diff --git a/.inferconfig b/.inferconfig
index b4e598b9e..f6e6fcb94 100644
--- a/.inferconfig
+++ b/.inferconfig
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "force-delete-results-dir": true,
   "siof-safe-methods": ["getGlobalNonPODWhitelisted", "whitelisted::getGlobalNonPOD",
                         "whitelisted::TemplatedObject::getGlobalNonPOD"],
   "skip-translation": [
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/infer.ml b/infer/src/backend/infer.ml
index af3e62b27..e852db474 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/infer.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/infer.ml
@@ -52,10 +52,11 @@ let remove_results_dir () =
   (* Look if file exists, it may not be a directory but that will be caught by the call to [is_results_dir]. If it's an empty directory, leave it alone. This allows users to create a temporary directory for the infer results without infer removing it to recreate it, which could be racy. *)
   if Sys.file_exists Config.results_dir = `Yes && not (Utils.directory_is_empty Config.results_dir)
   then (
-    Result.iter_error (is_results_dir ()) ~f:(fun err ->
-        L.(die UserError)
-          "ERROR: '%s' exists but does not seem to be an infer results directory: %s@\nERROR: Please delete '%s' and try again@."
-          Config.results_dir err Config.results_dir ) ;
+    if not Config.force_delete_results_dir then
+      Result.iter_error (is_results_dir ()) ~f:(fun err ->
+          L.(die UserError)
+            "ERROR: '%s' exists but does not seem to be an infer results directory: %s@\nERROR: Please delete '%s' and try again@."
+            Config.results_dir err Config.results_dir ) ;
     Utils.rmtree Config.results_dir )
 
 let setup_results_dir () =
diff --git a/infer/src/base/Config.ml b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
index c0200270e..e48aff934 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/Config.ml
+++ b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
@@ -1106,6 +1106,16 @@ and flavors =
     ~in_help:CLOpt.([(Capture, manual_buck_flavors)])
     "Buck integration using Buck flavors (clang only), eg $(i,`infer --flavors -- buck build //foo:bar#infer`)"
 
+and force_delete_results_dir =
+  CLOpt.mk_bool ~long:"force-delete-results-dir" ~default:false
+    ~in_help:
+      (CLOpt.(
+        [ (Capture, manual_generic)
+        ; (Compile, manual_generic)
+        ; (Diff, manual_generic)
+        ; (Run, manual_generic) ]))
+    "Do not refuse to delete the results directory if it doesn't look like an infer results directory."
+
 and from_json_report =
   CLOpt.mk_path_opt ~long:"from-json-report"
     ~in_help:CLOpt.([(Report, manual_generic)])
@@ -2067,6 +2077,8 @@ and filtering = !filtering
 
 and flavors = !flavors
 
+and force_delete_results_dir = !force_delete_results_dir
+
 and fragment_retains_view = !fragment_retains_view
 
 and from_json_report = !from_json_report
diff --git a/infer/src/base/Config.mli b/infer/src/base/Config.mli
index 990bfc79d..73335260b 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/Config.mli
+++ b/infer/src/base/Config.mli
@@ -404,6 +404,8 @@ val filtering : bool
 
 val flavors : bool
 
+val force_delete_results_dir : bool
+
 val fragment_retains_view : bool
 
 val from_json_report : string option
diff --git a/infer/tests/build_systems/ant/.inferconfig b/infer/tests/build_systems/ant/.inferconfig
index 90264e7cb..a553feb67 100644
--- a/infer/tests/build_systems/ant/.inferconfig
+++ b/infer/tests/build_systems/ant/.inferconfig
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "force-delete-results-dir": true,
   "skip-translation": [
     {
       "language": "Java",
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/cpp/quandary/.inferconfig b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/cpp/quandary/.inferconfig
index 2fdde237a..b434de8ee 100644
--- a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/cpp/quandary/.inferconfig
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/cpp/quandary/.inferconfig
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "force-delete-results-dir": true,
   "quandary-sources": [
     {
       "procedure": "__infer_taint_source",
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/.inferconfig b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/.inferconfig
index 6d1e0898c..3613e92e3 100644
--- a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/.inferconfig
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/.inferconfig
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "force-delete-results-dir": true,
   "never-returning-null": [
     {
       "language": "Java",
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/checkers/.inferconfig b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/checkers/.inferconfig
index 15e60379b..5d7cc8d97 100644
--- a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/checkers/.inferconfig
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/checkers/.inferconfig
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "force-delete-results-dir": true,
   "modeled-expensive": [
     {
       "language": "Java",
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/infer/.inferconfig b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/infer/.inferconfig
index 07907b1fb..dc3c086c7 100644
--- a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/infer/.inferconfig
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/infer/.inferconfig
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "force-delete-results-dir": true,
   "never-returning-null": [
     {
       "language": "Java",
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/quandary/.inferconfig b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/quandary/.inferconfig
index f4bd3a13f..927113ef2 100644
--- a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/quandary/.inferconfig
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/quandary/.inferconfig
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "force-delete-results-dir": true,
   "quandary-sources": [
     {
       "procedure": "codetoanalyze.java.quandary.ExternalSpecs.privateData*",
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/threadsafety/.inferconfig b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/threadsafety/.inferconfig
index c60f430a4..ad61ed582 100644
--- a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/threadsafety/.inferconfig
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/threadsafety/.inferconfig
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "force-delete-results-dir": true,
   "threadsafe-aliases": ["MyThreadSafeAlias1", "codetoanalyze.java.checkers.MyThreadSafeAlias2"],
   "skip-translation": [
     {
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/tracing/.inferconfig b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/tracing/.inferconfig
index 07907b1fb..dc3c086c7 100644
--- a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/tracing/.inferconfig
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/tracing/.inferconfig
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "force-delete-results-dir": true,
   "never-returning-null": [
     {
       "language": "Java",