diff --git a/src/admin.js b/src/admin.js
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+// node src/admin.js --purge-node-id 123
+// node src/admin.js --purge-node-id '!AABBCCDD'
+
+const commandLineArgs = require("command-line-args");
+const commandLineUsage = require("command-line-usage");
+
+// create prisma db client
+const { PrismaClient } = require("@prisma/client");
+const NodeIdUtil = require("./utils/node_id_util");
+const prisma = new PrismaClient();
+
+const optionsList = [
+    {
+        name: 'help',
+        alias: 'h',
+        type: Boolean,
+        description: 'Display this usage guide.'
+    },
+    {
+        name: "purge-node-id",
+        type: String,
+        description: "Purges all records for the provided node id.",
+    },
+];
+
+// parse command line args
+const options = commandLineArgs(optionsList);
+
+// show help
+if(options.help){
+    const usage = commandLineUsage([
+        {
+            header: 'Meshtastic Map Admin',
+            content: 'Command line admin tool for the Meshtastic Map',
+        },
+        {
+            header: 'Options',
+            optionList: optionsList,
+        },
+    ]);
+    console.log(usage);
+    return;
+}
+
+// get options and fallback to default values
+const purgeNodeId = options["purge-node-id"] ?? null;
+
+async function purgeNodeById(nodeId) {
+
+    // convert to numeric id
+    nodeId = NodeIdUtil.convertToNumeric(nodeId);
+
+    // purge environment metrics
+    await prisma.environmentMetric.deleteMany({
+        where: {
+            node_id: nodeId,
+        },
+    });
+
+    // purge map reports
+    await prisma.mapReport.deleteMany({
+        where: {
+            node_id: nodeId,
+        },
+    });
+
+    // purge neighbour infos
+    await prisma.neighbourInfo.deleteMany({
+        where: {
+            node_id: nodeId,
+        },
+    });
+
+    // purge this node
+    await prisma.node.deleteMany({
+        where: {
+            node_id: nodeId,
+        },
+    });
+
+    // purge positions
+    await prisma.position.deleteMany({
+        where: {
+            node_id: nodeId,
+        },
+    });
+
+    // purge power metrics
+    await prisma.powerMetric.deleteMany({
+        where: {
+            node_id: nodeId,
+        },
+    });
+
+    // purge text messages
+    await prisma.textMessage.deleteMany({
+        where: {
+            from: nodeId,
+        },
+    });
+
+    // purge traceroutes
+    await prisma.traceRoute.deleteMany({
+        where: {
+            from: nodeId,
+        },
+    });
+
+    // purge waypoints
+    await prisma.waypoint.deleteMany({
+        where: {
+            from: nodeId,
+        },
+    });
+
+    console.log(`✅ Node '${nodeId}' has been purged from the database.`);
+
+}
+
+(async () => {
+
+    // purge node by id
+    if(purgeNodeId){
+        await purgeNodeById(purgeNodeId);
+    }
+
+})();
diff --git a/src/utils/node_id_util.js b/src/utils/node_id_util.js
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+class NodeIdUtil {
+
+    /**
+     * Converts the provided hex id to a numeric id, for example: !FFFFFFFF to 4294967295
+     * Anything else will be converted as is to a BigInt, for example "4294967295" to 4294967295
+     * @param hexIdOrNumber a node id in hex format with a prepended "!", or a numeric node id as a string or number
+     * @returns {bigint} the node id in numeric form
+     */
+    static convertToNumeric(hexIdOrNumber) {
+
+        // check if this is a hex id, and convert to numeric
+        if(hexIdOrNumber.toString().startsWith("!")){
+            return BigInt('0x' + hexIdOrNumber.replaceAll("!", ""));
+        }
+
+        // convert string or number to numeric
+        return BigInt(hexIdOrNumber);
+
+    }
+
+}
+
+module.exports = NodeIdUtil;
diff --git a/src/utils/node_id_util.test.js b/src/utils/node_id_util.test.js
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+const NodeIdUtil = require("./node_id_util");
+
+test('can convert hex id to numeric id', () => {
+    expect(NodeIdUtil.convertToNumeric("!FFFFFFFF")).toBe(BigInt(4294967295));
+});
+
+test('can convert numeric id to numeric id', () => {
+    expect(NodeIdUtil.convertToNumeric(4294967295)).toBe(BigInt(4294967295));
+});