diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f66f36f..1f372be 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # youtrack-backup
-Perl script to create a backup of the YouTrack Cloud database and store
-it in a Backblaze B2 bucket.
+Perl script to create a backup of the YouTrack Cloud database, store
+it in a Backblaze B2 bucket, and optionally delete old backup files.
 
 ## Environment variables
 * `YT_TOKEN` - YouTrack permanent access token
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ it in a Backblaze B2 bucket.
 * `--baseurl` - YouTrack Cloud URL.
 * `--bucket` - Backblaze bucket name.
 * `--delay` - [optional] Seconds to wait between checks for database backup completion. (Default: 30)
+* `--keep` - [optional] Number of backup files to keep. (Default: 0, keep all backup files)
 * `--quiet` - [optional] Don't print information progress messages.
 * `--help` - [optional] Print usage message and exit.
 
@@ -53,8 +54,9 @@ youtrack-backup.pl --baseurl _yt-url_ --bucket _b2-bucket-name_
 ### Additional environment variables
 *  `YT_URL`  - URL to your instance of YouTrack Cloud.
 *  `B2_BUCKET`  - Name of the Backblaze B2 bucket.
+*  `KEEP_COUNT`  - Number of backups to keep.
 
-The image created by the Dockerfile will run `youtrack-backup.pl` with `--delay` defaulted to `30` and `--quiet` disabled.
+The image created by the Dockerfile will run `youtrack-backup.pl` with `--delay` defaulted to `30`, `--keep` defaulted to `0`, and `--quiet` disabled.
 
 1. Copy `local.env.dist` to `local.env`.
 1. Set the values for the variables contained in `local.env`.
diff --git a/local.env.dist b/local.env.dist
index d88846c..3bcc78c 100644
--- a/local.env.dist
+++ b/local.env.dist
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 B2_APPLICATION_KEY_ID=
 B2_APPLICATION_KEY=
 B2_BUCKET=
+KEEP_COUNT=
 YT_TOKEN=
 YT_URL=
diff --git a/youtrack-backup.pl b/youtrack-backup.pl
index 7a813fc..3f4bc55 100755
--- a/youtrack-backup.pl
+++ b/youtrack-backup.pl
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 #   export YT_TOKEN=<youtrack-permanent-token>
 #   export B2_APPLICATION_KEY_ID=<backblaze-application-id>
 #   export B2_APPLICATION_KEY=<backblaze-application-key>
-#   youtrack-db-backup.pl --baseurl=yt-url --bucket=b2-bucket-name [--delay=seconds] [--quiet] [--help]
+#   youtrack-db-backup.pl --baseurl=yt-url --bucket=b2-bucket-name [--delay=seconds] [--keep=count] [--quiet] [--help]
 #
 # For the supplied YouTrack instance (baseurl), create a database backup and
-# store it in a Backblaze B2 bucket.
+# store it in a Backblaze B2 bucket. Optionally, delete old backup files.
 #
 # Uses curl(1), jq(1), b2(https://www.backblaze.com/docs/cloud-storage-command-line-tools).
 #
@@ -28,13 +28,14 @@ ()
 	return strftime "%H:%M:%S", gmtime;
 }
 
-my $usage = "Usage: $0 --baseurl=yt-url --bucket=b2-bucket-name [--delay=seconds] [--quiet] [--help]\n";
+my $usage = "Usage: $0 --baseurl=yt-url --bucket=b2-bucket-name [--delay=seconds] [--keep=count] [--quiet] [--help]\n";
 my $yt_token;		# YouTrack Permanent Token
 my $yt_url;		# YouTrack base URL
 my $b2_app_key_id;	# Backblaze application key ID
 my $b2_app_key_secret;	# Backblaze application key secret
 my $b2_bucket;		# Backblaze B2 bucket name
 my $delay;		# seconds to delay between checking backup progress
+my $keep_count;		# number of backup files to keep
 my $quiet;
 my $help;
 
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ ()
 	'bucket|b=s'  => \$b2_bucket,
 	'baseurl|u=s' => \$yt_url,
 	'delay|d'     => \$delay,
+	'keep|k=i'    => \$keep_count,
 	'quiet|q'     => \$quiet,
 	'help|h'      => \$help
 ) or die $usage;
@@ -78,7 +80,8 @@ ()
 my $content_header  = "--header \"Content-Type: application/json\"";
 my $progress_header = "--no-progress-meter";
 
-$delay = 30 if (! defined($delay));
+$delay      = 30 if (! defined($delay));
+$keep_count =  0 if (! defined($keep_count));
 
 my $curl_query1;
 my $curl_query2;
@@ -192,4 +195,40 @@ ()
 
 unlink($download_path);
 
+#
+# Optionally, delete old backup files from the Backblaze B2 bucket
+#
+# The backup file names are of the form YYYY-MM-DD-hh-mm-ss.tar.gz.  The
+# 'b2 ls --long' command returns lines in this form:
+#
+# fileID  upload  date  time  size  fileName
+#
+# We keep the sixth and first fields, sort, and throw away the last $keep_count
+# entries.  The remaining files (if any) will be deleted.
+
+if ($keep_count > 0) {
+	printf "%s: Deleting old backup files\n", tstamp() if (! $quiet);
+	$cmd = "b2 ls --long $b2_bucket";
+	my @filelist = `$cmd`;
+
+	if (scalar @filelist - ${keep_count} > 0) {
+		chomp @filelist;
+		s/  .*  /  / for @filelist;		# keep only first and last fields
+		s/^(.*)  (.*)$/$2  $1/ for @filelist;	# swap order of fields
+
+		@filelist = sort @filelist;
+		splice @filelist, -${keep_count};
+
+		foreach my $line (@filelist) {
+			(my $filename, my $fileid) = split /  /,$line;
+			printf "%s: Deleting $filename\n", tstamp() if (! $quiet);
+			$cmd = "b2 delete-file-version $filename $fileid";
+			$result = system($cmd);
+		}
+	}
+	else {
+		printf "%s: Number of files (%d) does not exceed the number to keep ($keep_count)\n", tstamp(), scalar @filelist if (! $quiet);
+	}
+}
+
 exit(0);
diff --git a/youtrack-backup.sh b/youtrack-backup.sh
index fe96400..de83b72 100755
--- a/youtrack-backup.sh
+++ b/youtrack-backup.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-youtrack-backup.pl --baseurl $YT_URL --bucket $B2_BUCKET
+youtrack-backup.pl --baseurl $YT_URL --bucket $B2_BUCKET --keep $KEEP_COUNT