diff --git a/customer_email.php b/customer_email.php
index 7fdc8ba4..7a00eb4e 100644
--- a/customer_email.php
+++ b/customer_email.php
@@ -608,13 +608,19 @@ elseif($page == 'accounts')
 					$quota = 0;
 				}
 
+				if(isset($_POST['delete_userfiles'])
+				  && (int)$_POST['delete_userfiles'] == 1)
+				{
+					inserttask('7', $userinfo['loginname'], $result['email']);
+				}
+
 				$db->query("UPDATE `" . TABLE_PANEL_CUSTOMERS . "` SET `email_accounts_used` = `email_accounts_used` - 1, `email_quota_used` = `email_quota_used` - " . (int)$quota . " WHERE `customerid`='" . (int)$userinfo['customerid'] . "'");
 				$log->logAction(USR_ACTION, LOG_INFO, "deleted email account for '" . $result['email_full'] . "'");
 				redirectTo($filename, Array('page' => 'emails', 'action' => 'edit', 'id' => $id, 's' => $s));
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				ask_yesno('email_reallydelete_account', $filename, array('id' => $id, 'page' => $page, 'action' => $action), $idna_convert->decode($result['email_full']));
+				ask_yesno_withcheckbox('email_reallydelete_account', 'admin_customer_alsoremovemail', $filename, array('id' => $id, 'page' => $page, 'action' => $action), $idna_convert->decode($result['email_full']));
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/customer_ftp.php b/customer_ftp.php
index 0bb27c25..5d7afc5f 100644
--- a/customer_ftp.php
+++ b/customer_ftp.php
@@ -106,8 +106,6 @@ elseif($page == 'accounts')
 				$log->logAction(USR_ACTION, LOG_INFO, "deleted ftp-account '" . $result['username'] . "'");
 				$db->query("UPDATE `" . TABLE_FTP_GROUPS . "` SET `members`=REPLACE(`members`,'," . $db->escape($result['username']) . "','') WHERE `customerid`='" . (int)$userinfo['customerid'] . "'");
 
-				//					$db->query("DELETE FROM `".TABLE_FTP_GROUPS."` WHERE `customerid`='".$userinfo['customerid']."' AND `id`='$id'");
-
 				if($userinfo['ftps_used'] == '1')
 				{
 					$resetaccnumber = " , `ftp_lastaccountnumber`='0'";
@@ -117,12 +115,19 @@ elseif($page == 'accounts')
 					$resetaccnumber = '';
 				}
 
+				// refs #293
+				if(isset($_POST['delete_userfiles'])
+				  && (int)$_POST['delete_userfiles'] == 1)
+				{
+					inserttask('8', $userinfo['loginname'], $result['homedir']);
+				}
+
 				$result = $db->query("UPDATE `" . TABLE_PANEL_CUSTOMERS . "` SET `ftps_used`=`ftps_used`-1 $resetaccnumber WHERE `customerid`='" . (int)$userinfo['customerid'] . "'");
 				redirectTo($filename, Array('page' => $page, 's' => $s));
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				ask_yesno('ftp_reallydelete', $filename, array('id' => $id, 'page' => $page, 'action' => $action), $result['username']);
+				ask_yesno_withcheckbox('ftp_reallydelete', 'admin_customer_alsoremoveftphomedir', $filename, array('id' => $id, 'page' => $page, 'action' => $action), $result['username']);
 			}
 		}
 		else
diff --git a/lng/english.lng.php b/lng/english.lng.php
index 86e3d0ae..a705c838 100644
--- a/lng/english.lng.php
+++ b/lng/english.lng.php
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ $lng['question']['mysql_reallydelete'] = 'Do you really want to delete the datab
 $lng['question']['admin_configs_reallyrebuild'] = 'Do you really want to rebuild all config files?';
 $lng['question']['admin_customer_alsoremovefiles'] = 'Remove user files too?';
 $lng['question']['admin_customer_alsoremovemail'] = 'Completely remove email data from filesystem?';
+$lng['question']['admin_customer_alsoremoveftphomedir'] = 'Also remove FTP-user homedir?';
 
 /**
  * Mails
diff --git a/lng/german.lng.php b/lng/german.lng.php
index 85de319a..a976d2ac 100644
--- a/lng/german.lng.php
+++ b/lng/german.lng.php
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ $lng['question']['mysql_reallydelete'] = 'Wollen Sie die Datenbank %s wirklich l
 $lng['question']['admin_configs_reallyrebuild'] = 'Wollen Sie wirklich alle Konfigurationsdateien neu erstellen lassen?';
 $lng['question']['admin_customer_alsoremovefiles'] = 'Auch Kunden-Daten löschen?';
 $lng['question']['admin_customer_alsoremovemail'] = 'E-Mail Daten auf dem Dateisystem löschen?';
+$lng['question']['admin_customer_alsoremoveftphomedir'] = 'Heimatverzeichnis des FTP-Benutzers löschen?';
 
 /**
  * Mails
diff --git a/scripts/jobs/cron_tasks.php b/scripts/jobs/cron_tasks.php
index 9b523633..d1678108 100644
--- a/scripts/jobs/cron_tasks.php
+++ b/scripts/jobs/cron_tasks.php
@@ -298,6 +298,37 @@ $awstatsclean['headerold']) {
 			}
 		}
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * TYPE=8 Customer deleted a ftp account and wants the homedir to be deleted on the filesystem
+	 * refs #293
+	 */
+	elseif ($row['type'] == '8')
+	{
+		fwrite($debugHandler, '  cron_tasks: Task8 started - deleting customer ftp homedir' . "\n");
+		$cronlog->logAction(CRON_ACTION, LOG_INFO, 'Task8 started - deleting customer ftp homedir');
+
+		if(is_array($row['data']))
+		{
+			if(isset($row['data']['loginname'])
+				&& isset($row['data']['homedir'])
+			) {
+				/*
+				 * remove specific homedir
+				 */
+				$ftphomedir = makeCorrectDir($row['data']['homedir']);
+				$customerdocroot = makeCorrectDir($settings['system']['documentroot_prefix'].'/'.$row['data']['loginname'].'/');
+
+				if($ftphomedir != '/'
+				&& $ftphomedir != $settings['system']['documentroot_prefix']
+				&& $ftphomedir != $customerdocroot
+				) {
+					$cronlog->logAction(CRON_ACTION, LOG_NOTICE, 'Running: rm -rf ' . escapeshellarg($ftphomedir));
+					safe_exec('rm -rf '.escapeshellarg($ftphomedir));
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 if($db->num_rows($result_tasks) != 0)