diff --git a/components/ILIAS/BackgroundTasks/classes/class.ilBackgroundTaskGarbageCollection.php b/components/ILIAS/BackgroundTasks/classes/class.ilBackgroundTaskGarbageCollection.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a1d5e540c63f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/ILIAS/BackgroundTasks/classes/class.ilBackgroundTaskGarbageCollection.php
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * This file is part of ILIAS, a powerful learning management system
+ * published by ILIAS open source e-Learning e.V.
+ *
+ * ILIAS is licensed with the GPL-3.0,
+ * see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html
+ * You should have received a copy of said license along with the
+ * source code, too.
+ *
+ * If this is not the case or you just want to try ILIAS, you'll find
+ * us at:
+ * https://www.ilias.de
+ * https://github.com/ILIAS-eLearning
+ *
+ *********************************************************************/
+
+use ILIAS\BackgroundTasks\Persistence;
+use ILIAS\Cron\Schedule\CronJobScheduleType;
+
+/**
+ * Garbage collection for BackgroundTasks
+ */
+class ilBackgroundTaskGarbageCollection extends ilCronJob
+{
+    private ilLogger $logger;
+    private ilLanguage $lng;
+    private ilCronJobResult $result;
+    private Persistence $persistence;
+
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        global $DIC;
+
+        $this->logger = $DIC->logger()->bgtk();
+        $this->lng = $DIC->language();
+        $this->lng->loadLanguageModule('background_tasks');
+        $this->persistence = $DIC->backgroundTasks()->persistence();
+
+        $this->result = new ilCronJobResult();
+    }
+
+    public function getTitle(): string
+    {
+        return $this->lng->txt('background_task_garbage_collection');
+    }
+
+    public function getDescription(): string
+    {
+        return $this->lng->txt('background_task_garbage_collection_info');
+    }
+
+    public function getId(): string
+    {
+        return 'background_task_garbage_collection';
+    }
+
+    public function hasAutoActivation(): bool
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public function hasFlexibleSchedule(): bool
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public function getDefaultScheduleType(): CronJobScheduleType
+    {
+        return CronJobScheduleType::SCHEDULE_TYPE_IN_HOURS;
+    }
+
+    public function getDefaultScheduleValue(): ?int
+    {
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    public function run(): ilCronJobResult
+    {
+        $this->logger->debug('Starting background task garbage collector..');
+
+        try {
+            $this->persistence->garbageCollection();
+        } catch (Exception $e) {
+            $this->result->setStatus(ilCronJobResult::STATUS_CRASHED);
+            $this->result->setMessage(mb_substr("Exc.: {$e->getMessage()} / {$e->getTraceAsString()}", 0, 400));
+            $this->logger->error("Background-Task Garbage Collection execution failed with message: {$e->getMessage()}");
+            $this->logger->error($e->getTraceAsString());
+            return $this->result;
+        }
+
+        $this->result->setStatus(ilCronJobResult::STATUS_OK);
+        return $this->result;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/BackgroundTasks_/service.xml b/components/ILIAS/BackgroundTasks/service.xml
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
similarity index 73%
rename from components/ILIAS/BackgroundTasks_/service.xml
rename to components/ILIAS/BackgroundTasks/service.xml
index 060904e8178a..7b1d010dddd7
--- a/components/ILIAS/BackgroundTasks_/service.xml
+++ b/components/ILIAS/BackgroundTasks/service.xml
@@ -8,5 +8,8 @@
 		<gsprovider class_name="ilBTGSProvider" purpose="meta_bar_static"/>
 	</gsproviders>
 
+	<crons>
+		<cron id="background_task_garbage_collection" class="ilBackgroundTaskGarbageCollection" />
+	</crons>
 	<logging />
 </service>
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/BackgroundTasks/src/Implementation/Persistence/BasicPersistence.php b/components/ILIAS/BackgroundTasks/src/Implementation/Persistence/BasicPersistence.php
index 0bc809cb82b1..a8441b33dc37 100755
--- a/components/ILIAS/BackgroundTasks/src/Implementation/Persistence/BasicPersistence.php
+++ b/components/ILIAS/BackgroundTasks/src/Implementation/Persistence/BasicPersistence.php
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public function __construct(protected \ilDBInterface $db)
         $this->taskHashToTaskContainerId = new \SplObjectStorage();
     }
 
