diff --git a/Oqtane.Server/Controllers/ModuleDefinitionController.cs b/Oqtane.Server/Controllers/ModuleDefinitionController.cs
index f1b9379fc..6b53f1982 100644
--- a/Oqtane.Server/Controllers/ModuleDefinitionController.cs
+++ b/Oqtane.Server/Controllers/ModuleDefinitionController.cs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 using System.Xml.Linq;
+using System.Text.Json;
 
 namespace Oqtane.Controllers
 {
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ public void Delete(int id, int siteid)
                 {
                     Type moduletype = Type.GetType(moduledefinition.ServerManagerType);
 
+                    // execute uninstall logic
                     foreach (Tenant tenant in _tenants.GetTenants())
                     {
                         try
@@ -130,25 +132,28 @@ public void Delete(int id, int siteid)
                             _logger.Log(LogLevel.Error, this, LogFunction.Delete, "Error Uninstalling {ModuleDefinitionName} For Tenant {Tenant} {Error}", moduledefinition.ModuleDefinitionName, tenant.Name, ex.Message);
                         }
                     }
-                    
+
+                    // use assets.json to clean up file resources
+                    string assetfilepath = Path.Combine(_environment.WebRootPath, "Modules", Utilities.GetTypeName(moduledefinition.ModuleDefinitionName), "assets.json");
+                    if (System.IO.File.Exists(assetfilepath))
+                    {
+                        List<string> assets = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<List<string>>(System.IO.File.ReadAllText(assetfilepath));
+                        foreach(string asset in assets)
+                        {
+                            if (System.IO.File.Exists(asset))
+                            {
+                                System.IO.File.Delete(asset);
+                            }
+                        }
+                        _logger.Log(LogLevel.Information, this, LogFunction.Delete, "Module Assets Removed For {ModuleDefinitionName}", moduledefinition.ModuleDefinitionName);
+                    }
+
                     // clean up module static resource folder
                     string folder = Path.Combine(_environment.WebRootPath, Path.Combine("Modules", Utilities.GetTypeName(moduledefinition.ModuleDefinitionName)));
                     if (Directory.Exists(folder))
                     {
                         Directory.Delete(folder, true);
-                        _logger.Log(LogLevel.Information, this, LogFunction.Delete, "Module Static Resources Removed For {ModuleDefinitionName}", moduledefinition.ModuleDefinitionName);
-                    }
-
-                    // get root assembly name ( note that this only works if modules follow a specific naming convention for their assemblies )
-                    string assemblyname = Utilities.GetAssemblyName(moduledefinition.ModuleDefinitionName).ToLower();
-                    assemblyname = assemblyname.Replace(".client", "").Replace(".oqtane", "");
-
-                    // remove module assemblies from /bin
-                    string binfolder = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Location);
-                    foreach (string file in Directory.EnumerateFiles(binfolder, assemblyname + "*.*"))
-                    {
-                        System.IO.File.Delete(file);
-                        _logger.Log(LogLevel.Information, this, LogFunction.Delete, "Module Assembly {Filename} Removed For {ModuleDefinitionName}", file, moduledefinition.ModuleDefinitionName);
+                        _logger.Log(LogLevel.Information, this, LogFunction.Delete, "Module Resources Folder Removed For {ModuleDefinitionName}", moduledefinition.ModuleDefinitionName);
                     }
 
                     // remove module definition
diff --git a/Oqtane.Server/Controllers/ThemeController.cs b/Oqtane.Server/Controllers/ThemeController.cs
index 038366809..84c4c821e 100644
--- a/Oqtane.Server/Controllers/ThemeController.cs
+++ b/Oqtane.Server/Controllers/ThemeController.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 using Oqtane.Enums;
 using Oqtane.Infrastructure;
 using Oqtane.Repository;
+using System.Text.Json;
 
