diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_active_view_thumbnail.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_active_view_thumbnail.py
index cb039cbf51..b4e62f8acc 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_active_view_thumbnail.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_active_view_thumbnail.py
@@ -46,5 +46,6 @@ class ExtractActiveViewThumbnail(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
             image.writeToFile(path, "jpg")
             self.log.debug("Generated thumbnail: {}".format(path))
 
+            context.data["cleanupFullPaths"].append(path)
             context.data[cache_key] = path
         return context.data[cache_key]