diff --git a/packages/cli/src/databases/migrations/sqlite/1690000000002-MigrateIntegerKeysToString.ts b/packages/cli/src/databases/migrations/sqlite/1690000000002-MigrateIntegerKeysToString.ts
index 80e8dcaed6..d3ea972cce 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/databases/migrations/sqlite/1690000000002-MigrateIntegerKeysToString.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/databases/migrations/sqlite/1690000000002-MigrateIntegerKeysToString.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,19 @@
+import { statSync } from 'fs';
+import path from 'path';
+import { UserSettings } from 'n8n-core';
 import type { MigrationContext, IrreversibleMigration } from '@db/types';
+import config from '@/config';
+import { copyTable } from '@/databases/utils/migrationHelpers';
 
 export class MigrateIntegerKeysToString1690000000002 implements IrreversibleMigration {
 	transaction = false as const;
 
-	async up({ queryRunner, tablePrefix }: MigrationContext) {
+	async up(context: MigrationContext) {
+		// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-use-before-define
+		await pruneExecutionsData(context);
+
+		const { queryRunner, tablePrefix } = context;
+
 		await queryRunner.query(`
 			CREATE TABLE "${tablePrefix}TMP_workflow_entity" ("id" varchar(36) PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL, "name" varchar(128) NOT NULL, "active" boolean NOT NULL, "nodes" text, "connections" text NOT NULL, "createdAt" datetime(3) NOT NULL DEFAULT (STRFTIME('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%f', 'NOW')), "updatedAt" datetime(3) NOT NULL DEFAULT (STRFTIME('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%f', 'NOW')), "settings" text, "staticData" text, "pinData" text, "versionId" varchar(36), "triggerCount" integer NOT NULL DEFAULT 0);`);
 		await queryRunner.query(
@@ -108,9 +118,7 @@ export class MigrateIntegerKeysToString1690000000002 implements IrreversibleMigr
 				"data" text NOT NULL, "status" varchar,
 				FOREIGN KEY("workflowId") REFERENCES "${tablePrefix}workflow_entity" ("id") ON DELETE CASCADE
 			);`);
-		await queryRunner.query(
-			`INSERT INTO "${tablePrefix}TMP_execution_entity" SELECT * FROM "${tablePrefix}execution_entity";`,
-		);
+		await copyTable({ tablePrefix, queryRunner }, 'execution_entity', 'TMP_execution_entity');
 		await queryRunner.query(`DROP TABLE "${tablePrefix}execution_entity";`);
 		await queryRunner.query(
 			`ALTER TABLE "${tablePrefix}TMP_execution_entity" RENAME TO "${tablePrefix}execution_entity";`,
@@ -178,3 +186,44 @@ export class MigrateIntegerKeysToString1690000000002 implements IrreversibleMigr
 		);
 	}
 }
+
+const DESIRED_DATABASE_FILE_SIZE = 1 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024; // 1 GB
+const migrationsPruningEnabled = process.env.MIGRATIONS_PRUNING_ENABLED === 'true';
+
+function getSqliteDbFileSize(): number {
+	const filename = path.resolve(
+		UserSettings.getUserN8nFolderPath(),
+		config.getEnv('database.sqlite.database'),
+	);
+	const { size } = statSync(filename);
+	return size;
+}
+
+const pruneExecutionsData = async ({ queryRunner, tablePrefix }: MigrationContext) => {
+	if (migrationsPruningEnabled) {
+		const dbFileSize = getSqliteDbFileSize();
+		if (dbFileSize < DESIRED_DATABASE_FILE_SIZE) {
+			console.log(`DB Size not large enough to prune: ${dbFileSize}`);
+			return;
+		}
+
+		console.time('pruningData');
+		const counting = (await queryRunner.query(
+			`select count(id) as rows from "${tablePrefix}execution_entity";`,
+		)) as Array<{ rows: number }>;
+
+		const averageExecutionSize = dbFileSize / counting[0].rows;
+		const numberOfExecutionsToKeep = Math.floor(DESIRED_DATABASE_FILE_SIZE / averageExecutionSize);
+
+		const query = `SELECT id FROM "${tablePrefix}execution_entity" ORDER BY id DESC limit ${numberOfExecutionsToKeep}, 1`;
+		const idToKeep = await queryRunner
+			.query(query)
+			.then((rows: Array<{ id: number }>) => rows[0].id);
+
+		const removalQuery = `DELETE FROM "${tablePrefix}execution_entity" WHERE id < ${idToKeep} and status IN ('success')`;
+		await queryRunner.query(removalQuery);
+		console.timeEnd('pruningData');
+	} else {
+		console.log('Pruning was requested, but was not enabled');
+	}
+};
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/databases/migrations/sqlite/1690000000010-SeparateExecutionData.ts b/packages/cli/src/databases/migrations/sqlite/1690000000010-SeparateExecutionData.ts
index 3d8943a7a6..55f3e74687 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/databases/migrations/sqlite/1690000000010-SeparateExecutionData.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/databases/migrations/sqlite/1690000000010-SeparateExecutionData.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { MigrationContext, ReversibleMigration } from '@/databases/types';
+import { copyTable } from '@/databases/utils/migrationHelpers';
 
