diff --git a/components/consensusmanager/src/lib.rs b/components/consensusmanager/src/lib.rs
index 0d41229e8..93611ce3d 100644
--- a/components/consensusmanager/src/lib.rs
+++ b/components/consensusmanager/src/lib.rs
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ pub trait ConsensusCtl: Sync + Send {
 
     /// Set as current active consensus
     fn make_active(&self);
-
-    /// Delete this consensus instance from memory and disk permanently
-    fn delete(&self);
 }
 
 pub type DynConsensusCtl = Arc<dyn ConsensusCtl>;
@@ -37,6 +34,13 @@ pub trait ConsensusFactory: Sync + Send {
 
     /// Close the factory and cleanup any shared resources used by it
     fn close(&self);
+
+    /// If the node is not configured as archival -- delete inactive consensus entries and their databases  
+    fn delete_inactive_consensus_entries(&self);
+
+    /// Delete the staging consensus entry and its database (this is done even if the node is archival
+    /// since staging reflects non-final data)
+    fn delete_staging_entry(&self);
 }
 
 /// Test-only mock factory
@@ -54,6 +58,14 @@ impl ConsensusFactory for MockFactory {
     fn close(&self) {
         unimplemented!()
     }
+
+    fn delete_inactive_consensus_entries(&self) {
+        unimplemented!()
+    }
+
+    fn delete_staging_entry(&self) {
+        unimplemented!()
+    }
 }
 
 /// Defines a trait which handles consensus resets for external parts of the system. We avoid using
@@ -146,6 +158,14 @@ impl ConsensusManager {
         debug!("[Consensus manager] all consensus threads exited");
         self.factory.close();
     }
+
+    pub fn delete_inactive_consensus_entries(&self) {
+        self.factory.delete_inactive_consensus_entries();
+    }
+
+    pub fn delete_staging_entry(&self) {
+        self.factory.delete_staging_entry();
+    }
 }
 
 impl Service for ConsensusManager {
@@ -185,7 +205,11 @@ impl StagingConsensus {
         for handler in handlers {
             handler.handle_consensus_reset();
         }
-        // TODO: Delete non active consensus entries
+        // Drop `prev` so that deletion below succeeds
+        drop(prev);
+        // Staging was committed and is now the active consensus so we can delete
+        // any pervious, now inactive, consensus entries
+        self.manager.delete_inactive_consensus_entries();
     }
 
     pub fn cancel(self) {
@@ -193,7 +217,10 @@ impl StagingConsensus {
         for handle in self.handles {
             handle.join().unwrap();
         }
-        self.staging.ctl.delete();
+        // Drop staging (and DB refs therein) so that the delete operation below succeeds
+        drop(self.staging);
+        // Delete the canceled staging consensus
+        self.manager.delete_staging_entry();
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/consensus/src/consensus/ctl.rs b/consensus/src/consensus/ctl.rs
index cae037721..4b2eb1511 100644
--- a/consensus/src/consensus/ctl.rs
+++ b/consensus/src/consensus/ctl.rs
@@ -39,27 +39,6 @@ impl ConsensusCtl for Ctl {
     fn make_active(&self) {
         // TODO: pass a value to make sure the correct consensus is committed
         self.management_store.write().commit_staging_consensus().unwrap();
-
-        // TODO: delete previous active
-    }
-
-    fn delete(&self) {
-        // TODO: see above
-        self.management_store.write().cancel_staging_consensus().unwrap();
-
-        // TODO: delete staging
-        // for _ in 0..16 {
-        //     if self.consensus_db_ref.strong_count() > 0 {
-        //         // Sometimes another thread is shuting-down and cleaning resources
-        //         std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(500));
-        //     } else {
-        //         break;
-        //     }
-        // }
-        // assert_eq!(self.consensus_db_ref.strong_count(), 0, "DB has strong references and cannot be deleted");
-        // let options = rocksdb::Options::default();
-        // DB::destroy(&options, self.consensus_db_path.clone())
-        //     .expect("DB is expected to be deletable since there are no references to it");
     }
 }
 
@@ -76,8 +55,4 @@ impl ConsensusCtl for Consensus {
     fn make_active(&self) {
         unimplemented!()
     }
-
-    fn delete(&self) {
-        unimplemented!()
-    }
 }
diff --git a/consensus/src/consensus/factory.rs b/consensus/src/consensus/factory.rs
index cebd0356c..f497a79dc 100644
--- a/consensus/src/consensus/factory.rs
+++ b/consensus/src/consensus/factory.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use itertools::Itertools;
 use kaspa_consensus_core::config::Config;
 use kaspa_consensus_notify::root::ConsensusNotificationRoot;
 use kaspa_consensusmanager::{ConsensusFactory, ConsensusInstance, DynConsensusCtl, SessionLock};
-use kaspa_core::{debug, time::unix_now};
+use kaspa_core::{debug, time::unix_now, warn};
 use kaspa_database::{
     prelude::{BatchDbWriter, CachedDbAccess, CachedDbItem, DirectDbWriter, StoreError, StoreResult, StoreResultExtensions, DB},
     registry::DatabaseStorePrefixes,
@@ -95,6 +95,15 @@ impl MultiConsensusManagementStore {
         }
     }
 
