diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-node/config.go b/cmd/frostfs-node/config.go
index 0458e0eb4..0c452f822 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-node/config.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-node/config.go
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ type shardCfg struct {
 	uncompressableContentType  []string
 	refillMetabase             bool
 	refillMetabaseWorkersCount int
+	dropIndexes                bool
 	mode                       shardmode.Mode
 
 	metaCfg struct {
@@ -225,6 +226,7 @@ func (a *applicationConfiguration) updateShardConfig(c *config.Config, oldConfig
 
 	newConfig.refillMetabase = oldConfig.RefillMetabase()
 	newConfig.refillMetabaseWorkersCount = oldConfig.RefillMetabaseWorkersCount()
+	newConfig.dropIndexes = oldConfig.DropIndexes()
 	newConfig.mode = oldConfig.Mode()
 	newConfig.compress = oldConfig.Compress()
 	newConfig.uncompressableContentType = oldConfig.UncompressableContentTypes()
@@ -876,6 +878,7 @@ func (c *cfg) getShardOpts(shCfg shardCfg) shardOptsWithID {
 	sh.shOpts = []shard.Option{
 		shard.WithLogger(c.log),
 		shard.WithRefillMetabase(shCfg.refillMetabase),
+		shard.WithDropIndexes(shCfg.dropIndexes),
 		shard.WithRefillMetabaseWorkersCount(shCfg.refillMetabaseWorkersCount),
 		shard.WithMode(shCfg.mode),
 		shard.WithBlobStorOptions(blobstoreOpts...),
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-node/config/engine/shard/config.go b/cmd/frostfs-node/config/engine/shard/config.go
index 5ac2f8272..20e4a0b2a 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-node/config/engine/shard/config.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-node/config/engine/shard/config.go
@@ -126,6 +126,13 @@ func (x *Config) RefillMetabaseWorkersCount() int {
 	return RefillMetabaseWorkersCountDefault
 }
 
+func (x *Config) DropIndexes() bool {
+	return config.BoolSafe(
+		(*config.Config)(x),
+		"drop_metabase_indexes",
+	)
+}
+
 // Mode return the value of "mode" config parameter.
 //
 // Panics if read the value is not one of predefined
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/control.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/control.go
index 3f155eeb5..1eaace848 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/control.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/control.go
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 package meta
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"path/filepath"
 
+	objectV2 "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-api-go/v2/object"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/internal/logs"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/pkg/local_object_storage/internal/metaerr"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/mode"
@@ -220,3 +222,73 @@ func (db *DB) Reload(opts ...Option) (bool, error) {
 
 	return false, nil
 }
+
+func (db *DB) DropIndexes(ctx context.Context) error {
+	if db.mode.NoMetabase() || db.mode.ReadOnly() {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	mStaticBuckets := map[string]struct{}{
+		string(containerVolumeBucketName): {},
+		string(graveyardBucketName):       {},
+		string(toMoveItBucketName):        {},
+		string(garbageBucketName):         {},
+		string(shardInfoBucket):           {},
+		string(bucketNameLocked):          {},
+	}
+
+	return db.boltDB.Update(func(tx *bbolt.Tx) error {
+		bucketCursor := tx.Cursor()
+		bucket_name, _ := bucketCursor.First()
+		for bucket_name != nil {
+			if _, ok := mStaticBuckets[string(bucket_name)]; ok {
+				bucket_name, _ = bucketCursor.Next()
+				continue
+			}
+
+			if bucket_name[0] == payloadHashPrefix ||
+				bucket_name[0] == ownerPrefix {
+				name_copy := bytes.Clone(bucket_name)
+				if err := tx.DeleteBucket(name_copy); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+
+				bucket_name, _ = bucketCursor.Seek(name_copy)
+				continue
+			}
+
+			if bucket_name[0] == userAttributePrefix {
+				attributeKey := string(bucket_name[bucketKeySize:])
+				if attributeKey != objectV2.SysAttributeExpEpoch && attributeKey != "S3-Access-Box-CRDT-Name" {
+					name_copy := bytes.Clone(bucket_name)
+					if err := tx.DeleteBucket(name_copy); err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+
+					bucket_name, _ = bucketCursor.Seek(name_copy)
+					continue
+				}
+			}
+
+			if bucket_name[0] == rootPrefix {
+				b := tx.Bucket(bucket_name)
+				cursor := b.Cursor()
+				k, v := cursor.First()
+				for k != nil {
+					if len(v) == 0 { // empty split info
+						k_copy := bytes.Clone(k)
+						if err := b.Delete(k_copy); err != nil {
+							return err
+						}
+						k, v = cursor.Seek(k_copy)
+					} else {
+						k, v = cursor.Next()
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			bucket_name, _ = bucketCursor.Next()
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+}
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/control.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/control.go
index 3d209e703..46252490c 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/control.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/control.go
@@ -91,6 +91,21 @@ func (x *metabaseSynchronizer) Init() error {
 	return (*Shard)(x).refillMetabase(ctx)
 }
 
+type metabaseDropIndex Shard
+
+func (x *metabaseDropIndex) Init() error {
+	ctx, span := tracing.StartSpanFromContext(context.TODO(), "metabaseDropIndex.Init")
+	defer span.End()
+
+	sh := (*Shard)(x)
+	x.log.Info("Dropping metabase indexes...", zap.Stringer("shard_id", sh.info.ID))
+	if err := sh.metaBase.DropIndexes(ctx); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	x.log.Info("Dropping metabase indexes completed", zap.Stringer("shard_id", sh.info.ID))
+	return sh.metaBase.Init()
+}
+
 // Init initializes all Shard's components.
 func (s *Shard) Init(ctx context.Context) error {
 	type initializer interface {
@@ -104,6 +119,8 @@ func (s *Shard) Init(ctx context.Context) error {
 
 		if s.NeedRefillMetabase() {
 			initMetabase = (*metabaseSynchronizer)(s)
+		} else if s.DropIndexes() {
+			initMetabase = (*metabaseDropIndex)(s)
 		} else {
 			initMetabase = s.metaBase
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/shard.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/shard.go
index 378d77177..a304cd793 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/shard.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/shard.go
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ type cfg struct {
 
 	refillMetabase             bool
 	refillMetabaseWorkersCount int
+	dropIndexes                bool
 
 	rmBatchSize int
 
@@ -262,6 +263,10 @@ func (s *Shard) NeedRefillMetabase() bool {
 	return s.cfg.refillMetabase
 }
 
+func (s *Shard) DropIndexes() bool {
+	return s.cfg.dropIndexes
+}
+
 // WithRemoverBatchSize returns option to set batch size
 // of single removal operation.
 func WithRemoverBatchSize(sz int) Option {
@@ -316,6 +321,12 @@ func WithRefillMetabaseWorkersCount(v int) Option {
 	}
 }
 
+func WithDropIndexes(v bool) Option {
+	return func(c *cfg) {
+		c.dropIndexes = v
+	}
+}
+
 // WithMode returns option to set shard's mode. Mode must be one of the predefined:
 //   - mode.ReadWrite;
 //   - mode.ReadOnly.