diff --git a/crates/common/src/persistence.rs b/crates/common/src/persistence.rs
index 7b365ef5..2049e2fb 100644
--- a/crates/common/src/persistence.rs
+++ b/crates/common/src/persistence.rs
@@ -198,6 +198,18 @@ pub trait Persistence: Sync + Send + 'static {
     ) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<IndexEntry>>;
     async fn delete_index_entries(&self, entries: Vec<IndexEntry>) -> anyhow::Result<usize>;
 
+    // Retrieves expired documents
+    async fn documents_to_delete(
+        &self,
+        expired_documents: &Vec<(Timestamp, InternalDocumentId)>,
+    ) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<(Timestamp, InternalDocumentId)>>;
+
+    // Deletes documents
+    async fn delete(
+        &self,
+        documents: Vec<(Timestamp, InternalDocumentId)>,
+    ) -> anyhow::Result<usize>;
+
     fn box_clone(&self) -> Box<dyn Persistence>;
 
     // No-op by default. Persistence implementation can override.
diff --git a/crates/common/src/testing/persistence_test_suite.rs b/crates/common/src/testing/persistence_test_suite.rs
index ba85b3e1..773ebda0 100644
--- a/crates/common/src/testing/persistence_test_suite.rs
+++ b/crates/common/src/testing/persistence_test_suite.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use std::{
 };
 
 use futures::{
+    pin_mut,
     Future,
     StreamExt,
     TryStreamExt,
@@ -205,6 +206,13 @@ macro_rules! run_persistence_test_suite {
             persistence_test_suite::persistence_enforce_retention(p).await
         }
 
+        #[tokio::test]
+        async fn test_persistence_delete_documents() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+            let $db = $create_db;
+            let p = $create_persistence;
+            persistence_test_suite::persistence_delete_documents(p).await
+        }
+
         #[tokio::test]
         async fn test_persistence_previous_revisions() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
             let $db = $create_db;
@@ -1311,6 +1319,17 @@ pub async fn persistence_global<P: Persistence>(p: P) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+fn doc(
+    id: ResolvedDocumentId,
+    ts: i32,
+    val: Option<i64>,
+) -> anyhow::Result<(Timestamp, InternalDocumentId, Option<ResolvedDocument>)> {
+    let doc = val
+        .map(|val| ResolvedDocument::new(id, CreationTime::ONE, assert_obj!("value" => val)))
+        .transpose()?;
+    Ok((Timestamp::must(ts), id.into(), doc))
+}
+
 pub async fn persistence_enforce_retention<P: Persistence>(p: P) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let mut id_generator = TestIdGenerator::new();
     let by_id_index_id = id_generator.generate(&INDEX_TABLE).internal_id();
@@ -1318,17 +1337,6 @@ pub async fn persistence_enforce_retention<P: Persistence>(p: P) -> anyhow::Resu
     let table: TableName = str::parse("table")?;
     let table_id = id_generator.table_id(&table).table_id;
 
-    fn doc(
-        id: ResolvedDocumentId,
-        ts: i32,
-        val: Option<i64>,
-    ) -> anyhow::Result<(Timestamp, InternalDocumentId, Option<ResolvedDocument>)> {
-        let doc = val
-            .map(|val| ResolvedDocument::new(id, CreationTime::ONE, assert_obj!("value" => val)))
-            .transpose()?;
-        Ok((Timestamp::must(ts), id.into(), doc))
-    }
-
     let by_id = |id: ResolvedDocumentId,
                  ts: i32,
                  deleted: bool|
@@ -1494,6 +1502,69 @@ pub async fn persistence_enforce_retention<P: Persistence>(p: P) -> anyhow::Resu
     Ok(())
 }
 
+pub async fn persistence_delete_documents<P: Persistence>(p: P) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let mut id_generator = TestIdGenerator::new();
+    let table: TableName = str::parse("table")?;
+
+    let id1 = id_generator.generate(&table);
+    let id2 = id_generator.generate(&table);
+    let id3 = id_generator.generate(&table);
+    let id4 = id_generator.generate(&table);
+    let id5 = id_generator.generate(&table);
+    let id6 = id_generator.generate(&table);
+    let id7 = id_generator.generate(&table);
+    let id8 = id_generator.generate(&table);
+    let id9 = id_generator.generate(&table);
+    let id10 = id_generator.generate(&table);
+
+    let documents = vec![
+        doc(id1, 1, Some(1))?,
+        doc(id2, 2, Some(2))?,
+        doc(id3, 3, Some(3))?,
+        // min_document_snapshot_ts: 4
+        doc(id4, 5, Some(4))?,
+        doc(id5, 6, Some(5))?,
+        doc(id6, 7, Some(6))?,
+        doc(id7, 8, Some(7))?,
+        doc(id8, 9, Some(8))?,
+        doc(id9, 10, Some(9))?,
+        doc(id10, 11, Some(10))?,
+    ];
+
+    p.write(documents.clone(), BTreeSet::new(), ConflictStrategy::Error)
+        .await?;
+
+    let reader = p.reader();
+
+    let stream = reader.load_all_documents();
+    pin_mut!(stream);
+    let mut all_docs = Vec::new();
+    while let Some(val) = stream.try_next().await? {
+        all_docs.push(val);
+    }
+    assert_eq!(documents.clone(), all_docs);
+
+    let docs_to_delete = documents.clone()[..3]
+        .iter()
+        .map(|(ts, id, _)| (*ts, *id))
+        .collect_vec();
+
+    let expired_docs = p.documents_to_delete(&docs_to_delete).await?;
+    assert_eq!(docs_to_delete, expired_docs);
+
+    assert_eq!(p.delete(expired_docs).await?, 3);
+
+    let stream = reader.load_all_documents();
+    pin_mut!(stream);
+    let mut all_docs = Vec::new();
+    while let Some(val) = stream.try_next().await? {
+        all_docs.push(val);
+    }
+    assert_eq!(documents[3..], all_docs);
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 pub async fn persistence_previous_revisions<P: Persistence>(p: P) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let reader = p.reader();
 
