diff --git a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi.Hidi/OpenApiService.cs b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi.Hidi/OpenApiService.cs
index ba8b84e0e..2fdcd23aa 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi.Hidi/OpenApiService.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi.Hidi/OpenApiService.cs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ public static async Task<int> ProcessOpenApiDocument(
             string openapi,
             string csdl,
             FileInfo output,
+            bool cleanoutput,
             string? version,
             OpenApiFormat? format,
             LogLevel loglevel,
@@ -56,6 +57,10 @@ CancellationToken cancellationToken
                 {
                     throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(output));
                 }
+                if (cleanoutput && output.Exists)
+                {
+                    output.Delete();
+                }
                 if (output.Exists)
                 {
                     throw new IOException($"The file {output} already exists. Please input a new file path.");
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi.Hidi/Program.cs b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi.Hidi/Program.cs
index 24abb4a98..c83d8fd17 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi.Hidi/Program.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi.Hidi/Program.cs
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ static async Task<int> Main(string[] args)
             var outputOption = new Option<FileInfo>("--output", () => new FileInfo("./output"), "The output directory path for the generated file.") { Arity = ArgumentArity.ZeroOrOne };
             outputOption.AddAlias("-o");
 
+            var cleanOutputOption = new Option<bool>("--clean-output", "Overwrite an existing file");
+            cleanOutputOption.AddAlias("-co");
+
             var versionOption = new Option<string?>("--version", "OpenAPI specification version");
             versionOption.AddAlias("-v");
 
@@ -63,6 +66,7 @@ static async Task<int> Main(string[] args)
                 descriptionOption,
                 csdlOption,
                 outputOption,
+                cleanOutputOption,
                 versionOption,
                 formatOption,
                 logLevelOption,               
@@ -73,7 +77,7 @@ static async Task<int> Main(string[] args)
                 resolveExternalOption,
             };
 
-            transformCommand.SetHandler<string, string, FileInfo, string?, OpenApiFormat?, LogLevel, bool, bool, string, string, string, CancellationToken> (
+            transformCommand.SetHandler<string, string, FileInfo, bool, string?, OpenApiFormat?, LogLevel, bool, bool, string, string, string, CancellationToken> (
                 OpenApiService.ProcessOpenApiDocument, descriptionOption, csdlOption, outputOption, versionOption, formatOption, logLevelOption, inlineOption, resolveExternalOption, filterByOperationIdsOption, filterByTagsOption, filterByCollectionOption);
 
             rootCommand.Add(transformCommand);