diff --git a/internal/photoprism/files.go b/internal/photoprism/files.go
index ffc72d7d6..7d3d44867 100644
--- a/internal/photoprism/files.go
+++ b/internal/photoprism/files.go
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ func (m *Files) Init() error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	if err := query.CleanDuplicates(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("%s (clean duplicates)", err.Error())
+	if err := query.PurgeDuplicates(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s (purge duplicates)", err.Error())
 	}
 
 	files, err := query.IndexedFiles()
diff --git a/internal/photoprism/purge.go b/internal/photoprism/purge.go
index 0a914dedf..7927d5dd9 100644
--- a/internal/photoprism/purge.go
+++ b/internal/photoprism/purge.go
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ func (w *Purge) Start(opt PurgeOptions) (purgedFiles map[string]bool, purgedPhot
 	log.Info("purge: searching index for unassigned primary files")
 
 	if err := query.FixPrimaries(); err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("purge: %s (find unassigned primaries)", err.Error())
+		log.Errorf("purge: %s (fix primary files)", err.Error())
 	}
 
 	log.Info("purge: searching index for hidden media files")
@@ -251,16 +251,20 @@ func (w *Purge) Start(opt PurgeOptions) (purgedFiles map[string]bool, purgedPhot
 		return purgedFiles, purgedPhotos, err
 	}
 
+	if err := query.PurgeDuplicates(); err != nil {
+		log.Errorf("purge: %s (duplicates)", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := query.PurgeUnusedCountries(); err != nil {
+		log.Errorf("purge: %s (countries)", err)
+	}
+
 	if err := query.UpdateMissingAlbumEntries(); err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("purge: %s (update albums)", err.Error())
+		log.Errorf("purge: %s (album entries)", err)
 	}
 
 	if err := entity.UpdatePhotoCounts(); err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("purge: %s (update photo counts)", err)
-	}
-
-	if err := query.CleanDuplicates(); err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("purge: %s (clean duplicates)", err)
+		log.Errorf("purge: %s (photo counts)", err)
 	}
 
 	return purgedFiles, purgedPhotos, nil
diff --git a/internal/query/countries.go b/internal/query/countries.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b8a51a51f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/query/countries.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package query
+
+// PurgeUnusedCountries removes countries without any photos.
+func PurgeUnusedCountries() error {
+	switch DbDialect() {
+	default:
+		return UnscopedDb().Exec(`DELETE FROM countries WHERE id NOT IN (SELECT photo_country FROM photos)`).Error
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/query/countries_test.go b/internal/query/countries_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..94f859516
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/query/countries_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package query
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestPurgeUnusedCountries(t *testing.T) {
+	if err := PurgeUnusedCountries(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/query/duplicates.go b/internal/query/duplicates.go
index 1d69f7651..16c4fd2d6 100644
--- a/internal/query/duplicates.go
+++ b/internal/query/duplicates.go
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/photoprism/photoprism/internal/entity"
 )
 
-// CleanDuplicates removes all files from the duplicates table that don't exist in the files table.
-func CleanDuplicates() error {
+// PurgeDuplicates deletes all files from the duplicates table that don't exist in the files table.
+func PurgeDuplicates() error {
 	if err := UnscopedDb().Delete(entity.Duplicate{}, "file_hash IN (SELECT d.file_hash FROM duplicates d LEFT JOIN files f ON d.file_hash = f.file_hash AND f.file_missing = 0 AND f.deleted_at IS NULL WHERE f.file_hash IS NULL)").Error; err == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ func CleanDuplicates() error {
 	return UnscopedDb().Delete(entity.Duplicate{}, "file_hash IN (SELECT file_hash FROM (SELECT d.file_hash FROM duplicates d LEFT JOIN files f ON d.file_hash = f.file_hash AND f.file_missing = 0 AND f.deleted_at IS NULL WHERE f.file_hash IS NULL) AS tmp)").Error
 }
 
-// Duplicates returns duplicate files in the range of limit and offset sorted by file name.
+// Duplicates finds duplicate files in the range of limit and offset sorted by file name.
 func Duplicates(limit, offset int, pathName string) (files entity.Duplicates, err error) {
 	if strings.HasPrefix(pathName, "/") {
 		pathName = pathName[1:]
diff --git a/internal/query/duplicates_test.go b/internal/query/duplicates_test.go
index 52cda05d0..507f79c41 100644
--- a/internal/query/duplicates_test.go
+++ b/internal/query/duplicates_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
-func TestCleanDuplicates(t *testing.T) {
+func TestPurgeDuplicates(t *testing.T) {
 	fileName := "hd89e5yhb8p9h.jpg"
 
 	if err := entity.AddDuplicate(
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func TestCleanDuplicates(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	err := CleanDuplicates()
+	err := PurgeDuplicates()
 
 	assert.NoError(t, err)