diff --git a/avatar-realm-resource/src/main/java/org/gcube/keycloak/avatar/storage/file/FileAvatarStorageProvider.java b/avatar-realm-resource/src/main/java/org/gcube/keycloak/avatar/storage/file/FileAvatarStorageProvider.java
index 9252787..eeab63e 100644
--- a/avatar-realm-resource/src/main/java/org/gcube/keycloak/avatar/storage/file/FileAvatarStorageProvider.java
+++ b/avatar-realm-resource/src/main/java/org/gcube/keycloak/avatar/storage/file/FileAvatarStorageProvider.java
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ public class FileAvatarStorageProvider implements AvatarStorageProvider {
     public void saveAvatarImage(RealmModel realm, UserModel user, InputStream input) {
         checkRealmFolderExistence(realm.getName());
         File avatarFile = getAvatarFile(realm, user);
+        logger.debugf("Saving new avatar file for user %s, file path is: %s", user.getUsername(),
+                avatarFile.getAbsolutePath());
+
         if (!avatarFile.exists()) {
             try {
                 avatarFile.createNewFile();
@@ -65,6 +68,12 @@ public class FileAvatarStorageProvider implements AvatarStorageProvider {
     public InputStream loadAvatarImage(RealmModel realm, UserModel user) {
         checkRealmFolderExistence(realm.getName());
         File avatarFile = getAvatarFile(realm, user);
+        if (avatarFile.exists()) {
+            logger.debugf("Loading avatar file for user %s, file path is: %s", user.getUsername(),
+                    avatarFile.getAbsolutePath());
+        } else {
+            logger.debugf("Avatar file not found for user %s", user.getUsername());
+        }
         try {
             return new FileInputStream(avatarFile);
         } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
@@ -78,6 +87,20 @@ public class FileAvatarStorageProvider implements AvatarStorageProvider {
                 useEmailAsFilename ? user.getEmail() : user.getUsername());
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void deleteAvatarImage(RealmModel realm, UserModel user) {
+        checkRealmFolderExistence(realm.getName());
+        File avatarFile = getAvatarFile(realm, user);
+        if (avatarFile.exists()) {
+            logger.debugf("Deleting avatar file for user %s, file path is: %s", user.getUsername(),
+                    avatarFile.getAbsolutePath());
+
+            avatarFile.delete();
+        } else {
+            logger.debugf("Avatar file to delete not found for user %s", user.getUsername());
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void close() {
         // NOOP
diff --git a/avatar-realm-resource/src/main/java/org/gcube/keycloak/avatar/storage/userattribute/UserAttributeAvatarStorageProvider.java b/avatar-realm-resource/src/main/java/org/gcube/keycloak/avatar/storage/userattribute/UserAttributeAvatarStorageProvider.java
index c795abc..b44f961 100644
--- a/avatar-realm-resource/src/main/java/org/gcube/keycloak/avatar/storage/userattribute/UserAttributeAvatarStorageProvider.java
+++ b/avatar-realm-resource/src/main/java/org/gcube/keycloak/avatar/storage/userattribute/UserAttributeAvatarStorageProvider.java
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ public class UserAttributeAvatarStorageProvider implements AvatarStorageProvider
         byte[] decoded = base64EncodedImage != null ? Base64.getDecoder().decode(base64EncodedImage) : new byte[0];
         return new ByteArrayInputStream(decoded);
     }
+    
+    @Override
+    public void deleteAvatarImage(RealmModel realm, UserModel user) {
+        logger.debugf("Removing avatar image user's attribute: %s", userAttribute);
+        user.removeAttribute(userAttribute);
+    }
 
     @Override
     public void close() {
diff --git a/avatar-storage/src/main/java/org/gcube/keycloak/avatar/storage/AvatarStorageProvider.java b/avatar-storage/src/main/java/org/gcube/keycloak/avatar/storage/AvatarStorageProvider.java
index af4eba8..c2fd11d 100644
--- a/avatar-storage/src/main/java/org/gcube/keycloak/avatar/storage/AvatarStorageProvider.java
+++ b/avatar-storage/src/main/java/org/gcube/keycloak/avatar/storage/AvatarStorageProvider.java
@@ -12,4 +12,6 @@ public interface AvatarStorageProvider extends Provider {
 
     InputStream loadAvatarImage(RealmModel realm, UserModel user);
 
+    void deleteAvatarImage(RealmModel realm, UserModel user);
+
 }