diff --git a/docs/source/user/management_commands.rst b/docs/source/user/management_commands.rst
index e3ac28a7..6426a16e 100644
--- a/docs/source/user/management_commands.rst
+++ b/docs/source/user/management_commands.rst
@@ -79,11 +79,12 @@ This command deactivates expired user accounts which were created temporarily
 --------------------------------
 
 This command deletes users that have expired (and should have been deactivated by
-``deactivate_expired_users``) for more than the specified ``<duration_in_months>``.
+``deactivate_expired_users``) for more than the duration specified by ``--older-than-days <duration_in_days>``
+or ``--older-than-months `<duration_in_months>``.
 
 .. code-block:: shell
 
-    ./manage.py delete_old_radiusbatch_users --older-than-months <duration_in_months>
+    ./manage.py delete_old_radiusbatch_users --older-than-days <duration_in_days> 
 
 Note that the default duration is set to 18 months.
 
diff --git a/openwisp_radius/management/commands/base/delete_old_radiusbatch_users.py b/openwisp_radius/management/commands/base/delete_old_radiusbatch_users.py
index b3504e7f..c65817d1 100644
--- a/openwisp_radius/management/commands/base/delete_old_radiusbatch_users.py
+++ b/openwisp_radius/management/commands/base/delete_old_radiusbatch_users.py
@@ -13,18 +13,32 @@ class BaseDeleteOldRadiusBatchUsersCommand(BaseCommand):
     help = 'Deactivating users added in batches which have expired'
 
     def add_arguments(self, parser):
+        parser.add_argument(
+            '--older-than-days',
+            action='store',
+            type=int,
+            default=30 * BATCH_DELETE_EXPIRED,
+            help='Delete users that are older than days provided',
+        )
         parser.add_argument(
             '--older-than-months',
             action='store',
-            default=BATCH_DELETE_EXPIRED,
-            help='delete users which have expired before this time',
+            type=int,
+            help='Delete users that are older than months provided',
         )
 
     def handle(self, *args, **options):
-        months = now() - timedelta(days=30 * int(options['older_than_months']))
-        batches = RadiusBatch.objects.filter(expiration_date__lt=months)
+        days = options.get('older_than_days')
+        months = options.get('older_than_months')
+
+        if months is not None:
+            threshold_date = now() - timedelta(days=30 * months)
+        else:
+            threshold_date = now() - timedelta(days=days)
+
+        batches = RadiusBatch.objects.filter(expiration_date__lt=threshold_date)
+        time_period = threshold_date.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
+
         for b in batches:
             b.delete()
-        self.stdout.write(
-            f'Deleted accounts older than {options["older_than_months"]} months'
-        )
+        self.stdout.write(f'Deleted accounts older than {time_period}')
diff --git a/openwisp_radius/tasks.py b/openwisp_radius/tasks.py
index 85e34384..cef2c67a 100644
--- a/openwisp_radius/tasks.py
+++ b/openwisp_radius/tasks.py
@@ -43,9 +43,11 @@ def deactivate_expired_users():
 
 
 @shared_task
-def delete_old_radiusbatch_users(older_than_months=12):
+def delete_old_radiusbatch_users(
+    older_than_days=30 * app_settings.BATCH_DELETE_EXPIRED,
+):
     management.call_command(
-        'delete_old_radiusbatch_users', older_than_months=older_than_months
+        'delete_old_radiusbatch_users', older_than_days=older_than_days
     )
 
 
diff --git a/openwisp_radius/tests/static/test_batch_users.csv b/openwisp_radius/tests/static/test_batch_users.csv
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5bb142c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openwisp_radius/tests/static/test_batch_users.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+rahulyadav,cleartext$password,rahul.yadav@openwisp.com,Rahul,Yadav
+rahulyadav,pbkdf2_sha256$100000$x3DUBnOFwraV$PU2dZZq1FcuBjagxVLPhhFvpicLn18fFCN5xiLsxATc=,rahul@openwisp.com,,
+,,rahul.rajput@openwisp.com,,
diff --git a/openwisp_radius/tests/test_commands.py b/openwisp_radius/tests/test_commands.py
index 14de1e9a..31483c17 100644
--- a/openwisp_radius/tests/test_commands.py
+++ b/openwisp_radius/tests/test_commands.py
@@ -171,10 +171,21 @@ def test_delete_old_radiusbatch_users_command(self):
             name='test1',
         )
         self._call_command('batch_add_users', **options)
-        self.assertEqual(get_user_model().objects.all().count(), 6)
+        path = self._get_path('static/test_batch_users.csv')
+        expiration_date = (now() - timedelta(days=10)).strftime('%d-%m-%Y')
+        options = dict(
+            organization=self.default_org.slug,
+            file=path,
+            expiration=expiration_date,
+            name='test2',
+        )
+        self._call_command('batch_add_users', **options)
+        self.assertEqual(get_user_model().objects.all().count(), 9)
         call_command('delete_old_radiusbatch_users')
-        self.assertEqual(get_user_model().objects.all().count(), 3)
+        self.assertEqual(get_user_model().objects.all().count(), 6)
         call_command('delete_old_radiusbatch_users', older_than_months=12)
+        self.assertEqual(get_user_model().objects.all().count(), 3)
+        call_command('delete_old_radiusbatch_users', older_than_days=9)
         self.assertEqual(get_user_model().objects.all().count(), 0)
 
     @capture_stdout()
diff --git a/openwisp_radius/tests/test_tasks.py b/openwisp_radius/tests/test_tasks.py
index 97d9459e..b7915a10 100644
--- a/openwisp_radius/tests/test_tasks.py
+++ b/openwisp_radius/tests/test_tasks.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def test_deactivate_expired_users(self):
     def test_delete_old_radiusbatch_users(self):
         self._get_expired_user_from_radius_batch()
         self.assertEqual(User.objects.all().count(), 1)
-        result = tasks.delete_old_radiusbatch_users.delay(1)
+        result = tasks.delete_old_radiusbatch_users.delay(30)
         self.assertTrue(result.successful())
         self.assertEqual(User.objects.all().count(), 0)