diff --git a/roles/slurm-common/templates/slurm.epilog.j2 b/roles/slurm-common/templates/slurm.epilog.j2
index 84dd012fae68a7fd85ac390582d8f8991c322073..9755cf925a38a3a2c8d4edb8295668a8535bc462 100644
--- a/roles/slurm-common/templates/slurm.epilog.j2
+++ b/roles/slurm-common/templates/slurm.epilog.j2
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-find /tmp -user ${SLURM_JOB_USER} | xargs rm -rf
+# specific files to be deleted to clean up after a Strudel session
+find /tmp -user ${SLURM_JOB_USER} -name "pulse*" | xargs rm -rf
+find /tmp -user ${SLURM_JOB_USER} -name ".esd-*" | xargs rm -rf
+find /tmp -user ${SLURM_JOB_USER} -name ".X*-lock" | xargs rm -rf
+find /tmp/.X11-unix -user ${SLURM_JOB_USER} -name "X*" | xargs rm -rf