diff --git a/lib/entry-points.js b/lib/entry-points.js
index 952c615417..0bceda727a 100644
--- a/lib/entry-points.js
+++ b/lib/entry-points.js
@@ -184864,13 +184864,16 @@ async function deleteToolcacheBundles({
       }
       const versionDirectory = path12.join(toolDirectory, entry.name);
       try {
+        const deletionStart = import_perf_hooks3.performance.now();
         await fs15.promises.rm(versionDirectory, {
           force: true,
           recursive: true
         });
         deletedVersions.push(entry.name);
         logger2.info(
-          `Deleted the CodeQL tools at '${versionDirectory}' from the toolcache to free up disk space.`
+          `Deleted the CodeQL tools at '${versionDirectory}' from the toolcache to free up disk space (${formatDuration(
+            durationMsSince(deletionStart)
+          )}).`
         );
       } catch (e) {
         failed = true;
@@ -185369,13 +185372,14 @@ async function tryDeleteToolcacheBundles({
   if (!isGitHubHostedRunner(env) || !isToolcacheOnWorkspaceFilesystem(logger2)) {
     return;
   }
+  const startTime = import_perf_hooks4.performance.now();
   const result = await deleteToolcacheBundles({ env, logger: logger2 });
   addNoLanguageDiagnostic(
     void 0,
     makeTelemetryDiagnostic(
       "codeql-action/toolcache-bundle-cleanup",
       "Toolcache CodeQL bundle cleanup",
-      { ...result }
+      { ...result, durationMs: durationMsSince(startTime) }
     )
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/setup-codeql.test.ts b/src/setup-codeql.test.ts
index a244501c38..e8c64c6166 100644
--- a/src/setup-codeql.test.ts
+++ b/src/setup-codeql.test.ts
@@ -1821,7 +1821,8 @@ function createToolcacheEntry(
 /**
  * Stubs out the download and the diagnostic sink, then downloads the CodeQL tools.
  *
- * @returns the extraction directory and the toolcache cleanup diagnostic, if emitted.
+ * @returns the extraction directory and, if the toolcache cleanup diagnostic was emitted, the
+ * cleanup duration it reports and its other attributes.
  */
 async function runDownloadCodeQL(
   toolcacheRoot: string,
@@ -1837,6 +1838,7 @@ async function runDownloadCodeQL(
 ): Promise<{
   codeqlFolder: string;
   cleanupDiagnostic: toolsDownload.ToolcacheCleanupResult | undefined;
+  cleanupDurationMs: number | undefined;
 }> {
   stubDownloadAndExtract();
   const addDiagnostic = sinon.stub(diagnostics, "addNoLanguageDiagnostic");
@@ -1866,11 +1868,21 @@ async function runDownloadCodeQL(
     .map((call) => call.args[1])
     .find((d) => d.source?.id === "codeql-action/toolcache-bundle-cleanup");
 
-  return {
-    codeqlFolder,
-    cleanupDiagnostic: diagnostic?.attributes as
-      toolsDownload.ToolcacheCleanupResult | undefined,
-  };
+  if (diagnostic === undefined) {
+    return {
+      codeqlFolder,
+      cleanupDiagnostic: undefined,
+      cleanupDurationMs: undefined,
+    };
+  }
+
+  // The duration varies between runs, so split it out to let tests compare the other attributes
+  // exactly.
+  const { durationMs, ...cleanupDiagnostic } =
+    diagnostic.attributes as toolsDownload.ToolcacheCleanupResult & {
+      durationMs: number;
+    };
+  return { codeqlFolder, cleanupDiagnostic, cleanupDurationMs: durationMs };
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1991,6 +2003,35 @@ test.serial(
   },
 );
 
+test.serial(
+  "downloadCodeQLBundle reports the total time taken to clean up the toolcache",
+  async (t) => {
+    await withTmpDir(async (tmpDir) => {
+      setupActionsVars(tmpDir, tmpDir);
+
+      createToolcacheEntry(tmpDir, "CodeQL", CLEANUP_CLI_VERSION);
+      createToolcacheEntry(tmpDir, "CodeQL", CLEANUP_STALE_VERSION);
+
+      // Advance the clock by 1.5s each time a path is deleted, so that deleting both versions
+      // takes 3s.
+      let elapsedMs = 1000;
+      sinon.stub(performance, "now").callsFake(() => elapsedMs);
+      const rm = fs.promises.rm;
+      sinon.stub(fs.promises, "rm").callsFake(async (...args) => {
+        elapsedMs += 1500;
+        await rm(...args);
+      });
+
+      const { cleanupDurationMs } = await runDownloadCodeQL(
+        tmpDir,
+        CLEANUP_BUNDLE_VERSION,
+      );
+
+      t.is(cleanupDurationMs, 3000);
+    });
+  },
+);
+
 test.serial(
   "downloadCodeQLBundle reports no deleted versions when the toolcache has no CodeQL bundles",
   async (t) => {
diff --git a/src/setup-codeql.ts b/src/setup-codeql.ts
index d70e1f5087..b87b81bdc0 100644
--- a/src/setup-codeql.ts
+++ b/src/setup-codeql.ts
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ async function tryDeleteToolcacheBundles({
     return;
   }
 
+  const startTime = performance.now();
   const result = await deleteToolcacheBundles({ env, logger });
 
   addNoLanguageDiagnostic(
@@ -821,7 +822,7 @@ async function tryDeleteToolcacheBundles({
     makeTelemetryDiagnostic(
       "codeql-action/toolcache-bundle-cleanup",
       "Toolcache CodeQL bundle cleanup",
-      { ...result },
+      { ...result, durationMs: util.durationMsSince(startTime) },
     ),
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/tools-download.ts b/src/tools-download.ts
index a92dad0acf..a5b5a5a0da 100644
--- a/src/tools-download.ts
+++ b/src/tools-download.ts
@@ -342,13 +342,16 @@ export async function deleteToolcacheBundles({
       const versionDirectory = path.join(toolDirectory, entry.name);
 
       try {
+        const deletionStart = performance.now();
         await fs.promises.rm(versionDirectory, {
           force: true,
           recursive: true,
         });
         deletedVersions.push(entry.name);
         logger.info(
-          `Deleted the CodeQL tools at '${versionDirectory}' from the toolcache to free up disk space.`,
+          `Deleted the CodeQL tools at '${versionDirectory}' from the toolcache to free up disk space (${formatDuration(
+            durationMsSince(deletionStart),
+          )}).`,
         );
       } catch (e) {
         failed = true;