diff --git a/zabbix-agent-scripts/get_fts_indexing_status.py b/zabbix-agent-scripts/get_fts_indexing_status.py
index 52d1906..3731879 100644
--- a/zabbix-agent-scripts/get_fts_indexing_status.py
+++ b/zabbix-agent-scripts/get_fts_indexing_status.py
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@
 
 import os
 
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+
+
 logging.basicConfig(stream=sys.stdout, level=logging.INFO)
 
 params = json.load(open("/var/lib/zabbix/params.json","r"))
@@ -167,7 +170,7 @@
 logging.info("ok")
 
 ###################
-# clean-up, delete {file_test_fts_check} locally and on Nextcloud
+# clean-up, delete {file_test_fts_check} locally and on Nextcloud, also from the trashbin
 ###################
 logging.info(f"removing {file_test_fts_check} from Nextcloud")
 
@@ -178,6 +181,36 @@
 	          
 logging.info("ok")
 
+nc_trashbin_url = f"http://{nc_usr}:{nc_app_pwd}@127.0.0.1:80/remote.php/dav/trashbin/{nc_usr}/trash"
+
+cmd_get_files_in_trashbin = f"curl --request PROPFIND {nc_trashbin_url}"
+
+get_files_in_trashbin = subprocess.check_output(cmd_get_files_in_trashbin.split()).decode()
+
+root = ET.fromstring(get_files_in_trashbin)
+
+namespaces = {"d": "DAV:"}
+
+responses = root.findall(".//d:response", namespaces)
+
+for response in responses:
+	
+	file_name = response.find("./d:href", {"d": "DAV:"}).text
+	
+	file_name = os.path.basename(file_name)
+	
+	logging.info(file_name)
+	
+	if ".".join(file_name.split(".")[:2]) == "file_test_fts_check.pdf":
+		
+		logging.info("detected file generated by the FTS check. Deleting it.")
+		
+		delete_from_trashbin_cmd = f"curl --request DELETE {nc_trashbin_url}/{file_test_fts_check}"
+		
+		delete_from_trashbin = subprocess.check_output(delete_from_trashbin_cmd.split()).decode()
+		
+		logging.info("ok")
+
 logging.info(f"removing {file_test_fts_check} from the local temporary folder")
 
 os.remove(f"/tmp/{file_test_fts_check}")