diff --git a/lib/codecept.js b/lib/codecept.js
index ce21e5c68..adb1dbcff 100644
--- a/lib/codecept.js
+++ b/lib/codecept.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const Config = require('./config');
 const event = require('./event');
 const runHook = require('./hooks');
 const output = require('./output');
+const { emptyFolder } = require('./utils');
 
 /**
  * CodeceptJS runner
@@ -66,6 +67,8 @@ class Codecept {
     global.codecept_dir = dir;
     global.output_dir = fsPath.resolve(dir, this.config.output);
 
+    if (this.config.emptyOutputFolder) emptyFolder(global.output_dir);
+
     if (!this.config.noGlobals) {
       global.Helper = global.codecept_helper = require('@codeceptjs/helper');
       global.actor = global.codecept_actor = require('./actor');
diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
index a4b8a2655..4e41a7e0d 100644
--- a/lib/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils.js
@@ -455,3 +455,7 @@ module.exports.isNotSet = function (obj) {
   if (obj === undefined) return true;
   return false;
 };
+
+module.exports.emptyFolder = async (directoryPath) => {
+  require('child_process').execSync(`rm -rf ${directoryPath}/*`);
+};
diff --git a/typings/index.d.ts b/typings/index.d.ts
index d9fe5e7a2..8a3809b2b 100644
--- a/typings/index.d.ts
+++ b/typings/index.d.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,14 @@ declare namespace CodeceptJS {
      * ```
      */
     output: string;
+    /**
+     * empty output folder for next run
+     *
+     * ```js
+     * emptyOutputFolder: true
+     * ```
+     */
+    emptyOutputFolder?: boolean;
     /**
      * Pattern to filter tests by name.
      * This option is useful if you plan to use multiple configs for different environments.