diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fe393e5ddb717..35b50e1643cf4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - Ignore awareness attributes when a custom preference string is included with a search request ([#18848](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/18848))
 - Use ScoreDoc instead of FieldDoc when creating TopScoreDocCollectorManager to avoid unnecessary conversion ([#18802](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/18802))
 - Fix leafSorter optimization for ReadOnlyEngine and NRTReplicationEngine ([#18639](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/18639))
+- Close IndexFieldDataService asynchronously ([#18888](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/18888))
 - Fix query string regex queries incorrectly swallowing TooComplexToDeterminizeException ([#18883](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/18883))
 
 ### Security
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/IndexService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/IndexService.java
index d65a9a0323178..321980d7dcd21 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/IndexService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/IndexService.java
@@ -274,7 +274,13 @@ public IndexService(
                 idFieldDataEnabled,
                 scriptService
             );
-            this.indexFieldData = new IndexFieldDataService(indexSettings, indicesFieldDataCache, circuitBreakerService, mapperService);
+            this.indexFieldData = new IndexFieldDataService(
+                indexSettings,
+                indicesFieldDataCache,
+                circuitBreakerService,
+                mapperService,
+                threadPool
+            );
             if (indexSettings.getIndexSortConfig().hasIndexSort()) {
                 // we delay the actual creation of the sort order for this index because the mapping has not been merged yet.
                 // The sort order is validated right after the merge of the mapping later in the process.
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/fielddata/IndexFieldDataService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/fielddata/IndexFieldDataService.java
index 98900482176e5..5cc114b80aa36 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/fielddata/IndexFieldDataService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/fielddata/IndexFieldDataService.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.index.mapper.MapperService;
 import org.opensearch.indices.fielddata.cache.IndicesFieldDataCache;
 import org.opensearch.search.lookup.SearchLookup;
+import org.opensearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 
 import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -77,6 +78,8 @@ public class IndexFieldDataService extends AbstractIndexComponent implements Clo
         Property.IndexScope
     );
 
+    private final ThreadPool threadPool;
+
     private final CircuitBreakerService circuitBreakerService;
 
     private final IndicesFieldDataCache indicesFieldDataCache;
@@ -96,12 +99,14 @@ public IndexFieldDataService(
         IndexSettings indexSettings,
         IndicesFieldDataCache indicesFieldDataCache,
         CircuitBreakerService circuitBreakerService,
-        MapperService mapperService
+        MapperService mapperService,
+        ThreadPool threadPool
     ) {
         super(indexSettings);
         this.indicesFieldDataCache = indicesFieldDataCache;
         this.circuitBreakerService = circuitBreakerService;
         this.mapperService = mapperService;
+        this.threadPool = threadPool;
     }
 
     public synchronized void clear() {
@@ -181,6 +186,17 @@ public void setListener(IndexFieldDataCache.Listener listener) {
 
     @Override
     public void close() throws IOException {
-        clear();
+        // Clear the field data cache for this index in an async manner
+        threadPool.executor(ThreadPool.Names.GENERIC).execute(() -> {
+            try {
+                this.clear();
+            } catch (Exception ex) {
+                logger.warn(
+                    "Exception occurred while clearing index field data cache for index: {}, exception: {}",
+                    indexSettings.getIndex().getName(),
+                    ex
+                );
+            }
+        });
     }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/fielddata/IndexFieldDataServiceTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/fielddata/IndexFieldDataServiceTests.java
index 3fb43b7dbdc4e..640ba135b0bad 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/fielddata/IndexFieldDataServiceTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/fielddata/IndexFieldDataServiceTests.java
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.index.mapper.NumberFieldMapper;
 import org.opensearch.index.mapper.TextFieldMapper;
 import org.opensearch.indices.IndicesService;
+import org.opensearch.indices.cluster.IndicesClusterStateService;
 import org.opensearch.indices.fielddata.cache.IndicesFieldDataCache;
 import org.opensearch.plugins.Plugin;
 import org.opensearch.search.lookup.SearchLookup;
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.threadpool.TestThreadPool;
 import org.opensearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -93,7 +95,8 @@ public void testGetForFieldDefaults() {
             indexService.getIndexSettings(),
             indicesService.getIndicesFieldDataCache(),
             indicesService.getCircuitBreakerService(),
-            indexService.mapperService()
+            indexService.mapperService(),
+            indexService.getThreadPool()
         );
         final BuilderContext ctx = new BuilderContext(indexService.getIndexSettings().getSettings(), new ContentPath(1));
         final MappedFieldType stringMapper = new KeywordFieldMapper.Builder("string").build(ctx).fieldType();
@@ -127,6 +130,63 @@ public void testGetForFieldDefaults() {
         assertTrue(fd instanceof SortedNumericIndexFieldData);
     }
 
