diff --git a/service/commons/elasticsearch/client-api/pom.xml b/service/commons/elasticsearch/client-api/pom.xml
index 5d0ff5352a9..9c771b07fec 100644
--- a/service/commons/elasticsearch/client-api/pom.xml
+++ b/service/commons/elasticsearch/client-api/pom.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.quartz-scheduler</groupId>
+            <artifactId>quartz</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
 
         <!-- Test -->
         <dependency>
diff --git a/service/commons/elasticsearch/client-api/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/service/elasticsearch/client/ExecutionReport.java b/service/commons/elasticsearch/client-api/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/service/elasticsearch/client/ExecutionReport.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7f743afd81d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/service/commons/elasticsearch/client-api/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/service/elasticsearch/client/ExecutionReport.java
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, 2022 Eurotech and/or its affiliates and others
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made
+ * available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
+ * which is available at https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *     Eurotech - initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.kapua.service.elasticsearch.client;
+
+import org.eclipse.kapua.KapuaException;
+import org.eclipse.kapua.commons.util.KapuaDateUtils;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+
+public class ExecutionReport {
+
+    private int accountCount;
+    private int accountProcessed;
+    private int accountErrored;
+    private int indexedDeleted;
+
+    private String currentAccount;
+
+    private Logger log;
+
+    private int maxExecutionTimeSeconds;
+
+    private String jobName;
+
+    Function<String, KapuaException> jobTimeoutException;
+
+    public ExecutionReport(Logger logger, int maxExecTimeSeconds, String jobName, Function<String, KapuaException> jobTimeoutException) {
+        this.log = logger;
+        this.maxExecutionTimeSeconds = maxExecTimeSeconds;
+        this.jobName = jobName;
+        this.jobTimeoutException = jobTimeoutException;
+    }
+
+    public void incAccountProcessed() {
+        accountProcessed++;
+    }
+
+    public void incAccountErrored() {
+        accountErrored++;
+    }
+
+    public void incIndexedDeleted(int indexedDeleted) {
+        this.indexedDeleted += indexedDeleted;
+    }
+
+    public void setAccountCount(int accountCount) {
+        this.accountCount = accountCount;
+    }
+
+    public void logStartReport() {
+        log.info(jobName + "... Found '{}' accounts to be processed", accountCount);
+    }
+
+    public void startAccountProcessing(String accountName) {
+        currentAccount = accountName;
+        log.info(jobName + "... Processing account '{}'", currentAccount);
+    }
+
+    public void logAccountTtl(Integer dataTtl, ChronoUnit chronoUnit) {
+        log.info(jobName + "... Found TTL '{}' [{}] for account '{}'", (dataTtl != null ? dataTtl : -1), chronoUnit, currentAccount);
+    }
+
+    public void checkTimeout(Instant startTime) throws KapuaException {
+        long executionTime = Duration.between(startTime, KapuaDateUtils.getKapuaSysDate()).get(ChronoUnit.SECONDS);
+        if (executionTime >= maxExecutionTimeSeconds) {
+            String message = String.format("Execution time: '%d' [minutes] - limit '%d' [minutes]! The job will be interrupted!", executionTime, maxExecutionTimeSeconds / 60);
+            log.warn(message);
+            logAborted();
+            throw this.jobTimeoutException.apply(message);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void endAccountProcessing() {
+        incAccountProcessed();
+        log.info(jobName + "... Processing account '{}' DONE", currentAccount);
+        currentAccount = null;
+    }
+
+    public void logEndReport() {
+        log.info(jobName + "... DONE. Account processed '{}' - Errored account processing '{}' -Indexes deleted '{}'", accountProcessed, accountErrored, indexedDeleted);
+    }
+
+    public void logAborted() {
+        log.warn(jobName + "... ABORTED. Account processed '{}' - Indexes deleted '{}'", accountProcessed, indexedDeleted);
+    }
+
+    public void customInfoLog(String toLog) {
+        log.info(jobName + "... " + toLog);
+    }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/service/commons/elasticsearch/client-api/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/service/elasticsearch/client/TtlCleanupJob.java b/service/commons/elasticsearch/client-api/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/service/elasticsearch/client/TtlCleanupJob.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c19a1c24edb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/service/commons/elasticsearch/client-api/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/service/elasticsearch/client/TtlCleanupJob.java
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, 2022 Eurotech and/or its affiliates and others
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made
+ * available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
+ * which is available at https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *     Eurotech - initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.kapua.service.elasticsearch.client;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.eclipse.kapua.KapuaException;
+import org.eclipse.kapua.commons.security.KapuaSecurityUtils;
+import org.eclipse.kapua.commons.setting.system.SystemSetting;
+import org.eclipse.kapua.commons.setting.system.SystemSettingKey;
+import org.eclipse.kapua.commons.util.KapuaDateUtils;
+import org.eclipse.kapua.locator.KapuaLocator;
+import org.eclipse.kapua.model.id.KapuaId;
+import org.eclipse.kapua.service.account.Account;
