diff --git a/config/global.ini.php b/config/global.ini.php
index ca995501a5d..52b5fbe8a83 100644
--- a/config/global.ini.php
+++ b/config/global.ini.php
@@ -1154,6 +1154,10 @@
 delete_reports_keep_range_reports    = 0
 delete_reports_keep_segment_reports  = 0
 
+[ArchivingMetrics]
+; retention_days - delete archiving metrics older than this many days. Set to 0 to disable cleanup.
+retention_days = 180
+
 [mail]
 defaultHostnameIfEmpty = defaultHostnameIfEmpty.example.org ; default Email @hostname, if current host can't be read from system variables
 transport = ; smtp (using the configuration below) or empty (using built-in mail() function)
diff --git a/plugins/ArchivingMetrics/Tasks.php b/plugins/ArchivingMetrics/Tasks.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dc702be830e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/ArchivingMetrics/Tasks.php
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Matomo - free/libre analytics platform
+ *
+ * @link https://matomo.org
+ * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html GPL v3 or later
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Piwik\Plugins\ArchivingMetrics;
+
+use Piwik\Common;
+use Piwik\Config;
+use Piwik\Date;
+use Piwik\Db;
+
+class Tasks extends \Piwik\Plugin\Tasks
+{
+    public const DEFAULT_RETENTION_DAYS = 180;
+
+    public function schedule()
+    {
+        $this->weekly('purgeOldMetrics');
+        $this->monthly('purgeMetricsForDeletedSites');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * To test execute the following command:
+     * `./console core:run-scheduled-tasks --force "Piwik\Plugins\ArchivingMetrics\Tasks.purgeOldMetrics"`
+     */
+    public function purgeOldMetrics()
+    {
+        $retentionDays = $this->getRetentionDays();
+        if ($retentionDays <= 0) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $cutoff = Date::now()->subDay($retentionDays)->getDatetime();
+        $table = Common::prefixTable('archiving_metrics');
+        Db::query("DELETE FROM {$table} WHERE ts_started < ?", [$cutoff]);
+    }
+
+    public function purgeMetricsForDeletedSites()
+    {
+        $siteTable = Common::prefixTable('site');
+        $table = Common::prefixTable('archiving_metrics');
+        Db::query("DELETE a FROM {$table} a LEFT JOIN {$siteTable} s ON a.idsite = s.idsite WHERE s.idsite IS NULL");
+    }
+
+    private function getRetentionDays(): int
+    {
+        $config = Config::getInstance();
+        $retentionDays = $config->ArchivingMetrics['retention_days'] ?? self::DEFAULT_RETENTION_DAYS;
+        return max(0, (int) $retentionDays);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/ArchivingMetrics/tests/Integration/TasksTest.php b/plugins/ArchivingMetrics/tests/Integration/TasksTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0dc3791a344
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/ArchivingMetrics/tests/Integration/TasksTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Matomo - free/libre analytics platform
+ *
+ * @link https://matomo.org
+ * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html GPL v3 or later
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Piwik\Plugins\ArchivingMetrics\tests\Integration;
+
+use Piwik\Common;
+use Piwik\Config;
+use Piwik\Date;
+use Piwik\Db;
+use Piwik\Plugins\ArchivingMetrics\Tasks;
+use Piwik\Tests\Framework\Fixture;
+use Piwik\Tests\Framework\TestCase\IntegrationTestCase;
+
+/**
+ * @group ArchivingMetrics
+ * @group ArchivingMetrics_Tasks
+ * @group Plugins
+ */
+class TasksTest extends IntegrationTestCase
+{
+    public function testPurgeOldMetricsDeletesRowsOlderThanRetention(): void
+    {
+        $config = Config::getInstance();
+        $config->ArchivingMetrics = ['retention_days' => 30];
+
+        $this->insertRow(Date::now()->subDay(31)->getDatetime());
+        $this->insertRow(Date::now()->subDay(5)->getDatetime());
+
+        $task = new Tasks();
+        $task->purgeOldMetrics();
+
+        $count = (int) Db::fetchOne('SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ' . Common::prefixTable('archiving_metrics'));
+        $this->assertSame(1, $count);
+    }
+
+    public function testPurgeOldMetricsDisabledKeepsRows(): void
+    {
+        $config = Config::getInstance();
+        $config->ArchivingMetrics = ['retention_days' => 0];
+
+        $this->insertRow(Date::now()->subDay(400)->getDatetime());
+
+        $task = new Tasks();
+        $task->purgeOldMetrics();
+
+        $count = (int) Db::fetchOne('SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ' . Common::prefixTable('archiving_metrics'));
+        $this->assertSame(1, $count);
+    }
+
+    public function testPurgeMetricsForDeletedSitesRemovesOrphanedRows(): void
+    {
+        $idSite = Fixture::createWebsite('2024-01-01 00:00:00');
+
+        $this->insertRow(Date::now()->subDay(5)->getDatetime(), $idSite);
+        $this->insertRow(Date::now()->subDay(5)->getDatetime(), 9999);
+
+        $task = new Tasks();
+        $task->purgeMetricsForDeletedSites();
+
+        $count = (int) Db::fetchOne('SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ' . Common::prefixTable('archiving_metrics'));
+        $this->assertSame(1, $count);
+    }
+
+    private function insertRow(string $tsStarted, int $idSite = 1): void
+    {
+        $table = Common::prefixTable('archiving_metrics');
+        Db::query(
+            "INSERT INTO {$table} (idarchive, idsite, archive_name, date1, date2, period, ts_started, ts_finished, total_time, total_time_exclusive)
+             VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)",
+            [
+                1,
+                $idSite,
+                'done',
+                '2025-01-01',
+                '2025-01-01',
+                1,
+                $tsStarted,
+                $tsStarted,
+                123,
+                100,
+            ]
+        );
+    }
+}