diff --git a/chainqueue/fs/cache.py b/chainqueue/fs/cache.py
index 1911d30..2ccd395 100644
--- a/chainqueue/fs/cache.py
+++ b/chainqueue/fs/cache.py
@@ -72,22 +72,35 @@ class FsQueue:
         return int.from_bytes(b, byteorder='big')
 
 
+
     def get(self, key):
         idx = self.__get_backend_idx(key)
         return self.backend.get(idx)
 
 
-    def move(self, key, queuestate_from, queuestate_to):
+    def move(self, key, to_state, from_state=None):
         key_hex = key.hex()
-        cur_path = os.path.join(self.path_state[queuestate_from], key_hex)
+        cur_path = os.path.join(self.path_state[from_state], key_hex)
         fi = os.lstat(cur_path)
         if not stat.S_ISLNK(fi.st_mode):
             logg.error('no such entry {}'.format(cur_path))
             raise FileNotFoundError(key_hex)
-        new_path = os.path.join(self.path_state[queuestate_to], key_hex)
+        new_path = os.path.join(self.path_state[to_state], key_hex)
         os.rename(cur_path, new_path)
 
 
+    def purge(self, key, queuestate):
+        key_hex = key.hex()
+        cur_path = os.path.join(self.path_state[queuestate], key_hex)
+        active_path = os.path.join(self.index_path, key_hex)
+        try:
+            fi = os.stat(cur_path)
+            os.unlink(active_path)
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            os.unlink(cur_path)
+
+        logg.debug('purge queue entry {}'.format(key_hex))
+        
     def set(self, key, status):
         idx = self.__get_backend_idx(key) 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_fs.py b/tests/test_fs.py
index edc646d..02f8862 100644
--- a/tests/test_fs.py
+++ b/tests/test_fs.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class HexDirTest(unittest.TestCase):
         tx_hash = os.urandom(32)
         tx_content = os.urandom(128)
         self.q.add(tx_hash, tx_content)
-        self.q.move(tx_hash, 'new', 'ready')
+        self.q.move(tx_hash, 'ready', from_state='new')
        
         f = open(os.path.join(self.q.path_state['ready'], tx_hash.hex()), 'rb')
         r = f.read()
@@ -62,5 +62,21 @@ class HexDirTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(r, b'\x00' * 8)
 
 
+    def test_purge(self):
+        tx_hash = os.urandom(32)
+        tx_content = os.urandom(128)
+        self.q.add(tx_hash, tx_content)
+        self.q.move(tx_hash, 'ready', from_state='new')
+        self.q.purge(tx_hash, 'ready')
+      
+        with self.assertRaises(FileNotFoundError):
+            entry_path = os.path.join(self.q.path_state['ready'], tx_hash.hex())
+            os.stat(entry_path)
+
+        with self.assertRaises(FileNotFoundError):
+            entry_path = os.path.join(self.q.index_path, tx_hash.hex())
+            os.stat(entry_path)
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()