diff --git a/packages/server/src/env.ts b/packages/server/src/env.ts
index 31b24eaff..e59534851 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/env.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/env.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const defaultEnvValues: EnvVariables = {
 	IS_ADMIN_INSTANCE: true,
 	INSTANCE_NAME: '',
 
-	// Maxiumm allowed drift between NTP time and server time. A few
+	// Maximum allowed drift between NTP time and server time. A few
 	// milliseconds is normally not an issue unless many clients are modifying
 	// the same note at the exact same time. But past a certain limit, it might
 	// mean the server clock is incorrect and should be fixed, as that could
@@ -118,6 +118,13 @@ const defaultEnvValues: EnvVariables = {
 	USER_DATA_AUTO_DELETE_ENABLED: false,
 	USER_DATA_AUTO_DELETE_AFTER_DAYS: 90,
 
+	// ==================================================
+	// Events deletion
+	// ==================================================
+
+	EVENTS_AUTO_DELETE_ENABLED: false,
+	EVENTS_AUTO_DELETE_AFTER_DAYS: 30,
+
 	// ==================================================
 	// LDAP configuration
 	// ==================================================
@@ -210,6 +217,9 @@ export interface EnvVariables {
 	USER_DATA_AUTO_DELETE_ENABLED: boolean;
 	USER_DATA_AUTO_DELETE_AFTER_DAYS: number;
 
+	EVENTS_AUTO_DELETE_ENABLED: boolean;
+	EVENTS_AUTO_DELETE_AFTER_DAYS: number;
+
 	LDAP_1_ENABLED: boolean;
 	LDAP_1_USER_AUTO_CREATION: boolean;
 	LDAP_1_HOST: string;
diff --git a/packages/server/src/models/EventModel.test.ts b/packages/server/src/models/EventModel.test.ts
index ae05ebf56..36306b69a 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/models/EventModel.test.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/models/EventModel.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { EventType } from '../services/database/types';
 import { beforeAllDb, afterAllTests, beforeEachDb, models } from '../utils/testing/testUtils';
-import { msleep } from '../utils/time';
+import { msleep, Week } from '../utils/time';
 
 describe('EventModel', () => {
 
@@ -37,4 +37,52 @@ describe('EventModel', () => {
 		expect(latest.id).toBe(allEvents[1].id);
 	});
 
+	test('deletion should work when there are no events', async () => {
+		const allEvents = (await models().event().all());
+		expect(allEvents.length).toBe(0);
+
+		await models().event().deleteOldEvents(Week);
+
+		const remainingEvents = (await models().event().all());
+		expect(remainingEvents.length).toBe(0);
+	});
+
+	test('should not delete recent events', async () => {
+		await models().event().create(EventType.TaskStarted, 'deleteExpiredTokens');
+
+		const allEvents = (await models().event().all());
+		expect(allEvents.length).toBe(1);
+
+		await models().event().deleteOldEvents(Week);
+
+		const remainingEvents = (await models().event().all());
+		expect(remainingEvents.length).toBe(1);
+	});
+
+	test('should delete events older than specified interval', async () => {
+		const now = Date.now();
+		const aWeekAgo = now - Week;
+		jest.useFakeTimers();
+
+		for (const difference of [-10, -5, 0, 5, 10]) {
+			jest.setSystemTime(aWeekAgo + difference);
+			await models().event().create(EventType.TaskStarted, 'deleteExpiredTokens');
+		}
+
+		const allEvents = (await models().event().all());
+		expect(allEvents.length).toBe(5);
+
+		jest.setSystemTime(now);
+		await models().event().deleteOldEvents(Week);
+
+		const remainingEvents = (await models().event().all());
+		expect(remainingEvents.length).toBe(3);
+
+		for (const event of remainingEvents) {
+			expect(event.created_time).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(aWeekAgo);
+		}
+
+		jest.useRealTimers();
+	});
+
 });
diff --git a/packages/server/src/models/EventModel.ts b/packages/server/src/models/EventModel.ts
index 6abb2fdd1..caf2729b4 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/models/EventModel.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/models/EventModel.ts
@@ -33,4 +33,11 @@ export default class EventModel extends BaseModel<Event> {
 			.first();
 	}
 
+	public async deleteOldEvents(ttl: number): Promise<void> {
+		const cutOffDate = Date.now() - ttl;
+		await this.db(this.tableName)
+			.where('created_time', '<', cutOffDate)
+			.delete();
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/services/TaskService.ts b/packages/server/src/services/TaskService.ts
index 78a05a8ec..86559d578 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/services/TaskService.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/services/TaskService.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export const taskIdToLabel = (taskId: TaskId): string => {
 		[TaskId.ProcessShares]: 'Process shared items',
 		[TaskId.ProcessEmails]: 'Process emails',
 		[TaskId.LogHeartbeatMessage]: 'Log heartbeat message',
+		[TaskId.DeleteOldEvents]: 'Delete old events',
 	};
 
 	const s = strings[taskId];
diff --git a/packages/server/src/services/database/types.ts b/packages/server/src/services/database/types.ts
index 735cbc065..9448d7eca 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/services/database/types.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/services/database/types.ts
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ export enum TaskId {
 	ProcessShares,
 	ProcessEmails,
 	LogHeartbeatMessage,
+	DeleteOldEvents,
 }
 
 // AUTO-GENERATED-TYPES
diff --git a/packages/server/src/utils/setupTaskService.ts b/packages/server/src/utils/setupTaskService.ts
index 05d8afe8d..1a973f362 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/utils/setupTaskService.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/utils/setupTaskService.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import TaskService, { Task, taskIdToLabel } from '../services/TaskService';
 import { Services } from '../services/types';
 import { logHeartbeat as logHeartbeatMessage } from './metrics';
 import { Config, Env } from './types';
+import { Day } from './time';
 
 export default async function(env: Env, models: Models, config: Config, services: Services): Promise<TaskService> {
 	const taskService = new TaskService(env, models, config, services);
@@ -93,6 +94,15 @@ export default async function(env: Env, models: Models, config: Config, services
 		});
 	}
 
+	if (config.EVENTS_AUTO_DELETE_ENABLED) {
+		tasks.push({
+			id: TaskId.DeleteOldEvents,
+			description: taskIdToLabel(TaskId.DeleteOldEvents),
+			schedule: '0 0 * * *',
+			run: (models: Models) => models.event().deleteOldEvents(config.EVENTS_AUTO_DELETE_AFTER_DAYS * Day),
+		});
+	}
+
 	if (config.isJoplinCloud) {
 		tasks = tasks.concat([
 			{