diff --git a/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/collect_rendered_files.py b/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/collect_rendered_files.py
index deecf7ba24..5c68af888f 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/collect_rendered_files.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/collect_rendered_files.py
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ class CollectRenderedFiles(pyblish.api.ContextPlugin):
     # Keep "filesequence" for backwards compatibility of older jobs
     targets = ["filesequence", "farm"]
     label = "Collect rendered frames"
+    settings_category = "core"
+
+    remove_files = False
 
     _context = None
 
@@ -120,7 +123,7 @@ class CollectRenderedFiles(pyblish.api.ContextPlugin):
                 self._fill_staging_dir(repre_data, anatomy)
                 representations.append(repre_data)
 
-                if not staging_dir_persistent:
+                if self.remove_files and not staging_dir_persistent:
                     add_repre_files_for_cleanup(instance, repre_data)
 
             instance.data["representations"] = representations
@@ -170,7 +173,7 @@ class CollectRenderedFiles(pyblish.api.ContextPlugin):
                     os.environ.update(session_data)
 
                 staging_dir_persistent = self._process_path(data, anatomy)
-                if not staging_dir_persistent:
+                if self.remove_files and not staging_dir_persistent:
                     context.data["cleanupFullPaths"].append(path)
                     context.data["cleanupEmptyDirs"].append(
                         os.path.dirname(path)
diff --git a/server/settings/publish_plugins.py b/server/settings/publish_plugins.py
index 39a9c028f9..5f5891e4f4 100644
--- a/server/settings/publish_plugins.py
+++ b/server/settings/publish_plugins.py
@@ -929,6 +929,20 @@ class IntegrateHeroVersionModel(BaseSettingsModel):
                     "hero versions.")
 
 
+class CollectRenderedFilesModel(BaseSettingsModel):
+    remove_files: bool = SettingsField(
+        False,
+        title="Remove rendered files",
+        description=(
+            "Remove rendered files and metadata json on publish.\n\n"
+            "Note that when enabled but the render is to a configured "
+            "persistent staging directory the files will not be removed. "
+            "However with this disabled the files will **not** be removed in "
+            "either case."
+        )
+    )
+
+
 class CleanUpModel(BaseSettingsModel):
     _isGroup = True
     paterns: list[str] = SettingsField(  # codespell:ignore paterns
@@ -1041,6 +1055,10 @@ class PublishPuginsModel(BaseSettingsModel):
             "published as a render/review product of its own."
         )
     )
+    CollectRenderedFiles: CollectRenderedFilesModel = SettingsField(
+        default_factory=CollectRenderedFilesModel,
+        title="Clean up farm rendered files"
+    )
     CleanUp: CleanUpModel = SettingsField(
         default_factory=CleanUpModel,
         title="Clean Up"
@@ -1428,6 +1446,9 @@ DEFAULT_PUBLISH_VALUES = {
     "AttachReviewables": {
         "enabled": True,
     },
+    "CollectRenderedFiles": {
+        "remove_files": False
+    },
     "CleanUp": {
         "paterns": [],  # codespell:ignore paterns
         "remove_temp_renders": False