diff --git a/readthedocs/analytics/migrations/0008_no_cascade.py b/readthedocs/analytics/migrations/0008_no_cascade.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..783ce120087
--- /dev/null
+++ b/readthedocs/analytics/migrations/0008_no_cascade.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.2.3 on 2025-08-06 18:28
+
+import django.db.models.deletion
+from django.db import migrations
+from django.db import models
+from django_safemigrate import Safe
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = [
+        ("analytics", "0007_index_on_pageview_date"),
+        ("builds", "0064_healthcheck"),
+        ("projects", "0152_create_gh_app_integration"),
+    ]
+
+    safe = Safe.before_deploy()
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="pageview",
+            name="project",
+            field=models.ForeignKey(
+                on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.DO_NOTHING,
+                related_name="page_views",
+                to="projects.project",
+            ),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="pageview",
+            name="version",
+            field=models.ForeignKey(
+                null=True,
+                on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.DO_NOTHING,
+                related_name="page_views",
+                to="builds.version",
+                verbose_name="Version",
+            ),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/readthedocs/analytics/models.py b/readthedocs/analytics/models.py
index 58813ce325e..81247892de1 100644
--- a/readthedocs/analytics/models.py
+++ b/readthedocs/analytics/models.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class PageView(models.Model):
     project = models.ForeignKey(
         Project,
         related_name="page_views",
-        on_delete=models.CASCADE,
+        on_delete=models.DO_NOTHING,
     )
     # NOTE: this could potentially be removed,
     # since isn't being used and not all page
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class PageView(models.Model):
         Version,
         verbose_name=_("Version"),
         related_name="page_views",
-        on_delete=models.CASCADE,
+        on_delete=models.DO_NOTHING,
         null=True,
     )
     path = models.CharField(
diff --git a/readthedocs/analytics/tasks/__init__.py b/readthedocs/analytics/tasks/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/readthedocs/analytics/tasks/pageviews.py b/readthedocs/analytics/tasks/pageviews.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1a9f96e410f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/readthedocs/analytics/tasks/pageviews.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import structlog
+
+from readthedocs.analytics.models import PageView
+from readthedocs.worker import app
+
+
+log = structlog.get_logger(__name__)
+
+
+@app.task(queue="web")
+def delete_project_pageviews(project_slug, version_slug=None):
+    """
+    Delete all PageView objects for a given project slug, or a specific version if version_slug is provided.
+    """
+    queryset = PageView.objects.filter(project__slug=project_slug)
+    if version_slug is not None:
+        queryset = queryset.filter(version__slug=version_slug)
+    count, _ = queryset.delete()
+    log.info(
+        "Deleted PageViews for project",
+        project_slug=project_slug,
+        version_slug=version_slug,
+        count=count,
+    )
diff --git a/readthedocs/analytics/tests/test_tasks.py b/readthedocs/analytics/tests/test_tasks.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..89d7efb02d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/readthedocs/analytics/tests/test_tasks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from django.test import TestCase
+from readthedocs.projects.models import Project
+from readthedocs.builds.models import Version
+from readthedocs.analytics.models import PageView
+from django.utils import timezone
+from django.conf import settings
+from django_dynamic_fixture import get
+
+class PageViewTaskTests(TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.user = get(User)
+        self.project = get(Project, users=[self.user], slug="test-project")
+        self.project.save()
+
+        # Create some PageViews for the project
+        get(
+            PageView,
+            project=self.project,
+            path="/index.html",
+            full_path="/en/latest/index.html",
+            view_count=5,
+            date=timezone.now().date(),
+            status=200,
+        )
+        get(
+            PageView,
+            project=self.project,
+            path="/about.html",
+            full_path="/en/latest/about.html",
+            view_count=2,
+            date=timezone.now().date(),
+            status=200,
+        )
+
+    def test_pageview_cleanup(self):
+        # The PageViews should be present initially
+        self.assertEqual(PageView.objects.filter(project__slug='test-project').count(), 2)
+
+        # Delete the project
+        self.project.delete()
+
+        # The PageViews should be deleted by the background task
+        self.assertEqual(PageView.objects.filter(project__slug='test-project').count(), 0)
+
+    def test_pageview_cleanup_on_version_delete(self):
+        # Create a version for the project
+        version = get(Version, project=self.project, slug="v1.0", verbose_name="v1.0")
+        version.save()
+
+        # Create PageViews for this version
+        get(
+            PageView,
+            project=self.project,
+            version=version,
+            path="/v1.0/index.html",
+            full_path="/en/v1.0/index.html",
+            view_count=3,
+            date=timezone.now().date(),
+            status=200,
+        )
+
+        # There should be 3 PageViews now (2 from setUp, 1 for version)
+        self.assertEqual(PageView.objects.filter(project__slug='test-project').count(), 3)
+        self.assertEqual(PageView.objects.filter(version__slug=version.slug).count(), 1)
+
+        # Delete the version
+        version.delete()
+
+        # The PageView for this version should be deleted, others remain
+        self.assertEqual(PageView.objects.filter(project__slug='test-project').count(), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(PageView.objects.filter(version__slug=version.slug).count(), 0)
diff --git a/readthedocs/projects/models.py b/readthedocs/projects/models.py
index 907abf5d51d..40cc0a76f95 100644
--- a/readthedocs/projects/models.py
+++ b/readthedocs/projects/models.py
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
     def delete(self, *args, **kwargs):
         from readthedocs.projects.tasks.utils import clean_project_resources
 
-        # Remove extra resources
+        # Remove HTML files, analytics data, etc.
         clean_project_resources(self)
 
         super().delete(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/readthedocs/projects/tasks/utils.py b/readthedocs/projects/tasks/utils.py
index 9a1fa8a0184..5e90438353c 100644
--- a/readthedocs/projects/tasks/utils.py
+++ b/readthedocs/projects/tasks/utils.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 from django.db.models import Q
 from django.utils import timezone
 
+from readthedocs.analytics.tasks.pageviews import delete_project_pageviews
 from readthedocs.builds.constants import BUILD_FINAL_STATES
 from readthedocs.builds.constants import BUILD_STATE_CANCELLED
 from readthedocs.builds.constants import EXTERNAL
@@ -95,6 +96,10 @@ def clean_project_resources(project, version=None, version_slug=None):
     else:
         project.imported_files.all().delete()
 
+    # Remove PageViews for this project async,
+    # since they can be very slow to delete.
+    delete_project_pageviews.delay(project_slug=project.slug, version_slug=version_slug)
+
 
 @app.task()
 def finish_unhealthy_builds():