diff --git a/@xen-orchestra/audit-core/package.json b/@xen-orchestra/audit-core/package.json
index d921ee04e..0de5d2005 100644
--- a/@xen-orchestra/audit-core/package.json
+++ b/@xen-orchestra/audit-core/package.json
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     "rimraf": "^3.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@xen-orchestra/log": "^0.2.0",
     "core-js": "^3.6.4",
     "golike-defer": "^0.4.1",
     "lodash": "^4.17.15",
diff --git a/@xen-orchestra/audit-core/src/index.js b/@xen-orchestra/audit-core/src/index.js
index 326e4fdbf..d81ede30a 100644
--- a/@xen-orchestra/audit-core/src/index.js
+++ b/@xen-orchestra/audit-core/src/index.js
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 import 'core-js/features/symbol/async-iterator'
 
 import assert from 'assert'
+import createLogger from '@xen-orchestra/log'
 import defer from 'golike-defer'
 import hash from 'object-hash'
 
+const log = createLogger('xo:audit-core')
+
 export class Storage {
   constructor() {
     this._lock = Promise.resolve()
@@ -65,8 +68,17 @@ export class AuditCore {
   @defer
   async add($defer, subject, event, data) {
     const time = Date.now()
+    $defer(await this._storage.acquireLock())
+    return this._addUnsafe({
+      data,
+      event,
+      subject,
+      time,
+    })
+  }
+
+  async _addUnsafe({ data, event, subject, time }) {
     const storage = this._storage
-    $defer(await storage.acquireLock())
 
     // delete "undefined" properties and normalize data with JSON.stringify
     const record = JSON.parse(
@@ -139,4 +151,45 @@ export class AuditCore {
       await this._storage.del(id)
     }
   }
+
+  @defer
+  async deleteRangeAndRewrite($defer, newest, oldest) {
+    assert.notStrictEqual(newest, undefined)
+    assert.notStrictEqual(oldest, undefined)
+
+    const storage = this._storage
+    $defer(await storage.acquireLock())
+
+    assert.notStrictEqual(await storage.get(newest), undefined)
+    const oldestRecord = await storage.get(oldest)
+    assert.notStrictEqual(oldestRecord, undefined)
+
+    const lastId = await storage.getLastId()
+    const recentRecords = []
+    for await (const record of this.getFrom(lastId)) {
+      if (record.id === newest) {
+        break
+      }
+
+      recentRecords.push(record)
+    }
+
+    for await (const record of this.getFrom(newest)) {
+      await storage.del(record.id)
+      if (record.id === oldest) {
+        break
+      }
+    }
+
+    await storage.setLastId(oldestRecord.previousId)
+
+    for (const record of recentRecords) {
+      try {
+        await this._addUnsafe(record)
+        await storage.del(record.id)
+      } catch (error) {
+        log.error(error)
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/@xen-orchestra/audit-core/src/specification.ts b/@xen-orchestra/audit-core/src/specification.ts
index daa27172c..9e2e725ea 100644
--- a/@xen-orchestra/audit-core/src/specification.ts
+++ b/@xen-orchestra/audit-core/src/specification.ts
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ interface Record {
 }
 
 export class AuditCore {
-  constructor(storage: Storage) {}
-  public add(subject: any, event: string, data: any): Promise<Record> {}
-  public checkIntegrity(oldest: string, newest: string): Promise<number> {}
-  public getFrom(newest?: string): AsyncIterator {}
-  public deleteFrom(newest: string): Promise<void> {}
+  constructor(storage: Storage) { }
+  public add(subject: any, event: string, data: any): Promise<Record> { }
+  public checkIntegrity(oldest: string, newest: string): Promise<number> { }
+  public getFrom(newest?: string): AsyncIterator { }
+  public deleteFrom(newest: string): Promise<void> { }
+  public deleteRangeAndRewrite(newest: string, oldest: string): Promise<void> { }
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.unreleased.md b/CHANGELOG.unreleased.md
index 154c5e87a..217725ab7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.unreleased.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.unreleased.md
@@ -27,3 +27,6 @@
 > - major: if the change breaks compatibility
 >
 > In case of conflict, the highest (lowest in previous list) `$version` wins.
+
+- @xen-orchestra/audit-core minor
+- xo-server-audit minor
diff --git a/packages/xo-server-audit/src/index.js b/packages/xo-server-audit/src/index.js
index eecd5e191..fa71af91d 100644
--- a/packages/xo-server-audit/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/xo-server-audit/src/index.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const DEFAULT_BLOCKED_LIST = {
   'acl.getCurrentPermissions': true,
   'audit.checkIntegrity': true,
   'audit.clean': true,
+  'audit.deleteRange': true,
   'audit.generateFingerprint': true,
   'audit.getRecords': true,
   'backup.list': true,
@@ -238,11 +239,21 @@ class AuditXoPlugin {
     clean.permission = 'admin'
     clean.description = 'Clean audit database'
 
+    const deleteRange = this._deleteRangeAndRewrite.bind(this)
+    deleteRange.description =
+      'Delete a range of records and rewrite the records chain'
+    deleteRange.permission = 'admin'
+    deleteRange.params = {
+      newest: { type: 'string' },
+      oldest: { type: 'string', optional: true },
+    }
+
     cleaners.push(
       this._xo.addApiMethods({
         audit: {
           checkIntegrity,
           clean,
+          deleteRange,
           exportRecords,
           generateFingerprint,
           getRecords,
@@ -428,6 +439,13 @@ class AuditXoPlugin {
       throw error
     }
   }
+
+  async _deleteRangeAndRewrite({ newest, oldest = newest }) {
+    await this._auditCore.deleteRangeAndRewrite(newest, oldest)
+    if (this._uploadLastHashJob !== undefined) {
+      await this._uploadLastHash()
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 AuditXoPlugin.prototype._getRecordsStream = asyncIteratorToStream(