diff --git a/packages/core/admin/ee/server/services/__tests__/audit-logs.test.js b/packages/core/admin/ee/server/services/__tests__/audit-logs.test.js
index 39dd3c88a0..736955b8b8 100644
--- a/packages/core/admin/ee/server/services/__tests__/audit-logs.test.js
+++ b/packages/core/admin/ee/server/services/__tests__/audit-logs.test.js
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ describe('Audit logs service', () => {
         };
       }
     });
+    const mockScheduleJob = jest.fn();
 
     const strapi = {
       admin: {
@@ -102,6 +103,11 @@ describe('Audit logs service', () => {
           findMany: mockFindMany,
         }),
       }));
+      jest.mock('node-schedule', () => {
+        return {
+          scheduleJob: mockScheduleJob,
+        };
+      });
     });
 
     afterEach(() => {
@@ -194,5 +200,13 @@ describe('Audit logs service', () => {
       });
       expect(result).toEqual({ id: 1, user: null });
     });
+
+    it('should create a cron job that executed one time a day', async () => {
+      const auditLogsService = createAuditLogsService(strapi);
+      await auditLogsService.register();
+
+      expect(mockScheduleJob).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(mockScheduleJob).toHaveBeenCalledWith('0 0 * * *', expect.any(Function));
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/core/admin/ee/server/services/audit-logs.js b/packages/core/admin/ee/server/services/audit-logs.js
index e5bb0caf6e..7b42fc7a32 100644
--- a/packages/core/admin/ee/server/services/audit-logs.js
+++ b/packages/core/admin/ee/server/services/audit-logs.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const localProvider = require('@strapi/provider-audit-logs-local');
+const { scheduleJob } = require('node-schedule');
 const { getService } = require('../../../server/utils');
 
 const defaultEvents = [
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ const createAuditLogsService = (strapi) => {
     async register() {
       this._provider = await localProvider.register({ strapi });
       this._eventHubUnsubscribe = strapi.eventHub.subscribe(handleEvent.bind(this));
+      this._job = scheduleJob('0 0 * * *', () => this._provider.deleteExpiredEvents());
       return this;
     },
 
@@ -111,6 +113,11 @@ const createAuditLogsService = (strapi) => {
       if (this._eventHubUnsubscribe) {
         this._eventHubUnsubscribe();
       }
+
+      if (this._job) {
+        this._job.cancel();
+      }
+
       return this;
     },
 
diff --git a/packages/core/admin/package.json b/packages/core/admin/package.json
index d65b9e6407..09b9df4826 100644
--- a/packages/core/admin/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/admin/package.json
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@
     "mini-css-extract-plugin": "2.4.4",
     "msw": "0.49.1",
     "node-polyfill-webpack-plugin": "2.0.1",
+    "node-schedule": "2.1.0",
     "p-map": "4.0.0",
     "passport-local": "1.0.0",
     "prop-types": "^15.7.2",
diff --git a/packages/providers/audit-logs-local/lib/index.js b/packages/providers/audit-logs-local/lib/index.js
index ea7bf67ce5..5103f38b5e 100644
--- a/packages/providers/audit-logs-local/lib/index.js
+++ b/packages/providers/audit-logs-local/lib/index.js
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 const auditLogContentType = require('./content-types/audit-log');
 
+// @TODO: Hardcoded for now, we should get this from the config later
+const RETENTION_DAYS = 7;
+
 const provider = {
   async register({ strapi }) {
     strapi.container.get('content-types').add('admin::', { 'audit-log': auditLogContentType });
@@ -33,6 +36,16 @@ const provider = {
           fields: ['action', 'date', 'payload'],
         });
       },
+
+      deleteExpiredEvents() {
+        return strapi.entityService.deleteMany('admin::audit-log', {
+          filters: {
+            date: {
+              $lt: new Date(Date.now() - RETENTION_DAYS * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000).toISOString(),
+            },
+          },
+        });
+      },
     };
   },
 };