diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a090e4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
+    // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
+    // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
+    "version": "0.2.0",
+    "configurations": [
+        {
+            "name": "vcluster",
+            "type": "go",
+            "request": "launch",
+            "mode": "test",
+            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/vclusterops"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "commands",
+            "type": "go",
+            "request": "launch",
+            "mode": "test",
+            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/commands"
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/commands/cmd_add_node.go b/commands/cmd_add_node.go
index 98cb07e..d52af97 100644
--- a/commands/cmd_add_node.go
+++ b/commands/cmd_add_node.go
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ func makeCmdAddNode() *CmdAddNode {
 	addNodeOptions.ConfigDirectory = newCmd.parser.String("config-directory", "",
 		util.GetOptionalFlagMsg("Directory where "+vclusterops.ConfigFileName+" is located"))
 	addNodeOptions.DataPrefix = newCmd.parser.String("data-path", "", util.GetOptionalFlagMsg("Path of data directory"))
+	addNodeOptions.ForceRemoval = newCmd.parser.Bool("force-removal", false,
+		util.GetOptionalFlagMsg("Force removal of existing directories before adding nodes"))
 	addNodeOptions.SkipRebalanceShards = newCmd.parser.Bool("skip-rebalance-shards", false,
 		util.GetOptionalFlagMsg("Skip the subcluster shards rebalancing"))
 
diff --git a/vclusterops/add_node.go b/vclusterops/add_node.go
index 17f7948..c0e54b4 100644
--- a/vclusterops/add_node.go
+++ b/vclusterops/add_node.go
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ type VAddNodeOptions struct {
 	DepotSize *string // like 10G
 	// Skip rebalance shards if true
 	SkipRebalanceShards *bool
+	// Use force remove if true
+	ForceRemoval *bool
 
 	// Names of the existing nodes in the cluster.
 	// This options can be used to remove partially added nodes from catalog.
@@ -56,6 +58,7 @@ func (o *VAddNodeOptions) SetDefaultValues() {
 	o.SCName = new(string)
 	o.SkipRebalanceShards = new(bool)
 	o.DepotSize = new(string)
+	o.ForceRemoval = new(bool)
 }
 
 func (o *VAddNodeOptions) validateEonOptions() error {
@@ -363,7 +366,7 @@ func (vcc *VClusterCommands) produceAddNodeInstructions(vdb *VCoordinationDataba
 	// contains the hosts to add.
 	newHostNodeMap := vdb.copyHostNodeMap(options.NewHosts)
 	nmaPrepareDirectoriesOp, err := makeNMAPrepareDirectoriesOp(newHostNodeMap,
-		false /*force cleanup*/, false /*for db revive*/)
+		*options.ForceRemoval /*force cleanup*/, false /*for db revive*/)
 	if err != nil {
 		return instructions, err
 	}