diff --git a/project/tests/test_view_clear_db.py b/project/tests/test_view_clear_db.py
index 44ccbe60..1d50ecbd 100644
--- a/project/tests/test_view_clear_db.py
+++ b/project/tests/test_view_clear_db.py
@@ -20,3 +20,19 @@ def test_clear_all(self):
         response = self.client.post(silky_reverse("cleardb"), {"clear_all": "on"})
         self.assertTrue(response.status_code == 200)
         self.assertEqual(models.Request.objects.count(), 0)
+
+
+class TestViewClearDBAndDeleteProfiles(TestCase):
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        super().setUpClass()
+        SilkyConfig().SILKY_AUTHENTICATION = False
+        SilkyConfig().SILKY_AUTHORISATION = False
+        SilkyConfig().SILKY_DELETE_PROFILES = True
+
+    def test_clear_all_and_delete_profiles(self):
+        RequestMinFactory.create()
+        self.assertEqual(models.Request.objects.count(), 1)
+        response = self.client.post(silky_reverse("cleardb"), {"clear_all": "on"})
+        self.assertTrue(response.status_code == 200)
+        self.assertEqual(models.Request.objects.count(), 0)
diff --git a/silk/config.py b/silk/config.py
index fddbf9e2..8b237340 100644
--- a/silk/config.py
+++ b/silk/config.py
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ class SilkyConfig(metaclass=Singleton):
         'SILKY_JSON_ENSURE_ASCII': True,
         'SILKY_ANALYZE_QUERIES': False,
         'SILKY_EXPLAIN_FLAGS': None,
-        'SILKY_SENSITIVE_KEYS': {'username', 'api', 'token', 'key', 'secret', 'password', 'signature'}
+        'SILKY_SENSITIVE_KEYS': {'username', 'api', 'token', 'key', 'secret', 'password', 'signature'},
+        'SILKY_DELETE_PROFILES': False
     }
 
     def _setup(self):
diff --git a/silk/templates/silk/clear_db.html b/silk/templates/silk/clear_db.html
index a073983b..297b3fd9 100644
--- a/silk/templates/silk/clear_db.html
+++ b/silk/templates/silk/clear_db.html
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ <h2>Silk Clear DB</h2>
                 </div>
                 <button class="btn">Clear</button>
             </form>
-            <div class="msg">{{ msg }}</div>
+            <div class="msg">{{ msg|linebreaks }}</div>
         </div>
     </div>
 
diff --git a/silk/views/clear_db.py b/silk/views/clear_db.py
index 141213b3..893ee29b 100644
--- a/silk/views/clear_db.py
+++ b/silk/views/clear_db.py
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
+import os
+import shutil
+
 from django.db import transaction
 from django.shortcuts import render
 from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
 from django.views.generic import View
 
 from silk.auth import login_possibly_required, permissions_possibly_required
+from silk.config import SilkyConfig
 from silk.models import Profile, Request, Response, SQLQuery
 from silk.utils.data_deletion import delete_model
 
@@ -27,4 +31,15 @@ def post(self, request, *_, **kwargs):
             delete_model(Request)
             tables = ['Response', 'SQLQuery', 'Profile', 'Request']
             context['msg'] = 'Cleared data for following silk tables: {}'.format(', '.join(tables))
+
+            if SilkyConfig().SILKY_DELETE_PROFILES:
+                dir = SilkyConfig().SILKY_PYTHON_PROFILER_RESULT_PATH
+                for files in os.listdir(dir):
+                    path = os.path.join(dir, files)
+                    try:
+                        shutil.rmtree(path)
+                    except OSError:
+                        os.remove(path)
+                context['msg'] += '\nDeleted all profiles from the directory.'
+
         return render(request, 'silk/clear_db.html', context=context)