diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/AssetMapper/CHANGELOG.md b/src/Symfony/Component/AssetMapper/CHANGELOG.md
index dce7c57aad41e..386abbbfdbd56 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/AssetMapper/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/AssetMapper/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ CHANGELOG
 ---
 
  * Add support for pre-compressing assets with Brotli, Zstandard, Zopfli, and gzip
+ * Make `asset-map:compile` remove assets in debug mode
+ * Add `--force` to the `asset-map:compile` command to make it generate assets in debug mode
 
 7.2
 ---
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/AssetMapper/Command/AssetMapperCompileCommand.php b/src/Symfony/Component/AssetMapper/Command/AssetMapperCompileCommand.php
index bb54194a03a22..c5cc4a57392fd 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/AssetMapper/Command/AssetMapperCompileCommand.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/AssetMapper/Command/AssetMapperCompileCommand.php
@@ -49,11 +49,12 @@ public function __construct(
     protected function configure(): void
     {
         $this
+            ->addOption('force', 'f', null, 'Force compiling the assets even in debug mode')
             ->setHelp(<<<'EOT'
 The <info>%command.name%</info> command compiles and dumps all the assets in
 the asset mapper into the final public directory (usually <comment>public/assets</comment>).
 
-This command is meant to be run during deployment.
+When run in debug mode, this command actually removes those assets, unless <info>--force</info> is passed.
 EOT
             );
     }
@@ -62,8 +63,6 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
     {
         $io = new SymfonyStyle($input, $output);
 
-        $this->eventDispatcher?->dispatch(new PreAssetsCompileEvent($io));
-
         // remove existing config files
         $this->compiledConfigReader->removeConfig(AssetMapper::MANIFEST_FILE_NAME);
         $this->compiledConfigReader->removeConfig(ImportMapGenerator::IMPORT_MAP_CACHE_FILENAME);
@@ -74,6 +73,26 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
             $entrypointFiles[$entrypointName] = $path;
         }
 
+        if ($this->isDebug && !$input->getOption('force')) {
+            $didUnlink = false;
+            $publicDir = $this->assetsFilesystem->getDestinationPath();
+
+            foreach ($this->assetMapper->allAssets() as $asset) {
+                if (is_file($publicDir.'/'.$asset->publicPath)) {
+                    unlink($publicDir.'/'.$asset->publicPath);
+                    $didUnlink = true;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if ($didUnlink) {
+                $io->warning('Running in debug mode: removed compiled assets to let them be served dynamically. Use --force to generate them instead.');
+            }
+
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        $this->eventDispatcher?->dispatch(new PreAssetsCompileEvent($io));
+
         $manifest = $this->createManifestAndWriteFiles($io);
         $manifestPath = $this->compiledConfigReader->saveConfig(AssetMapper::MANIFEST_FILE_NAME, $manifest);
         $io->comment(\sprintf('Manifest written to <info>%s</info>', $this->shortenPath($manifestPath)));
@@ -87,13 +106,6 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
         $styledEntrypointNames = array_map(fn (string $entrypointName) => \sprintf('<info>%s</>', $entrypointName), array_keys($entrypointFiles));
         $io->comment(\sprintf('Entrypoint metadata written for <comment>%d</> entrypoints (%s).', \count($entrypointFiles), implode(', ', $styledEntrypointNames)));
 
-        if ($this->isDebug) {
-            $io->warning(\sprintf(
-                'Debug mode is enabled in your project: Symfony will not serve any changed assets until you delete the files in the "%s" directory again.',
-                $this->shortenPath(\dirname($manifestPath))
-            ));
-        }
-
         return 0;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/AssetMapper/Tests/Command/AssetMapperCompileCommandTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/AssetMapper/Tests/Command/AssetMapperCompileCommandTest.php
index 36abbef953706..178a220fca1b0 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/AssetMapper/Tests/Command/AssetMapperCompileCommandTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/AssetMapper/Tests/Command/AssetMapperCompileCommandTest.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public function testAssetsAreCompiled()
 
         $command = $application->find('asset-map:compile');
         $tester = new CommandTester($command);
-        $exitCode = $tester->execute([]);
+        $exitCode = $tester->execute(['--force' => true]);
         $this->assertSame(0, $exitCode);
         // match Compiling \d+ assets
         $this->assertMatchesRegularExpression('/Compiled \d+ assets/', $tester->getDisplay());
@@ -106,6 +106,12 @@ public function testAssetsAreCompiled()
             '/assets/subdir/file5.js',
             '/assets/file4.js',
         ], $entrypointData);
+
+        $tester = new CommandTester($command);
+        $exitCode = $tester->execute(['--force' => false]);
+        $this->assertSame(0, $exitCode);
+
+        $this->assertStringStartsWith('[WARNING] Running in debug mode: removed compiled assets', ltrim($tester->getDisplay()));
     }
 
     public function testEventIsDispatched()
@@ -124,7 +130,7 @@ public function testEventIsDispatched()
 
         $command = $application->find('asset-map:compile');
         $tester = new CommandTester($command);
-        $tester->execute([]);
+        $tester->execute(['--force' => true]);
         $this->assertTrue($listenerCalled);
     }
 }