-    protected function gc(): void
+    public function garbageCollection(): void
     {
         $atom = $this->db->buildAtomQuery();
 
@@ -155,11 +155,8 @@ public function updateBucket(Bucket $bucket): void
      */
     public function getBucketIdsOfUser(int $user_id, string $order_by = "id", string $order_direction = "ASC"): array
     {
-        // Garbage Collection
-        $random = new \Random\Randomizer();
-
-        if ($random->getInt(1, 100) === 1) {
-            $this->gc();
+        if ((new \Random\Randomizer())->getInt(0, 100) === 1) {
+            $this->garbageCollection();
         }
 
         return BucketContainer::where(['user_id' => $user_id])
@@ -192,9 +189,10 @@ public function getBucketMetaOfUser(int $user_id): array
      */
     public function getBucketIdsByState(int $state): array
     {
-        $buckets = BucketContainer::where(['state' => $state])->get();
-
-        return array_map(fn(BucketContainer $bucket_container): int => $bucket_container->getId(), $buckets);
+        return array_map(
+            static fn(BucketContainer $bucket_container): int => $bucket_container->getId(),
+            BucketContainer::where(['state' => $state])->get()
+        );
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/BackgroundTasks/src/Persistence.php b/components/ILIAS/BackgroundTasks/src/Persistence.php
index 43095254e13c..9c0fb8256dec 100755
--- a/components/ILIAS/BackgroundTasks/src/Persistence.php
+++ b/components/ILIAS/BackgroundTasks/src/Persistence.php
@@ -16,12 +16,7 @@
  *
  *********************************************************************/
 
-/**
- * Created by PhpStorm.
- * User: otruffer
- * Date: 05.05.17
- * Time: 10:14
- */
+declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace ILIAS\BackgroundTasks;
 
@@ -33,9 +28,9 @@ interface Persistence
     public function saveBucketAndItsTasks(Bucket $bucket): void;
 
     /**
-     * @return \int[] Returns an array of bucket ids for the given user Id.
+     * @return int[] Returns an array of bucket ids for the given user Id.
      */
-    public function getBucketIdsOfUser(int $user_id, string $order_by = "id", string $order_direction = "ASC"): array;
+    public function getBucketIdsOfUser(int $user_id, string $order_by = 'id', string $order_direction = 'ASC'): array;
 
     /**
      * @return int[] Returns a list of bucket ids for the given Observer State
@@ -73,4 +68,6 @@ public function getBucketContainerId(Bucket $bucket): int;
      * @return BucketMeta[]
      */
     public function getBucketMetaOfUser(int $user_id): array;
+
+    public function garbageCollection(): void;
 }
diff --git a/lang/ilias_de.lang b/lang/ilias_de.lang
index 1c9fd068a903..2d2565470092 100644
--- a/lang/ilias_de.lang
+++ b/lang/ilias_de.lang
@@ -2207,6 +2207,8 @@ awrn#:#user_awrn_default#:#Standard
 awrn#:#user_awrn_hide#:#Nicht anzeigen
 awrn#:#user_awrn_show#:#Anzeigen
 background_tasks#:#abort#:#Abbrechen
+background_tasks#:#background_task_garbage_collection#:#Background Tasks GC
+background_tasks#:#background_task_garbage_collection_info#:#Dieser Job bereinigt veraltete Background Tasks und zugehörige Datenbanktabellen.
 background_tasks#:#background_tasks#:#Background Tasks
 background_tasks#:#background_tasks_running#:#Background Tasks
 background_tasks#:#completed#:#Abgeschlossen
diff --git a/lang/ilias_en.lang b/lang/ilias_en.lang
index 1641cff2bc99..5a71b7fe66df 100644
--- a/lang/ilias_en.lang
+++ b/lang/ilias_en.lang
@@ -2207,6 +2207,8 @@ awrn#:#user_awrn_default#:#Default
 awrn#:#user_awrn_hide#:#Hide my status
 awrn#:#user_awrn_show#:#Show my status
 background_tasks#:#abort#:#Abort
+background_tasks#:#background_task_garbage_collection#:#Background Tasks GC
+background_tasks#:#background_task_garbage_collection_info#:#This job cleans up stale tasks and related database tables.
 background_tasks#:#background_tasks#:#Background Tasks
 background_tasks#:#background_tasks_running#:#Background Tasks
 background_tasks#:#completed#:#Completed