp
+++ b/src/tidesdb.cpp
@@ -265,6 +265,12 @@ void ColumnFamily::flushMemtable()
     checkResult(result, "failed to flush memtable");
 }
 
+void ColumnFamily::purge()
+{
+    int result = tidesdb_purge_cf(cf_);
+    checkResult(result, "failed to purge column family");
+}
+
 bool ColumnFamily::isFlushing() const
 {
     return tidesdb_is_flushing(cf_) != 0;
@@ -788,6 +794,12 @@ void TidesDB::checkpoint(const std::string& dir)
     checkResult(result, "failed to create checkpoint");
 }
 
+void TidesDB::purge()
+{
+    int result = tidesdb_purge(db_);
+    checkResult(result, "failed to purge database");
+}
+
 Config TidesDB::defaultConfig()
 {
     tidesdb_config_t cConfig = tidesdb_default_config();
diff --git a/tests/tidesdb_test.cpp b/tests/tidesdb_test.cpp
index d4eea53..e0a603d 100644
--- a/tests/tidesdb_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/tidesdb_test.cpp
@@ -497,6 +497,53 @@ TEST_F(TidesDBTest, FlushMemtable)
     cf.flushMemtable();
 }
 
+TEST_F(TidesDBTest, PurgeColumnFamily)
+{
+    tidesdb::TidesDB db(getConfig());
+
+    auto cfConfig = tidesdb::ColumnFamilyConfig::defaultConfig();
+    db.createColumnFamily("test_cf", cfConfig);
+
+    auto cf = db.getColumnFamily("test_cf");
+
+    {
+        auto txn = db.beginTransaction();
+        for (int i = 0; i < 100; ++i)
+        {
+            std::string key = "key" + std::to_string(i);
+            std::string value = "value" + std::to_string(i);
+            txn.put(cf, key, value, -1);
+        }
+        txn.commit();
+    }
+
+    ASSERT_NO_THROW(cf.purge());
+}
+
+TEST_F(TidesDBTest, PurgeDatabase)
+{
+    tidesdb::TidesDB db(getConfig());
+
+    auto cfConfig = tidesdb::ColumnFamilyConfig::defaultConfig();
+    db.createColumnFamily("cf1", cfConfig);
+    db.createColumnFamily("cf2", cfConfig);
+
+    auto cf1 = db.getColumnFamily("cf1");
+    auto cf2 = db.getColumnFamily("cf2");
+
+    {
+        auto txn = db.beginTransaction();
+        for (int i = 0; i < 50; ++i)
+        {
+            txn.put(cf1, "k1_" + std::to_string(i), "v1_" + std::to_string(i), -1);
+            txn.put(cf2, "k2_" + std::to_string(i), "v2_" + std::to_string(i), -1);
+        }
+        txn.commit();
+    }
+
+    ASSERT_NO_THROW(db.purge());
+}
+
 TEST_F(TidesDBTest, NonExistentColumnFamily)
 {
     tidesdb::TidesDB db(getConfig());