diff --git a/crates/common/src/testing/test_persistence.rs b/crates/common/src/testing/test_persistence.rs
index 9da3f5de..178625de 100644
--- a/crates/common/src/testing/test_persistence.rs
+++ b/crates/common/src/testing/test_persistence.rs
@@ -224,6 +224,36 @@ impl Persistence for TestPersistence {
         Ok(total_deleted)
     }
 
+    async fn documents_to_delete(
+        &self,
+        expired_documents: &Vec<(Timestamp, InternalDocumentId)>,
+    ) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<(Timestamp, InternalDocumentId)>> {
+        let inner = self.inner.lock();
+        let log = &inner.log;
+        let mut new_expired_rows = Vec::new();
+        for expired_doc in expired_documents {
+            if log.get(expired_doc).is_some() {
+                new_expired_rows.push(*expired_doc);
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(new_expired_rows)
+    }
+
+    async fn delete(
+        &self,
+        documents: Vec<(Timestamp, InternalDocumentId)>,
+    ) -> anyhow::Result<usize> {
+        let mut inner = self.inner.lock();
+        let log = &mut inner.log;
+        let mut total_deleted = 0;
+        for expired_doc in documents {
+            if log.remove(&expired_doc).is_some() {
+                total_deleted += 1;
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(total_deleted)
+    }
+
     fn box_clone(&self) -> Box<dyn Persistence> {
         Box::new(self.clone())
     }
diff --git a/crates/sqlite/src/lib.rs b/crates/sqlite/src/lib.rs
index 92c6ec80..936b42a2 100644
--- a/crates/sqlite/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/sqlite/src/lib.rs
@@ -424,6 +424,56 @@ impl Persistence for SqlitePersistence {
         Ok(count_deleted)
     }
 
+    async fn documents_to_delete(
+        &self,
+        expired_documents: &Vec<(Timestamp, InternalDocumentId)>,
+    ) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<(Timestamp, InternalDocumentId)>> {
+        let connection = &self.inner.lock().connection;
+        let mut all_entries = BTreeSet::new();
+        for expired_entry in expired_documents {
+            let table_id: &TableId = expired_entry.1.table();
+            let id = expired_entry.1.internal_id();
+            let params = params![&table_id.0[..], &id[..], &u64::from(expired_entry.0),];
+            let mut entries_query = connection.prepare(DOCUMENTS_TO_DELETE)?;
+            let row_iter = entries_query.query_map(params, |row| {
+                let table_id: Vec<u8> = row.get(0)?;
+                let id: Vec<u8> = row.get(1)?;
+                let ts =
+                    Timestamp::try_from(row.get::<_, u64>(2)?).expect("timestamp out of bounds");
+                Ok((table_id, id, ts))
+            })?;
+            for row in row_iter {
+                let (table_id, id, ts) = row?;
+                all_entries.insert((
+                    ts,
+                    InternalDocumentId::new(TableId(table_id.try_into()?), id.try_into()?),
+                ));
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(all_entries.into_iter().collect())
+    }
+
+    async fn delete(
+        &self,
+        documents: Vec<(Timestamp, InternalDocumentId)>,
+    ) -> anyhow::Result<usize> {
+        let mut inner = self.inner.lock();
+        let tx = inner.connection.transaction()?;
+        let mut delete_document_query = tx.prepare_cached(DELETE_DOCUMENT)?;
+        let mut count_deleted = 0;
+
+        for (ts, internal_id) in documents {
+            let table_id: &TableId = internal_id.table();
+            let id = internal_id.internal_id();
+            count_deleted +=
+                delete_document_query
+                    .execute(params![&table_id.0[..], &id[..], &u64::from(ts),])?;
+        }
+        drop(delete_document_query);
+        tx.commit()?;
+        Ok(count_deleted)
+    }
+
     fn box_clone(&self) -> Box<dyn Persistence> {
         Box::new(self.clone())
     }
@@ -634,6 +684,12 @@ ORDER BY index_id DESC, key DESC, ts DESC
 "#;
 const DELETE_INDEX: &str = "DELETE FROM indexes WHERE index_id = ? AND ts <= ? AND key = ?";
 
+const DOCUMENTS_TO_DELETE: &str = r#"SELECT table_id, id, ts
+FROM documents WHERE table_id = ? AND id = ? AND ts <= ?
+ORDER BY table_id DESC, id DESC, ts DESC
+"#;
+const DELETE_DOCUMENT: &str = "DELETE FROM documents WHERE table_id = ? AND id = ? AND ts = ?";
+
 const CHECK_IS_READ_ONLY: &str = "SELECT 1 FROM read_only LIMIT 1";
 const SET_READ_ONLY: &str = "INSERT INTO read_only (id) VALUES (1)";
 const UNSET_READ_ONLY: &str = "DELETE FROM read_only WHERE id = 1";