diff --git a/pygeoapi/process/base.py b/pygeoapi/process/base.py
index a3dc05279..588377c7e 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/process/base.py
+++ b/pygeoapi/process/base.py
@@ -89,6 +89,34 @@ def execute(self, data: dict, outputs: Optional[dict] = None
 
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
+    def remove_resources(self, job_id: str) -> None:
+        """
+        Remove resorces (if any) created by the Processor for the specific
+        job_id.
+        E.g. resources created by the Processor for the job_id to be accessed
+        by reference.
+        Note: only the Processor is aware of the allocated resources and how to
+        handle (add/remove) them.
+
+        :param job_id: the job_id associated to the resources to be removed.
+
+        The function should be called by the Manager upon receiving a request
+        to delete_job().
+
+        The function should be implemented only by the Processors creating
+        job_id specific resources as result of a call to execute(),
+        where the resources are expected to become unavailable when the job
+        were deleted.
+
+        For the implementing Processors, the Processor needs to have an
+        internal way to map job_id to the resources specific to that job_id.
+
+        No exception is expected to be raised where the remove operation will
+        fail for any reason.
+        """
+
+        pass
+
     def __repr__(self):
         return f'<BaseProcessor> {self.name}'
 
diff --git a/pygeoapi/process/manager/postgresql.py b/pygeoapi/process/manager/postgresql.py
index 7a2adc559..cfd63eafb 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/process/manager/postgresql.py
+++ b/pygeoapi/process/manager/postgresql.py
@@ -254,6 +254,11 @@ def delete_job(self, job_id: str) -> bool:
             except FileNotFoundError:
                 pass
 
+        # remove resources if present
+        process_id = job_result.get('process_id')
+        processor = self.get_processor(process_id)
+        processor.remove_resources(job_id)
+
         return rowcount == 1
 
     def get_job_result(self, job_id: str) -> Tuple[str, Any]:
diff --git a/pygeoapi/process/manager/tinydb_.py b/pygeoapi/process/manager/tinydb_.py
index c15e9d36a..0a638dd59 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/process/manager/tinydb_.py
+++ b/pygeoapi/process/manager/tinydb_.py
@@ -161,6 +161,11 @@ def delete_job(self, job_id: str) -> bool:
         with self._db() as db:
             removed = bool(db.remove(tinydb.where('identifier') == job_id))
 
+        # remove resources if present
+        process_id = job_result.get('process_id')
+        processor = self.get_processor(process_id)
+        processor.remove_resources(job_id)
+
         return removed
 
     def get_job(self, job_id: str) -> dict: