diff --git a/eth/protocols/snap/gentrie.go b/eth/protocols/snap/gentrie.go
index 6255fb221d..5126d26777 100644
--- a/eth/protocols/snap/gentrie.go
+++ b/eth/protocols/snap/gentrie.go
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ type genTrie interface {
 	// update inserts the state item into generator trie.
 	update(key, value []byte) error
 
+	// delete removes the state item from the generator trie.
+	delete(key []byte) error
+
 	// commit flushes the right boundary nodes if complete flag is true. This
 	// function must be called before flushing the associated database batch.
 	commit(complete bool) common.Hash
@@ -113,7 +116,7 @@ func (t *pathTrie) onTrieNode(path []byte, hash common.Hash, blob []byte) {
 			// removed because it's a sibling of the nodes we want to commit, not
 			// the parent or ancestor.
 			for i := 0; i < len(path); i++ {
-				t.delete(path[:i], false)
+				t.deleteNode(path[:i], false)
 			}
 		}
 		return
@@ -136,7 +139,7 @@ func (t *pathTrie) onTrieNode(path []byte, hash common.Hash, blob []byte) {
 	// byte key. In either case, no gaps will be left in the path.
 	if t.last != nil && bytes.HasPrefix(t.last, path) && len(t.last)-len(path) > 1 {
 		for i := len(path) + 1; i < len(t.last); i++ {
-			t.delete(t.last[:i], true)
+			t.deleteNode(t.last[:i], true)
 		}
 	}
 	t.write(path, blob)
@@ -192,8 +195,8 @@ func (t *pathTrie) deleteStorageNode(path []byte, inner bool) {
 	rawdb.DeleteStorageTrieNode(t.batch, t.owner, path)
 }
 
-// delete commits the node deletion to provided database batch in path mode.
-func (t *pathTrie) delete(path []byte, inner bool) {
+// deleteNode commits the node deletion to provided database batch in path mode.
+func (t *pathTrie) deleteNode(path []byte, inner bool) {
 	if t.owner == (common.Hash{}) {
 		t.deleteAccountNode(path, inner)
 	} else {
@@ -207,6 +210,34 @@ func (t *pathTrie) update(key, value []byte) error {
 	return t.tr.Update(key, value)
 }
 
+// delete implements genTrie interface, deleting the item from the stack trie.
+func (t *pathTrie) delete(key []byte) error {
+	// Commit the trie since the right boundary is incomplete because
+	// of the deleted item. This will implicitly discard the last inserted
+	// item and clean some ancestor trie nodes of the last committed
+	// item in the database.
+	t.commit(false)
+
+	// Reset the trie and all the internal trackers
+	t.first = nil
+	t.last = nil
+	t.tr.Reset()
+
+	// Explicitly mark the left boundary as incomplete, as the left-side
+	// item of the next one has been deleted. Be aware that the next item
+	// to be inserted will be ignored from committing as well as it's on
+	// the left boundary.
+	t.skipLeftBoundary = true
+
+	// Explicitly delete the potential leftover nodes on the specific
+	// path from the database.
+	tkey := t.tr.TrieKey(key)
+	for i := 0; i <= len(tkey); i++ {
+		t.deleteNode(tkey[:i], false)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // commit implements genTrie interface, flushing the right boundary if it's
 // considered as complete. Otherwise, the nodes on the right boundary are
 // discarded and cleaned up.
@@ -255,7 +286,7 @@ func (t *pathTrie) commit(complete bool) common.Hash {
 	// with no issues as they are actually complete. Also, from a database
 	// perspective, first deleting and then rewriting is a valid data update.
 	for i := 0; i < len(t.last); i++ {
-		t.delete(t.last[:i], false)
+		t.deleteNode(t.last[:i], false)
 	}
 	return common.Hash{} // the hash is meaningless for incomplete commit
 }
@@ -278,6 +309,9 @@ func (t *hashTrie) update(key, value []byte) error {
 	return t.tr.Update(key, value)
 }
 