 // ReSharper disable StringIndexOfIsCultureSpecific.1
 
@@ -56,19 +57,29 @@ public void Delete(string themename)
             Theme theme = themes.Where(item => item.ThemeName == themename).FirstOrDefault();
             if (theme != null && Utilities.GetAssemblyName(theme.ThemeName) != "Oqtane.Client")
             {
+                // use assets.json to clean up file resources
+                string assetfilepath = Path.Combine(_environment.WebRootPath, "Modules", Utilities.GetTypeName(theme.ThemeName), "assets.json");
+                if (System.IO.File.Exists(assetfilepath))
+                {
+                    List<string> assets = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<List<string>>(System.IO.File.ReadAllText(assetfilepath));
+                    foreach (string asset in assets)
+                    {
+                        if (System.IO.File.Exists(asset))
+                        {
+                            System.IO.File.Delete(asset);
+                        }
+                    }
+                    _logger.Log(LogLevel.Information, this, LogFunction.Delete, "Theme Assets Removed For {ThemeName}", theme.ThemeName);
+                }
+
                 // clean up theme static resource folder
                 string folder = Path.Combine(_environment.WebRootPath, "Themes" , Utilities.GetTypeName(theme.ThemeName));
                 if (Directory.Exists(folder))
                 {
                     Directory.Delete(folder, true);
-                    _logger.Log(LogLevel.Information, this, LogFunction.Delete, "Theme Static Resources Removed For {ThemeName}", theme.ThemeName);
+                    _logger.Log(LogLevel.Information, this, LogFunction.Delete, "Theme Resource Folder Removed For {ThemeName}", theme.ThemeName);
                 }
 
-                // remove theme assembly from /bin
-                string binfolder = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Location);
-                System.IO.File.Delete(Path.Combine(binfolder, Utilities.GetAssemblyName(theme.ThemeName) + ".dll"));
-                _logger.Log(LogLevel.Information, this, LogFunction.Delete, "Theme Assembly {Filename} Removed For {ThemeName}", Utilities.GetAssemblyName(theme.ThemeName) + ".dll", themename);
-
                 _installationManager.RestartApplication();
             }
         }
diff --git a/Oqtane.Server/Infrastructure/InstallationManager.cs b/Oqtane.Server/Infrastructure/InstallationManager.cs
index 3fbf40cdb..42e0176fc 100644
--- a/Oqtane.Server/Infrastructure/InstallationManager.cs
+++ b/Oqtane.Server/Infrastructure/InstallationManager.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
 using System.IO.Compression;
 using System.Reflection;
+using System.Text.Json;
 using System.Xml;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory;
@@ -80,6 +82,8 @@ public static bool InstallPackages(string folders, string webRootPath)
                         // if compatible with framework version
                         if (frameworkversion == "" || Version.Parse(Constants.Version).CompareTo(Version.Parse(frameworkversion)) >= 0)
                         {
+                            List<string> assets = new List<string>();
+
                             // module and theme packages must be in form of name.1.0.0.nupkg
                             string name = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(packagename);
                             string[] segments = name?.Split('.');
@@ -96,18 +100,32 @@ public static bool InstallPackages(string folders, string webRootPath)
                                     case "lib":
                                         filename = Path.Combine(binFolder, filename);
                                         ExtractFile(entry, filename);
+                                        assets.Add(filename);
                                         break;
                                     case "wwwroot":
                                         filename = Path.Combine(webRootPath.Replace(Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + "wwwroot", ""), Utilities.PathCombine(entry.FullName.Split('/')));
                                         ExtractFile(entry, filename);
+                                        assets.Add(filename);
                                         break;
                                     case "runtimes":
                                         var destSubFolder = Path.GetDirectoryName(entry.FullName);
                                         filename = Path.Combine(binFolder, destSubFolder, filename);
                                         ExtractFile(entry, filename);
+                                        assets.Add(filename);
                                         break;
                                 }
                             }
+
+                            // save list of assets
+                            if (assets.Count != 0)
+                            {
+                                string assetfilepath = Path.Combine(webRootPath, "Modules", name, "assets.json");
+                                if (File.Exists(assetfilepath))
+                                {
+                                    File.Delete(assetfilepath);
+                                }
+                                File.WriteAllText(assetfilepath, JsonSerializer.Serialize(assets));
+                            }
                         }
                     }