diff --git a/apiserver/apimodels/projects.py b/apiserver/apimodels/projects.py
index 2e72c9e..0fcc627 100644
--- a/apiserver/apimodels/projects.py
+++ b/apiserver/apimodels/projects.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class MoveRequest(ProjectRequest):
 class DeleteRequest(ProjectRequest):
     force = fields.BoolField(default=False)
     delete_contents = fields.BoolField(default=False)
+    delete_external_artifacts = fields.BoolField(default=True)
 
 
 class ProjectOrNoneRequest(models.Base):
diff --git a/apiserver/bll/model/__init__.py b/apiserver/bll/model/__init__.py
index e8bd658..0c99ea8 100644
--- a/apiserver/bll/model/__init__.py
+++ b/apiserver/bll/model/__init__.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ from .metadata import Metadata
 
 
 class ModelBLL:
+    event_bll = None
+
     @classmethod
     def get_company_model_by_id(
         cls, company_id: str, model_id: str, only_fields=None
@@ -156,6 +158,11 @@ class ModelBLL:
                     can_delete_folders=False,
                 )
 
+        if not cls.event_bll:
+            from apiserver.bll.event import EventBLL
+            cls.event_bll = EventBLL()
+
+        cls.event_bll.delete_task_events(company_id, model_id, allow_locked=True, model=True)
         del_count = Model.objects(id=model_id, company=company_id).delete()
         return del_count, model
 
diff --git a/apiserver/bll/project/project_cleanup.py b/apiserver/bll/project/project_cleanup.py
index b33b6f5..9f28cfa 100644
--- a/apiserver/bll/project/project_cleanup.py
+++ b/apiserver/bll/project/project_cleanup.py
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ def delete_project(
     project_id: str,
     force: bool,
     delete_contents: bool,
-    delete_external_artifacts=True,
+    delete_external_artifacts: bool,
 ) -> Tuple[DeleteProjectResult, Set[str]]:
     project = Project.get_for_writing(
         company=company, id=project_id, _only=("id", "path", "system_tags")
diff --git a/apiserver/schema/services/projects.conf b/apiserver/schema/services/projects.conf
index aa8ba61..f85d3fd 100644
--- a/apiserver/schema/services/projects.conf
+++ b/apiserver/schema/services/projects.conf
@@ -888,6 +888,13 @@ delete {
             }
         }
     }
+    "2.26": ${delete."2.13"} {
+        request.properties.delete_external_artifacts {
+            description: "If set to 'true' then BE will try to delete the extenal artifacts associated with the project tasks and models from the fileserver (if configured to do so)"
+            type: boolean
+            default: true
+        }
+    }
 }
 get_unique_metric_variants {
     "2.1" {
diff --git a/apiserver/services/projects.py b/apiserver/services/projects.py
index 659e38f..e2ddc2b 100644
--- a/apiserver/services/projects.py
+++ b/apiserver/services/projects.py
@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ def delete(call: APICall, company_id: str, request: DeleteRequest):
         project_id=request.project,
         force=request.force,
         delete_contents=request.delete_contents,
+        delete_external_artifacts=request.delete_external_artifacts,
     )
     _reset_cached_tags(company_id, projects=list(affected_projects))
     call.result.data = {**attr.asdict(res)}