diff --git a/imports/plugins/core/dashboard/client/templates/shop/settings/settings.html b/imports/plugins/core/dashboard/client/templates/shop/settings/settings.html
index 59125911efc..27fa2420624 100644
--- a/imports/plugins/core/dashboard/client/templates/shop/settings/settings.html
+++ b/imports/plugins/core/dashboard/client/templates/shop/settings/settings.html
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@
             {{> afQuickField name='settings.openexchangerates.refreshPeriod' placeholder="every 1 hour"}}
             {{> afQuickField name='settings.google.clientId'}}
             {{> afQuickField name='settings.google.apiKey'}}
+            {{> afQuickField name='settings.cart.cleanupDurationDays' placeholder="older than 3 days"}}
             {{> shopSettingsSubmitButton}}
           {{/autoForm}}
         </div>
diff --git a/imports/plugins/included/jobcontrol/server/index.js b/imports/plugins/included/jobcontrol/server/index.js
index a1d7e389ce3..66c021ddf1d 100644
--- a/imports/plugins/included/jobcontrol/server/index.js
+++ b/imports/plugins/included/jobcontrol/server/index.js
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 import "./jobs/exchangerates";
 import "./jobs/cleanup";
+import "./jobs/cart";
 import cleanupJob from "./jobs/cleanup";
 import fetchRateJobs from "./jobs/exchangerates";
+import cartCleanupJob from "./jobs/cart";
 import "./i18n";
 
 cleanupJob();
 fetchRateJobs();
+cartCleanupJob();
diff --git a/imports/plugins/included/jobcontrol/server/jobs/cart.js b/imports/plugins/included/jobcontrol/server/jobs/cart.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a8eadc23e16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/imports/plugins/included/jobcontrol/server/jobs/cart.js
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+import later from "later";
+import moment from "moment";
+import { Accounts, Cart, Jobs } from "/lib/collections";
+import { Hooks, Logger, Reaction } from "/server/api";
+import { ServerSessions } from "/server/publications/collections/sessions";
+
+
+Hooks.Events.add("afterCoreInit", () => {
+  Logger.debug("Adding Job removeStaleCart and Accounts to jobControl");
+  const settings = Reaction.getShopSettings();
+  if (settings.cart) {
+    new Job(Jobs, "cart/removeFromCart", {})
+      .priority("normal")
+      .retry({
+        retries: 5,
+        wait: 60000,
+        backoff: "exponential" // delay by twice as long for each subsequent retry
+      })
+      .repeat({
+        schedule: later.parse.text("every day")
+      })
+      .save({
+        cancelRepeats: true
+      });
+  } else {
+    Logger.warn("No cart cleanup schedule");
+  }
+});
+
+/**
+ * {Function} that fetches stale carts
+ * @param {Object} olderThan older than date
+ * @return {Object} stale carts
+ */
+const getstaleCarts = (olderThan) => {
+  return Cart.find({ updatedAt: { $lte: olderThan } }).fetch();
+};
+
+export default () => {
+  const removeStaleCart = Jobs.processJobs("cart/removeFromCart", {
+    pollInterval: 60 * 60 * 1000, // backup polling, see observer below
+    workTimeout: 180 * 1000
+  }, (job, callback) => {
+    Logger.debug("Processing cart/removeFromCart");
+    const settings = Reaction.getShopSettings();
+    if (settings.cart) {
+      const schedule = (settings.cart.cleanupDurationDays).match(/\d/);// configurable in shop settings
+      const olderThan = moment().subtract(Number(schedule[0]), "days")._d;
+      const carts = getstaleCarts(olderThan);
+      carts.forEach(cart => {
+        const user = Accounts.findOne({ _id: cart.userId });
+        if (!user.emails.length) {
+          const removeCart = Cart.remove({ userId: user._id });
+          const removeAccount = Accounts.remove(
+            {
+              _id: cart.userId,
+              emails: []
+            }
+          );
+          const destroySession = ServerSessions.remove({ _id: cart.sessionId });
+          Meteor.users.remove({ _id: user._id, emails: [] }); // clears out anonymous user
+          if (removeCart && removeAccount && destroySession) {
+            const success = "Stale anonymous user cart and account successfully cleaned";
+            Logger.debug(success);
+            job.done(success, { repeatId: true });
+          }
+        } else {
+          Cart.remove({ userId: user._id });
+          const success = "Stale user cart successfully cleaned";
+          Logger.debug(success);
+          job.done(success, { repeatId: true });
+        }
+      });
+    } else {
+      Logger.warn("No cart cleanup schedule");
+    }
+    callback();
+  });
+  Jobs.find({
+    type: "cart/removeFromCart",
+    status: "ready"
+  }).observe({
+    added() {
+      return removeStaleCart.trigger();
+    }
+  });
+};
diff --git a/lib/collections/schemas/registry.js b/lib/collections/schemas/registry.js
index ec491d0d997..717d7290002 100644
--- a/lib/collections/schemas/registry.js
+++ b/lib/collections/schemas/registry.js
@@ -196,6 +196,11 @@ export const CorePackageConfig = new SimpleSchema([
     "settings.public.allowGuestCheckout": {
       type: Boolean,
       label: "Allow Guest Checkout"
+    },
+    "settings.cart.cleanupDurationDays": {
+      type: String,
+      label: "Cleanup Schedule",
+      defaultValue: "older than 3 days"
     }
   }
 ]);
diff --git a/private/settings/reaction.json.example b/private/settings/reaction.json.example
index c5cde426b28..44d822a5059 100644
--- a/private/settings/reaction.json.example
+++ b/private/settings/reaction.json.example
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
                 "host": "",
                 "port": ""
             },
+            "cart": {
+                "cleanupDurationDays": "older than 3 days"
+            },
             "services": [{
                 "facebook": {
                     "appId": "",
diff --git a/server/publications/collections/sessions.js b/server/publications/collections/sessions.js
index 4a8a13a34cf..608d0abed44 100644
--- a/server/publications/collections/sessions.js
+++ b/server/publications/collections/sessions.js
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ import { Reaction } from "/server/api";
  * If no session is loaded, creates a new one
  */
 
-this.ServerSessions = new Mongo.Collection("Sessions");
+export const ServerSessions = new Mongo.Collection("Sessions");
+this.ServerSessions = ServerSessions;
 
 Meteor.publish("Sessions", function (sessionId) {
   check(sessionId, Match.OneOf(String, null));