diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3cef0f005d69..060ba53e0d94 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Tracks can be exported/imported to/from Datumaro and Sly Pointcloud formats (<ht
 - Export annotations to Azure container (<https://github.com/opencv/cvat/pull/5596>)
 - Fix the type of the credentials parameter of make_client from the Python SDK
 - Reduced number of noisy information on ortho views for 3D canvas (<https://github.com/opencv/cvat/pull/5608>)
-- Clean up disk space after a project is removed (<https://github.com/opencv/cvat/pull/5632>)
+- Clean up disk space after a project is removed (<https://github.com/opencv/cvat/pull/5632>, <https://github.com/opencv/cvat/pull/5752>)
 - Submit button is locked while file is not selected when importing a dataset (<https://github.com/opencv/cvat/pull/5757>)
 - \[Server API\] Various errors in the generated schema (<https://github.com/opencv/cvat/pull/5575>)
 - SiamMask and TransT serverless functions (<https://github.com/opencv/cvat/pull/5658>)
diff --git a/cvat/apps/engine/tests/test_rest_api.py b/cvat/apps/engine/tests/test_rest_api.py
index c4e86724b5de..f9e7efb774ab 100644
--- a/cvat/apps/engine/tests/test_rest_api.py
+++ b/cvat/apps/engine/tests/test_rest_api.py
@@ -956,6 +956,28 @@ def test_api_v2_projects_id_somebody(self):
     def test_api_v2_projects_id_no_auth(self):
         self._check_api_v2_projects_id(None)
 
+    def test_api_v2_projects_delete_project_data_after_delete_project(self):
+        tasks = {}
+        for project in self.projects:
+            tasks[project.name] = create_dummy_db_tasks(self.__class__, project)
+
+            project_dir = project.get_dirname()
+            self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(project_dir))
+
+            for task in tasks[project.name]:
+                task_dir = task.get_dirname()
+                self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(task_dir))
+
+        self._check_api_v2_projects_id(self.admin)
+
+        for project in self.projects:
+            project_dir = project.get_dirname()
+            self.assertFalse(os.path.exists(project_dir))
+
+            for task in tasks[project.name]:
+                task_dir = task.get_dirname()
+                self.assertFalse(os.path.exists(task_dir))
+
 class ProjectCreateAPITestCase(APITestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.client = APIClient()