diff --git a/mobile/lib/services/machine_learning/semantic_search/semantic_search_service.dart b/mobile/lib/services/machine_learning/semantic_search/semantic_search_service.dart
index aa745e1af9..cf3930a782 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/services/machine_learning/semantic_search/semantic_search_service.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/services/machine_learning/semantic_search/semantic_search_service.dart
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import "dart:async" show unawaited;
+import "dart:async" show Timer, unawaited;
 import "dart:developer" as dev show log;
 import "dart:math" show min;
 import "dart:ui" show Image;
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ class SemanticSearchService {
 
   final _cacheLock = Lock();
   bool _imageEmbeddingsAreCached = false;
+  Timer? _embeddingsCacheTimer;
+  final Duration _embeddingsCacheDuration = const Duration(seconds: 60);
 
   Future<(String, List<EnteFile>)>? _searchScreenRequest;
   String? _latestPendingQuery;
@@ -109,6 +111,7 @@ class SemanticSearchService {
 
   Future<void> _cacheClipVectors() async {
     return _cacheLock.synchronized(() async {
+      _resetInactivityTimer();
       if (_imageEmbeddingsAreCached) {
         return;
       }
@@ -276,6 +279,19 @@ class SemanticSearchService {
     return queryResults;
   }
 
+  void _resetInactivityTimer() {
+    _embeddingsCacheTimer?.cancel();
+    _embeddingsCacheTimer = Timer(_embeddingsCacheDuration, () {
+      _logger.info(
+        'Embeddings cache is unused for ${_embeddingsCacheDuration.inSeconds} seconds. Removing cache.',
+      );
+      if (_imageEmbeddingsAreCached) {
+        MLComputer.instance.clearImageEmbeddingsCache();
+        _imageEmbeddingsAreCached = false;
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
   static Future<ClipResult> runClipImage(
     int enteFileID,
     Image image,