diff --git a/biothings/hub/__init__.py b/biothings/hub/__init__.py
index 8a8e8eb32..1d133e6bd 100644
--- a/biothings/hub/__init__.py
+++ b/biothings/hub/__init__.py
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ class HubServer(object):
         "diff",
         "index",
         "snapshot",
+        "auto_snapshot_cleaner",
         "release",
         "inspect",
         "sync",
@@ -706,6 +707,17 @@ def configure_snapshot_manager(self):
         snapshot_manager.poll("snapshot", snapshot_manager.snapshot_a_build)
         self.managers["snapshot_manager"] = snapshot_manager
 
+    def configure_auto_snapshot_cleaner_manager(self):
+        assert "snapshot" in self.features, "'auto_snapshot_cleaner' feature requires 'snapshot'"
+        from biothings.hub.dataindex.auto_snapshot_cleanup import AutoSnapshotCleanupManager
+
+        auto_snapshot_cleaner_manager = AutoSnapshotCleanupManager(
+            snapshot_manager=self.managers["snapshot_manager"],
+            job_manager=self.managers["job_manager"],
+        )
+        auto_snapshot_cleaner_manager.configure(config.AUTO_SNAPSHOT_CLEANUP_CONFIG)
+        self.managers["auto_snapshot_cleaner_manager"] = auto_snapshot_cleaner_manager
+
     def configure_release_manager(self):
         assert "diff" in self.features, "'release' feature requires 'diff'"
         assert "snapshot" in self.features, "'release' feature requires 'snapshot'"
diff --git a/biothings/hub/dataindex/auto_snapshot_cleanup.py b/biothings/hub/dataindex/auto_snapshot_cleanup.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6048f5532
--- /dev/null
+++ b/biothings/hub/dataindex/auto_snapshot_cleanup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+from functools import partial
+
+from biothings import config as btconfig
+from biothings.utils.manager import BaseManager
+
+logger = btconfig.logger
+
+
+class AutoSnapshotCleanupManager(BaseManager):
+    """This feature will add a new console command "auto_snapshot_cleanup", a new api "/auto_snapshot_cleanup".
+    It is intended to allow automatically cleanup old snapshot, based on configuration.
+
+    This feature can be configurated by using AUTO_SNAPSHOT_CLEANUP_CONFIG variable, to determine:
+        - schedule: how frequency this task should run
+        - days: how old a snapshot should be deleted
+
+    AUTO_SNAPSHOT_CLEANUP_CONFIG = {
+        "environment_name": {
+            "schedule": "* 0 * * *",      # run daily at 0am UTC
+            "keep": 3,                   # the number of most recent snapshots to keep in one group
+            "group_by": "build_config",  # the attr of which its values form groups
+            "extra_filters": {}          # a set of criterions to limit which snapshots are to be cleaned
+        },
+        ...
+    }
+    """
+
+    DEFAULT_SCHEDULE = "* 0 * * *"  # run daily at 0am UTC
+
+    def __init__(self, snapshot_manager, job_manager, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(job_manager, *args, **kwargs)
+
+        self.snapshot_manager = snapshot_manager
+
+    def configure(self, conf=None):
+        self.auto_snapshot_cleaner_config = conf or {}
+
+        for env_name in self.snapshot_manager.register.keys():
+            cleaner_config = self.auto_snapshot_cleaner_config.get(env_name)
+
+            if not isinstance(cleaner_config, dict):
+                logger.info(f"Snapshot environment: {env_name}: No cleaner config found!")
+                continue
+
+            schedule = cleaner_config.get("schedule") or self.DEFAULT_SCHEDULE
+            keep = cleaner_config.get("keep")
+            group_by = cleaner_config.get("group_by")
+            extra_filters = cleaner_config.get("extra_filters")
+
+            self.job_manager.submit(
+                partial(
+                    self.snapshot_manager.cleanup,
+                    env=env_name,
+                    keep=keep,
+                    group_by=group_by,
+                    dryrun=False,
+                    **extra_filters,
+                ),
+                schedule=schedule,
+            )
diff --git a/biothings/hub/default_config.py b/biothings/hub/default_config.py
index f1000a2d6..c01e3f64b 100644
--- a/biothings/hub/default_config.py
+++ b/biothings/hub/default_config.py
@@ -225,6 +225,20 @@
 # Snapshot environment configuration
 SNAPSHOT_CONFIG = {}
 
+# Auto snapshot cleaner feature will use this configuration to get schedule config for corresponding environment.
+AUTO_SNAPSHOT_CLEANUP_CONFIG = None
+"""
+AUTO_SNAPSHOT_CLEANUP_CONFIG = {
+        "environment_name": {
+            "schedule": "* 0 * * *",      # run daily at 0am UTC
+            "keep": 3,                   # the number of most recent snapshots to keep in one group
+            "group_by": "build_config",  # the attr of which its values form groups
+            "extra_filters": {}          # a set of criterions to limit which snapshots are to be cleaned
+        },
+        ...
+    }
+"""
+
 # reporting diff results, number of IDs to consider (to avoid too much mem usage)
 MAX_REPORTED_IDS = 1000
 # for diff updates, number of IDs randomly picked as examples when rendering the report