diff --git a/services/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/api/maintenance/DatadirCleaner.java b/services/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/api/maintenance/DatadirCleaner.java
index 5240278ea3..ae5d647eb8 100644
--- a/services/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/api/maintenance/DatadirCleaner.java
+++ b/services/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/api/maintenance/DatadirCleaner.java
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package org.fao.geonet.api.maintenance;
 
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.tags.Tag;
+import org.fao.geonet.kernel.GeonetworkDataDirectory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.security.access.prepost.PreAuthorize;
@@ -10,11 +12,19 @@
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseStatus;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
 @RequestMapping(value = {"/{portal}/api/maintenance"})
 @Tag(name = "maintenance")
 @Controller("maintenance")
 public class DatadirCleaner {
 
+    @Autowired
+    GeonetworkDataDirectory geonetworkDataDirectory;
+
     @io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.Operation(summary = "Clean data dir")
     @RequestMapping(
         path = "/cleanDatadir",
@@ -24,6 +34,25 @@ public class DatadirCleaner {
     @PreAuthorize("hasAuthority('UserAdmin')")
     @ResponseBody
     public Object cleanDataDir() {
+        cleanFile();
         return "cleaned";
     }
+
+    public void cleanFile() {
+        Path rootPath = geonetworkDataDirectory.getMetadataDataDir();
+
+        listFilesEatingException(rootPath) //
+            .flatMap(this::listFilesEatingException)
+            .map(Path::toString)
+            .forEach(System.err::println);
+    }
+
+    private Stream<Path> listFilesEatingException(Path path) {
+        try {
+            return Files.list(path);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            return Stream.of();
+        }
+    }
 }