diff --git a/playbooks/deploy-compose.yml b/playbooks/deploy-compose.yml
index 3f2db90..58087f2 100644
--- a/playbooks/deploy-compose.yml
+++ b/playbooks/deploy-compose.yml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
       register: _stack_file_state
 
     - name: Remove the existing stack
-      when: _stack_file_state.changed is true
+      when: _stack_file_state.changed is true or omni_compose_apps[_runtime_application].force_clean | default(false) is true
       docker_stack:
         name: "{{ _runtime_application }}"
         state: absent