diff --git a/core/rawdb/freezer_resettable.go b/core/rawdb/freezer_resettable.go
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+++ b/core/rawdb/freezer_resettable.go
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+// Copyright 2022 The go-ethereum Authors
+// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package rawdb
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethdb"
+)
+
+const tmpSuffix = ".tmp"
+
+// freezerOpenFunc is the function used to open/create a freezer.
+type freezerOpenFunc = func() (*Freezer, error)
+
+// ResettableFreezer is a wrapper of the freezer which makes the
+// freezer resettable.
+type ResettableFreezer struct {
+	freezer *Freezer
+	opener  freezerOpenFunc
+	datadir string
+	lock    sync.RWMutex
+}
+
+// NewResettableFreezer creates a resettable freezer, note freezer is
+// only resettable if the passed file directory is exclusively occupied
+// by the freezer. And also the user-configurable ancient root directory
+// is **not** supported for reset since it might be a mount and rename
+// will cause a copy of hundreds of gigabyte into local directory. It
+// needs some other file based solutions.
+//
+// The reset function will delete directory atomically and re-create the
+// freezer from scratch.
+func NewResettableFreezer(datadir string, namespace string, readonly bool, maxTableSize uint32, tables map[string]bool) (*ResettableFreezer, error) {
+	if err := cleanup(datadir); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	opener := func() (*Freezer, error) {
+		return NewFreezer(datadir, namespace, readonly, maxTableSize, tables)
+	}
+	freezer, err := opener()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &ResettableFreezer{
+		freezer: freezer,
+		opener:  opener,
+		datadir: datadir,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// Reset deletes the file directory exclusively occupied by the freezer and
+// recreate the freezer from scratch. The atomicity of directory deletion
+// is guaranteed by the rename operation, the leftover directory will be
+// cleaned up in next startup in case crash happens after rename.
+func (f *ResettableFreezer) Reset() error {
+	f.lock.Lock()
+	defer f.lock.Unlock()
+
+	if err := f.freezer.Close(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	tmp := tmpName(f.datadir)
+	if err := os.Rename(f.datadir, tmp); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := os.RemoveAll(tmp); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	freezer, err := f.opener()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	f.freezer = freezer
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Close terminates the chain freezer, unmapping all the data files.
+func (f *ResettableFreezer) Close() error {
+	f.lock.RLock()
+	defer f.lock.RUnlock()
+
+	return f.freezer.Close()
+}
+
+// HasAncient returns an indicator whether the specified ancient data exists
+// in the freezer
+func (f *ResettableFreezer) HasAncient(kind string, number uint64) (bool, error) {
+	f.lock.RLock()
+	defer f.lock.RUnlock()
+
+	return f.freezer.HasAncient(kind, number)
+}
+
+// Ancient retrieves an ancient binary blob from the append-only immutable files.
+func (f *ResettableFreezer) Ancient(kind string, number uint64) ([]byte, error) {
+	f.lock.RLock()
+	defer f.lock.RUnlock()
+
+	return f.freezer.Ancient(kind, number)
+}
+
+// AncientRange retrieves multiple items in sequence, starting from the index 'start'.
+// It will return
+//   - at most 'max' items,
+//   - at least 1 item (even if exceeding the maxByteSize), but will otherwise
+//     return as many items as fit into maxByteSize
+func (f *ResettableFreezer) AncientRange(kind string, start, count, maxBytes uint64) ([][]byte, error) {
+	f.lock.RLock()
+	defer f.lock.RUnlock()
+
+	return f.freezer.AncientRange(kind, start, count, maxBytes)
+}
+
+// Ancients returns the length of the frozen items.
+func (f *ResettableFreezer) Ancients() (uint64, error) {
+	f.lock.RLock()
+	defer f.lock.RUnlock()
+
+	return f.freezer.Ancients()
+}
+
+// Tail returns the number of first stored item in the freezer.
+func (f *ResettableFreezer) Tail() (uint64, error) {
+	f.lock.RLock()
+	defer f.lock.RUnlock()
+
+	return f.freezer.Tail()
+}
+
+// AncientSize returns the ancient size of the specified category.
+func (f *ResettableFreezer) AncientSize(kind string) (uint64, error) {
+	f.lock.RLock()
+	defer f.lock.RUnlock()
+
+	return f.freezer.AncientSize(kind)
+}
+
+// ReadAncients runs the given read operation while ensuring that no writes take place
+// on the underlying freezer.
+func (f *ResettableFreezer) ReadAncients(fn func(ethdb.AncientReaderOp) error) (err error) {
+	f.lock.RLock()
+	defer f.lock.RUnlock()
+
+	return f.freezer.ReadAncients(fn)
+}
+
+// ModifyAncients runs the given write operation.
