diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/data/Application.java b/core/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/data/Application.java
index 7943d38..9b6f650 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/data/Application.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/data/Application.java
@@ -362,6 +362,13 @@ public class Application
         return _digest.getDigest(resource);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns a list of the cleanup patterns used by application.
+     */
+    public List<String> cleanupPatterns() {
+        return _cleanupPatterns;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns a list of all the active {@link Resource} objects used by this application (code and
      * non-code).
@@ -594,6 +601,7 @@ public class Application
         initJava(config);
         initTracking(config);
         initResources(config);
+        initCleanupPatterns(config);
         initArgs(config);
         return config;
     }
@@ -753,6 +761,22 @@ public class Application
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Reads the cleanup patterns from {@code config} into this instance.
+     */
+    public void initCleanupPatterns (Config config) {
+        // clear our arrays as we may be reinitializing
+        _cleanupPatterns.clear();
+
+        // parse cleanup patterns
+        String[] patterns = config.getMultiValue("cleanup_pattern");
+        if (patterns == null) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        _cleanupPatterns.addAll(Arrays.asList(patterns));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Reads the command line arg info from {@code config} into this instance.
      */
@@ -1771,6 +1795,7 @@ public class Application
 
     protected List<Resource> _codes = new ArrayList<>();
     protected List<Resource> _resources = new ArrayList<>();
+    protected List<String> _cleanupPatterns = new ArrayList<>();
     protected List<String> _cpdirs = new ArrayList<>();
 
     protected int _verifyTimeout = 60;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/util/FileUtil.java b/core/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/util/FileUtil.java
index d7de78b..38dd1c3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/util/FileUtil.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/util/FileUtil.java
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 package com.threerings.getdown.util;
 
 import java.io.*;
+import java.nio.file.*;
+import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.jar.*;
 import java.util.zip.*;
@@ -236,4 +238,44 @@ public final class FileUtil
             }
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns files as Paths from path {@code basePath}, filtered Glob pattern {@code globPattern}.
+     */
+    public static Set<Path> getFilePathsByGlob(String basePath, String globPattern) {
+
+        //massaging glob pattern
+        final String globPatternUnixSeparator = globPattern.replace("\\", "/");
+        final String glob = String.format("glob:%s%s%s",
+            basePath.replace("\\", "/"),
+            globPatternUnixSeparator.startsWith("/") ? "" : "/",
+            globPatternUnixSeparator);
+
+        final PathMatcher pathMatcher = FileSystems.getDefault().getPathMatcher(glob);
+        final Set<Path> foundFilePaths = new HashSet<>();
+
+        try {
+            Files.walkFileTree(Paths.get(basePath), new SimpleFileVisitor<Path>() {
+                @Override
+                public FileVisitResult visitFile(Path path,
+                    BasicFileAttributes attrs) {
+                    if (pathMatcher.matches(path) && !Files.isDirectory(path)) {
+                        foundFilePaths.add(path);
+                    }
+                    return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
+                }
+
+                @Override
+                public FileVisitResult visitFileFailed(Path file, IOException exc) {
+                    return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
+                }
+            });
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            log.warning(String.format("Failed to get file list with path %s with glob %s",
+                basePath, globPattern), "error", e);
+            return Collections.emptySet();
+        }
+
+        return foundFilePaths;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/launcher/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/launcher/Getdown.java b/launcher/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/launcher/Getdown.java
index 1cc6922..b6f2a5f 100644
--- a/launcher/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/launcher/Getdown.java
+++ b/launcher/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/launcher/Getdown.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.nio.file.*;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -424,6 +425,12 @@ public abstract class Getdown
                 _readyToInstall = true;
                 install();
 
+                // do resource cleanup
+                final List<String> cleanupPatterns = _app.cleanupPatterns();
+                if (!cleanupPatterns.isEmpty()) {
+                    cleanupResources(cleanupPatterns);
+                }
+
                 // Only launch if we aren't in silent mode. Some mystery program starting out
                 // of the blue would be disconcerting.
                 if (!_silent || _launchInSilent) {
@@ -679,6 +686,37 @@ public abstract class Getdown
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Removes files/resources by glob pattern with exclusion of resources defined in Getdown.txt
+     */
+    void cleanupResources(List<String> cleanupPatterns) {
+        //get list of files from glob patterns
+        final String applicationPath = _app.getAppDir().getAbsolutePath();
+        final Set<Path> filesFromGlob = new HashSet<>();
+        for (String cleanupPattern : cleanupPatterns) {
+            filesFromGlob.addAll(FileUtil.getFilePathsByGlob(applicationPath, cleanupPattern));
+        }
+
+        //filter out files contained in resources
+        Set<Path> rsrcs = new HashSet<>();
+        for (Resource resource : _app.getAllActiveResources()) {
+            rsrcs.add(resource.getLocal().toPath().toAbsolutePath());
+        }
+
+        final Set<Path> cleanupSet = new HashSet<>();
+        for (Path path : filesFromGlob) {
+            if (!rsrcs.contains(path)) {
+                cleanupSet.add(path);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (!cleanupSet.isEmpty()) {
+            for (Path path : cleanupSet) {
+                path.toFile().delete();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Called to launch the application if everything is determined to be ready to go.
      */