diff --git a/src/Jobs/DeleteTenantStorage.php b/src/Jobs/DeleteTenantStorage.php
index c0329c50..f31ddbd2 100644
--- a/src/Jobs/DeleteTenantStorage.php
+++ b/src/Jobs/DeleteTenantStorage.php
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\File;
 use Stancl\Tenancy\Contracts\Tenant;
 
+/**
+ * Only delete the tenant storage if storage path suffixing is enabled
+ * and the tenant's storage path is different from the central storage path.
+ *
+ * This is to prevent accidental deletion of the central storage when
+ * a tenant's storage path is not properly suffixed.
+ */
 class DeleteTenantStorage implements ShouldQueue
 {
     use Dispatchable, InteractsWithQueue, Queueable, SerializesModels;
@@ -22,9 +29,18 @@ class DeleteTenantStorage implements ShouldQueue
 
     public function handle(): void
     {
+        // Skip storage deletion if path suffixing is disabled
+        if (config('tenancy.filesystem.suffix_storage_path') === false) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $centralPath = tenancy()->central(fn () => storage_path());
         $path = tenancy()->run($this->tenant, fn () => storage_path());
 
-        if (is_dir($path)) {
+        // Skip storage deletion if tenant's storage path is the same as central storage path
+        $tenantPathIsCentral = realpath($path) === realpath($centralPath);
+
+        if (is_dir($path) && ! $tenantPathIsCentral) {
             File::deleteDirectory($path);
         }
     }
diff --git a/tests/Bootstrappers/FilesystemTenancyBootstrapperTest.php b/tests/Bootstrappers/FilesystemTenancyBootstrapperTest.php
index 136b2100..e7749324 100644
--- a/tests/Bootstrappers/FilesystemTenancyBootstrapperTest.php
+++ b/tests/Bootstrappers/FilesystemTenancyBootstrapperTest.php
@@ -206,19 +206,53 @@ test('tenant storage gets created when TenantCreated listens to CreateTenantStor
 });
 
 test('tenant storage can get deleted after the tenant when DeletingTenant listens to DeleteTenantStorage', function() {
-    config([
-        'tenancy.bootstrappers' => [FilesystemTenancyBootstrapper::class],
-    ]);
-
     Event::listen(DeletingTenant::class,
         JobPipeline::make([DeleteTenantStorage::class])->send(function (DeletingTenant $event) {
             return $event->tenant;
         })->shouldBeQueued(false)->toListener()
     );
 
+    $centralStoragePath = storage_path();
+    tenancy()->initialize(Tenant::create());
+
+    // FilesystemTenancyBootstrapper not enabled,
+    // tenant and central storage path is the same,
+    // the storage deletion will be skipped.
+    $tenantStoragePath = storage_path();
+    expect($tenantStoragePath)->toBe($centralStoragePath);
+    expect(File::isDirectory($tenantStoragePath))->toBeTrue();
+    tenant()->delete();
+
+    expect(File::isDirectory($tenantStoragePath))->toBeTrue();
+
+    config([
+        'tenancy.bootstrappers' => [FilesystemTenancyBootstrapper::class],
+        'tenancy.filesystem.suffix_storage_path' => false,
+    ]);
+
+    tenancy()->initialize(Tenant::create());
+
+    $tenantStoragePath = storage_path();
+
+    // FilesystemTenancyBootstrapper enabled,
+    // but tenant and central storage path is still the same
+    // because suffix_storage_path is false.
+    // The storage deletion will be skipped.
+    expect($tenantStoragePath)->toBe($centralStoragePath);
+    expect(File::isDirectory($tenantStoragePath))->toBeTrue();
+    tenant()->delete();
+
+    expect(File::isDirectory($tenantStoragePath))->toBeTrue();
+
+    config([
+        'tenancy.bootstrappers' => [FilesystemTenancyBootstrapper::class],
+        'tenancy.filesystem.suffix_storage_path' => true,
+    ]);
+
     tenancy()->initialize(Tenant::create());
     $tenantStoragePath = storage_path();
 
+    expect($centralStoragePath)->not()->toBe($tenantStoragePath);
     expect(File::isDirectory($tenantStoragePath))->toBeTrue();
 
     tenant()->delete();