diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/IcebergConfig.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/IcebergConfig.java
index 676d7c1e6d33..550ca20153d0 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/IcebergConfig.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/IcebergConfig.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 package io.trino.plugin.iceberg;
 
 import io.airlift.configuration.Config;
+import io.airlift.configuration.ConfigDescription;
 import io.trino.plugin.hive.HiveCompressionCodec;
 import org.apache.iceberg.FileFormat;
 
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ public class IcebergConfig
     private IcebergFileFormat fileFormat = ORC;
     private HiveCompressionCodec compressionCodec = GZIP;
     private boolean useFileSizeFromMetadata = true;
+    private boolean purgeDataOnTableDrop;
 
     @NotNull
     public FileFormat getFileFormat()
@@ -74,4 +76,17 @@ public IcebergConfig setUseFileSizeFromMetadata(boolean useFileSizeFromMetadata)
         this.useFileSizeFromMetadata = useFileSizeFromMetadata;
         return this;
     }
+
+    public boolean isPurgeDataOnTableDrop()
+    {
+        return purgeDataOnTableDrop;
+    }
+
+    @Config("iceberg.delete-files-on-table-drop")
+    @ConfigDescription("Recursively delete table data and metadata on drop")
+    public IcebergConfig setPurgeDataOnTableDrop(boolean purgeDataOnTableDrop)
+    {
+        this.purgeDataOnTableDrop = purgeDataOnTableDrop;
+        return this;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/IcebergMetadata.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/IcebergMetadata.java
index 340a1f5923cc..2a94020337d3 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/IcebergMetadata.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/IcebergMetadata.java
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ public class IcebergMetadata
     private final HdfsEnvironment hdfsEnvironment;
     private final TypeManager typeManager;
     private final JsonCodec<CommitTaskData> commitTaskCodec;
+    private final boolean purgeDataOnDrop;
 
     private final Map<String, Optional<Long>> snapshotIds = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
 
@@ -174,12 +175,14 @@ public IcebergMetadata(
             HiveMetastore metastore,
             HdfsEnvironment hdfsEnvironment,
             TypeManager typeManager,
-            JsonCodec<CommitTaskData> commitTaskCodec)
+            JsonCodec<CommitTaskData> commitTaskCodec,
+            boolean purgeDataOnDrop)
     {
         this.metastore = requireNonNull(metastore, "metastore is null");
         this.hdfsEnvironment = requireNonNull(hdfsEnvironment, "hdfsEnvironment is null");
         this.typeManager = requireNonNull(typeManager, "typeManager is null");
         this.commitTaskCodec = requireNonNull(commitTaskCodec, "commitTaskCodec is null");
+        this.purgeDataOnDrop = purgeDataOnDrop;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -606,7 +609,14 @@ public Optional<Object> getInfo(ConnectorTableHandle tableHandle)
     public void dropTable(ConnectorSession session, ConnectorTableHandle tableHandle)
     {
         IcebergTableHandle handle = (IcebergTableHandle) tableHandle;
-        metastore.dropTable(new HiveIdentity(session), handle.getSchemaName(), handle.getTableName(), true);
+        Optional<Table> table = metastore.getTable(new HiveIdentity(session), handle.getSchemaName(), handle.getTableName());
+
+        metastore.dropTable(new HiveIdentity(session), handle.getSchemaName(), handle.getTableName(), false);
+        if (purgeDataOnDrop && table.isPresent()) {
+            String tableLocation = table.get().getStorage().getLocation();
+            HdfsContext context = new HdfsContext(session, handle.getSchemaName(), handle.getTableName());
+            deleteDirRecursive(context, hdfsEnvironment, new Path(tableLocation));
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -1074,6 +1084,16 @@ private Map<String, Optional<TableToken>> getMaterializedViewToken(ConnectorSess
         return viewToken;
     }
 
+    private void deleteDirRecursive(HdfsContext context, HdfsEnvironment hdfsEnvironment, Path path)
+    {
+        try {
+            hdfsEnvironment.getFileSystem(context, path).delete(path, true);
+        }
+        catch (IOException | RuntimeException e) {
+            log.error(e, "Failed to delete table data files in path: " + path.toString());
+        }
+    }
+
     private static class TableToken
     {
         // Current Snapshot ID of the table
diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/IcebergMetadataFactory.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/IcebergMetadataFactory.java
index 64fdfdb911ed..7678f4ce8c0b 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/IcebergMetadataFactory.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/IcebergMetadataFactory.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ public class IcebergMetadataFactory
     private final HdfsEnvironment hdfsEnvironment;
     private final TypeManager typeManager;
     private final JsonCodec<CommitTaskData> commitTaskCodec;
+    private final boolean purgeTableDataOnDrop;
 
     @Inject
     public IcebergMetadataFactory(
@@ -37,23 +38,25 @@ public IcebergMetadataFactory(
             TypeManager typeManager,
             JsonCodec<CommitTaskData> commitTaskDataJsonCodec)
     {
-        this(metastore, hdfsEnvironment, typeManager, commitTaskDataJsonCodec);
+        this(metastore, hdfsEnvironment, typeManager, commitTaskDataJsonCodec, config.isPurgeDataOnTableDrop());
     }
 
     public IcebergMetadataFactory(
             HiveMetastore metastore,
             HdfsEnvironment hdfsEnvironment,
             TypeManager typeManager,
-            JsonCodec<CommitTaskData> commitTaskCodec)
+            JsonCodec<CommitTaskData> commitTaskCodec,
+            boolean purgeTableData)
     {
         this.metastore = requireNonNull(metastore, "metastore is null");
         this.hdfsEnvironment = requireNonNull(hdfsEnvironment, "hdfsEnvironment is null");
         this.typeManager = requireNonNull(typeManager, "typeManager is null");
         this.commitTaskCodec = requireNonNull(commitTaskCodec, "commitTaskCodec is null");
+        this.purgeTableDataOnDrop = purgeTableData;
     }
 
     public IcebergMetadata create()
     {
-        return new IcebergMetadata(metastore, hdfsEnvironment, typeManager, commitTaskCodec);
+        return new IcebergMetadata(metastore, hdfsEnvironment, typeManager, commitTaskCodec, purgeTableDataOnDrop);
     }
 }
diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/TestIcebergConfig.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/TestIcebergConfig.java
index ec8cd479f897..634c2263bcd6 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/TestIcebergConfig.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/TestIcebergConfig.java
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ public void testDefaults()
         assertRecordedDefaults(recordDefaults(IcebergConfig.class)
                 .setFileFormat(ORC)
                 .setCompressionCodec(GZIP)
-                .setUseFileSizeFromMetadata(true));
+                .setUseFileSizeFromMetadata(true)
+                .setPurgeDataOnTableDrop(false));
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -44,12 +45,14 @@ public void testExplicitPropertyMappings()
                 .put("iceberg.file-format", "Parquet")
                 .put("iceberg.compression-codec", "NONE")
                 .put("iceberg.use-file-size-from-metadata", "false")
+                .put("iceberg.delete-files-on-table-drop", "true")
                 .build();
 
         IcebergConfig expected = new IcebergConfig()
                 .setFileFormat(PARQUET)
                 .setCompressionCodec(HiveCompressionCodec.NONE)
-                .setUseFileSizeFromMetadata(false);
+                .setUseFileSizeFromMetadata(false)
+                .setPurgeDataOnTableDrop(true);
 
         assertFullMapping(properties, expected);
     }