diff --git a/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/commands/release_management_commands.py b/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/commands/release_management_commands.py
index 4b98cb01a42c8..efc5a3952e97a 100644
--- a/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/commands/release_management_commands.py
+++ b/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/commands/release_management_commands.py
@@ -1117,6 +1117,11 @@ def prepare_provider_distributions(
     perform_environment_checks()
     fix_ownership_using_docker()
     cleanup_python_generated_files()
+    get_console().print("\n[info]Cleaning generated _api folders from docs directories")
+    for api_dir in AIRFLOW_ROOT_PATH.rglob("docs/_api"):
+        if api_dir.is_dir():
+            shutil.rmtree(api_dir, ignore_errors=True)
+            get_console().print(f"[info]Removed {api_dir}")
     distributions_list_as_tuple: tuple[str, ...] = ()
     if distributions_list and len(distributions_list):
         get_console().print(