diff --git a/environment/src/main/kotlin/jetbrains/exodus/env/Environments.kt b/environment/src/main/kotlin/jetbrains/exodus/env/Environments.kt
index b3d435429..524a192d9 100644
--- a/environment/src/main/kotlin/jetbrains/exodus/env/Environments.kt
+++ b/environment/src/main/kotlin/jetbrains/exodus/env/Environments.kt
@@ -146,6 +146,18 @@ object Environments : KLogging() {
         if (ec.logDataReaderWriterProvider == DataReaderWriterProvider.DEFAULT_READER_WRITER_PROVIDER &&
             (ec.envCompactOnOpen || ec.envCompactInSingleBatchOnOpen) && env.log.numberOfFiles > 1 || needsToBeMigrated
         ) {
+            if (env.environmentConfig.storesToRemoveBeforeCompaction != null) {
+                env.executeInTransaction { tx ->
+                    val storesToRemove = env.environmentConfig.storesToRemoveBeforeCompaction.split(",")
+
+                    for(storeToRemove in storesToRemove) {
+                        env.removeStore(storeToRemove, tx)
+                    }
+                }
+                EnvironmentImpl.loggerInfo(
+                    "Store(s) ${env.environmentConfig.storesToRemoveBeforeCompaction} was(were) removed from the database."
+                )
+            }
             if (needsToBeMigrated) {
                 EnvironmentImpl.loggerInfo(
                     "Outdated binary format is used in environment ${env.log.location} " +
@@ -307,8 +319,10 @@ object Environments : KLogging() {
         }
 
         if (env.environmentConfig.checkDataStructuresConsistency) {
-            logger.warn("Data structures consistency is going to be checked because setting " +
-                    EnvironmentConfig.ENV_CHECK_DATA_STRUCTURES_CONSISTENCY + " is set to true")
+            logger.warn(
+                "Data structures consistency is going to be checked because setting " +
+                        EnvironmentConfig.ENV_CHECK_DATA_STRUCTURES_CONSISTENCY + " is set to true"
+            )
             (env as EnvironmentImpl).checkDataStructuresConsistency()
         }
 
diff --git a/openAPI/src/main/java/jetbrains/exodus/env/EnvironmentConfig.java b/openAPI/src/main/java/jetbrains/exodus/env/EnvironmentConfig.java
index bcdeb757b..aaf9dc67d 100644
--- a/openAPI/src/main/java/jetbrains/exodus/env/EnvironmentConfig.java
+++ b/openAPI/src/main/java/jetbrains/exodus/env/EnvironmentConfig.java
@@ -436,6 +436,11 @@ public EnvironmentConfig setMutable(boolean isMutable) {
      */
     public static final String ENV_CHECK_BACKUP_CONSISTENCY = "exodus.env.checkBackupConsistency";
 
+    /**
+     * List of stores to remove before compaction is started on environment.
+     */
+    public static final String ENV_STORES_TO_REMOVE_BEFORE_COMPACTION = "exodus.env.StoresToRemoveBeforeCompaction";
+
     public static final String ENV_CHECK_DATA_STRUCTURES_CONSISTENCY = "exodus.env.checkDataStructuresConsistency";
 
     /**
@@ -1854,6 +1859,13 @@ public boolean getEnvCloseForcedly() {
         return (Boolean) getSetting(ENV_CLOSE_FORCEDLY);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * List of stores to remove before compaction is started on environment.
+     */
+    public String getStoresToRemoveBeforeCompaction() {
+        return (String) getSetting(ENV_STORES_TO_REMOVE_BEFORE_COMPACTION);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Set {@code true} if {@linkplain Environment#close()} shouldn't check if there are unfinished
      * transactions. Set {@code false} if it should check and throw {@linkplain ExodusException} if there are unfinished