+func (f *ResettableFreezer) ModifyAncients(fn func(ethdb.AncientWriteOp) error) (writeSize int64, err error) {
+	f.lock.RLock()
+	defer f.lock.RUnlock()
+
+	return f.freezer.ModifyAncients(fn)
+}
+
+// TruncateHead discards any recent data above the provided threshold number.
+func (f *ResettableFreezer) TruncateHead(items uint64) error {
+	f.lock.RLock()
+	defer f.lock.RUnlock()
+
+	return f.freezer.TruncateHead(items)
+}
+
+// TruncateTail discards any recent data below the provided threshold number.
+func (f *ResettableFreezer) TruncateTail(tail uint64) error {
+	f.lock.RLock()
+	defer f.lock.RUnlock()
+
+	return f.freezer.TruncateTail(tail)
+}
+
+// Sync flushes all data tables to disk.
+func (f *ResettableFreezer) Sync() error {
+	f.lock.RLock()
+	defer f.lock.RUnlock()
+
+	return f.freezer.Sync()
+}
+
+// MigrateTable processes the entries in a given table in sequence
+// converting them to a new format if they're of an old format.
+func (f *ResettableFreezer) MigrateTable(kind string, convert convertLegacyFn) error {
+	f.lock.RLock()
+	defer f.lock.RUnlock()
+
+	return f.freezer.MigrateTable(kind, convert)
+}
+
+// cleanup removes the directory located in the specified path
+// has the name with deletion marker suffix.
+func cleanup(path string) error {
+	parent := filepath.Dir(path)
+	if _, err := os.Lstat(parent); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return nil
+	}
+	dir, err := os.Open(parent)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	names, err := dir.Readdirnames(0)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if cerr := dir.Close(); cerr != nil {
+		return cerr
+	}
+	for _, name := range names {
+		if name == filepath.Base(path)+tmpSuffix {
+			return os.RemoveAll(filepath.Join(parent, name))
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func tmpName(path string) string {
+	return filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(path), filepath.Base(path)+tmpSuffix)
+}
diff --git a/core/rawdb/freezer_resettable_test.go b/core/rawdb/freezer_resettable_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d741bc14e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/rawdb/freezer_resettable_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+// Copyright 2022 The go-ethereum Authors
+// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package rawdb
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethdb"
+)
+
+func TestResetFreezer(t *testing.T) {
+	items := []struct {
+		id   uint64
+		blob []byte
+	}{
+		{0, bytes.Repeat([]byte{0}, 2048)},
+		{1, bytes.Repeat([]byte{1}, 2048)},
+		{2, bytes.Repeat([]byte{2}, 2048)},
+	}
+	f, _ := NewResettableFreezer(t.TempDir(), "", false, 2048, freezerTestTableDef)
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	f.ModifyAncients(func(op ethdb.AncientWriteOp) error {
+		for _, item := range items {
+			op.AppendRaw("test", item.id, item.blob)
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+	for _, item := range items {
+		blob, _ := f.Ancient("test", item.id)
+		if !bytes.Equal(blob, item.blob) {
+			t.Fatal("Unexpected blob")
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Reset freezer
+	f.Reset()
+	count, _ := f.Ancients()
+	if count != 0 {
+		t.Fatal("Failed to reset freezer")
+	}
+	for _, item := range items {
+		blob, _ := f.Ancient("test", item.id)
+		if len(blob) != 0 {
+			t.Fatal("Unexpected blob")
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Fill the freezer
+	f.ModifyAncients(func(op ethdb.AncientWriteOp) error {
+		for _, item := range items {
+			op.AppendRaw("test", item.id, item.blob)
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+	for _, item := range items {
+		blob, _ := f.Ancient("test", item.id)
+		if !bytes.Equal(blob, item.blob) {
+			t.Fatal("Unexpected blob")
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFreezerCleanup(t *testing.T) {
+	items := []struct {
+		id   uint64
+		blob []byte
+	}{
+		{0, bytes.Repeat([]byte{0}, 2048)},
+		{1, bytes.Repeat([]byte{1}, 2048)},
+		{2, bytes.Repeat([]byte{2}, 2048)},
+	}
+	datadir := t.TempDir()
+	f, _ := NewResettableFreezer(datadir, "", false, 2048, freezerTestTableDef)
+	f.ModifyAncients(func(op ethdb.AncientWriteOp) error {
+		for _, item := range items {
+			op.AppendRaw("test", item.id, item.blob)
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+	f.Close()
+	os.Rename(datadir, tmpName(datadir))
+
+	// Open the freezer again, trigger cleanup operation
+	f, _ = NewResettableFreezer(datadir, "", false, 2048, freezerTestTableDef)
+	f.Close()
+
+	if _, err := os.Lstat(tmpName(datadir)); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		t.Fatal("Failed to cleanup leftover directory")
+	}
+}