diff --git a/persistence/sql/persister.go b/persistence/sql/persister.go
index f222660e006e..9f58f98db9c1 100644
--- a/persistence/sql/persister.go
+++ b/persistence/sql/persister.go
@@ -196,6 +196,12 @@ func (p *Persister) CleanupDatabase(ctx context.Context, wait time.Duration, old
 	}
 	time.Sleep(wait)
 
+	p.r.Logger().Println("Cleaning up inactive sessions")
+	if err := p.DeleteInactiveSessions(ctx, currentTime, batchSize); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	time.Sleep(wait)
+
 	p.r.Logger().Println("Cleaning up expired continuity containers")
 	if err := p.DeleteExpiredContinuitySessions(ctx, currentTime, batchSize); err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/persistence/sql/persister_session.go b/persistence/sql/persister_session.go
index e0e14bcf5378..49820a69ae22 100644
--- a/persistence/sql/persister_session.go
+++ b/persistence/sql/persister_session.go
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ func (p *Persister) DeleteExpiredSessions(ctx context.Context, expiresAt time.Ti
 
 	//#nosec G201 -- TableName is static
 	err = p.GetConnection(ctx).RawQuery(fmt.Sprintf(
-		"DELETE FROM %s WHERE id in (SELECT id FROM (SELECT id FROM %s c WHERE (expires_at <= ? or active = false) and nid = ? ORDER BY expires_at ASC LIMIT %d ) AS s )",
+		"DELETE FROM %s WHERE id in (SELECT id FROM (SELECT id FROM %s c WHERE expires_at <= ? and nid = ? ORDER BY expires_at ASC LIMIT %d ) AS s )",
 		new(session.Session).TableName(ctx),
 		new(session.Session).TableName(ctx),
 		limit,
@@ -516,3 +516,22 @@ func (p *Persister) DeleteExpiredSessions(ctx context.Context, expiresAt time.Ti
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (p *Persister) DeleteInactiveSessions(ctx context.Context, expiresAt time.Time, limit int) (err error) {
+	ctx, span := p.r.Tracer(ctx).Tracer().Start(ctx, "persistence.sql.DeleteInactiveSessions")
+	defer otelx.End(span, &err)
+
+	//#nosec G201 -- TableName is static
+	err = p.GetConnection(ctx).RawQuery(fmt.Sprintf(
+		"DELETE FROM %s WHERE id in (SELECT id FROM (SELECT id FROM %s c WHERE active = false and nid = ? ORDER BY expires_at ASC LIMIT %d ) AS s )",
+		new(session.Session).TableName(ctx),
+		new(session.Session).TableName(ctx),
+		limit,
+	),
+		p.NetworkID(ctx),
+	).Exec()
+	if err != nil {
+		return sqlcon.HandleError(err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/session/persistence.go b/session/persistence.go
index ab5ec0a47735..b9bd5e522af0 100644
--- a/session/persistence.go
+++ b/session/persistence.go
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ type Persister interface {
 	// DeleteExpiredSessions deletes sessions that expired before the given time.
 	DeleteExpiredSessions(context.Context, time.Time, int) error
 
+	// DeleteInactiveSessions deletes sessions that have been marked inactive.
+	DeleteInactiveSessions(context.Context, time.Time, int) error
+
 	// DeleteSessionByToken deletes a session associated with the given token.
 	//
 	// Functionality is similar to DeleteSession but accepts a session token