diff --git a/crates/nostr-database/src/index.rs b/crates/nostr-database/src/index.rs
index 0d60537f5..5add6464e 100644
--- a/crates/nostr-database/src/index.rs
+++ b/crates/nostr-database/src/index.rs
@@ -226,22 +226,22 @@ impl DatabaseIndexes {
 
     /// Bulk index
     #[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
-    pub async fn bulk_index<I>(&self, events: I)
+    pub async fn bulk_index<I>(&self, events: I) -> HashSet<EventId>
     where
         I: IntoIterator<Item = RawEvent>,
     {
-        let mut index = self.index.write().await;
-        let mut deleted = self.deleted.write().await;
-
-        let mut to_discard: HashSet<EventId> = HashSet::new();
-        let now = Timestamp::now();
-
         // Sort ASC to prevent issues during index
         let events: BTreeSet<WrappedRawEvent> = events
             .into_iter()
             .map(|raw| WrappedRawEvent { raw })
             .collect();
 
+        let mut index = self.index.write().await;
+        let mut deleted = self.deleted.write().await;
+
+        let mut to_discard: HashSet<EventId> = HashSet::new();
+        let now = Timestamp::now();
+
         events
             .into_iter()
             .map(|w| w.raw)
@@ -253,10 +253,10 @@ impl DatabaseIndexes {
         // Remove events
         if !to_discard.is_empty() {
             index.retain(|e| !to_discard.contains(&e.event_id));
-            deleted.extend(to_discard);
+            deleted.extend(to_discard.iter());
         }
 
-        // TODO: return to_discard events?
+        to_discard
     }
 
     fn index_raw_event(
diff --git a/crates/nostr-indexeddb/src/lib.rs b/crates/nostr-indexeddb/src/lib.rs
index 4e9133598..d9b60fdb6 100644
--- a/crates/nostr-indexeddb/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/nostr-indexeddb/src/lib.rs
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ impl WebDatabase {
         tracing::debug!("Building database indexes...");
         let tx = self
             .db
-            .transaction_on_one_with_mode(EVENTS_CF, IdbTransactionMode::Readonly)?;
+            .transaction_on_one_with_mode(EVENTS_CF, IdbTransactionMode::Readwrite)?;
         let store = tx.object_store(EVENTS_CF)?;
         let events = store
             .get_all()?
@@ -200,7 +200,16 @@ impl WebDatabase {
                 let bytes = hex::decode(v).ok()?;
                 RawEvent::decode(&bytes).ok()
             });
-        self.indexes.bulk_index(events).await;
+
+        // Build indexes
+        let to_discard: HashSet<EventId> = self.indexes.bulk_index(events).await;
+
+        // Discard events
+        for event_id in to_discard.into_iter() {
+            let key = JsValue::from(event_id.to_hex());
+            store.delete(&key)?;
+        }
+
         tracing::info!("Database indexes loaded");
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/crates/nostr-rocksdb/src/lib.rs b/crates/nostr-rocksdb/src/lib.rs
index 916c11138..b4ffe0692 100644
--- a/crates/nostr-rocksdb/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/nostr-rocksdb/src/lib.rs
@@ -118,7 +118,24 @@ impl RocksDatabase {
             .full_iterator_cf(&cf, IteratorMode::Start)
             .flatten()
             .filter_map(|(_, value)| RawEvent::decode(&value).ok());
-        self.indexes.bulk_index(events).await;
+
+        // Build indexes
+        let to_discard: HashSet<EventId> = self.indexes.bulk_index(events).await;
+
+        // Discard events
+        if !to_discard.is_empty() {
+            // Prepare write batch
+            let mut batch = WriteBatchWithTransaction::default();
+
+            // Discard events no longer needed
+            for event_id in to_discard.into_iter() {
+                batch.delete_cf(&cf, event_id);
+            }
+
+            // Write batch changes
+            self.db.write(batch).map_err(DatabaseError::backend)?;
+        }
+
         Ok(())
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/nostr-sqlite/src/lib.rs b/crates/nostr-sqlite/src/lib.rs
index 2b7ad1299..b7d87806f 100644
--- a/crates/nostr-sqlite/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/nostr-sqlite/src/lib.rs
@@ -83,7 +83,26 @@ impl SQLiteDatabase {
                 Ok::<HashSet<RawEvent>, Error>(events)
             })
             .await??;
-        self.indexes.bulk_index(events).await;
+
+        // Build indexes
+        let to_discard = self.indexes.bulk_index(events).await;
+
+        // Discard events
+        if !to_discard.is_empty() {
+            let conn = self.acquire().await?;
+            conn.interact(move |conn| {
+                let delete_query = format!(
+                    "DELETE FROM events WHERE {};",
+                    to_discard
+                        .iter()
+                        .map(|id| format!("event_id = '{id}'"))
+                        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                        .join(" AND ")
+                );
+                conn.execute(&delete_query, [])
+            })
+            .await??;
+        }
         Ok(())
     }
 }