diff --git a/src/components/users.js b/src/components/users.js
index 068b59e..1a42853 100644
--- a/src/components/users.js
+++ b/src/components/users.js
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ export const UserList = props => (
     {...props}
     filters={<UserFilter />}
     filterDefaultValues={{ guests: true, deactivated: false }}
-    bulkActionButtons={false}
   >
     <Datagrid rowClick="edit">
       <ReferenceField
diff --git a/src/synapse/dataProvider.js b/src/synapse/dataProvider.js
index e144bf7..78de3c9 100644
--- a/src/synapse/dataProvider.js
+++ b/src/synapse/dataProvider.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ const resourceMap = {
     total: (json, from, perPage) => {
       return json.next_token ? parseInt(json.next_token, 10) + perPage : from + json.users.length;
     },
+    delete_path: "/_synapse/admin/v1/deactivate",
   },
   rooms: {
     path: "/_synapse/admin/v1/rooms",
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ const resourceMap = {
     total: json => {
       return json.total_rooms;
     },
+    delete_path: "/_synapse/admin/v1/purge_room",
   },
 };
 
@@ -197,10 +199,21 @@ const dataProvider = {
     if (!homeserver || !(resource in resourceMap)) return Promise.reject();
 
     const res = resourceMap[resource];
+    const homeserver_url = homeserver + res.delete_path;
 
-    const homeserver_url = homeserver + res.path;
-    return jsonClient(`${homeserver_url}/${params.id}`, {
-      method: "DELETE",
+    var request_url;
+    var request_body;
+    if (res.data === "users") {
+      request_url = `${homeserver_url}/${params.id}`;
+      request_body = { erase: true };
+    } else if (res.data === "rooms") {
+      request_url = `${homeserver_url}`;
+      request_body = { room_id: `${params.id}` };
+    }
+
+    return jsonClient(request_url, {
+      method: "POST",
+      body: JSON.stringify(request_body),
     }).then(({ json }) => ({
       data: json,
     }));
@@ -212,18 +225,31 @@ const dataProvider = {
     if (!homeserver || !(resource in resourceMap)) return Promise.reject();
 
     const res = resourceMap[resource];
+    const homeserver_url = homeserver + res.delete_path;
 
-    const homeserver_url = homeserver + res.path;
-    return Promise.all(
-      params.ids.map(id =>
-        jsonClient(`${homeserver_url}/${id}`, {
-          method: "DELETE",
-          body: JSON.stringify(params.data, filterNullValues),
-        }).then(responses => ({
-          data: responses.map(({ json }) => json),
-        }))
-      )
-    );
+    if (res.data === "users") {
+      return Promise.all(
+        params.ids.map(id =>
+          jsonClient(`${homeserver_url}/${id}`, {
+            method: "POST",
+            body: JSON.stringify({ erase: true }),
+          }).then(json => ({
+            data: json,
+          }))
+        )
+      );
+    } else if (res.data === "rooms") {
+      return Promise.all(
+        params.ids.map(id =>
+          jsonClient(`${homeserver_url}`, {
+            method: "POST",
+            body: JSON.stringify({ room_id: `${id}` }),
+          }).then(json => ({
+            data: json,
+          }))
+        )
+      );
+    }
   },
 };