diff --git a/R/get.R b/R/get.R
index 9cc043d8..d2839df6 100644
--- a/R/get.R
+++ b/R/get.R
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@
 #' @param download_only Boolean. If `TRUE`, then the function only returns the
 #'   path where the matched file is stored, instead of reading it. `FALSE` by
 #'   default.
+#' @param remove_gpkg Boolean. If `TRUE`, the `.gpkg` files created by
+#'   `oe_vectortranslate` are deleted after reading them. This might be useful
+#'   when using these functions in a new R package or an external server.
+#'   Default value is `FALSE`.
 #' @param ... (Named) arguments that will be passed to [`sf::st_read()`], like
 #'   `query`, `wkt_filter` or `stringsAsFactors`.  Check the introductory
 #'   vignette to understand how to create your own (SQL-like) queries.
@@ -220,6 +224,7 @@ oe_get = function(
   download_only = FALSE,
   skip_vectortranslate = FALSE,
   never_skip_vectortranslate = FALSE,
+  remove_gpkg = FALSE,
   quiet = FALSE
 ) {
 
@@ -263,6 +268,7 @@ oe_get = function(
     never_skip_vectortranslate = never_skip_vectortranslate,
     boundary = boundary,
     boundary_type = boundary_type,
+    remove_gpkg = remove_gpkg,
     quiet = quiet,
     ...
   )
diff --git a/R/read.R b/R/read.R
index 1f12b98e..3208bc25 100644
--- a/R/read.R
+++ b/R/read.R
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ oe_read = function(
   never_skip_vectortranslate = FALSE,
   boundary = NULL,
   boundary_type = c("spat", "clipsrc"),
+  remove_gpkg = FALSE,
   quiet = FALSE
 ) {
 
@@ -329,6 +330,12 @@ oe_read = function(
     stop("An error occurred during the vectortranslate process", call. = FALSE)
   }
 
+  # If remove_gpkg is TRUE, then remove the gpkg file created by oe_vectortranslate
+  if (isTRUE(remove_gpkg)) {
+    oe_message("Removing the .gpkg created by oe_vectortranslate.", quiet = quiet)
+    on.exit(unlink(gpkg_file_path))
+  }
+
   # Read the translated file with sf::st_read. Moreover, starting from sf 1.0.2,
   # sf::st_read raises a warning message when both layer and query arguments are
   # set (while it raises a warning in sf < 1.0.2 when there are multiple layers
diff --git a/R/utils.R b/R/utils.R
index 8fc87fcd..b4309552 100644
--- a/R/utils.R
+++ b/R/utils.R
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ oe_download_directory = function() {
 # Print a message if quiet argument is FALSE. I defined this function since the
 # same pattern is repeated several times in the package.
 oe_message <- function(..., quiet) {
+  # NB: quiet argument must always be named
   if (isFALSE(quiet)) {
     message(...)
   }
diff --git a/man/oe_get.Rd b/man/oe_get.Rd
index 6871bc36..79b40c5c 100644
--- a/man/oe_get.Rd
+++ b/man/oe_get.Rd
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ oe_get(
   download_only = FALSE,
   skip_vectortranslate = FALSE,
   never_skip_vectortranslate = FALSE,
+  remove_gpkg = FALSE,
   quiet = FALSE
 )
 }
@@ -135,6 +136,11 @@ passed its own \code{.ini} file or vectortranslate options (since, in those
 case, it's too difficult to determine if an existing \code{.gpkg} file was
 generated following the same options.)}
 
+\item{remove_gpkg}{Boolean. If \code{TRUE}, the \code{.gpkg} files created by
+\code{oe_vectortranslate} are deleted after reading them. This might be useful
+when using these functions in a new R package or an external server.
+Default value is \code{FALSE}.}
+
 \item{quiet}{Boolean. If \code{FALSE}, the function prints informative messages.
 Starting from \code{sf} version
 \href{https://r-spatial.github.io/sf/news/index.html#version-0-9-6-2020-09-13}{0.9.6},
diff --git a/man/oe_read.Rd b/man/oe_read.Rd
index e360091f..76da5f39 100644
--- a/man/oe_read.Rd
+++ b/man/oe_read.Rd
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ oe_read(
   never_skip_vectortranslate = FALSE,
   boundary = NULL,
   boundary_type = c("spat", "clipsrc"),
+  remove_gpkg = FALSE,
   quiet = FALSE
 )
 }
@@ -110,6 +111,11 @@ intersect a given area, while \code{clipsrc} also clips the geometries. Check
 the examples and also \href{https://gdal.org/programs/ogr2ogr.html}{here} for
 more details.}
 
+\item{remove_gpkg}{Boolean. If \code{TRUE}, the \code{.gpkg} files created by
+\code{oe_vectortranslate} are deleted after reading them. This might be useful
+when using these functions in a new R package or an external server.
+Default value is \code{FALSE}.}
+
 \item{quiet}{Boolean. If \code{FALSE}, the function prints informative messages.
 Starting from \code{sf} version
 \href{https://r-spatial.github.io/sf/news/index.html#version-0-9-6-2020-09-13}{0.9.6},