diff --git a/install/43_data_retention.sql b/install/43_data_retention.sql
index dc47775..09fa866 100644
--- a/install/43_data_retention.sql
+++ b/install/43_data_retention.sql
@@ -78,6 +78,55 @@ BEGIN
             RAISERROR(N'Starting data retention: keeping data newer than %s', 0, 1, @retention_date_string) WITH NOWAIT;
         END;
 
+        /*
+        Purge processed XE staging rows early.
+        After parsers set is_processed = 1 the raw XML is never read again.
+        Keep a 1-day grace period for re-parsing failures.
+        */
+        DECLARE
+            @staging_deleted bigint = 0;
+
+        IF OBJECT_ID(N'collect.deadlock_xml', N'U') IS NOT NULL
+        AND EXISTS
+        (
+            SELECT
+                1/0
+            FROM sys.columns AS c
+            WHERE c.object_id = OBJECT_ID(N'collect.deadlock_xml')
+            AND   c.name = N'is_processed'
+        )
+        BEGIN
+            DELETE FROM collect.deadlock_xml
+            WHERE is_processed = 1
+            AND   collection_time < DATEADD(DAY, -1, SYSDATETIME());
+
+            SET @staging_deleted += ROWCOUNT_BIG();
+        END;
+
+        IF OBJECT_ID(N'collect.blocked_process_xml', N'U') IS NOT NULL
+        AND EXISTS
+        (
+            SELECT
+                1/0
+            FROM sys.columns AS c
+            WHERE c.object_id = OBJECT_ID(N'collect.blocked_process_xml')
+            AND   c.name = N'is_processed'
+        )
+        BEGIN
+            DELETE FROM collect.blocked_process_xml
+            WHERE is_processed = 1
+            AND   collection_time < DATEADD(DAY, -1, SYSDATETIME());
+
+            SET @staging_deleted += ROWCOUNT_BIG();
+        END;
+
+        IF @debug = 1 AND @staging_deleted > 0
+        BEGIN
+            RAISERROR(N'Purged %I64d processed XE staging rows (older than 1 day)', 0, 1, @staging_deleted) WITH NOWAIT;
+        END;
+
+        SET @total_deleted += @staging_deleted;
+
         /*
         Create temp table to hold list of tables to clean
         */