diff --git a/src/services/instance/fields/fields.test.js b/src/services/instance/fields/fields.test.js
index d6691ae..b3367f1 100644
--- a/src/services/instance/fields/fields.test.js
+++ b/src/services/instance/fields/fields.test.js
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ test.serial("patchField:200", async(t) => {
   t.truthy(res.data.ZUID);
 });
 
-// Field deletion is only a soft-delete so need to skip this test to stop overpopulating the database by adding more columns without actually deleting them
-test.skip("deleteField:200", async(t) => {
+// Field deletion is only a soft-delete so need to also run field hard deletion to stop overpopulating the database by adding more columns without actually deleting them
+test("deleteField:200", async(t) => {
   const name = `node-sdk_createItem_${moment().valueOf()}`;
-  let res = await t.context.sdk.instance.createField(
+  const createRes = await t.context.sdk.instance.createField(
     process.env.TEST_MODEL_ZUID,
     {
       datatype : "text",
@@ -87,15 +87,22 @@ test.skip("deleteField:200", async(t) => {
       }
     }
   )
-  t.is(res.statusCode, 201);
-  t.truthy(res.data.ZUID);
 
-  const newFieldZUID = res.data.ZUID;
+  t.is(createRes.statusCode, 201);
+  t.truthy(createRes.data.ZUID);
+  const newFieldZUID = createRes.data.ZUID;
 
-  res = await t.context.sdk.instance.deleteModelField(
+  const deleteRes = await t.context.sdk.instance.deleteModelField(
     process.env.TEST_MODEL_ZUID,
     newFieldZUID
   );
+  t.is(deleteRes.statusCode, 200);
 
-  t.is(res.statusCode, 200);
+  // hard delete
+  const hardDeleteRes = await t.context.sdk.instance.deleteModelField(
+    process.env.TEST_MODEL_ZUID,
+    newFieldZUID, 
+    true
+  );
+  t.is(hardDeleteRes.statusCode, 200);
 });
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/services/instance/fields/index.js b/src/services/instance/fields/index.js
index 2328c35..41c09fa 100644
--- a/src/services/instance/fields/index.js
+++ b/src/services/instance/fields/index.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module.exports = {
     createFieldPath: "/content/models/MODEL_ZUID/fields",
     updateModelField: "/content/models/MODEL_ZUID/fields/FIELD_ZUID",
     patchModelField: "/content/models/MODEL_ZUID/fields/FIELD_ZUID",
-    deleteModelField: "/content/models/MODEL_ZUID/fields/FIELD_ZUID"
+    deleteModelField: "/content/models/MODEL_ZUID/fields/FIELD_ZUID?hardDelete=HARD_DELETE"
   },
   mixin: superclass =>
     class Field extends superclass {
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ module.exports = {
         );
       }
 
-      async deleteModelField(modelZUID, fieldZUID) {
+      async deleteModelField(modelZUID, fieldZUID, hardDelete = "false") {
         if (!modelZUID) {
           throw new Error(
             "SDK:Instance:deleteModelField() missing required `modelZUID` argument"
@@ -128,11 +128,12 @@ module.exports = {
             "SDK:Instance:deleteModelField() missing required `fieldZUID` argument"
           );
         }
-
+ 
         return await this.deleteRequest(
           this.interpolate(this.API.deleteModelField, {
             MODEL_ZUID: modelZUID,
-            FIELD_ZUID: fieldZUID
+            FIELD_ZUID: fieldZUID,
+            HARD_DELETE: hardDelete
           })
         );
       }