diff --git a/crates/meta/Cargo.toml b/crates/meta/Cargo.toml
index 70a8e0c..1a798c6 100644
--- a/crates/meta/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/meta/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ reqwest = { workspace = true }
 snafu = { workspace = true }
 sqlx = { workspace = true }
 omniqueue = { workspace = true }
+futures = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tempfile = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/meta/src/handlers.rs b/crates/meta/src/handlers.rs
index 7d96e8f..70ecb45 100644
--- a/crates/meta/src/handlers.rs
+++ b/crates/meta/src/handlers.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ use axum::{
     response::IntoResponse,
 };
 use chrono::Utc;
+use futures::TryStreamExt;
+use object_store::ObjectStoreExt;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use snafu::ResultExt;
 use stream_core::{
@@ -203,6 +205,27 @@ pub async fn delete_video(
         // Non-fatal -- deletion proceeds even if event publishing fails.
     }
 
+    // Best-effort cleanup of stored objects (raw uploads + HLS segments).
+    // Errors are logged but do not block deletion — DB consistency is more
+    // important than leftover storage objects.
+    for prefix in ["raw", "hls"] {
+        let path = object_store::path::Path::from(format!("{prefix}/{video_id}/").as_str());
+        let objects: Vec<_> = state
+            .store
+            .list(Some(&path))
+            .try_collect()
+            .await
+            .unwrap_or_default();
+        for obj in &objects {
+            if let Err(e) = state.store.delete(&obj.location).await {
+                tracing::warn!(
+                    path = %obj.location,
+                    "failed to delete storage object: {e}"
+                );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     // Delete processing tasks to satisfy FK constraints.
     task_repo::delete_for_video(&state.db, &video_id)
         .await