+    public void testIndexFieldDataCacheIsCleredAfterIndexRemoval() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+        final IndexService indexService = createIndex("test");
+        final IndicesService indicesService = getInstanceFromNode(IndicesService.class);
+        // copy the ifdService since we can set the listener only once.
+        final IndexFieldDataService ifdService = new IndexFieldDataService(
+            indexService.getIndexSettings(),
+            indicesService.getIndicesFieldDataCache(),
+            indicesService.getCircuitBreakerService(),
+            indexService.mapperService(),
+            indexService.getThreadPool()
+        );
+
+        final BuilderContext ctx = new BuilderContext(indexService.getIndexSettings().getSettings(), new ContentPath(1));
+        final MappedFieldType mapper1 = new TextFieldMapper.Builder("field_1", createDefaultIndexAnalyzers()).fielddata(true)
+            .build(ctx)
+            .fieldType();
+        final MappedFieldType mapper2 = new TextFieldMapper.Builder("field_2", createDefaultIndexAnalyzers()).fielddata(true)
+            .build(ctx)
+            .fieldType();
+        final IndexWriter writer = new IndexWriter(new ByteBuffersDirectory(), new IndexWriterConfig(new KeywordAnalyzer()));
+        Document doc = new Document();
+        doc.add(new StringField("field_1", "thisisastring", Store.NO));
+        doc.add(new StringField("field_2", "thisisanotherstring", Store.NO));
+        writer.addDocument(doc);
+        final IndexReader reader = DirectoryReader.open(writer);
+        final AtomicInteger onCacheCalled = new AtomicInteger();
+        final AtomicInteger onRemovalCalled = new AtomicInteger();
+        ifdService.setListener(new IndexFieldDataCache.Listener() {
+            @Override
+            public void onCache(ShardId shardId, String fieldName, Accountable ramUsage) {}
+
+            @Override
+            public void onRemoval(ShardId shardId, String fieldName, boolean wasEvicted, long sizeInBytes) {}
+        });
+        IndexFieldData<?> ifd1 = ifdService.getForField(mapper1, "test", () -> { throw new UnsupportedOperationException(); });
+        IndexFieldData<?> ifd2 = ifdService.getForField(mapper2, "test", () -> { throw new UnsupportedOperationException(); });
+        LeafReaderContext leafReaderContext = reader.getContext().leaves().get(0);
+        LeafFieldData loadField1 = ifd1.load(leafReaderContext);
+        LeafFieldData loadField2 = ifd2.load(leafReaderContext);
+
+        assertEquals(2, indicesService.getIndicesFieldDataCache().getCache().count());
+
+        // Remove index
+        indicesService.removeIndex(
+            indexService.index(),
+            IndicesClusterStateService.AllocatedIndices.IndexRemovalReason.DELETED,
+            "Please delete!"
+        );
+
+        waitUntil(() -> indicesService.getIndicesFieldDataCache().getCache().count() == 0);
+
+        reader.close();
+        loadField1.close();
+        loadField2.close();
+        writer.close();
+    }
+
     public void testGetForFieldRuntimeField() {
         final IndexService indexService = createIndex("test");
         final IndicesService indicesService = getInstanceFromNode(IndicesService.class);
@@ -134,7 +194,8 @@ public void testGetForFieldRuntimeField() {
             indexService.getIndexSettings(),
             indicesService.getIndicesFieldDataCache(),
             indicesService.getCircuitBreakerService(),
-            indexService.mapperService()
+            indexService.mapperService(),
+            indexService.getThreadPool()
         );
         final SetOnce<Supplier<SearchLookup>> searchLookupSetOnce = new SetOnce<>();
         MappedFieldType ft = mock(MappedFieldType.class);
@@ -159,7 +220,8 @@ public void testClearField() throws Exception {
             indexService.getIndexSettings(),
             indicesService.getIndicesFieldDataCache(),
             indicesService.getCircuitBreakerService(),
-            indexService.mapperService()
+            indexService.mapperService(),
+            indexService.getThreadPool()
         );
 
