diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cf359236c..c8c130177 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Change Log
 
+## 1.16.3
+
+### Improvements
+- Reduce rest calls to get settings ([953](../../pull/953))
+- Add an endpoint to delete all annotations in a folder ([954](../../pull/954))
+
 ## 1.16.2
 
 ### Improvements
diff --git a/girder_annotation/girder_large_image_annotation/rest/annotation.py b/girder_annotation/girder_large_image_annotation/rest/annotation.py
index 2ad7f51fe..739562c17 100644
--- a/girder_annotation/girder_large_image_annotation/rest/annotation.py
+++ b/girder_annotation/girder_large_image_annotation/rest/annotation.py
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.route('GET', ('folder', ':id', 'present'), self.existFolderAnnotations)
         self.route('GET', ('folder', ':id', 'create'), self.canCreateFolderAnnotations)
         self.route('PUT', ('folder', ':id', 'access'), self.setFolderAnnotationAccess)
+        self.route('DELETE', ('folder', ':id'), self.deleteFolderAnnotations)
         self.route('GET', ('old',), self.getOldAnnotations)
         self.route('DELETE', ('old',), self.deleteOldAnnotations)
         self.route('GET', ('counts',), self.getItemListAnnotationCounts)
@@ -725,6 +726,27 @@ def setFolderAnnotationAccess(self, id, params):
 
         return {'updated': count}
 
+    @autoDescribeRoute(
+        Description('Delete all user-owned annotations from the items in a folder')
+        .param('id', 'The ID of the folder', required=True, paramType='path')
+        .param('recurse', 'Whether or not to retrieve all '
+               'annotations from subfolders', required=False, default=False, dataType='boolean')
+        .errorResponse('ID was invalid.')
+    )
+    @access.user
+    def deleteFolderAnnotations(self, id, params):
+        setResponseTimeLimit(86400)
+        user = self.getCurrentUser()
+        if not user:
+            return []
+        count = 0
+        for annotation in self.getFolderAnnotations(id, params['recurse'], user):
+            annot = Annotation().load(annotation['_id'], user=user, getElements=False)
+            Annotation().remove(annot)
+            count += 1
+
+        return {'deleted': count}
+
     @autoDescribeRoute(
         Description('Report on old annotations.')
         .param('age', 'The minimum age in days.', required=False,