diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/Maintenance/PruneOrphanedBackupsCommand.php b/app/Console/Commands/Maintenance/PruneOrphanedBackupsCommand.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1dbb0336
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/Maintenance/PruneOrphanedBackupsCommand.php
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Pterodactyl\Console\Commands\Maintenance;
+
+use Carbon\CarbonImmutable;
+use InvalidArgumentException;
+use Illuminate\Console\Command;
+use Pterodactyl\Repositories\Eloquent\BackupRepository;
+
+class PruneOrphanedBackupsCommand extends Command
+{
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $signature = 'p:maintenance:prune-backups {--since-minutes=30}';
+
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $description = 'Removes all backups that have existed for more than "n" minutes which are not marked as completed.';
+
+    /**
+     * @param \Pterodactyl\Repositories\Eloquent\BackupRepository $repository
+     */
+    public function handle(BackupRepository $repository)
+    {
+        $since = $this->option('since-minutes');
+        if (!is_digit($since)) {
+            throw new InvalidArgumentException('The --since-minutes option must be a valid numeric digit.');
+        }
+
+        $query = $repository->getBuilder()
+            ->whereNull('completed_at')
+            ->whereDate('created_at', '<=', CarbonImmutable::now()->subMinutes($since));
+
+        $count = $query->count();
+        if (!$count) {
+            $this->info('There are no orphaned backups to be removed.');
+
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $this->warn("Deleting {$count} backups that have not been marked as completed in the last {$since} minutes.");
+
+        $query->delete();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Console/Kernel.php b/app/Console/Kernel.php
index c87cd5394..1f83ddf93 100644
--- a/app/Console/Kernel.php
+++ b/app/Console/Kernel.php
@@ -22,7 +22,16 @@ class Kernel extends ConsoleKernel
      */
     protected function schedule(Schedule $schedule)
     {
+        // Execute scheduled commands for servers every minute, as if there was a normal cron running.
         $schedule->command('p:schedule:process')->everyMinute()->withoutOverlapping();
+
+        // Every 30 minutes, run the backup pruning command so that any abandoned backups can be removed
+        // from the UI view for the server.
+        $schedule->command('p:maintenance:prune-backups', [
+            '--since-minutes' => '30',
+        ])->everyThirtyMinutes();
+
+        // Every day cleanup any internal backups of service files.
         $schedule->command('p:maintenance:clean-service-backups')->daily();
     }
 }