diff --git a/app/jobs/delete_gbif_events_job.rb b/app/jobs/delete_gbif_events_job.rb
index 2a75fd443..25c5bad33 100644
--- a/app/jobs/delete_gbif_events_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/delete_gbif_events_job.rb
@@ -3,11 +3,24 @@
 class DeleteGbifEventsJob < ApplicationJob
   queue_as :lupo_background
 
-  def perform(id, options = {})
-    event = Event.find_by(uuid: id)
+  def perform(ids, options = {})
+    label = options[:label]
+    index = ENV["INDEX"]
 
-    event.destroy! if event.present?
+    if index.blank?
+      Rails.logger.error("#{label}: ENV['INDEX'] must be provided")
+      return
+    end
+
+    # delete event records from mysql
+    result = Events.where(id: ids).delete_all
+    Rails.logger.info("#{label}: #{result} event records deleted")
+
+    # delete event documents from elasticsearch
+    bulk_payload = ids.map { |id| { delete: { _index: index, _id: id } } }
+    response = Event.__elasticsearch__.client.bulk(body: bulk_payload)
+    Rails.logger.info("#{label}: #{response}")
   rescue => err
-    Rails.logger.info("#{options[:label]}: event delete error: #{err.message}")
+    Rails.logger.error("#{label}: #{are.message}")
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/event.rb b/app/models/event.rb
index b8fe8745c..4fec93971 100644
--- a/app/models/event.rb
+++ b/app/models/event.rb
@@ -880,6 +880,39 @@ def self.loop_through_events(options)
     Rails.logger.info("#{label}: task completed")
   end
 
+  def self.loop_through_gbif_events(options)
+    size = (options[:size] || 1_000).to_i
+    cursor = options[:cursor] || []
+    filter = options[:filter] || {}
+    label = options[:label] || ""
+    job_name = options[:job_name] || ""
+    query = options[:query].presence
+
+    response = Event.query(query, filter.merge(page: { size: 1, cursor: [] }))
+
+    if response.size.positive?
+      while response.size.positive?
+        response = Event.query(query, filter.merge(page: { size: size, cursor: cursor }))
+
+        break unless response.size.positive?
+
+        Rails.logger.info("#{label}: #{response.size} events starting with _id #{response.results.to_a.first[:_id]}")
+
+        cursor = response.results.to_a.last[:sort]
+
+        Rails.logger.info "#{label}: cursor: #{cursor}"
+
+        ids = response.results.map(&:_id).uniq
+
+        DeleteGbifEventsJob.perform_later(ids, options)
+
+        # Object.const_get(job_name).perform_later(ids, options)
+      end
+    end
+
+    Rails.logger.info("#{label}: task completed")
+  end
+
   def metric_type
     if /(requests|investigations)/.match?(relation_type_id.to_s)
       arr = relation_type_id.split("-", 4)
diff --git a/lib/tasks/event.rake b/lib/tasks/event.rake
index 2e6fd5323..d20925ea1 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/event.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/event.rake
@@ -88,16 +88,17 @@ namespace :gbif_events do
   desc "delete gbif events"
   task delete_gbif_events: :environment do
     options = {
-      size: 100,
+      size: 5,
       from_id: (ENV["FROM_ID"] || Event.minimum(:id)).to_i,
       until_id: (ENV["UNTIL_ID"] || Event.maximum(:id)).to_i,
       filter: {},
-      query: "+subj.registrantId:datacite.gbif.gbif +relation_type_id:references -source_doi:(\"10.15468/QJGWBA\" OR \"10.35035/GDWQ-3V93\" OR \"10.15469/3XSWXB\" OR \"10.15469/UBP6QO\" OR \"10.35000/TEDB-QD70\" OR \"10.15469/2YMQOZ\")",
+      # query: "+subj.registrantId:datacite.gbif.gbif +relation_type_id:references -source_doi:(\"10.15468/QJGWBA\" OR \"10.35035/GDWQ-3V93\" OR \"10.15469/3XSWXB\" OR \"10.15469/UBP6QO\" OR \"10.35000/TEDB-QD70\" OR \"10.15469/2YMQOZ\")",
+      query: "+relation_type_id:is-authored-by",
       label: "gbif_event_cleanup_#{Time.now.utc.strftime("%d%m%Y%H%M%S")}",
       job_name: "DeleteGbifEventsJob"
     }
 
-    Event.loop_through_events(options)
+    Event.loop_through_gbif_events(options)
   end
 
   desc "delete orphaned gbif_events"