diff --git a/src/api/endpoints/class-tainacan-rest-collections-controller.php b/src/api/endpoints/class-tainacan-rest-collections-controller.php
index 6d0731ef6..8b369a8c4 100644
--- a/src/api/endpoints/class-tainacan-rest-collections-controller.php
+++ b/src/api/endpoints/class-tainacan-rest-collections-controller.php
@@ -209,9 +209,15 @@ class TAINACAN_REST_Collections_Controller extends WP_REST_Controller {
 	 */
 	public function delete_item( $request ) {
 	    $collection_id = $request['collection_id'];
-	    $this->collections_repository->delete($collection_id);
+		$is_permanently = json_decode($request->get_body(), true);
 
-	    return 'Não implementado';
+		$args = [$collection_id, $is_permanently];
+
+		$collection = $this->collections_repository->delete($args);
+
+		$prepared_collection = $this->prepare_item_for_response($collection, $request);
+
+		return new WP_REST_Response($prepared_collection, 200);
     }
 
 	/**
@@ -222,11 +228,7 @@ class TAINACAN_REST_Collections_Controller extends WP_REST_Controller {
 	 * @return bool|WP_Error
 	 */
 	public function delete_item_permissions_check( $request ) {
-	    if(current_user_can('delete_posts')){
-		    return true;
-	    }
-
-	    return false;
+	    return true;
     }
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/classes/repositories/class-tainacan-collections.php b/src/classes/repositories/class-tainacan-collections.php
index c513cd8ad..9e3b55d4e 100644
--- a/src/classes/repositories/class-tainacan-collections.php
+++ b/src/classes/repositories/class-tainacan-collections.php
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ class Collections extends Repository {
     }
     
     /**
-     * @param Tainacan\Entities\Collection $collection
+     * @param \Tainacan\Entities\Collection $collection
      * @return \Tainacan\Entities\Collection
      * {@inheritDoc}
      * @see \Tainacan\Repositories\Repository::insert()
@@ -169,8 +169,12 @@ class Collections extends Repository {
 
     }
 
-    public function delete($object){
+    public function delete($args){
+	    if($args[1]['is_permanently'] === true){
+		    return new Entities\Collection(wp_delete_post($args[0], $args[1]['is_permanently']));
+	    }
 
+	    return new Entities\Collection(wp_trash_post($args[0]));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/test-api-collections.php b/tests/test-api-collections.php
index bb55dd01c..f1e08e6aa 100644
--- a/tests/test-api-collections.php
+++ b/tests/test-api-collections.php
@@ -97,16 +97,15 @@ class TAINACAN_REST_Collections_Controller extends TAINACAN_UnitApiTestCase {
 
 		$response = $this->server->dispatch($request);
 
-		// To be removed
-		if($response->get_status() != 200){
-			$this->markTestSkipped('Need method delete implemented.');
-		}
-
 		$this->assertEquals(200, $response->get_status());
 
-		$data = $response->get_data();
+		$data = json_decode($response->get_data(), true);
 
-		$this->assertTrue($data);
+		$this->assertEquals($collection1->get_id(), $data['id']);
+
+		$no_post = get_post($collection1->get_id());
+
+		$this->assertNull($no_post);
 
 		#######################################################################################
 
@@ -123,16 +122,15 @@ class TAINACAN_REST_Collections_Controller extends TAINACAN_UnitApiTestCase {
 
 	    $response = $this->server->dispatch($request);
 
-	    // To be removed
-	    if($response->get_status() != 200){
-		    $this->markTestSkipped('Need method delete implemented.');
-	    }
-
 	    $this->assertEquals(200, $response->get_status());
 
 	    $data = json_decode($response->get_data(), true);
 
-	    $this->assertEquals('trash', $data['status']);
+	    $this->assertEquals($collection2->get_id(), $data['id']);
+
+	    $post_meta = get_post_meta($collection2->get_id(), '_wp_trash_meta_status', true);
+
+	    $this->assertNotEmpty($post_meta);
     }
 }