diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-broker-events/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/broker/oa/IndexNotificationsJob.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-broker-events/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/broker/oa/IndexNotificationsJob.java
index 080350c1cf..b890ed3287 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-broker-events/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/broker/oa/IndexNotificationsJob.java
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-broker-events/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/broker/oa/IndexNotificationsJob.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.codec.digest.DigestUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.CloseableHttpResponse;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpDelete;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
@@ -45,9 +46,8 @@ public class IndexNotificationsJob {
 
 		final ArgumentApplicationParser parser = new ArgumentApplicationParser(
 			IOUtils
-				.toString(
-					IndexNotificationsJob.class
-						.getResourceAsStream("/eu/dnetlib/dhp/broker/oa/index_notifications.json")));
+				.toString(IndexNotificationsJob.class
+					.getResourceAsStream("/eu/dnetlib/dhp/broker/oa/index_notifications.json")));
 		parser.parseArgument(args);
 
 		final SparkConf conf = new SparkConf();
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public class IndexNotificationsJob {
 
 		final LongAccumulator total = spark.sparkContext().longAccumulator("total_indexed");
 
-		final long now = new Date().getTime();
+		final long startTime = new Date().getTime();
 
 		final List<Subscription> subscriptions = listSubscriptions(brokerApiBaseUrl);
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public class IndexNotificationsJob {
 		if (subscriptions.size() > 0) {
 			final Dataset<Notification> notifications = ClusterUtils
 				.readPath(spark, eventsPath, Event.class)
-				.map(e -> generateNotifications(e, subscriptions, now), Encoders.bean(NotificationGroup.class))
+				.map(e -> generateNotifications(e, subscriptions, startTime), Encoders.bean(NotificationGroup.class))
 				.flatMap(g -> g.getData().iterator(), Encoders.bean(Notification.class));
 
 			final JavaRDD<String> inputRdd = notifications
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ public class IndexNotificationsJob {
 			log.info("*** Start indexing");
 			JavaEsSpark.saveJsonToEs(inputRdd, index, esCfg);
 			log.info("*** End indexing");
+
+			log.info("*** Deleting old notifications");
+			final String message = deleteOldNotifications(brokerApiBaseUrl, startTime - 1000);
+			log.info("*** Deleted notifications: " + message);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -106,8 +110,7 @@ public class IndexNotificationsJob {
 		final long date) {
 		final List<Notification> list = subscriptions
 			.stream()
-			.filter(
-				s -> StringUtils.isBlank(s.getTopic()) || s.getTopic().equals("*") || s.getTopic().equals(e.getTopic()))
+			.filter(s -> StringUtils.isBlank(s.getTopic()) || s.getTopic().equals("*") || s.getTopic().equals(e.getTopic()))
 			.filter(s -> verifyConditions(e.getMap(), s.conditionsAsMap()))
 			.map(s -> generateNotification(s, e, date))
 			.collect(Collectors.toList());
@@ -138,18 +141,15 @@ public class IndexNotificationsJob {
 
 		if (conditions.containsKey("trust")
 			&& !SubscriptionUtils
-				.verifyFloatRange(
-					map.getTrust(), conditions.get("trust").get(0).getValue(),
-					conditions.get("trust").get(0).getOtherValue())) {
+				.verifyFloatRange(map.getTrust(), conditions.get("trust").get(0).getValue(), conditions.get("trust").get(0).getOtherValue())) {
 			return false;
 		}
 
 		if (conditions.containsKey("targetDateofacceptance") && !conditions
 			.get("targetDateofacceptance")
 			.stream()
-			.anyMatch(
-				c -> SubscriptionUtils
-					.verifyDateRange(map.getTargetDateofacceptance(), c.getValue(), c.getOtherValue()))) {
+			.anyMatch(c -> SubscriptionUtils
+				.verifyDateRange(map.getTargetDateofacceptance(), c.getValue(), c.getOtherValue()))) {
 			return false;
 		}
 
@@ -197,6 +197,18 @@ public class IndexNotificationsJob {
 
 	}
 
+	private static String deleteOldNotifications(final String brokerApiBaseUrl, final long l) throws Exception {
+		final String url = brokerApiBaseUrl + "/api/notifications/byDate/0/" + l;
+		final HttpDelete req = new HttpDelete(url);
+
+		try (final CloseableHttpClient client = HttpClients.createDefault()) {
+			try (final CloseableHttpResponse response = client.execute(req)) {
+				return IOUtils.toString(response.getEntity().getContent());
+			}
+		}
+
+	}
+
 	private static String prepareForIndexing(final Notification n, final LongAccumulator acc)
 		throws JsonProcessingException {
 		acc.add(1);