diff --git a/scripts/locale/index.js b/scripts/locale/index.js
index 45255d00d..a2bbc7424 100644
--- a/scripts/locale/index.js
+++ b/scripts/locale/index.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const subCommand = process.argv[2];
 
 if (!subCommand) {
   console.error(
-    "Please specify a subcommand for locale (diff, rm, gen_placeholder)"
+    "Please specify a subcommand for locale (diff, rm, gen_placeholder, redundant_rm)"
   );
   process.exit(1);
 }
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ try {
 } catch (error) {
   if (error.code === "MODULE_NOT_FOUND") {
     console.error(`Unknown subcommand: ${subCommand}`);
-    console.error("Available subcommands: diff, rm, gen_placeholder");
+    console.error(
+      "Available subcommands: diff, rm, gen_placeholder, redundant_rm"
+    );
   } else {
     console.error(error);
   }
diff --git a/scripts/locale/redundant_rm.js b/scripts/locale/redundant_rm.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0c4e72236
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/locale/redundant_rm.js
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+const fs = require("fs");
+const path = require("path");
+
+// Recursively remove keys from target that don't exist in source
+function removeExtraKeys(source, target) {
+  // If target is not an object, return it as-is
+  if (typeof target !== "object" || target === null || Array.isArray(target)) {
+    return target;
+  }
+
+  const result = {};
+
+  // Only keep keys that exist in source
+  for (const key in target) {
+    if (key in source) {
+      // If both are objects (not arrays), recursively process them
+      if (
+        typeof source[key] === "object" &&
+        source[key] !== null &&
+        !Array.isArray(source[key]) &&
+        typeof target[key] === "object" &&
+        target[key] !== null &&
+        !Array.isArray(target[key])
+      ) {
+        result[key] = removeExtraKeys(source[key], target[key]);
+      } else {
+        // Keep the target value as-is
+        result[key] = target[key];
+      }
+    }
+    // If key doesn't exist in source, it will be omitted (deleted)
+  }
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+function rmPlaceholder(source, target) {
+  // Define paths for source and target locale files
+  const sourceFile = path.join(
+    __dirname,
+    "..",
+    "..",
+    "src",
+    "locales",
+    `${source}.json`
+  );
+  const targetFile = path.join(
+    __dirname,
+    "..",
+    "..",
+    "src",
+    "locales",
+    `${target}.json`
+  );
+
+  // Read the source file
+  fs.readFile(sourceFile, "utf8", (readErr, sourceData) => {
+    if (readErr) {
+      console.error(`Error reading file ${sourceFile}:`, readErr);
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+
+    let sourceLocaleData;
+    try {
+      sourceLocaleData = JSON.parse(sourceData);
+    } catch (parseErr) {
+      console.error(`Error parsing JSON from ${sourceFile}:`, parseErr);
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+
+    // Check if target file exists
+    fs.access(targetFile, fs.constants.F_OK, (err) => {
+      if (err) {
+        console.error(`Target file does not exist: ${targetFile}`);
+        process.exit(1);
+      }
+
+      // Read the target file
+      fs.readFile(targetFile, "utf8", (readErr, targetData) => {
+        if (readErr) {
+          console.error(`Error reading file ${targetFile}:`, readErr);
+          process.exit(1);
+        }
+
+        let targetLocaleData;
+        try {
+          targetLocaleData = JSON.parse(targetData);
+        } catch (parseErr) {
+          console.error(`Error parsing JSON from ${targetFile}:`, parseErr);
+          process.exit(1);
+        }
+
+        // Remove keys from target that don't exist in source
+        const cleanedData = removeExtraKeys(sourceLocaleData, targetLocaleData);
+
+        // Write the cleaned JSON to the target file
+        fs.writeFile(
+          targetFile,
+          JSON.stringify(cleanedData, null, 2),
+          "utf8",
+          (writeErr) => {
+            if (writeErr) {
+              console.error(`Error writing file ${targetFile}:`, writeErr);
+              process.exit(1);
+            }
+            console.log(
+              `Extra keys removed from ${target}.json (keys not in ${source}.json)`
+            );
+          }
+        );
+      });
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+// Parse command-line arguments (skip node and the script path)
+const args = process.argv.slice(3);
+if (args.length < 2) {
+  console.error("Usage: npm run locale rm_placeholder <source> <target>");
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const [source, target] = args;
+rmPlaceholder(source, target);