         final BuilderContext ctx = new BuilderContext(indexService.getIndexSettings().getSettings(), new ContentPath(1));
@@ -227,7 +289,8 @@ public void testFieldDataCacheListener() throws Exception {
             indexService.getIndexSettings(),
             indicesService.getIndicesFieldDataCache(),
             indicesService.getCircuitBreakerService(),
-            indexService.mapperService()
+            indexService.mapperService(),
+            indexService.getThreadPool()
         );
 
         final BuilderContext ctx = new BuilderContext(indexService.getIndexSettings().getSettings(), new ContentPath(1));
@@ -284,7 +347,8 @@ public void testSetCacheListenerTwice() {
             indexService.getIndexSettings(),
             indicesService.getIndicesFieldDataCache(),
             indicesService.getCircuitBreakerService(),
-            indexService.mapperService()
+            indexService.mapperService(),
+            indexService.getThreadPool()
         );
         // set it the first time...
         shardPrivateService.setListener(new IndexFieldDataCache.Listener() {
@@ -325,7 +389,8 @@ private void doTestRequireDocValues(MappedFieldType ft) {
                 IndexSettingsModule.newIndexSettings("test", Settings.EMPTY),
                 cache,
                 null,
-                null
+                null,
+                threadPool
             );
             if (ft.hasDocValues()) {
                 ifds.getForField(ft, "test", () -> { throw new UnsupportedOperationException(); }); // no exception
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShardTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShardTests.java
index c93c997215a55..c03a3873aedfe 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShardTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShardTests.java
@@ -3359,7 +3359,8 @@ public void testReaderWrapperWorksWithGlobalOrdinals() throws IOException {
             shard.indexSettings,
             indicesFieldDataCache,
             new NoneCircuitBreakerService(),
-            shard.mapperService()
+            shard.mapperService(),
+            shard.getThreadPool()
         );
         IndexFieldData.Global ifd = indexFieldDataService.getForField(foo, "test", () -> {
             throw new UnsupportedOperationException("search lookup not available");
diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/test/AbstractBuilderTestCase.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/test/AbstractBuilderTestCase.java
index 80be999b7d868..b90ef40991003 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/test/AbstractBuilderTestCase.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/test/AbstractBuilderTestCase.java
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@
 import org.opensearch.script.ScriptModule;
 import org.opensearch.script.ScriptService;
 import org.opensearch.search.SearchModule;
+import org.opensearch.threadpool.TestThreadPool;
+import org.opensearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 import org.opensearch.transport.client.Client;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
@@ -109,6 +111,7 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
@@ -177,6 +180,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractBuilderTestCase extends OpenSearchTestCase {
     private static Settings nodeSettings;
     private static Index index;
     private static long nowInMillis;
+    private static ThreadPool threadPool;
 
     protected static Index getIndex() {
         return index;
@@ -198,6 +202,7 @@ public static void beforeClass() {
 
         index = new Index(randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 10), randomAlphaOfLength(10));
         nowInMillis = randomNonNegativeLong();
+        threadPool = new TestThreadPool("random_threadpool_name");
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -240,6 +245,7 @@ protected Iterable<MappedFieldType> getMapping() {
     public static void afterClass() throws Exception {
         IOUtils.close(serviceHolder);
         IOUtils.close(serviceHolderWithNoType);
+        ThreadPool.terminate(threadPool, 1, TimeUnit.MINUTES);
         serviceHolder = null;
         serviceHolderWithNoType = null;
     }
@@ -432,7 +438,8 @@ private static class ServiceHolder implements Closeable {
                 idxSettings,
                 indicesFieldDataCache,
                 new NoneCircuitBreakerService(),
-                mapperService
+                mapperService,
+                threadPool
             );
             bitsetFilterCache = new BitsetFilterCache(idxSettings, new BitsetFilterCache.Listener() {
                 @Override