diff --git a/internal/app/base/base.go b/internal/app/base/base.go
index 17a1bb34..3d91191e 100644
--- a/internal/app/base/base.go
+++ b/internal/app/base/base.go
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ type Base struct {
 	usage   string // the app's usage description
 	command string // the command used to launch the app (either the exe path or the launcher path)
 	restart bool   // whether the app is currently set to restart
+
+	teardown []func() error // actions to perform when app is exiting
 }
 
 func New( // nolint[funlen]
@@ -269,6 +271,11 @@ func (b *Base) SetToRestart() {
 	b.restart = true
 }
 
+// AddTeardownAction adds an action to perform during app teardown.
+func (b *Base) AddTeardownAction(fn func() error) {
+	b.teardown = append(b.teardown, fn)
+}
+
 func (b *Base) run(appMainLoop func(*Base, *cli.Context) error) cli.ActionFunc { // nolint[funlen]
 	return func(c *cli.Context) error {
 		defer b.CrashHandler.HandlePanic()
@@ -316,14 +323,24 @@ func (b *Base) run(appMainLoop func(*Base, *cli.Context) error) cli.ActionFunc {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		if b.restart {
-			return b.restartApp(false)
+		if err := b.doTeardown(); err != nil {
+			return err
 		}
 
-		if err := b.Versioner.RemoveOldVersions(); err != nil {
-			return err
+		if b.restart {
+			return b.restartApp(false)
 		}
 
 		return nil
 	}
 }
+
+func (b *Base) doTeardown() error {
+	for _, action := range b.teardown {
+		if err := action(); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/app/bridge/bridge.go b/internal/app/bridge/bridge.go
index 87762678..00145724 100644
--- a/internal/app/bridge/bridge.go
+++ b/internal/app/bridge/bridge.go
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ func run(b *base.Base, c *cli.Context) error { // nolint[funlen]
 	// Bridge supports no-window option which we should use for autostart.
 	b.Autostart.Exec = append(b.Autostart.Exec, "--no-window")
 
+	// We want to remove old versions if the app exits successfully.
+	b.AddTeardownAction(b.Versioner.RemoveOldVersions)
+
 	f := frontend.New(
 		constants.Version,
 		constants.BuildVersion,
diff --git a/internal/app/ie/ie.go b/internal/app/ie/ie.go
index 9d38fd57..7f13e576 100644
--- a/internal/app/ie/ie.go
+++ b/internal/app/ie/ie.go
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ func run(b *base.Base, c *cli.Context) error {
 		frontendMode = "qt"
 	}
 
+	// We want to remove old versions if the app exits successfully.
+	b.AddTeardownAction(b.Versioner.RemoveOldVersions)
+
 	f := frontend.NewImportExport(
 		constants.Version,
 		constants.BuildVersion,