 export class SeparateExecutionData1690000000010 implements ReversibleMigration {
 	async up({ queryRunner, tablePrefix }: MigrationContext): Promise<void> {
@@ -11,13 +12,12 @@ export class SeparateExecutionData1690000000010 implements ReversibleMigration {
 			)`,
 		);
 
-		await queryRunner.query(
-			`INSERT INTO "${tablePrefix}execution_data" (
-				"executionId",
-				"workflowData",
-				"data")
-				SELECT "id", "workflowData", "data" FROM "${tablePrefix}execution_entity"
-			`,
+		await copyTable(
+			{ tablePrefix, queryRunner },
+			'execution_entity',
+			'execution_data',
+			['id', 'workflowData', 'data'],
+			['executionId', 'workflowData', 'data'],
 		);
 
 		await queryRunner.query(
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/databases/utils/migrationHelpers.ts b/packages/cli/src/databases/utils/migrationHelpers.ts
index 5c1a91763e..bacfcfc315 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/databases/utils/migrationHelpers.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/databases/utils/migrationHelpers.ts
@@ -115,6 +115,37 @@ export const wrapMigration = (migration: Migration) => {
 	});
 };
 
+export const copyTable = async (
+	{ tablePrefix, queryRunner }: Pick<MigrationContext, 'queryRunner' | 'tablePrefix'>,
+	fromTable: string,
+	toTable: string,
+	fromFields: string[] = [],
+	toFields: string[] = [],
+	batchSize = 10,
+) => {
+	const driver = queryRunner.connection.driver;
+	fromTable = driver.escape(`${tablePrefix}${fromTable}`);
+	toTable = driver.escape(`${tablePrefix}${toTable}`);
+	const fromFieldsStr = fromFields.length
+		? fromFields.map((f) => driver.escape(f)).join(', ')
+		: '*';
+	const toFieldsStr = toFields.length
+		? `(${toFields.map((f) => driver.escape(f)).join(', ')})`
+		: '';
+
+	const total = await queryRunner
+		.query(`SELECT COUNT(*) as count from ${fromTable}`)
+		.then((rows: Array<{ count: number }>) => rows[0].count);
+
+	let migrated = 0;
+	while (migrated < total) {
+		await queryRunner.query(
+			`INSERT INTO ${toTable} ${toFieldsStr} SELECT ${fromFieldsStr} FROM ${fromTable} LIMIT ${migrated}, ${batchSize}`,
+		);
+		migrated += batchSize;
+	}
+};
+
 function batchQuery(query: string, limit: number, offset = 0): string {
 	return `
 			${query}