diff --git a/server/pkg/controller/embedding/controller.go b/server/pkg/controller/embedding/controller.go
index 0212fb0de..e955a8b66 100644
--- a/server/pkg/controller/embedding/controller.go
+++ b/server/pkg/controller/embedding/controller.go
@@ -268,6 +268,14 @@ func (c *Controller) deleteEmbedding(qItem repo.QueueItem) {
 		ctxLogger.WithError(err).Error("Failed to delete all objects")
 		return
 	}
+	// if Embeddings DC is different from hot DC, delete from hot DC as well
+	if c.S3Config.GetEmbeddingsDataCenter() != c.S3Config.GetHotDataCenter() {
+		err = c.ObjectCleanupController.DeleteAllObjectsWithPrefix(prefix, c.S3Config.GetHotDataCenter())
+		if err != nil {
+			ctxLogger.WithError(err).Error("Failed to delete all objects from hot DC")
+			return
+		}
+	}
 
 	err = c.Repo.Delete(fileID)
 	if err != nil {