diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a95c79f..724895e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,9 +11,17 @@ Pasty is a fast and lightweight code pasting server
 | `PASTY_DELETION_TOKEN_LENGTH` | `12`          | `number` | Defines the length of the deletion token of a paste                                                         |
 | `PASTY_RATE_LIMIT`            | `30-M`        | `string` | Defines the rate limit of the API (see https://github.com/ulule/limiter#usage)                              |
 
+## AutoDelete
+Pasty provides an intuitive system to automatically delete pastes after a specific amount of time. You can configure it with the following variables:
+
 ## Storage types
 Pasty supports multiple storage types, defined using the `PASTY_STORAGE_TYPE` environment variable (use the value behind the corresponding title in this README).
 Every single one of them has its own configuration variables: 
+| Environment Variable             | Default Value | Type     | Description                                                                    |
+|----------------------------------|---------------|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| `PASTY_AUTODELETE`               | `false`       | `bool`   | Defines whether or not the AutoDelete system should be enabled                 |
+| `PASTY_AUTODELETE_LIFETIME`      | `720h`        | `string` | Defines the duration a paste should live until it gets deleted                 |
+| `PASTY_AUTODELETE_TASK_INTERVAL` | `5m`          | `string` | Defines the interval in which the AutoDelete task should clean up the database |
 
 ### File (`file`)
 | Environment Variable      | Default Value | Type     | Description                                               |
diff --git a/cmd/pasty/main.go b/cmd/pasty/main.go
index 7ed39ac..ac9f1a2 100644
--- a/cmd/pasty/main.go
+++ b/cmd/pasty/main.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/Lukaesebrot/pasty/internal/storage"
 	"github.com/Lukaesebrot/pasty/internal/web"
 	"log"
+	"time"
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -26,6 +27,24 @@ func main() {
 		}
 	}()
 
+	// Schedule the AutoDelete task
+	if env.Bool("AUTODELETE", false) {
+		log.Println("Scheduling the AutoDelete task...")
+		go func() {
+			for {
+				// Run the cleanup sequence
+				deleted, err := storage.Current.Cleanup()
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Fatalln(err)
+				}
+				log.Printf("AutoDelete: Deleted %d expired pastes", deleted)
+
+				// Wait until the process should repeat
+				time.Sleep(env.Duration("AUTODELETE_TASK_INTERVAL", 5*time.Minute))
+			}
+		}()
+	}
+
 	// Serve the web resources
 	log.Println("Serving the web resources...")
 	panic(web.Serve())
diff --git a/internal/env/env.go b/internal/env/env.go
index ec3c817..60837c0 100644
--- a/internal/env/env.go
+++ b/internal/env/env.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
+	"time"
 )
 
 // Load loads an optional .env file
@@ -26,3 +27,9 @@ func Bool(key string, fallback bool) bool {
 	parsed, _ := strconv.ParseBool(Get(key, strconv.FormatBool(fallback)))
 	return parsed
 }
+
+// Duration uses Get and parses it into a duration
+func Duration(key string, fallback time.Duration) time.Duration {
+	parsed, _ := time.ParseDuration(Get(key, fallback.String()))
+	return parsed
+}
diff --git a/internal/pastes/paste.go b/internal/pastes/paste.go
index bfc66e3..9f83034 100644
--- a/internal/pastes/paste.go
+++ b/internal/pastes/paste.go
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package pastes
 
 import (
+	"github.com/Lukaesebrot/pasty/internal/env"
 	"github.com/alexedwards/argon2id"
+	"time"
 )
 
 // Paste represents a saved paste
@@ -10,6 +12,8 @@ type Paste struct {
 	Content             string `json:"content" bson:"content"`
 	SuggestedSyntaxType string `json:"suggestedSyntaxType" bson:"suggestedSyntaxType"`
 	DeletionToken       string `json:"deletionToken" bson:"deletionToken"`
+	Created             int64  `json:"created" bson:"created"`
+	AutoDelete          bool   `json:"autoDelete" bson:"autoDelete"`
 }
 
 // Create creates a new paste object using the given content
@@ -29,6 +33,8 @@ func Create(id, content string) (*Paste, error) {
 		Content:             content,
 		SuggestedSyntaxType: suggestedSyntaxType,
 		DeletionToken:       deletionToken,
+		Created:             time.Now().Unix(),
+		AutoDelete:          env.Bool("AUTODELETE", false),
 	}, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/storage/driver.go b/internal/storage/driver.go
index 21bac74..a5ab35c 100644
--- a/internal/storage/driver.go
+++ b/internal/storage/driver.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ type Driver interface {
 	Get(id string) (*pastes.Paste, error)
 	Save(paste *pastes.Paste) error
 	Delete(id string) error
+	Cleanup() (int, error)
 }
 
 // Load loads the current storage driver
diff --git a/internal/storage/file_driver.go b/internal/storage/file_driver.go
index ca5f01a..ca32486 100644
--- a/internal/storage/file_driver.go
+++ b/internal/storage/file_driver.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 )
 
