diff --git a/testcontainers-floci/src/main/java/io/floci/testcontainers/FlociContainer.java b/testcontainers-floci/src/main/java/io/floci/testcontainers/FlociContainer.java
index eab2b3f..8dbd268 100644
--- a/testcontainers-floci/src/main/java/io/floci/testcontainers/FlociContainer.java
+++ b/testcontainers-floci/src/main/java/io/floci/testcontainers/FlociContainer.java
@@ -15,15 +15,15 @@
 import org.testcontainers.containers.wait.strategy.Wait;
 import org.testcontainers.utility.DockerImageName;
 
-import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.FileVisitResult;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.SimpleFileVisitor;
+import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
 import java.time.Duration;
-import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
-import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 /**
  * Testcontainers module for <a href="https://github.com/floci-io/floci">Floci</a> — a
@@ -174,18 +174,69 @@ public FlociContainer(DockerImageName dockerImageName) {
 
     @Override
     public void stop() {
+        preparePersistentStorageForCleanup();
         super.stop();
+        deletePersistentStorage();
+    }
+
+    private void preparePersistentStorageForCleanup() {
+        if (storageConfig.getHostPersistentPath().isEmpty() || !isRunning()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Child containers can create root-owned files in Floci's bind-mounted data directory.
+        try {
+            ExecResult result = execInContainer("chmod", "-R", "a+rwX", "/app/data");
+            if (result.getExitCode() != 0) {
+                logger.warn("Failed to make Floci persistent storage deletable: {}", result.getStderr());
+            }
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            logger.warn("Failed to make Floci persistent storage deletable", e);
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+            logger.warn("Interrupted while making Floci persistent storage deletable", e);
+        }
+    }
 
-        // Cleanup persistent storage if a host path was configured
+    private void deletePersistentStorage() {
         storageConfig.getHostPersistentPath().ifPresent(path -> {
-            try (Stream<Path> paths = Files.walk(path)) {
-                paths.sorted(Comparator.reverseOrder()).map(Path::toFile).forEach(File::delete);
+            try {
+                Files.walkFileTree(path, new SimpleFileVisitor<Path>() {
+                    @Override
+                    public FileVisitResult visitFile(Path file, BasicFileAttributes attributes) {
+                        deletePath(file);
+                        return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
+                    }
+
+                    @Override
+                    public FileVisitResult visitFileFailed(Path file, IOException failure) {
+                        logger.warn("Failed to visit Floci persistent storage path {}", file, failure);
+                        return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
+                    }
+
+                    @Override
+                    public FileVisitResult postVisitDirectory(Path directory, IOException failure) {
+                        if (failure != null) {
+                            logger.warn("Failed to visit Floci persistent storage directory {}", directory, failure);
+                        }
+                        deletePath(directory);
+                        return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
+                    }
+                });
             } catch (IOException e) {
-                // Ignore exception silently
+                logger.warn("Failed to delete Floci persistent storage at {}", path, e);
             }
         });
     }
 
+    private static void deletePath(Path path) {
+        try {
+            Files.deleteIfExists(path);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            logger.warn("Failed to delete Floci persistent storage path {}", path, e);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the endpoint URL for connecting to Floci (e.g. {@code http://localhost:32781}).
      *
@@ -2214,4 +2265,4 @@ private void configureEnvVars() {
     private static String uniqueShortId() {
         return UUID.randomUUID().toString().replace("-", "").substring(0, 8);
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/testcontainers-floci/src/test/java/io/floci/testcontainers/FlociContainerTest.java b/testcontainers-floci/src/test/java/io/floci/testcontainers/FlociContainerTest.java
index a4c113c..58b26ab 100644
--- a/testcontainers-floci/src/test/java/io/floci/testcontainers/FlociContainerTest.java
+++ b/testcontainers-floci/src/test/java/io/floci/testcontainers/FlociContainerTest.java
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 import org.testcontainers.utility.DockerImageName;
 import org.testcontainers.images.builder.Transferable;
 
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
 
@@ -147,4 +149,21 @@ void shouldWaitForStartScriptsToComplete() throws Exception {
                     .getExitCode()).isZero();
         }
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void shouldDeleteContainerOwnedPersistentStorage() throws Exception {
+        FlociContainer container = new FlociContainer()
+                .withStorageConfig(config -> config.randomHostPersistentPath());
+        Path persistentStorage = container.getStorageConfig().getHostPersistentPath().orElseThrow();
+        try {
+            container.start();
+            var result = container.execInContainer(
+                    "sh", "-c", "mkdir -p /app/data/restricted && touch /app/data/restricted/file && chmod 000 /app/data/restricted");
+            assertThat(result.getExitCode()).isZero();
+        } finally {
+            container.stop();
+        }
+
+        assertThat(persistentStorage).doesNotExist();
+    }
 }