diff --git a/include/ylt/metric/counter.hpp b/include/ylt/metric/counter.hpp
index 70c02e3c5..95a2f3e41 100644
--- a/include/ylt/metric/counter.hpp
+++ b/include/ylt/metric/counter.hpp
@@ -218,6 +218,9 @@ class basic_dynamic_counter : public dynamic_metric {
         labels_value, thread_local_value<value_type>(dupli_count_));
     if (r) {
       g_user_metric_label_count.local_value()++;
+      if (ylt_label_max_age.count()) {
+        it->second.set_created_time(std::chrono::system_clock::now());
+      }
     }
     set_value(it->second.local_value(), value, op_type_t::INC);
   }
@@ -232,6 +235,9 @@ class basic_dynamic_counter : public dynamic_metric {
         labels_value, thread_local_value<value_type>(dupli_count_));
     if (r) {
       g_user_metric_label_count.local_value()++;
+      if (ylt_label_max_age.count()) {
+        it->second.set_created_time(std::chrono::system_clock::now());
+      }
     }
     return it->second.update(value);
   }
@@ -271,6 +277,21 @@ class basic_dynamic_counter : public dynamic_metric {
     return value_map_.size();
   }
 
+  void clean_expired_label() override {
+    if (ylt_label_max_age.count() == 0) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    auto now = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
+    std::lock_guard lock(mtx_);
+    std::erase_if(value_map_, [&now](auto &pair) {
+      bool r = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::seconds>(
+                   now - pair.second.get_created_time())
+                   .count() >= ylt_label_max_age.count();
+      return r;
+    });
+  }
+
   void remove_label_value(
       const std::map<std::string, std::string> &labels) override {
     {
diff --git a/include/ylt/metric/gauge.hpp b/include/ylt/metric/gauge.hpp
index cbaaa759a..cd2ba69a4 100644
--- a/include/ylt/metric/gauge.hpp
+++ b/include/ylt/metric/gauge.hpp
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ class basic_dynamic_gauge : public basic_dynamic_counter<value_type, N> {
         labels_value, thread_local_value<value_type>(dupli_count_));
     if (r) {
       g_user_metric_label_count.local_value()++;
+      if (ylt_label_max_age.count()) {
+        it->second.set_created_time(std::chrono::system_clock::now());
+      }
     }
 
     set_value(it->second.local_value(), value, op_type_t::DEC);
diff --git a/include/ylt/metric/metric.hpp b/include/ylt/metric/metric.hpp
index b86ef9b97..f3f2179d4 100644
--- a/include/ylt/metric/metric.hpp
+++ b/include/ylt/metric/metric.hpp
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ class metric_t {
            labels_value_.end();
   }
 
+  virtual void clean_expired_label() {}
+
   virtual bool has_label_value(const std::vector<std::string>& label_value) {
     return labels_value_ == label_value;
   }
@@ -229,6 +231,9 @@ inline std::atomic<int64_t> g_user_metric_count = 0;
 inline std::atomic<int64_t> ylt_metric_capacity = 10000000;
 inline int64_t ylt_label_capacity = 20000000;
 
+inline std::chrono::seconds ylt_label_max_age{0};
+inline std::chrono::seconds ylt_label_check_expire_duration{0};
+
 inline void set_metric_capacity(int64_t max_count) {
   ylt_metric_capacity = max_count;
 }
@@ -236,4 +241,11 @@ inline void set_metric_capacity(int64_t max_count) {
 inline void set_label_capacity(int64_t max_label_count) {
   ylt_label_capacity = max_label_count;
 }
+
+inline void set_label_max_age(
+    std::chrono::seconds max_age,
+    std::chrono::seconds check_duration = std::chrono::seconds(60 * 10)) {
+  ylt_label_max_age = max_age;
+  ylt_label_check_expire_duration = check_duration;
+}
 }  // namespace ylt::metric
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/ylt/metric/metric_manager.hpp b/include/ylt/metric/metric_manager.hpp
index e128e7d38..d9b68b7d4 100644
--- a/include/ylt/metric/metric_manager.hpp
+++ b/include/ylt/metric/metric_manager.hpp
@@ -505,7 +505,34 @@ class dynamic_metric_manager {
   }
 
