diff --git a/src/main/java/examples/io/tiledb/java/api/ArrayConsolidateExample.java b/src/main/java/examples/io/tiledb/java/api/ArrayConsolidateExample.java
index cea0884c..84282ba0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/examples/io/tiledb/java/api/ArrayConsolidateExample.java
+++ b/src/main/java/examples/io/tiledb/java/api/ArrayConsolidateExample.java
@@ -31,8 +31,12 @@ public class ArrayConsolidateExample {
   public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
     // Create TileDB context
     Context ctx = new Context();
+    String arrayURI = "my_dense_array";
 
     // Consolidate array
-    Array.consolidate(ctx, "my_dense_array");
+    Array.consolidate(ctx, arrayURI);
+
+    // Vacuum array
+    Array.vacuum(ctx, arrayURI);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/tiledb/java/api/Array.java b/src/main/java/io/tiledb/java/api/Array.java
index 33608673..16e805cf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/tiledb/java/api/Array.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/tiledb/java/api/Array.java
@@ -370,6 +370,35 @@ public static void consolidate(
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Cleans up the array, such as consolidated fragments and array metadata. Note that this will
+   * coarsen the granularity of time traveling (see docs for more information).
+   *
+   * <p>This method uses as the vacuum configuration the configuration instance that is encapsulated
+   * in the context (ctx) instance (ctx.getConfig()).
+   *
+   * @param arrayURI The array URI
+   * @param ctx The TileDB context
+   * @throws TileDBError A TileDB exception
+   */
+  public static void vacuum(Context ctx, String arrayURI) throws TileDBError {
+    ctx.handleError(
+        tiledb.tiledb_array_vacuum(ctx.getCtxp(), arrayURI, ctx.getConfig().getConfigp()));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Cleans up the array, such as consolidated fragments and array metadata. Note that this will
+   * coarsen the granularity of time traveling (see docs for more information).
+   *
+   * @param arrayURI The array URI
+   * @param ctx The TileDB context
+   * @param config The TileDB config that will be used for the vacuum process
+   * @throws TileDBError A TileDB exception
+   */
+  public static void vacuum(Context ctx, String arrayURI, Config config) throws TileDBError {
+    ctx.handleError(tiledb.tiledb_array_vacuum(ctx.getCtxp(), arrayURI, config.getConfigp()));
+  }
+
   /**
    * Checks if a given URI is an existing TileDB array object
    *
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/tiledb/java/api/FragmentsConsolidationTest.java b/src/test/java/io/tiledb/java/api/FragmentsConsolidationTest.java
index b7df39a8..9adafe23 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/tiledb/java/api/FragmentsConsolidationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/tiledb/java/api/FragmentsConsolidationTest.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import static io.tiledb.java.api.QueryType.TILEDB_READ;
 import static io.tiledb.java.api.QueryType.TILEDB_WRITE;
 
+import java.io.File;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ public void teardown() throws Exception {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void test() throws Exception {
+  public void testConsolidate() throws Exception {
     // create array
     arrayCreate();
     // updates
@@ -48,6 +49,32 @@ public void test() throws Exception {
     arrayRead();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testVacuum() throws Exception {
+    // create array
+    arrayCreate();
+    // updates
+    arrayWrite1();
+    arrayWrite2();
+    arrayWrite3();
+    // consolidate
+    Array.consolidate(ctx, arrayURI);
+    Array.vacuum(ctx, arrayURI);
+    // verify consolidation
+    arrayRead();
+
+    // verify vacuum
+    File f = new File(arrayURI);
+    int nFiles = 0;
+    for (File file : f.listFiles())
+      if (file.isDirectory() && !file.getName().equals("__meta")) {
+        System.out.println(file.getAbsolutePath());
+        nFiles++;
+      }
+
+    Assert.assertEquals(1, nFiles);
+  }
+
   public void arrayCreate() throws Exception {
 
     // Create getDimensions