diff --git a/FanOutFanInCrawler/Orchestrator.cs b/FanOutFanInCrawler/Orchestrator.cs
index 67ce615..bb6db00 100644
--- a/FanOutFanInCrawler/Orchestrator.cs
+++ b/FanOutFanInCrawler/Orchestrator.cs
@@ -45,6 +45,98 @@ public static async Task<HttpResponseMessage> HttpStart(
             return client.CreateCheckStatusResponse(req, instanceId);
         }
 
+    public static async Task CleanOldRepositoryData(
+        [ActivityTrigger] IDurableActivityContext context,
+        ILogger log)
+{
+    // 1) Read input and apply default if invalid
+    int daysToRetain = context.GetInput<int>();
+    if (daysToRetain <= 0)
+    {
+        daysToRetain = 90;
+        log.LogWarning("Invalid retention period supplied; defaulting to 90 days.");
+    }
+    log.LogInformation($"Starting cleanup: removing entries older than {daysToRetain} days.");
+
+    // 2) Parse storage connection string
+    string storageConn = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AzureWebJobsStorage");
+    if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(storageConn))
+    {
+        log.LogError("Environment variable 'AzureWebJobsStorage' is not set.");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (!CloudStorageAccount.TryParse(storageConn, out CloudStorageAccount storageAccount))
+    {
+        log.LogError("Failed to parse Azure storage connection string.");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // 3) Get table reference
+    var tableClient = storageAccount.CreateCloudTableClient();
+    var table = tableClient.GetTableReference("Repositories");
+
+    if (!await table.ExistsAsync())
+    {
+        log.LogWarning("Table 'Repositories' does not exist—nothing to clean.");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // 4) Compute cutoff date
+    DateTimeOffset cutoff = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.AddDays(-daysToRetain);
+
+    // 5) Build a query that runs server-side
+    string filter = TableQuery.GenerateFilterConditionForDate(
+        "Timestamp",
+        QueryComparisons.LessThan,
+        cutoff);
+    var query = new TableQuery<Repository>().Where(filter);
+
+    // 6) Execute query in segments
+    var toDelete = new List<Repository>();
+    TableContinuationToken token = null;
+    do
+    {
+        var segment = await table.ExecuteQuerySegmentedAsync(query, token);
+        token = segment.ContinuationToken;
+        toDelete.AddRange(segment.Results);
+    } while (token != null);
+
+    if (!toDelete.Any())
+    {
+        log.LogInformation("No repository entries older than cutoff date were found.");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    log.LogInformation($"Found {toDelete.Count} entries to delete.");
+
+    // 7) Delete in batches of up to 100
+    int deletedCount = 0;
+    foreach (var batch in toDelete.Chunk(100))
+    {
+        var batchOp = new TableBatchOperation();
+        foreach (var entity in batch)
+        {
+            batchOp.Delete(entity);
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            await table.ExecuteBatchAsync(batchOp);
+            deletedCount += batch.Count;
+            log.LogInformation($"Deleted batch of {batch.Count} entries.");
+        }
+        catch (StorageException ex)
+        {
+            log.LogError($"Error deleting batch: {ex.Message}");
+            // Optionally implement retry logic here
+        }
+    }
+
+    log.LogInformation($"Cleanup finished. Total deleted: {deletedCount}");
+}
+            
+
         [FunctionName("Orchestrator")]
         public static async Task<string> RunOrchestrator(
             [OrchestrationTrigger] IDurableOrchestrationContext context)
@@ -137,4 +229,4 @@ public Repository(long id)
             public string RepositoryName { get; set; }
         }
     }
-}
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+}