diff --git a/src/UserData/Event/UserDataExportCleanupEvent.php b/src/UserData/Event/UserDataExportCleanupEvent.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5fee38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/UserData/Event/UserDataExportCleanupEvent.php
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Copyright © OXID eSales AG. All rights reserved.
+ * See LICENSE file for license details.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace OxidEsales\GdprOptinModule\UserData\Event;
+
+use Symfony\Contracts\EventDispatcher\Event;
+
+class UserDataExportCleanupEvent extends Event
+{
+    public function __construct(
+        private readonly string $filePath
+    ) {
+    }
+
+    public function getFilePath(): string
+    {
+        return $this->filePath;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/UserData/Event/UserDataExportCleanupSubscriber.php b/src/UserData/Event/UserDataExportCleanupSubscriber.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7059d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/UserData/Event/UserDataExportCleanupSubscriber.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Copyright © OXID eSales AG. All rights reserved.
+ * See LICENSE file for license details.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace OxidEsales\GdprOptinModule\UserData\Event;
+
+use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventSubscriberInterface;
+
+class UserDataExportCleanupSubscriber implements EventSubscriberInterface
+{
+    /**
+     * @inheritDoc
+     */
+    public static function getSubscribedEvents(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            UserDataExportCleanupEvent::class => 'onUserDataExportCleanup',
+        ];
+    }
+
+    public function onUserDataExportCleanup(UserDataExportCleanupEvent $event): void
+    {
+        $filePath = $event->getFilePath();
+
+        if (file_exists($filePath)) {
+            unlink($filePath);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/UserData/Service/UserDataFileDownloadService.php b/src/UserData/Service/UserDataFileDownloadService.php
index 4acb663..a409e6b 100644
--- a/src/UserData/Service/UserDataFileDownloadService.php
+++ b/src/UserData/Service/UserDataFileDownloadService.php
@@ -10,12 +10,15 @@
 namespace OxidEsales\GdprOptinModule\UserData\Service;
 
 use OxidEsales\Eshop\Core\Utils;
+use OxidEsales\GdprOptinModule\UserData\Event\UserDataExportCleanupEvent;
 use OxidEsales\GdprOptinModule\UserData\Exception\UserDataFileDownloadException;
+use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcherInterface;
 
 class UserDataFileDownloadService implements UserDataFileDownloadServiceInterface
 {
     public function __construct(
-        private Utils $shopUtils
+        private Utils $shopUtils,
+        private EventDispatcherInterface $eventDispatcher
     ) {
     }
 
@@ -30,6 +33,10 @@ public function downloadFile(string $filePath): void
 
         /** @var string $fileContent */
         $fileContent = file_get_contents($filePath);
+
+        $event = new UserDataExportCleanupEvent($filePath);
+        $this->eventDispatcher->dispatch(event: $event);
+
         $this->shopUtils->showMessageAndExit($fileContent);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/UserData/services.yaml b/src/UserData/services.yaml
index 600e51f..1c91870 100644
--- a/src/UserData/services.yaml
+++ b/src/UserData/services.yaml
@@ -227,3 +227,7 @@ services:
 
   OxidEsales\GdprOptinModule\UserData\Service\ZipCreatorServiceInterface:
     class: OxidEsales\GdprOptinModule\UserData\Service\ZipCreatorService
+
+  OxidEsales\GdprOptinModule\UserData\Event\UserDataExportCleanupSubscriber:
+    class: OxidEsales\GdprOptinModule\UserData\Event\UserDataExportCleanupSubscriber
+    tags: [ 'kernel.event_subscriber' ]
diff --git a/tests/Unit/UserData/Event/UserDataExportCleanupEventTest.php b/tests/Unit/UserData/Event/UserDataExportCleanupEventTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e84c99b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/UserData/Event/UserDataExportCleanupEventTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Copyright © OXID eSales AG. All rights reserved.
+ * See LICENSE file for license details.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace OxidEsales\GdprOptinModule\Tests\Unit\UserData\Event;
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use OxidEsales\GdprOptinModule\UserData\Event\UserDataExportCleanupEvent;
+
+class UserDataExportCleanupEventTest extends TestCase
+{
+    public function testEventStoresFilePath(): void
+    {
+        $testFilePath = 'test/' . uniqid() . '.zip';
+
+        $event = new UserDataExportCleanupEvent($testFilePath);
+
+        $this->assertSame($testFilePath, $event->getFilePath());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Unit/UserData/Event/UserDataExportCleanupSubscriberTest.php b/tests/Unit/UserData/Event/UserDataExportCleanupSubscriberTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39f9a43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/UserData/Event/UserDataExportCleanupSubscriberTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Copyright © OXID eSales AG. All rights reserved.
+ * See LICENSE file for license details.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace OxidEsales\GdprOptinModule\Tests\Unit\UserData\Event;
+
+use org\bovigo\vfs\vfsStream;
+use OxidEsales\GdprOptinModule\UserData\Event\UserDataExportCleanupSubscriber;
+use OxidEsales\GdprOptinModule\UserData\Event\UserDataExportCleanupEvent;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+class UserDataExportCleanupSubscriberTest extends TestCase
+{
+    public function testOnUserDataExportCleanupUnlinkedFile(): void
+    {
+        $fileName = uniqid() . '.zip';
+
+
+        $vfsRoot = vfsStream::setup('root');
+        $testFilePath = vfsStream::url('root/' . $fileName);
+
+		$fileContents = uniqid();
+        vfsStream::newFile($fileName, 0755)
+            ->withContent($fileContents)
+            ->at($vfsRoot);
+
+        $this->assertTrue(file_exists($testFilePath));
+
+        $userDataExportCleanupEventSpy = $this->createConfiguredMock(UserDataExportCleanupEvent::class, [
+            'getFilePath' => $testFilePath,
+        ]);
+
+        $sut = new UserDataExportCleanupSubscriber();
+        $sut->onUserDataExportCleanup(event: $userDataExportCleanupEventSpy);
+    }
+
+    public function testSubscriberSubscribesToCorrectEvent(): void
+    {
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey(
+            UserDataExportCleanupEvent::class,
+            UserDataExportCleanupSubscriber::getSubscribedEvents()
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Unit/UserData/Service/UserDataFileDownloadServiceTest.php b/tests/Unit/UserData/Service/UserDataFileDownloadServiceTest.php
index e09cdbf..75c5a42 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/UserData/Service/UserDataFileDownloadServiceTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/UserData/Service/UserDataFileDownloadServiceTest.php
@@ -11,9 +11,12 @@
 