  private:
-  dynamic_metric_manager() = default;
+  void clean_label_expired() {
+    executor_ = coro_io::create_io_context_pool(1);
+    timer_ = std::make_shared<coro_io::period_timer>(executor_->get_executor());
+    check_label_expired().via(executor_->get_executor()).start([](auto&&) {
+    });
+  }
+
+  async_simple::coro::Lazy<void> check_label_expired() {
+    auto timer = timer_;
+    timer_->expires_after(ylt_label_check_expire_duration);
+    bool r = co_await timer_->async_await();
+    if (!r) {
+      co_return;
+    }
+
+    std::unique_lock lock(mtx_);
+    for (auto& [_, m] : metric_map_) {
+      m->clean_expired_label();
+    }
+    lock.unlock();
+    co_await check_label_expired();
+  }
+
+  dynamic_metric_manager() {
+    if (ylt_label_max_age.count() > 0) {
+      clean_label_expired();
+    }
+  }
 
   std::vector<std::shared_ptr<dynamic_metric>> get_metric_by_label_value(
       const std::vector<std::string>& label_value) {
@@ -532,6 +559,8 @@ class dynamic_metric_manager {
 
   std::shared_mutex mtx_;
   std::unordered_map<std::string, std::shared_ptr<dynamic_metric>> metric_map_;
+  std::shared_ptr<coro_io::period_timer> timer_ = nullptr;
+  std::shared_ptr<coro_io::io_context_pool> executor_ = nullptr;
 };
 
 struct ylt_default_metric_tag_t {};
diff --git a/include/ylt/metric/thread_local_value.hpp b/include/ylt/metric/thread_local_value.hpp
index 3d554b8bb..2a13b2edc 100644
--- a/include/ylt/metric/thread_local_value.hpp
+++ b/include/ylt/metric/thread_local_value.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 #include <atomic>
+#include <chrono>
 #include <cstddef>
 #include <thread>
 #include <vector>
@@ -98,7 +99,14 @@ class thread_local_value {
     return val;
   }
 
+  void set_created_time(std::chrono::system_clock::time_point tm) {
+    created_time_ = tm;
+  }
+
+  auto get_created_time() { return created_time_; }
+
  private:
   std::vector<std::atomic<std::atomic<value_type> *>> duplicates_;
+  std::chrono::system_clock::time_point created_time_{};
 };
 }  // namespace ylt::metric
diff --git a/src/metric/tests/test_metric.cpp b/src/metric/tests/test_metric.cpp
index 6cafe9f9c..fbe9794c7 100644
--- a/src/metric/tests/test_metric.cpp
+++ b/src/metric/tests/test_metric.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,22 @@ using namespace ylt;
 using namespace ylt::metric;
 
 struct metrc_tag {};
+
+struct test_tag {};
+
+TEST_CASE("test metric manager clean expired label") {
+  set_label_max_age(std::chrono::seconds(1), std::chrono::seconds(1));
+  auto& inst = dynamic_metric_manager<test_tag>::instance();
+  auto [ec, c] = inst.create_metric_dynamic<dynamic_counter_1t>(
+      std::string("some_counter"), "", std::array<std::string, 1>{"url"});
+  c->inc({"/"});
+  c->inc({"/test"});
+  std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(2));
+  c->inc({"/index"});
+  size_t count = c->label_value_count();
+  CHECK(count == 1);
+}
+
 TEST_CASE("test metric manager") {
   auto c = std::make_shared<counter_t>("test1", "");
   auto g = std::make_shared<gauge_t>("test2", "");