+    // This function assumes metadata is already set
+    pub fn staging_consensus_entry(&mut self) -> Option<ConsensusEntry> {
+        let metadata = self.metadata.read().unwrap();
+        match metadata.staging_consensus_key {
+            Some(key) => Some(self.entries.read(key.into()).unwrap()),
+            None => None,
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn save_new_active_consensus(&mut self, entry: ConsensusEntry) -> StoreResult<()> {
         let key = entry.key;
         if self.entries.has(key.into())? {
@@ -113,8 +122,6 @@ impl MultiConsensusManagementStore {
     pub fn new_staging_consensus_entry(&mut self) -> StoreResult<ConsensusEntry> {
         let mut metadata = self.metadata.read()?;
 
-        // TODO: handle the case where `staging_consensus_key` is already some (perhaps from a previous interrupted run)
-
         metadata.max_key_used += 1;
         let new_key = metadata.max_key_used;
         metadata.staging_consensus_key = Some(new_key);
@@ -152,7 +159,7 @@ impl MultiConsensusManagementStore {
         })
     }
 
-    fn iterate_non_active(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = Result<ConsensusEntry, Box<dyn Error>>> + '_ {
+    fn iterate_inactive_entries(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = Result<ConsensusEntry, Box<dyn Error>>> + '_ {
         let current_consensus_key = self.metadata.read().unwrap().current_consensus_key;
         self.iterator().filter(move |entry_result| {
             if let Ok(entry) = entry_result {
@@ -213,29 +220,9 @@ impl Factory {
         management_store.write().set_is_archival_node(config.is_archival);
         let factory =
             Self { management_store, config, db_root_dir, db_parallelism, notification_root, counters, tx_script_cache_counters };
-        factory.clean_non_active_consensus_entries();
+        factory.delete_inactive_consensus_entries();
         factory
     }
-
-    pub fn clean_non_active_consensus_entries(&self) {
-        if self.config.is_archival {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        let mut write_guard = self.management_store.write();
-        let entries_to_delete = write_guard.iterate_non_active().collect_vec();
-        for entry_result in entries_to_delete.iter() {
-            let entry = entry_result.as_ref().unwrap();
-            let dir = self.db_root_dir.join(entry.directory_name.clone());
-            if dir.exists() {
-                fs::remove_dir_all(dir).unwrap();
-            }
-        }
-
-        for entry_result in entries_to_delete {
-            write_guard.delete_entry(entry_result.unwrap()).unwrap();
-        }
-    }
 }
 
 impl ConsensusFactory for Factory {
@@ -307,4 +294,53 @@ impl ConsensusFactory for Factory {
         debug!("Consensus factory: closing");
         self.notification_root.close();
     }
+
+    fn delete_inactive_consensus_entries(&self) {
+        // Staging entry is deleted also by archival nodes since it represents non-final data
+        self.delete_staging_entry();
+
+        if self.config.is_archival {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        let mut write_guard = self.management_store.write();
+        let entries_to_delete = write_guard
+            .iterate_inactive_entries()
+            .filter_map(|entry_result| {
+                let entry = entry_result.unwrap();
+                let dir = self.db_root_dir.join(entry.directory_name.clone());
+                if dir.exists() {
+                    match fs::remove_dir_all(dir) {
+                        Ok(_) => Some(entry),
+                        Err(e) => {
+                            warn!("Error deleting consensus entry {}: {}", entry.key, e);
+                            None
+                        }
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    Some(entry)
+                }
+            })
+            .collect_vec();
+
+        for entry in entries_to_delete {
+            write_guard.delete_entry(entry).unwrap();
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn delete_staging_entry(&self) {
+        let mut write_guard = self.management_store.write();
+        if let Some(entry) = write_guard.staging_consensus_entry() {
+            let dir = self.db_root_dir.join(entry.directory_name.clone());
+            match fs::remove_dir_all(dir) {
+                Ok(_) => {
+                    write_guard.delete_entry(entry).unwrap();
+                }
+                Err(e) => {
+                    warn!("Error deleting staging consensus entry {}: {}", entry.key, e);
+                }
+            };
+            write_guard.cancel_staging_consensus().unwrap();
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/consensus/src/consensus/test_consensus.rs b/consensus/src/consensus/test_consensus.rs
index 959cd719f..5d97fee8a 100644
--- a/consensus/src/consensus/test_consensus.rs
+++ b/consensus/src/consensus/test_consensus.rs
@@ -282,4 +282,12 @@ impl ConsensusFactory for TestConsensusFactory {
     fn close(&self) {
         self.tc.notification_root().close();
     }
+
+    fn delete_inactive_consensus_entries(&self) {
+        unimplemented!()
+    }
+
+    fn delete_staging_entry(&self) {
+        unimplemented!()
+    }
 }