diff --git a/contrib/scripts/orphan-clean-up/README.md b/contrib/scripts/orphan-clean-up/README.md
index a6a25a4e7d..6fdf51bbbf 100644
--- a/contrib/scripts/orphan-clean-up/README.md
+++ b/contrib/scripts/orphan-clean-up/README.md
@@ -2,20 +2,47 @@
 
 ## Overview
 
-The Orphan Clean Up script is a basic PowerShell script to delete orphaned entities in the catalog. This script also assumes that you do not have authentication setup for your Backstage API endpoints.
+The Orphan Clean Up scripts are a basic scripts to delete orphaned entities in the catalog.
+
+This script also assumes that you do not have authentication setup for your Backstage API endpoints.
 
 _Warning:_ There is a risk of entities being orphaned (and being deleted by this script) in case of the location having problems and returning a 404 status code. This might lead to accidental deletion of entities until the processing loop has recreated the entity.
 
-## Requirements
+## PowerShell
+
+A PowerShell implementation of the orphan cleanup script.
+
+### Requirements
 
 This script is PowerShell based so therefore needs to be ran in a PowerShell session. If you are not able to use PowerShell the script should give you a clear idea as to how to create it with another scripting language like Bash.
 
-## Usage
+### Usage
 
 Here's how to use the script:
 
-1. Download the script
+1. Download the `OrphanCleanUp.ps1` script
 2. Now start a PowerShell session
 3. Next navigate to the location you downloaded the script
 4. Then run this command replacing `https:\\backstage.my-company.com` with the URL of your Backstage instance: `.\OrphanCleanUp.ps1 https:\\backstage.my-company.com`
 5. The script will output the number of orphaned entities it finds and then the name for each one it deletes
+
+## Bash
+
+A bash implementation of the orphan cleanup script.
+
+### Requirements
+
+This script is shell based and requires the following programs to be installed on your system:
+
+- curl
+- jq
+
+### Usage
+
+Here's how to use the script:
+
+1. Download the `orphan_cleanup.sh` script
+2. Now start a bash session
+3. Next navigate to the location you downloaded the script
+4. Then run this command replacing `https://backstage.my-company.com` with the URL of your Backstage instance: `./orphan_cleanup.sh https://backstage.my-company.com`
+5. The script will output the number of orphaned entities it finds and then the name for each one it deletes
diff --git a/contrib/scripts/orphan-clean-up/orphan_cleanup.sh b/contrib/scripts/orphan-clean-up/orphan_cleanup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..6ffe4737fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/scripts/orphan-clean-up/orphan_cleanup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Cleanes up orphaned entities for the provided Backstage URL, defaults to the local backend
+BACKSTAGE_URL=${1:-'http://localhost:7007'}
+echo $BACKSTAGE_URL
+
+ORPHAN_API_URL="$BACKSTAGE_URL/api/catalog/entities?filter=metadata.annotations.backstage.io/orphan=true"
+ORPHAN_DELETE_API_URL="$BACKSTAGE_URL/api/catalog/entities/by-uid"
+
+ORPHANS=$(curl -s $ORPHAN_API_URL)
+
+echo ""
+echo "Found $(echo $ORPHANS | jq length ) orphaned entities"
+echo ""
+
+jq -c '.[]' <<< $ORPHANS | while read ORPHAN; do
+    echo $ORPHAN | jq "."
+    echo "Deleting orphan entity: $(echo $ORPHAN | jq -r .metadata.name) of kind: $(echo $ORPHAN | jq -r .kind)"
+    curl -X DELETE "$ORPHAN_DELETE_API_URL/$(echo $ORPHAN | jq -r .metadata.uid)"
+done