diff --git a/.changeset/blockset-cleanup-on-failed-extraction.md b/.changeset/blockset-cleanup-on-failed-extraction.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f99669046
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/blockset-cleanup-on-failed-extraction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@faustwp/wordpress-plugin": patch
+---
+
+fix[faustwp]: clean up uploaded blockset zip when extraction fails
diff --git a/plugins/faustwp/includes/blocks/functions.php b/plugins/faustwp/includes/blocks/functions.php
index 716e2ff71..8253f4053 100644
--- a/plugins/faustwp/includes/blocks/functions.php
+++ b/plugins/faustwp/includes/blocks/functions.php
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ function process_and_replace_blocks( $wp_filesystem, $file, $dirs ) {
 
 	$unzip_result = unzip_uploaded_file( $target_file, $dirs['target'] );
 	if ( is_wp_error( $unzip_result ) ) {
+		$wp_filesystem->delete( $target_file );
 		return $unzip_result;
 	}