diff --git a/apps/files/src/views/FilesList.vue b/apps/files/src/views/FilesList.vue
index d4f58b53a65..46a84faf188 100644
--- a/apps/files/src/views/FilesList.vue
+++ b/apps/files/src/views/FilesList.vue
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 				<NcActionButton v-for="action in enabledFileListActions"
 					:key="action.id"
 					:disabled="!!loadingAction"
+					:data-cy-files-list-action="action.id"
 					close-after-click
 					@click="execFileListAction(action)">
 					<template #icon>
diff --git a/cypress/e2e/files/FilesUtils.ts b/cypress/e2e/files/FilesUtils.ts
index 6a62ff77e86..932897918de 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/files/FilesUtils.ts
+++ b/cypress/e2e/files/FilesUtils.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
  */
 
+import type { User } from "@nextcloud/cypress"
+
 export const getRowForFileId = (fileid: number) => cy.get(`[data-cy-files-list-row-fileid="${fileid}"]`)
 export const getRowForFile = (filename: string) => cy.get(`[data-cy-files-list-row-name="${CSS.escape(filename)}"]`)
 
@@ -13,16 +15,16 @@ export const getActionButtonForFileId = (fileid: number) => getActionsForFileId(
 export const getActionButtonForFile = (filename: string) => getActionsForFile(filename).findByRole('button', { name: 'Actions' })
 
 export const triggerActionForFileId = (fileid: number, actionId: string) => {
-	getActionButtonForFileId(fileid).click()
+	getActionButtonForFileId(fileid).click({ force: true })
 	// Getting the last button to avoid the one from popup fading out
 	cy.get(`[data-cy-files-list-row-action="${CSS.escape(actionId)}"] > button`).last()
-		.should('exist').click()
+		.should('exist').click({ force: true })
 }
 export const triggerActionForFile = (filename: string, actionId: string) => {
-	getActionButtonForFile(filename).click()
+	getActionButtonForFile(filename).click({ force: true })
 	// Getting the last button to avoid the one from popup fading out
 	cy.get(`[data-cy-files-list-row-action="${CSS.escape(actionId)}"] > button`).last()
-		.should('exist').click()
+		.should('exist').click({ force: true })
 }
 
 export const triggerInlineActionForFileId = (fileid: number, actionId: string) => {
@@ -184,3 +186,25 @@ export const haveValidity = (validity: string | RegExp) => {
 	}
 	return (el: JQuery<HTMLElement>) => expect((el.get(0) as HTMLInputElement).validationMessage).to.match(validity)
 }
+
+export const deleteFileWithRequest = (user: User, path: string) => {
+	// Ensure path starts with a slash and has no double slashes
+	path = `/${path}`.replace(/\/+/g, '/')
+
+	cy.request('/csrftoken').then(({ body }) => {
+		const requestToken = body.token
+		cy.request({
+			method: 'DELETE',
+			url: `${Cypress.env('baseUrl')}/remote.php/dav/files/${user.userId}` + path,
+			headers: {
+				requestToken,
+			},
+			retryOnStatusCodeFailure: true,
+		})
+	})
+}
+
+export const triggerFileListAction = (actionId: string) => {
+	cy.get(`button[data-cy-files-list-action="${CSS.escape(actionId)}"]`).last()
+		.should('exist').click({ force: true })
+}
diff --git a/cypress/e2e/files_trashbin/files-list-action.cy.ts b/cypress/e2e/files_trashbin/files-list-action.cy.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e1fe2364e12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cypress/e2e/files_trashbin/files-list-action.cy.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+/*!
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+import type { User } from '@nextcloud/cypress'
+import { deleteFileWithRequest, getRowForFile, triggerActionForFile, triggerFileListAction } from '../files/FilesUtils.ts'
+
+const FILE_COUNT = 5
+describe('files_trashbin: Empty trashbin action', { testIsolation: true }, () => {
+	let user: User
+
+	beforeEach(() => {
+		cy.createRandomUser().then(($user) => {
+			user = $user
+			// create 10 fake files
+			new Array(FILE_COUNT).fill(0).forEach((_, index) => {
+				cy.uploadContent(user, new Blob(['<content>']), 'text/plain', `/file${index}.txt`)
+			})
+
+			cy.login(user)
+			cy.visit('/apps/files')
+		})
+	})
+
+	it('Can delete files', () => {
+		for (let i = 0; i < FILE_COUNT; i++) {
+			getRowForFile(`file${i}.txt`).should('be.visible')
+		}
+
+		cy.intercept('DELETE', '**/remote.php/dav/files/**').as('deleteFile')
+
+		// Delete all files one by one
+		for (let i = 0; i < FILE_COUNT; i++) {
+			triggerActionForFile(`file${i}.txt`, 'delete')
+			cy.wait('@deleteFile').its('response.statusCode').should('eq', 204)
+		}
+
+		cy.get('@deleteFile.all').should('have.length', FILE_COUNT)
+
+		for (let i = 0; i < FILE_COUNT; i++) {
+			getRowForFile(`file${i}.txt`).should('not.exist')
+		}
+	})
+
+	it('Can empty trashbin', () => {
+		// Delete files from home
+		new Array(FILE_COUNT).fill(0).forEach((_, index) => {
+			deleteFileWithRequest(user, `/file${index}.txt`)
+		})
+
+		// Home have no files (or the default welcome file)
+		cy.visit('/apps/files')
+		cy.get('[data-cy-files-list-row-fileid]').should('have.length', 1)
+		cy.get('[data-cy-files-list-action="empty-trash"]').should('not.exist')
+
+		// Go to trashbin, and see our deleted files
+		cy.visit('/apps/files/trashbin')
+		cy.get('[data-cy-files-list-row-fileid]').should('have.length', FILE_COUNT)
+
+		// Empty trashbin
+		cy.intercept('DELETE', '**/remote.php/dav/trashbin/**').as('emptyTrash')
+		triggerFileListAction('empty-trash')
+
+		// Confirm dialog
+		cy.get('[role=dialog]').should('be.visible')
+			.findByRole('button', { name: 'Empty deleted files' }).click()
+
+		// Wait for the request to finish
+		cy.wait('@emptyTrash').its('response.statusCode').should('eq', 204)
+		cy.get('@emptyTrash.all').should('have.length', FILE_COUNT)
+
+		// Trashbin should be empty
+		cy.get('[data-cy-files-list-row-fileid]').should('not.exist')
+	})
+
+	it('Cancelling empty trashbin action does not delete anything', () => {
+		// Delete files from home
+		new Array(FILE_COUNT).fill(0).forEach((_, index) => {
+			deleteFileWithRequest(user, `/file${index}.txt`)
+		})
+
+		// Go to trashbin, and see our deleted files
+		cy.visit('/apps/files/trashbin')
+		cy.get('[data-cy-files-list-row-fileid]').should('have.length', FILE_COUNT)
+
+		// Empty trashbin
+		cy.intercept('DELETE', '**/remote.php/dav/trashbin/**').as('emptyTrash')
+		triggerFileListAction('empty-trash')
+
+		// Cancel dialog
+		cy.get('[role=dialog]').should('be.visible')
+			.findByRole('button', { name: 'Cancel' }).click()
+
+		// request was never sent
+		cy.get('@emptyTrash').should('not.exist')
+		cy.get('[data-cy-files-list-row-fileid]').should('have.length', FILE_COUNT)
+	})
+
+})