+import org.eclipse.kapua.service.account.AccountFactory;
+import org.eclipse.kapua.service.account.AccountListResult;
+import org.eclipse.kapua.service.account.AccountQuery;
+import org.eclipse.kapua.service.account.AccountService;
+import org.eclipse.kapua.service.elasticsearch.client.model.IndexRequest;
+import org.quartz.Job;
+import org.quartz.JobExecutionContext;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Base class for jobs that clean indexes older that a fixed TTL
+ * It is meant to be extended for jobs that clean a specific *-store part of the datastore
+ *
+ * @since 6.0.0
+ */
+
+public abstract class TtlCleanupJob implements Job {
+
+    protected final KapuaLocator locator = KapuaLocator.getInstance();
+    protected final AccountService accountService = locator.getService(AccountService.class);
+    protected final AccountFactory accountFactory = locator.getFactory(AccountFactory.class);
+
+    protected final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(this.getClass());
+
+    // Required by Quartz
+    public TtlCleanupJob() {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void execute(JobExecutionContext context) {
+        ExecutionReport executionReport = initializeExecutionReport(log);
+        try {
+            if (isCleanupJobEnabled()) {
+                executeAllInternal(executionReport);
+            } else {
+                executionReport.customInfoLog(" Skip execution. Plugin disabled by configuration!");
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            log.error("Cleanup job... Error: {}", e.getMessage(), e);
+            throw new ExceptionInInitializerError(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void executeAllInternal(ExecutionReport executionReport) throws KapuaException {
+        executionReport.customInfoLog(" Getting account list");
+
+        Account adminAccount = getAdminAccount();
+
+        AccountQuery accountListQuery = accountFactory.newQuery(adminAccount.getId());
+        accountListQuery.setLimit(1000);
+        accountListQuery.setOffset(0);
+
+        AccountListResult accountListResult = KapuaSecurityUtils.doPrivileged(() -> accountService.findChildrenRecursively(adminAccount.getId()));
+
+        List<Account> accountList = new ArrayList<>();
+        accountList.add(adminAccount);
+        accountList.addAll(accountListResult.getItems());
+
+        executionReport.setAccountCount(accountList.size());
+        executionReport.logStartReport();
+        for (Account account : accountList) {
+            executeInternal(account, executionReport);
+        }
+        executionReport.logEndReport();
+    }
+
+    private void executeInternal(Account account, ExecutionReport executionReport) throws KapuaException {
+        Instant startTime = KapuaDateUtils.getKapuaSysDate();
+
+        String accountName = account.getName();
+        try {
+            executionReport.startAccountProcessing(accountName);
+            KapuaId scopeId = account.getId();
+            Integer dataTtl = getIndexesTtl(scopeId);
+            Instant endInstant = KapuaDateUtils.getKapuaSysDate().minus(dataTtl, ChronoUnit.DAYS);
+            ElasticsearchClient elasticsearchClient = locator.getComponent(ElasticsearchClientProvider.class).getElasticsearchClient();
+            AbstractStoreUtils utilsClass = getUtilsClassForThisJob();
+
+            String index = getIndexName(scopeId);
+            executionReport.customInfoLog(String.format(" Looking index for %s", index));
+            String[] indexes = elasticsearchClient.findIndexes(new IndexRequest(index)).getIndexes();
+            if (indexes != null && (indexes.length > 1 || (indexes.length == 1 && !StringUtils.isEmpty(indexes[0])))) {
+                String[] filteredList = utilsClass.filterIndexesTemporalWindow(indexes, null, endInstant, scopeId);
+                executionReport.customInfoLog(String.format(" Processing account %s Found %s indexes to be deleted", accountName, filteredList.length));
+                Arrays.sort(filteredList);
+                if (filteredList.length > 0) {
+                    KapuaSecurityUtils.doPrivileged(() -> elasticsearchClient.deleteIndexes(filteredList));
+                    executionReport.incIndexedDeleted(filteredList.length);
+                    executionReport.customInfoLog(" Deleted indexes:");
+                    for (String str : filteredList) {
+                        executionReport.customInfoLog(String.format("\t%s", str));
+                    }
+                }
+            } else {
+                executionReport.customInfoLog(String.format(" Processing account %s - no index to be deleted found", accountName));
+            }
+            executionReport.endAccountProcessing();
+        } catch (KapuaException e) {
+            executionReport.incAccountErrored();
+            log.error("Cleanup job... error processing account '{}' (Error: {}). Proceed with the next one account", accountName, e.getMessage(), e);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+        executionReport.checkTimeout(startTime);
+    }
+
+    protected Account getAdminAccount() throws KapuaException {
+        return KapuaSecurityUtils.doPrivileged(() -> accountService.findByName(SystemSetting.getInstance().getString(SystemSettingKey.SYS_ADMIN_ACCOUNT)));
+    }
+
+    protected abstract ExecutionReport initializeExecutionReport(Logger l);
+
+    protected abstract boolean isCleanupJobEnabled();
+
+    protected abstract Integer getIndexesTtl(KapuaId scopeId) throws KapuaException;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the respective DatastoreUtils class (or subclasses) for this cleanup job (depending on the type of *-store that the job cleans)
+     */
+    protected abstract AbstractStoreUtils getUtilsClassForThisJob();
+
+    /** returns the "abstract" format of the index depending on the concrete type of *storeUtils */
+    protected abstract String getIndexName(KapuaId scopeId);
+
+}