diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
index eb3999718ca5b..2967cf9c036db 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
@@ -5031,7 +5031,7 @@ public void deleteTranslogFilesFromRemoteTranslog() throws IOException {
      */
     public void deleteRemoteStoreContents() throws IOException {
         deleteTranslogFilesFromRemoteTranslog();
-        getRemoteDirectory().deleteStaleSegments(0);
+        getRemoteDirectory().delete();
     }
 
     public void syncTranslogFilesFromRemoteTranslog() throws IOException {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/store/RemoteSegmentStoreDirectory.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/store/RemoteSegmentStoreDirectory.java
index d51fe0643575e..9dae38a41f927 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/store/RemoteSegmentStoreDirectory.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/store/RemoteSegmentStoreDirectory.java
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ private boolean deleteIfEmpty() throws IOException {
         return delete();
     }
 
-    private boolean delete() {
+    public boolean delete() {
         try {
             remoteDataDirectory.delete();
             remoteMetadataDirectory.delete();