diff --git a/install/scripts/php-sessionclean.php b/install/scripts/php-sessionclean.php
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+#!/usr/bin/php
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * This file is part of the Froxlor project.
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 the Froxlor Team (see authors).
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the COPYING
+ * file that was distributed with this source code. You can also view the
+ * COPYING file online at http://files.froxlor.org/misc/COPYING.txt
+ *
+ * @copyright (c) the authors
+ * @author Froxlor team <team@froxlor.org> (2018-)
+ * @license GPLv2 http://files.froxlor.org/misc/COPYING.txt
+ * @package Cron
+ *         
+ */
+
+// Check if we're in the CLI
+if (@php_sapi_name() !== 'cli') {
+	die('This script will only work in the shell.');
+}
+
+require dirname(dirname(__DIR__)) . '/vendor/autoload.php';
+
+// give control to command line handler
+try {
+	\Froxlor\Cli\PhpSessioncleanCmd::processParameters($argc, $argv);
+} catch (Exception $e) {
+	\Froxlor\Cli\PhpSessioncleanCmd::printerr($e->getMessage());
+}
diff --git a/lib/Froxlor/Cli/Action/PhpSessioncleanAction.php b/lib/Froxlor/Cli/Action/PhpSessioncleanAction.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace Froxlor\Cli\Action;
+
+use Froxlor\Database\Database;
+use Froxlor\Settings;
+use Froxlor\Cli\PhpSessioncleanCmd;
+
+class PhpSessioncleanAction extends \Froxlor\Cli\Action
+{
+
+	public function __construct($args)
+	{
+		parent::__construct($args);
+	}
+
+	public function run()
+	{
+		$this->validate();
+
+		if ((int) Settings::Get('phpfpm.enabled') == 1) {
+			if (isset($this->_args["max-lifetime"]) && is_numeric($this->_args["max-lifetime"]) && $this->_args["max-lifetime"] > 0) {
+				$this->cleanSessionfiles((int)$this->_args["max-lifetime"]);
+			} else {
+				// use default max-lifetime value
+				$this->cleanSessionfiles();
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * validates the parsed command line parameters
+	 *
+	 * @throws \Exception
+	 */
+	private function validate()
+	{
+		global $lng;
+
+		$this->checkConfigParam(true);
+		$this->parseConfig();
+
+		require FROXLOR_INSTALL_DIR . '/lib/tables.inc.php';
+	}
+
+	private function cleanSessionfiles(int $maxlifetime = 1440)
+	{
+		// store paths to clean up
+		$paths_to_clean = [];
+		// get all pool-config directories configured
+		$sel_stmt = Database::prepare("SELECT DISTINCT `config_dir` FROM `" . TABLE_PANEL_FPMDAEMONS . "`");
+		Database::pexecute($sel_stmt);
+		while ($fpmd = $sel_stmt->fetch(\PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)) {
+			$poolfiles = glob(\Froxlor\FileDir::makeCorrectFile($fpmd['config_dir'] . '/*.conf'));
+			foreach ($poolfiles as $cf) {
+				$contents = file_get_contents($cf);
+				$pattern = preg_quote('session.save_path', '/');
+				$pattern = "/" . $pattern . ".+?\=(.*)/";
+				if (preg_match_all($pattern, $contents, $matches)) {
+					$paths_to_clean[] = \Froxlor\FileDir::makeCorrectDir(trim($matches[1][0]));
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		// every path is just needed once
+		$paths_to_clean = array_unique($paths_to_clean);
+
+		if (count($paths_to_clean) > 0) {
+			foreach ($paths_to_clean as $ptc) {
+				// find all files older then maxlifetime and delete them
+				\Froxlor\FileDir::safe_exec("find -O3 \"" . $ptc . "\" -ignore_readdir_race -depth -mindepth 1 -name 'sess_*' -type f -cmin \"+" . $maxlifetime . "\" -delete");
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	private function parseConfig()
+	{
+		define('FROXLOR_INSTALL_DIR', $this->_args['froxlor-dir']);
+		if (!class_exists('\\Froxlor\\Database\\Database')) {
+			throw new \Exception("Could not find froxlor's Database class. Is froxlor really installed to '" . FROXLOR_INSTALL_DIR . "'?");
+		}
+		if (!file_exists(FROXLOR_INSTALL_DIR . '/lib/userdata.inc.php')) {
+			throw new \Exception("Could not find froxlor's userdata.inc.php file. You should use this script only with a fully installed and setup froxlor system.");
+		}
+	}
+
+	private function checkConfigParam($needed = false)
+	{
+		if ($needed) {
+			if (!isset($this->_args["froxlor-dir"])) {
+				$this->_args["froxlor-dir"] = \Froxlor\Froxlor::getInstallDir();
+			} elseif (!is_dir($this->_args["froxlor-dir"])) {
+				throw new \Exception("Given --froxlor-dir parameter is not a directory");
+			} elseif (!file_exists($this->_args["froxlor-dir"])) {
+				throw new \Exception("Given froxlor directory cannot be found ('" . $this->_args["froxlor-dir"] . "')");
+			} elseif (!is_readable($this->_args["froxlor-dir"])) {
+				throw new \Exception("Given froxlor directory cannot be read ('" . $this->_args["froxlor-dir"] . "')");
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/lib/Froxlor/Cli/PhpSessioncleanCmd.php b/lib/Froxlor/Cli/PhpSessioncleanCmd.php
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+++ b/lib/Froxlor/Cli/PhpSessioncleanCmd.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace Froxlor\Cli;
+
+/**
+ * This file is part of the Froxlor project.
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 the Froxlor Team (see authors).
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the COPYING
+ * file that was distributed with this source code. You can also view the
+ * COPYING file online at http://files.froxlor.org/misc/COPYING.txt
+ *
+ * @copyright (c) the authors
+ * @author Froxlor team <team@froxlor.org> (2018-)
+ * @license GPLv2 http://files.froxlor.org/misc/COPYING.txt
+ * @package Cron
+ *         
+ */
+class PhpSessioncleanCmd extends CmdLineHandler
+{
+
+	/**
+	 * list of valid switches
+	 *
+	 * @var array
+	 */
+	public static $switches = array(
+		'h'
+	);
+
+	/**
+	 * list of valid parameters
+	 *
+	 * @var array
+	 */
+	public static $params = array(
+		'froxlor-dir',
+		'max-lifetime',
+		'help'
+	);
+
+	public static $action_class = '\\Froxlor\\Cli\\Action\\PhpSessioncleanAction';
+
+	public static function printHelp()
+	{
+		self::println("");
+		self::println("Help / command line parameters:");
+		self::println("");
+		// commands
+		self::println("--froxlor-dir\t\tpath to froxlor installation");
+		self::println("\t\t\tExample: --froxlor-dir=/var/www/froxlor/");
+		self::println("");
+		self::println("--max-lifetime\t\tThe number of seconds after which data will be seen as 'garbage' and potentially cleaned up. Defaults to '1440'");
+		self::println("\t\t\tExample: --max-lifetime=2000");
+		self::println("");
+		self::println("--help\t\t\tshow help screen (this)");
+		self::println("");
+		// switches
+		self::println("-h\t\t\tsame as --help");
+		self::println("");
+
+		die(); // end of execution
+	}
+}