 // FileDriver represents the file storage driver
@@ -104,3 +105,35 @@ func (driver *FileDriver) Delete(id string) error {
 	id = base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(id))
 	return os.Remove(filepath.Join(driver.filePath, id+".json"))
 }
+
+// Cleanup cleans up the expired pastes
+func (driver *FileDriver) Cleanup() (int, error) {
+	// Retrieve all paste IDs
+	ids, err := driver.ListIDs()
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	// Define the amount of deleted items
+	deleted := 0
+
+	// Loop through all pastes
+	for _, id := range ids {
+		// Retrieve the paste object
+		paste, err := driver.Get(id)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, err
+		}
+
+		// Delete the paste if it is expired
+		lifetime := env.Duration("AUTODELETE_LIFETIME", 30*24*time.Hour)
+		if paste.AutoDelete && paste.Created+int64(lifetime.Seconds()) < time.Now().Unix() {
+			err = driver.Delete(id)
+			if err != nil {
+				return 0, err
+			}
+			deleted++
+		}
+	}
+	return deleted, nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/storage/mongodb_driver.go b/internal/storage/mongodb_driver.go
index 7aaa36b..cb4c225 100644
--- a/internal/storage/mongodb_driver.go
+++ b/internal/storage/mongodb_driver.go
@@ -101,7 +101,10 @@ func (driver *MongoDBDriver) Get(id string) (*pastes.Paste, error) {
 	// Return the retrieved paste object
 	paste := new(pastes.Paste)
 	err = result.Decode(paste)
-	return paste, err
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return paste, nil
 }
 
 // Save saves a paste
@@ -132,3 +135,35 @@ func (driver *MongoDBDriver) Delete(id string) error {
 	_, err := collection.DeleteOne(ctx, filter)
 	return err
 }
+
+// Cleanup cleans up the expired pastes
+func (driver *MongoDBDriver) Cleanup() (int, error) {
+	// Retrieve all paste IDs
+	ids, err := driver.ListIDs()
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	// Define the amount of deleted items
+	deleted := 0
+
+	// Loop through all pastes
+	for _, id := range ids {
+		// Retrieve the paste object
+		paste, err := driver.Get(id)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, err
+		}
+
+		// Delete the paste if it is expired
+		lifetime := env.Duration("AUTODELETE_LIFETIME", 30*24*time.Hour)
+		if paste.AutoDelete && paste.Created+int64(lifetime.Seconds()) < time.Now().Unix() {
+			err = driver.Delete(id)
+			if err != nil {
+				return 0, err
+			}
+			deleted++
+		}
+	}
+	return deleted, nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/storage/s3_driver.go b/internal/storage/s3_driver.go
index 80143a9..b0a82f8 100644
--- a/internal/storage/s3_driver.go
+++ b/internal/storage/s3_driver.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/minio/minio-go/v7/pkg/credentials"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 )
 
 // S3Driver represents the AWS S3 storage driver
@@ -100,3 +101,35 @@ func (driver *S3Driver) Save(paste *pastes.Paste) error {
 func (driver *S3Driver) Delete(id string) error {
 	return driver.client.RemoveObject(context.Background(), driver.bucket, id+".json", minio.RemoveObjectOptions{})
 }
+
+// Cleanup cleans up the expired pastes
+func (driver *S3Driver) Cleanup() (int, error) {
+	// Retrieve all paste IDs
+	ids, err := driver.ListIDs()
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	// Define the amount of deleted items
+	deleted := 0
+
+	// Loop through all pastes
+	for _, id := range ids {
+		// Retrieve the paste object
+		paste, err := driver.Get(id)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, err
+		}
+
+		// Delete the paste if it is expired
+		lifetime := env.Duration("AUTODELETE_LIFETIME", 30*24*time.Hour)
+		if paste.AutoDelete && paste.Created+int64(lifetime.Seconds()) < time.Now().Unix() {
+			err = driver.Delete(id)
+			if err != nil {
+				return 0, err
+			}
+			deleted++
+		}
+	}
+	return deleted, nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/storage/sql_driver.go b/internal/storage/sql_driver.go
index d57c466..ba3965d 100644
--- a/internal/storage/sql_driver.go
+++ b/internal/storage/sql_driver.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
 	_ "github.com/lib/pq"
 	_ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
+	"time"
 )
 
 // SQLDriver represents the SQL storage driver
@@ -36,7 +37,9 @@ func (driver *SQLDriver) Initialize() error {
 			id varchar NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
 			content varchar NOT NULL,
 			suggestedSyntaxType varchar NOT NULL,
-			deletionToken varchar NOT NULL
+			deletionToken varchar NOT NULL,
+			created bigint NOT NULL,
+			autoDelete bool NOT NULL
 		);
     `, table)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -96,7 +99,7 @@ func (driver *SQLDriver) Get(id string) (*pastes.Paste, error) {
 // Save saves a paste
 func (driver *SQLDriver) Save(paste *pastes.Paste) error {
 	// Execute an INSERT statement to create the paste
-	_, err := driver.database.Exec("INSERT INTO ? (?, ?, ?, ?)", driver.table, paste.ID, paste.Content, paste.SuggestedSyntaxType, paste.DeletionToken)
+	_, err := driver.database.Exec("INSERT INTO ? (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)", driver.table, paste.ID, paste.Content, paste.SuggestedSyntaxType, paste.DeletionToken, paste.Created, paste.AutoDelete)
 	return err
 }
 
@@ -106,3 +109,35 @@ func (driver *SQLDriver) Delete(id string) error {
 	_, err := driver.database.Exec("DELETE FROM ? WHERE id = ?", driver.table, id)
 	return err
 }
+
+// Cleanup cleans up the expired pastes
+func (driver *SQLDriver) Cleanup() (int, error) {
+	// Retrieve all paste IDs
+	ids, err := driver.ListIDs()
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	// Define the amount of deleted items
+	deleted := 0
+
+	// Loop through all pastes
+	for _, id := range ids {
+		// Retrieve the paste object
+		paste, err := driver.Get(id)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, err
+		}
+
+		// Delete the paste if it is expired
+		lifetime := env.Duration("AUTODELETE_LIFETIME", 30*24*time.Hour)
+		if paste.AutoDelete && paste.Created+int64(lifetime.Seconds()) < time.Now().Unix() {
+			err = driver.Delete(id)
+			if err != nil {
+				return 0, err
+			}
+			deleted++
+		}
+	}
+	return deleted, nil
+}