diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7580bd0..c7d4016 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ This should print the Kirby CLI version and a list of available commands
 ```
 - kirby clean:content
 - kirby clear:cache
+- kirby clear:lock
 - kirby clear:media
 - kirby clear:sessions
 - kirby download
diff --git a/commands/clear/lock.php b/commands/clear/lock.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..631cbd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commands/clear/lock.php
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types = 1);
+
+use Kirby\CLI\CLI;
+use Kirby\Filesystem\F;
+
+return [
+	'description' => 'Deletes the content `.lock` files',
+	'command' => static function (CLI $cli): void {
+		$path 				= $cli->kirby()->root('content');
+		$directoryIterator 	= new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($path);
+		$iterator 			= new RecursiveIteratorIterator($directoryIterator);
+		$counter            = 0;
+
+		foreach ($iterator as $file) {
+			if ($file->getFilename() === '.lock') {
+				F::remove($file->getPathName());
+				$counter++;
+			}
+		}
+
+		$cli->success($counter . ' lock file(s) have been deleted');
+	}
+];