+// delete implements genTrie interface, ignoring the state item for deleting.
+func (t *hashTrie) delete(key []byte) error { return nil }
+
 // commit implements genTrie interface, committing the nodes on right boundary.
 func (t *hashTrie) commit(complete bool) common.Hash {
 	if !complete {
diff --git a/eth/protocols/snap/gentrie_test.go b/eth/protocols/snap/gentrie_test.go
index 1fb2dbce75..2da4f3c866 100644
--- a/eth/protocols/snap/gentrie_test.go
+++ b/eth/protocols/snap/gentrie_test.go
@@ -551,3 +551,145 @@ func TestTinyPartialTree(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestTrieDelete(t *testing.T) {
+	var entries []*kv
+	for i := 0; i < 1024; i++ {
+		entries = append(entries, &kv{
+			k: testrand.Bytes(32),
+			v: testrand.Bytes(32),
+		})
+	}
+	slices.SortFunc(entries, (*kv).cmp)
+
+	nodes := make(map[string]common.Hash)
+	tr := trie.NewStackTrie(func(path []byte, hash common.Hash, blob []byte) {
+		nodes[string(path)] = hash
+	})
+	for i := 0; i < len(entries); i++ {
+		tr.Update(entries[i].k, entries[i].v)
+	}
+	tr.Hash()
+
+	check := func(index []int) {
+		var (
+			db        = rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase()
+			batch     = db.NewBatch()
+			marks     = map[int]struct{}{}
+			neighbors = map[int]struct{}{}
+		)
+		for _, n := range index {
+			marks[n] = struct{}{}
+		}
+		for _, n := range index {
+			if n != 0 {
+				if _, ok := marks[n-1]; !ok {
+					neighbors[n-1] = struct{}{}
+				}
+			}
+			if n != len(entries)-1 {
+				if _, ok := neighbors[n+1]; !ok {
+					neighbors[n+1] = struct{}{}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		// Write the junk nodes as the dangling
+		var injects []string
+		for _, n := range index {
+			nibbles := byteToHex(entries[n].k)
+			for i := 0; i <= len(nibbles); i++ {
+				injects = append(injects, string(nibbles[:i]))
+			}
+		}
+		for _, path := range injects {
+			rawdb.WriteAccountTrieNode(db, []byte(path), testrand.Bytes(32))
+		}
+		tr := newPathTrie(common.Hash{}, false, db, batch)
+		for i := 0; i < len(entries); i++ {
+			if _, ok := marks[i]; ok {
+				tr.delete(entries[i].k)
+			} else {
+				tr.update(entries[i].k, entries[i].v)
+			}
+		}
+		tr.commit(true)
+
+		r := newBatchReplay()
+		batch.Replay(r)
+		batch.Write()
+
+		for _, path := range injects {
+			if rawdb.HasAccountTrieNode(db, []byte(path)) {
+				t.Fatalf("Unexpected leftover node %v", []byte(path))
+			}
+		}
+
+		// ensure all the written nodes match with the complete tree
+		set := make(map[string]common.Hash)
+		for path, hash := range r.modifies() {
+			if hash == (common.Hash{}) {
+				continue
+			}
+			n, ok := nodes[path]
+			if !ok {
+				t.Fatalf("Unexpected trie node: %v", []byte(path))
+			}
+			if n != hash {
+				t.Fatalf("Unexpected trie node content: %v, want: %x, got: %x", []byte(path), n, hash)
+			}
+			set[path] = hash
+		}
+
+		// ensure all the missing nodes either on the deleted path, or
+		// on the neighbor paths.
+		isMissing := func(path []byte) bool {
+			for n := range marks {
+				key := byteToHex(entries[n].k)
+				if bytes.HasPrefix(key, path) {
+					return true
+				}
+			}
+			for n := range neighbors {
+				key := byteToHex(entries[n].k)
+				if bytes.HasPrefix(key, path) {
+					return true
+				}
+			}
+			return false
+		}
+		for path := range nodes {
+			if _, ok := set[path]; ok {
+				continue
+			}
+			if !isMissing([]byte(path)) {
+				t.Fatalf("Missing node %v", []byte(path))
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	var cases = []struct {
+		index []int
+	}{
+		// delete the first
+		{[]int{0}},
+
+		// delete the last
+		{[]int{len(entries) - 1}},
+
+		// delete the first two
+		{[]int{0, 1}},
+
+		// delete the last two
+		{[]int{len(entries) - 2, len(entries) - 1}},
+
+		{[]int{
+			0, 2, 4, 6,
+			len(entries) - 1,
+			len(entries) - 3,
+			len(entries) - 5,
+			len(entries) - 7,
+		}},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		check(c.index)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/eth/protocols/snap/sync.go b/eth/protocols/snap/sync.go
index 88d7d34dcc..cdd03e6a0c 100644
--- a/eth/protocols/snap/sync.go
+++ b/eth/protocols/snap/sync.go
@@ -2424,14 +2424,21 @@ func (s *Syncer) forwardAccountTask(task *accountTask) {
 		slim := types.SlimAccountRLP(*res.accounts[i])
 		rawdb.WriteAccountSnapshot(batch, hash, slim)
 
-		// If the task is complete, drop it into the stack trie to generate
-		// account trie nodes for it
 		if !task.needHeal[i] {
+			// If the storage task is complete, drop it into the stack trie
+			// to generate account trie nodes for it
 			full, err := types.FullAccountRLP(slim) // TODO(karalabe): Slim parsing can be omitted
 			if err != nil {
 				panic(err) // Really shouldn't ever happen
 			}
 			task.genTrie.update(hash[:], full)
+		} else {
+			// If the storage task is incomplete, explicitly delete the corresponding
+			// account item from the account trie to ensure that all nodes along the
+			// path to the incomplete storage trie are cleaned up.
+			if err := task.genTrie.delete(hash[:]); err != nil {
+				panic(err) // Really shouldn't ever happen
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	// Flush anything written just now and update the stats
diff --git a/trie/stacktrie.go b/trie/stacktrie.go
index 9c574db0bf..d194cbf0ae 100644
--- a/trie/stacktrie.go
+++ b/trie/stacktrie.go
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ func (t *StackTrie) Update(key, value []byte) error {
 	if len(value) == 0 {
 		return errors.New("trying to insert empty (deletion)")
 	}
-	k := keybytesToHex(key)
-	k = k[:len(k)-1] // chop the termination flag
+	k := t.TrieKey(key)
 	if bytes.Compare(t.last, k) >= 0 {
 		return errors.New("non-ascending key order")
 	}
@@ -84,6 +83,13 @@ func (t *StackTrie) Reset() {
 	t.last = nil
 }
 
+// TrieKey returns the internal key representation for the given user key.
+func (t *StackTrie) TrieKey(key []byte) []byte {
+	k := keybytesToHex(key)
+	k = k[:len(k)-1] // chop the termination flag
+	return k
+}
+
 // stNode represents a node within a StackTrie
 type stNode struct {
 	typ      uint8       // node type (as in branch, ext, leaf)