diff --git a/pkg/controller/backup_finalizer_controller.go b/pkg/controller/backup_finalizer_controller.go
index 51d8fb86fd..2f6d0e31f1 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/backup_finalizer_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/backup_finalizer_controller.go
@@ -250,7 +250,8 @@ func (r *backupFinalizerReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Requ
 			deleteVolumeSnapshots(volumeSnapshots, volumeSnapshotContents, log, 30, r.client, r.volumeSnapshotClient, r.resourceTimeout)
 		}
 		// check if the VSBs associated with the backup are in completed state, if yes then clean them up
-		err = datamover.DeleteVSBsIfComplete(backup.Name, r.log)
+		// Also cleanup the datamover VSCs
+		err = datamover.CleanupDatamoverArtifacts(backup.Name, r.log, *vscList, r.volumeSnapshotClient)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Error(err)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/datamover/datamover.go b/pkg/datamover/datamover.go
index b87e3a2e06..026a3af744 100644
--- a/pkg/datamover/datamover.go
+++ b/pkg/datamover/datamover.go
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
+	snapshotv1api "github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/client/v4/apis/volumesnapshot/v1"
+	snapshotterClientSet "github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/client/v4/clientset/versioned"
+
 	snapmoverv1alpha1 "github.com/konveyor/volume-snapshot-mover/api/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ func GetVolumeSnapMoverClient() (kbclient.Client, error) {
 	return client, err
 }
 
-func DeleteVSBsIfComplete(backupName string, log logrus.FieldLogger) error {
+func CleanupDatamoverArtifacts(backupName string, log logrus.FieldLogger, vscList snapshotv1api.VolumeSnapshotContentList, volumeSnapshotClient snapshotterClientSet.Interface) error {
 	volumeSnapMoverClient, err := GetVolumeSnapMoverClient()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Errorf(err.Error())
@@ -55,6 +58,7 @@ func DeleteVSBsIfComplete(backupName string, log logrus.FieldLogger) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	// clean up VSBs as well as VSCs, VSB existence implies that the VSCs are from datamover workflow
 	if len(VSBList.Items) > 0 {
 		err = CheckIfVolumeSnapshotBackupsAreComplete(context.Background(), VSBList, log)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -71,6 +75,15 @@ func DeleteVSBsIfComplete(backupName string, log logrus.FieldLogger) error {
 				return err
 			}
 		}
+
+		// Delete the VSCs
+		for _, vsc := range vscList.Items {
+			log.Infof("Cleaning up datamover VSC: %s", vsc.Name)
+			err := volumeSnapshotClient.SnapshotV1().VolumeSnapshotContents().Delete(context.TODO(), vsc.Name, metav1.DeleteOptions{})
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Errorf("fail to delete VolumeSnapshotContent %s: %s", vsc.Namespace, err.Error())
+			}
+		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }