diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/Utils.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/Utils.scala
index 35d60bb514405..9040bd9012ce2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/Utils.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/Utils.scala
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ import com.google.common.net.InetAddresses
 import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Hex
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.SystemUtils
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration
-import org.apache.hadoop.fs.{FileSystem, FileUtil, Path}
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.{FileSystem, FileUtil, Path, Trash}
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.{CompressionCodecFactory, SplittableCompressionCodec}
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.conf.YarnConfiguration
@@ -269,6 +269,24 @@ private[spark] object Utils extends Logging {
     file.setExecutable(true, true)
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Move data to trash on truncate table given
+   * spark.sql.truncate.trash.interval is positive
+   */
+  def moveToTrashIfEnabled(
+      fs: FileSystem,
+      partitionPath: Path,
+      trashInterval: Int,
+      hadoopConf: Configuration): Unit = {
+    if (trashInterval < 0) {
+      fs.delete(partitionPath, true)
+    } else {
+      logDebug(s"will move data ${partitionPath.toString} to trash")
+      hadoopConf.setInt("fs.trash.interval", trashInterval)
+      Trash.moveToAppropriateTrash(fs, partitionPath, hadoopConf)
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Create a directory given the abstract pathname
    * @return true, if the directory is successfully created; otherwise, return false.
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala
index 196971a22a44e..9308fbf64de8e 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala
@@ -2701,6 +2701,13 @@ object SQLConf {
       .booleanConf
       .createWithDefault(false)
 
+  val TRUNCATE_TRASH_INTERVAL =
+    buildConf("spark.sql.truncate.trash.interval")
+      .doc("This Configuration will decide whether move files to trash on truncate table" +
+        "If -1 files will be deleted without moving to trash")
+      .intConf
+      .createWithDefault(-1)
+
   /**
    * Holds information about keys that have been deprecated.
    *
@@ -3311,6 +3318,8 @@ class SQLConf extends Serializable with Logging {
   def optimizeNullAwareAntiJoin: Boolean =
     getConf(SQLConf.OPTIMIZE_NULL_AWARE_ANTI_JOIN)
 
+  def truncateTrashInterval: Int = getConf(SQLConf.TRUNCATE_TRASH_INTERVAL)
+
   /** ********************** SQLConf functionality methods ************ */
 
   /** Set Spark SQL configuration properties. */
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/tables.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/tables.scala
index 7aebdddf1d59c..2b40291b26552 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/tables.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/tables.scala
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.v2.parquet.ParquetDataSourceV2
 import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.{HiveSerDe, SQLConf}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.util.SchemaUtils
+import org.apache.spark.util.Utils
 
 /**
  * A command to create a table with the same definition of the given existing table.
@@ -489,6 +490,7 @@ case class TruncateTableCommand(
       }
     val hadoopConf = spark.sessionState.newHadoopConf()
     val ignorePermissionAcl = SQLConf.get.truncateTableIgnorePermissionAcl
+    val trashInterval = SQLConf.get.truncateTrashInterval
     locations.foreach { location =>
       if (location.isDefined) {
         val path = new Path(location.get)
@@ -513,7 +515,7 @@ case class TruncateTableCommand(
             }
           }
 
-          fs.delete(path, true)
+          Utils.moveToTrashIfEnabled(fs, path, trashInterval, hadoopConf)
 
           // We should keep original permission/acl of the path.
           // For owner/group, only super-user can set it, for example on HDFS. Because