diff --git a/common.php b/common.php
index d254843..de6e7d0 100644
--- a/common.php
+++ b/common.php
@@ -9,14 +9,12 @@ require 'vendor/PicoDb/Table.php';
 require 'schema.php';
 require 'model.php';
 
-
-const DB_VERSION    = 5;
+const DB_VERSION    = 6;
 const APP_VERSION   = 'master';
 const APP_USERAGENT = 'Miniflux - http://miniflux.net';
 const HTTP_TIMEOUT  = 5;
 const LIMIT_ALL     = -1;
 
-
 function get_db_filename()
 {
     return 'data/db.sqlite';
@@ -29,13 +27,12 @@ PicoTools\container('db', function() {
         'driver' => 'sqlite',
         'filename' => get_db_filename()
     ));
-
     if ($db->schema()->check(DB_VERSION)) {
 
         return $db;
     }
     else {
-
         die('Unable to migrate database schema.');
     }
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});
+
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 23f2fa3..0e904a9 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ Router\post_action('login', function() {
 
 
 Router\get_action('show', function() {
-
     $id = Request\param('id');
 
     Response\html(Template\layout('read_item', array(
@@ -170,8 +169,10 @@ Router\post_action('change-item-status', function() {
 
 
 Router\get_action('history', function() {
-
-    Response\html(Template\layout('history', array(
+	// start auto purge if correctly set in preferences
+	Model\flush_read();
+    
+	Response\html(Template\layout('history', array(
         'items' => Model\get_read_items(),
         'menu' => 'history'
     )));
@@ -388,8 +389,10 @@ Router\post_action('config', function() {
 
 
 Router\notfound(function() {
+    // start auto purge if correctly set in preferences
+    Model\flush_read();    
 
-    $items = Model\get_unread_items();
+	$items = Model\get_unread_items();
 
     if (empty($items)) {
 
@@ -400,4 +403,4 @@ Router\notfound(function() {
         'items' => $items,
         'menu' => 'unread'
     )));
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});
diff --git a/locales/fr_FR/translations.php b/locales/fr_FR/translations.php
index c944a0d..3b6fc64 100644
--- a/locales/fr_FR/translations.php
+++ b/locales/fr_FR/translations.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ return array(
     'Password' => 'Mot de passe',
     'Confirmation' => 'Confirmation',
     'Language' => 'Langue',
+	'Number of days to keep (-1 disable auto flush)' => 'Nombre de jour à conserver (-1 désactive la purge auto)',
     'Update' => 'Mettre à jour',
     'More informations' => 'Plus d\'informations',
     'Database' => 'Base de données',
@@ -79,9 +80,9 @@ return array(
     'The password is required' => 'Le mot de passe est obligatoire',
     'The minimum length is 6 characters' => 'La longueur minimale est de 6 caractères',
     'The confirmation is required' => 'La confirmation est obligatoire',
-    'Passwords doesn\'t match' => 'Les mots de passe ne sont pas identique',
+    'Passwords doesn\'t match' => 'Les mots de passe ne sont pas identiques',
     'Do you really want to remove these items from your history?' => 'Voulez-vous vraiment supprimer les éléments de votre historique ?',
     'Do you really want to remove this subscription: "%s"?' => 'Voulez-vous vraiment supprimer cet abonnement : "%s" ?',
     'Nothing to read, do you want to <a href="?action=refresh-all" data-action="refresh-all">update your subscriptions?</a>' =>
     'Il n\'y a rien à lire, voulez-vous <a href="?action=refresh-all" data-action="refresh-all">mettre à jour vos abonnements ?</a>'
-);
\ No newline at end of file
+);
diff --git a/model.php b/model.php
index 7aefc48..cb2a129 100644
--- a/model.php
+++ b/model.php
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ function get_item($id)
         ->eq('id', $id)
         ->findOne();
 }
-
+ 
 
 function get_nav_item($item)
 {
@@ -365,11 +365,23 @@ function flush_unread()
 }
 
 
-function flush_read()
-{
+function flush_read() {
+
+	$max_days = \PicoTools\singleton('db')
+        ->table('config')
+        ->columns('max_days')
+        ->findOne();
+    $max_days=$max_days['max_days'];
+	
+	$max_age = 0;
+    if ($max_days != -1 ){
+		$max_age = time()- ($max_days*86400); //86400 = 1 day
+	}
+
     \PicoTools\singleton('db')
         ->table('items')
         ->eq('status', 'read')
+		->lt('updated',$max_age)
         ->save(array('status' => 'removed'));
 }
 
@@ -426,7 +438,7 @@ function get_config()
 {
     return \PicoTools\singleton('db')
         ->table('config')
-        ->columns('username', 'language')
+        ->columns('username', 'language','max_days')
         ->findOne();
 }
 
@@ -435,7 +447,7 @@ function get_user()
 {
     return \PicoTools\singleton('db')
         ->table('config')
-        ->columns('username', 'password', 'language')
+        ->columns('username', 'password', 'language','max_days')
         ->findOne();
 }
 
@@ -484,7 +496,9 @@ function validate_config_update(array $values)
             new Validators\Required('password', t('The password is required')),
             new Validators\MinLength('password', t('The minimum length is 6 characters'), 6),
             new Validators\Required('confirmation', t('The confirmation is required')),
-            new Validators\Equals('password', 'confirmation', t('Passwords doesn\'t match'))
+            new Validators\Equals('password', 'confirmation', t('Passwords doesn\'t match')),
+ 			new Validators\Required('max_days', t('The number of days to keep read item is required'))
+
         ));
     }
     else {
diff --git a/schema.php b/schema.php
index 07797db..4ba1083 100644
--- a/schema.php
+++ b/schema.php
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 namespace Schema;
 
+function version_6($pdo)
+{
+    $pdo->exec('ALTER TABLE config ADD COLUMN max_days INTEGER DEFAULT -1');
+}
+
 
 function version_5($pdo)
 {
@@ -65,4 +70,5 @@ function version_1($pdo)
             FOREIGN KEY(feed_id) REFERENCES feeds(id) ON DELETE CASCADE
         )
     ');
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
diff --git a/templates/config.php b/templates/config.php
index 048da99..41b628b 100644
--- a/templates/config.php
+++ b/templates/config.php
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
     <?= Helper\form_label(t('Language'), 'language') ?>
     <?= Helper\form_select('language', $languages, $values, $errors) ?><br/>
 
+    <?= Helper\form_label(t('Number of days to keep (-1 disable auto flush)'), 'max_days') ?>
+    <?= Helper\form_text('max_days', $values, $errors) ?><br/>
+
     <div class="form-actions">
         <input type="submit" value="<?= t('Update') ?>" class="btn btn-blue"/>
     </div>
@@ -51,4 +54,4 @@
             <li><?= t('Official website:') ?> <a href="http://miniflux.net" target="_blank">http://miniflux.net</a></li>
         </ul>
     </div>
-</section>
\ No newline at end of file
+</section>