diff --git a/runtime/cleanup-stale.php b/runtime/cleanup-stale.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f343a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtime/cleanup-stale.php
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env php
+<?php
+if (PHP_SAPI !== 'cli')
+{
+  fwrite(STDERR, "CLI only\n");
+  exit(1);
+}
+
+$pluginRoot = dirname(__DIR__);
+$piwigoRoot = dirname($pluginRoot, 2);
+$dbConfig = $piwigoRoot.'/local/config/database.inc.php';
+$configDir = '/etc/bratonien-tools/nc-connector';
+$stateRoot = '/var/lib/bratonien-tools/nc-connector';
+
+function cleanup_fail($message)
+{
+  fwrite(STDERR, $message."\n");
+  exit(1);
+}
+
+function cleanup_tree($path)
+{
+  $path = rtrim((string)$path, '/');
+  if ($path === '' || $path === '/' || !file_exists($path)) return;
+  if (is_link($path) || is_file($path))
+  {
+    @unlink($path);
+    return;
+  }
+  $items = @scandir($path);
+  if (!is_array($items)) return;
+  foreach ($items as $item)
+  {
+    if ($item === '.' || $item === '..') continue;
+    cleanup_tree($path.'/'.$item);
+  }
+  @rmdir($path);
+}
+
+if (!is_readable($dbConfig)) cleanup_fail('Piwigo-Datenbankkonfiguration ist nicht lesbar.');
+$conf = array();
+$prefixeTable = 'piwigo_';
+require $dbConfig;
+foreach (array('db_host','db_user','db_password','db_base') as $key)
+{
+  if (!isset($conf[$key])) cleanup_fail('Piwigo-Datenbankkonfiguration ist unvollstaendig: '.$key);
+}
+
+$db = new mysqli($conf['db_host'], $conf['db_user'], $conf['db_password'], $conf['db_base']);
+if ($db->connect_errno) cleanup_fail('Piwigo-Datenbank ist nicht erreichbar: '.$db->connect_error);
+$db->set_charset('utf8mb4');
+
+$table = $prefixeTable.'bratonien_tools_nc_connections';
+$escapedTable = $db->real_escape_string($table);
+$exists = $db->query("SHOW TABLES LIKE '{$escapedTable}'");
+if (!$exists) cleanup_fail('Connector-Tabelle konnte nicht geprüft werden: '.$db->error);
+if ($exists->num_rows === 0) exit(0);
+
+$activeIds = array();
+$result = $db->query("SELECT id FROM `{$table}`");
+if (!$result) cleanup_fail('Connector-Verbindungen konnten nicht gelesen werden: '.$db->error);
+while ($row = $result->fetch_assoc())
+{
+  $activeIds[(int)$row['id']] = true;
+}
+
+if (!is_dir($configDir)) exit(0);
+foreach (glob($configDir.'/connection-*.conf') ?: array() as $configPath)
+{
+  if (!preg_match('/connection-([0-9]+)\.conf$/', $configPath, $matches)) continue;
+  $id = (int)$matches[1];
+  if (isset($activeIds[$id])) continue;
+
+  echo "NC Connector: entferne verwaiste Laufzeitdateien fuer Verbindung {$id}.\n";
+  foreach (array('.conf','.db-password','.piwigo-password','.storages.tsv','.roots.tsv') as $suffix)
+  {
+    @unlink($configDir.'/connection-'.$id.$suffix);
+  }
+  cleanup_tree($stateRoot.'/connection-'.$id);
+
+  $statusDir = rtrim($piwigoRoot, '/').'/_data/bratonien-tools/nc-connector-status';
+  @unlink($statusDir.'/connection-'.$id.'.json');
+  @unlink($statusDir.'/deleted-'.$id);
+}
+
+exit(0);