diff --git a/projects/project.go b/projects/project.go
index 78fb278a..e90f0949 100644
--- a/projects/project.go
+++ b/projects/project.go
@@ -231,6 +231,14 @@ func RemoveProject(uuid string, store stores.Store) error {
 		return errors.New("backend error")
 	}
 
+	if err := store.RemoveProjectDailyMessageCounters(uuid); err != nil {
+		if err.Error() == "not found" {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		return errors.New("backend error")
+	}
+
 	return nil
 
 }
diff --git a/stores/mock.go b/stores/mock.go
index 844f4811..92336e22 100644
--- a/stores/mock.go
+++ b/stores/mock.go
@@ -1284,6 +1284,25 @@ func (mk *MockStore) RemoveProjectSubs(projectUUID string) error {
 	return errors.New("not found")
 }
 
+// RemoveProjectDailyMessageCounters removes all existing message counters belonging to a specific project uuid
+func (mk *MockStore) RemoveProjectDailyMessageCounters(projectUUID string) error {
+	found := false
+	newList := []QDailyTopicMsgCount{}
+	for _, qc := range mk.DailyTopicMsgCount {
+		if qc.ProjectUUID != projectUUID {
+			// found item at i, remove it using index
+			newList = append(newList, qc)
+		} else {
+			found = true
+		}
+	}
+	mk.DailyTopicMsgCount = newList
+	if found {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return errors.New("not found")
+}
+
 // RemoveSub removes an existing sub from the store
 func (mk *MockStore) RemoveSub(projectUUID string, name string) error {
 	for i, sub := range mk.SubList {
diff --git a/stores/mongo.go b/stores/mongo.go
index 78298402..c373807b 100644
--- a/stores/mongo.go
+++ b/stores/mongo.go
@@ -1493,6 +1493,11 @@ func (mong *MongoStore) RemoveProjectSubs(projectUUID string) error {
 	return mong.RemoveAll("subscriptions", subMatch)
 }
 
+// RemoveProjectDailyMessageCount removes all message counts related to a project UUID
+func (mong *MongoStore) RemoveProjectDailyMessageCounters(projectUUID string) error {
+	return mong.RemoveAll("daily_topic_msg_count", bson.M{"project_uuid": projectUUID})
+}
+
 // QueryTotalMessagesPerProject returns the total amount of messages per project for the given time window
 func (mong *MongoStore) QueryTotalMessagesPerProject(projectUUIDs []string, startDate time.Time, endDate time.Time) ([]QProjectMessageCount, error) {
 
diff --git a/stores/store.go b/stores/store.go
index 2c5b0832..682248db 100644
--- a/stores/store.go
+++ b/stores/store.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ type Store interface {
 	RemoveProject(uuid string) error
 	RemoveProjectTopics(projectUUID string) error
 	RemoveProjectSubs(projectUUID string) error
+	RemoveProjectDailyMessageCounters(projectUUID string) error
 	QueryDailyProjectMsgCount(projectUUID string) ([]QDailyProjectMsgCount, error)
 	QueryTotalMessagesPerProject(projectUUIDs []string, startDate time.Time, endDate time.Time) ([]QProjectMessageCount, error)
 	RegisterUser(uuid, name, firstName, lastName, email, org, desc, registeredAt, atkn, status string) error
diff --git a/stores/store_test.go b/stores/store_test.go
index 48c25196..bcec0da7 100644
--- a/stores/store_test.go
+++ b/stores/store_test.go
@@ -452,6 +452,9 @@ func (suite *StoreTestSuite) TestMockStore() {
 	store.RemoveProjectSubs("argo_uuid")
 	resSub, _, _, _ := store.QuerySubs("argo_uuid", "", "", "", 0)
 	suite.Equal(0, len(resSub))
+	store.RemoveProjectDailyMessageCounters("argo_uuid")
+	resMc, _ := store.QueryDailyProjectMsgCount("argo_uuid")
+	suite.Equal(0, len(resMc))
 
 	// Test RemoveProject
 	store.RemoveProject("argo_uuid")