diff --git a/functions/todos-delete-batch.js b/functions/todos-delete-batch.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e0479c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/functions/todos-delete-batch.js
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import faunadb from 'faunadb'
+import getId from './utils/getId'
+
+const q = faunadb.query
+const client = new faunadb.Client({
+  secret: process.env.FAUNADB_SECRET
+})
+
+exports.handler = (event, context, callback) => {
+  const data = JSON.parse(event.body)
+  console.log('data', data)
+  console.log("Function `todo-delete-batch` invoked", data.ids)
+  // construct batch query from IDs
+  const deleteAllCompletedTodoQuery = data.ids.map((id) => {
+    return q.Delete(q.Ref(`classes/todos/${id}`))
+  })
+  // Hit fauna with the query to delete the completed items
+  return client.query(deleteAllCompletedTodoQuery)
+  .then((response) => {
+    console.log("success", response)
+    return callback(null, {
+      statusCode: 200,
+      body: JSON.stringify(response)
+    })
+  }).catch((error) => {
+    console.log("error", error)
+    return callback(null, {
+      statusCode: 400,
+      body: JSON.stringify(error)
+    })
+  })
+}
diff --git a/src/App.js b/src/App.js
index d0fd76b..049d1ab 100644
--- a/src/App.js
+++ b/src/App.js
@@ -158,13 +158,49 @@ export default class App extends Component {
       })
     }
   }
+  clearCompleted = () => {
+    const { todos } = this.state
+
+    // Optimistically remove todos from UI
+    const data = todos.reduce((acc, current) => {
+      if (current.data.completed) {
+        // save item being removed for rollback
+        acc.completedTodoIds = acc.completedTodoIds.concat(getTodoId(current))
+        return acc
+      }
+      // filter deleted todo out of the todos list
+      acc.optimisticState = acc.optimisticState.concat(current)
+      return acc
+    }, {
+      completedTodoIds: [],
+      optimisticState: []
+    })
+
+    // only set state if completed todos exist
+    if (!data.completedTodoIds.length) {
+      alert('Please check off some todos to batch remove them')
+      this.closeModal()
+      return false
+    }
+
+    this.setState({
+      todos: data.optimisticState
+    }, () => {
+      api.batchDelete(data.completedTodoIds).then(() => {
+        console.log(`Batch removal complete`, data.completedTodoIds)
+        this.closeModal()
+      }).catch((e) => {
+        console.log('An API error occurred', e)
+      })
+    })
+
+  }
   closeModal = (e) => {
     this.setState({
       showMenu: false
     })
   }
   openModal = () => {
-    console.log('settings')
     this.setState({
       showMenu: true
     })
@@ -254,7 +290,11 @@ export default class App extends Component {
 
           {this.renderTodos()}
         </div>
-        <SettingsMenu showMenu={this.state.showMenu} handleModalClose={this.closeModal} />
+        <SettingsMenu
+          showMenu={this.state.showMenu}
+          handleModalClose={this.closeModal}
+          handleClearCompleted={this.clearCompleted}
+        />
       </div>
     )
   }
diff --git a/src/components/SettingsIcon/index.js b/src/components/SettingsIcon/index.js
index 79f99ac..1a48624 100644
--- a/src/components/SettingsIcon/index.js
+++ b/src/components/SettingsIcon/index.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import styles from './SettingIcon.css' // eslint-disable-line
 const SettingIcon = (props) => {
   const className = props.className || ''
   return (
-    <span onClick={props.onClick} class={`setting-toggle-wrapper ${className}`}>
+    <span onClick={props.onClick} className={`setting-toggle-wrapper ${className}`}>
       <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 100 125" className="settings-toggle">
         <use xlinkHref="#settings" className="settings-gear"></use>
       </svg>
diff --git a/src/components/SettingsMenu/index.js b/src/components/SettingsMenu/index.js
index a1edaf3..a22ad49 100644
--- a/src/components/SettingsMenu/index.js
+++ b/src/components/SettingsMenu/index.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export default class Menu extends Component {
     const deleteConfirm = window.confirm("Are you sure you want to clear all completed todos?");
     if (deleteConfirm) {
       console.log('delete')
+      this.props.handleClearCompleted()
     }
   }
   render() {
@@ -28,7 +29,9 @@ export default class Menu extends Component {
     return (
       <div className='settings-wrapper' style={{display: showOrHide}}>
         <div className='settings-content'>
-          <span className='settings-close' onClick={this.props.handleModalClose}>❌</span>
+          <span className='settings-close' onClick={this.props.handleModalClose} role="img" aria-label='close'>
+            ❌
+          </span>
           <h2>Settings</h2>
           <div className='settings-section' onClick={this.handleDelete}>
             <button className='btn-danger'>
diff --git a/src/utils/api.js b/src/utils/api.js
index 1078dd1..b609b68 100644
--- a/src/utils/api.js
+++ b/src/utils/api.js
@@ -34,9 +34,21 @@ const deleteTodo = (todoId) => {
   })
 }
 
+const batchDeleteTodo = (todoIds) => {
+  return fetch(`/.netlify/functions/todos-delete-batch`, {
+    body: JSON.stringify({
+      ids: todoIds
+    }),
+    method: 'POST'
+  }).then(response => {
+    return response.json()
+  })
+}
+
 export default {
   create: create,
   readAll: readAll,
   update: update,
-  delete: deleteTodo
+  delete: deleteTodo,
+  batchDelete: batchDeleteTodo
 }