diff --git a/pkg/gvk/gvk.go b/pkg/gvk/gvk.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f4a261efbe5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/gvk/gvk.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package gvk
+
+import "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+
+var (
+	OdhApplication = schema.GroupVersionKind{Group: "dashboard.opendatahub.io", Version: "v1", Kind: "OdhApplication"}
+	OdhDocument    = schema.GroupVersionKind{Group: "dashboard.opendatahub.io", Version: "v1", Kind: "OdhDocument"}
+	OdhQuickStart  = schema.GroupVersionKind{Group: "console.openshift.io", Version: "v1", Kind: "OdhQuickStart"}
+)
diff --git a/pkg/upgrade/upgrade.go b/pkg/upgrade/upgrade.go
index d02cc14c656..8c5f52c7017 100644
--- a/pkg/upgrade/upgrade.go
+++ b/pkg/upgrade/upgrade.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package upgrade
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	authv1 "k8s.io/api/rbac/v1"
 	apiextv1 "k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/v1"
 	apierrs "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
@@ -37,9 +39,19 @@ import (
 	"github.com/opendatahub-io/opendatahub-operator/v2/components/workbenches"
 	"github.com/opendatahub-io/opendatahub-operator/v2/pkg/cluster"
 	"github.com/opendatahub-io/opendatahub-operator/v2/pkg/deploy"
+	"github.com/opendatahub-io/opendatahub-operator/v2/pkg/gvk"
 	"github.com/opendatahub-io/opendatahub-operator/v2/pkg/metadata/labels"
 )
 
+type ResourceSpec struct {
+	Gvk       schema.GroupVersionKind
+	Namespace string
+	// path to the field, like "metadata", "name"
+	Path []string
+	// set of values for the field to match object, any one matches
+	Values []string
+}
+
 // CreateDefaultDSC creates a default instance of DSC.
 // Note: When the platform is not Managed, and a DSC instance already exists, the function doesn't re-create/update the resource.
 func CreateDefaultDSC(ctx context.Context, cli client.Client) error {
@@ -240,6 +252,33 @@ func UpdateFromLegacyVersion(cli client.Client, platform deploy.Platform, appNS
 	return nil
 }
 
+func getDashboardWatsonResources(ns string) []ResourceSpec {
+	metadataName := []string{"metadata", "name"}
+	specAppName := []string{"spec", "appName"}
+	appName := []string{"watson-studio"}
+
+	return []ResourceSpec{
+		{
+			Gvk:       gvk.OdhQuickStart,
+			Namespace: ns,
+			Path:      specAppName,
+			Values:    appName,
+		},
+		{
+			Gvk:       gvk.OdhDocument,
+			Namespace: ns,
+			Path:      specAppName,
+			Values:    appName,
+		},
+		{
+			Gvk:       gvk.OdhApplication,
+			Namespace: ns,
+			Path:      metadataName,
+			Values:    appName,
+		},
+	}
+}
+
 // TODO: remove function once we have a generic solution across all components.
 func CleanupExistingResource(ctx context.Context, cli client.Client, platform deploy.Platform, dscApplicationsNamespace, dscMonitoringNamespace string) error {
 	var multiErr *multierror.Error
@@ -283,9 +322,63 @@ func CleanupExistingResource(ctx context.Context, cli client.Client, platform de
 		Kind:    "OdhApplication",
 	}
 	multiErr = multierror.Append(multiErr, removOdhApplicationsCR(ctx, cli, JupyterhubApp, "jupyterhub", dscApplicationsNamespace))
+
+	// to take a reference
+	toDelete := getDashboardWatsonResources(dscApplicationsNamespace)
+	multiErr = multierror.Append(multiErr, deleteResources(ctx, cli, &toDelete))
+
 	return multiErr.ErrorOrNil()
 }
 
+func deleteResources(ctx context.Context, c client.Client, resources *[]ResourceSpec) error {
+	var errors *multierror.Error
+
+	for _, res := range *resources {
+		err := deleteOneResource(ctx, c, res)
+		errors = multierror.Append(errors, err)
+	}
+
+	return errors.ErrorOrNil()
+}
+
+func deleteOneResource(ctx context.Context, c client.Client, res ResourceSpec) error {
+	list := &unstructured.UnstructuredList{}
+	list.SetGroupVersionKind(res.Gvk)
+
+	err := c.List(ctx, list, client.InNamespace(res.Namespace))
+	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, &meta.NoKindMatchError{}) {
+			fmt.Printf("Could not delete %v: CRD not found\n", res.Gvk)
+			return nil
+		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to list %s: %w", res.Gvk.Kind, err)
+	}
+
+	for _, item := range list.Items {
+		item := item
+		v, ok, err := unstructured.NestedString(item.Object, res.Path...)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to get field %v for %s %s/%s: %w", res.Path, res.Gvk.Kind, res.Namespace, item.GetName(), err)
+		}
+
+		if !ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unexisting path to delete: %v", res.Path)
+		}
+
+		for _, toDelete := range res.Values {
+			if v == toDelete {
+				err = c.Delete(ctx, &item)
+				if err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete %s %s/%s: %w", res.Gvk.Kind, res.Namespace, item.GetName(), err)
+				}
+				fmt.Println("Deleted object", item.GetName(), res.Gvk, "in namespace", res.Namespace)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func RemoveKfDefInstances(ctx context.Context, cli client.Client) error {
 	// Check if kfdef are deployed
 	kfdefCrd := &apiextv1.CustomResourceDefinition{}