 use org\bovigo\vfs\vfsStream;
 use OxidEsales\Eshop\Core\Utils;
+use OxidEsales\GdprOptinModule\UserData\Event\UserDataExportCleanupEvent;
 use OxidEsales\GdprOptinModule\UserData\Exception\UserDataFileDownloadException;
 use OxidEsales\GdprOptinModule\UserData\Service\UserDataFileDownloadService;
+use OxidEsales\GdprOptinModule\UserData\Service\UserDataFileDownloadServiceInterface;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcherInterface;
 
 class UserDataFileDownloadServiceTest extends TestCase
 {
@@ -36,9 +39,8 @@ public function testFilenameHeaderSet(): void
                 };
             });
 
-        $sut = new UserDataFileDownloadService(
-            shopUtils: $shopUtilsSpy
-        );
+        $sut = $this->getSut(shopUtils: $shopUtilsSpy);
+
         $sut->downloadFile($filePath);
     }
 
@@ -54,9 +56,8 @@ public function testCorrectFileContentShown(): void
         $shopUtilsSpy->expects($this->atLeastOnce())
             ->method('showMessageAndExit')->with($fileContent);
 
-        $sut = new UserDataFileDownloadService(
-            shopUtils: $shopUtilsSpy
-        );
+        $sut = $this->getSut(shopUtils: $shopUtilsSpy);
+
         $sut->downloadFile($filePath);
     }
 
@@ -65,9 +66,11 @@ public function testFileDoesntExist(): void
         $tempDirectory = vfsStream::setup('root', null, []);
         $filePath = $tempDirectory->url() . '/' . uniqid();
 
-        $sut = new UserDataFileDownloadService(
-            shopUtils: $this->createStub(Utils::class)
-        );
+        $eventDispatcherSpy = $this->createMock(EventDispatcherInterface::class);
+        $eventDispatcherSpy->expects($this->never())
+            ->method('dispatch');
+
+        $sut = $this->getSut(eventDispatcher: $eventDispatcherSpy);
 
         $this->expectException(UserDataFileDownloadException::class);
         $sut->downloadFile($filePath);
@@ -82,11 +85,51 @@ public function testFileNotReadable(): void
         $filePath = $tempDirectory->url() . '/' . $fileName;
         chmod($filePath, 0000);
 
-        $sut = new UserDataFileDownloadService(
-            shopUtils: $this->createStub(Utils::class)
-        );
+        $eventDispatcherSpy = $this->createMock(EventDispatcherInterface::class);
+        $eventDispatcherSpy->expects($this->never())
+            ->method('dispatch');
+
+        $sut = $this->getSut(eventDispatcher: $eventDispatcherSpy);
 
         $this->expectException(UserDataFileDownloadException::class);
         $sut->downloadFile($filePath);
     }
+
+    public function testEventDispatchTriggered(): void
+    {
+        $fileName = uniqid() . '.zip';
+        $tempDirectory = vfsStream::setup('root', null, [
+            $fileName => uniqid()
+        ]);
+        $filePath = $tempDirectory->url() . '/' . $fileName;
+
+        $shopUtilsSpy = $this->createPartialMock(Utils::class, ['setHeader', 'showMessageAndExit']);
+        $shopUtilsSpy->expects($this->atLeastOnce())
+            ->method('showMessageAndExit');
+
+        $eventDispatcherSpy = $this->createMock(EventDispatcherInterface::class);
+        $eventDispatcherSpy->expects($this->atLeastOnce())
+            ->method('dispatch')
+            ->with($this->callback(function ($event) use ($filePath) {
+                return $event instanceof UserDataExportCleanupEvent
+                    && $event->getFilePath() === $filePath;
+            }));
+
+        $sut = $this->getSut(shopUtils: $shopUtilsSpy, eventDispatcher: $eventDispatcherSpy);
+
+        $sut->downloadFile($filePath);
+    }
+
+    protected function getSut(
+        ?Utils $shopUtils = null,
+        ?EventDispatcherInterface $eventDispatcher = null,
+    ): UserDataFileDownloadServiceInterface {
+        $shopUtils ??= $this->createStub(Utils::class);
+        $eventDispatcher ??= $this->createStub(EventDispatcherInterface::class);
+
+        return new UserDataFileDownloadService(
+            shopUtils: $shopUtils,
+            eventDispatcher: $eventDispatcher,
+        );
+    }
 }