diff --git a/django/contrib/staticfiles/management/commands/collectstatic.py b/django/contrib/staticfiles/management/commands/collectstatic.py
index 7f1d612bf0..1c3f8ba26d 100644
--- a/django/contrib/staticfiles/management/commands/collectstatic.py
+++ b/django/contrib/staticfiles/management/commands/collectstatic.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         self.unmodified_files = []
         self.post_processed_files = []
         self.skipped_files = []
+        self.deleted_files = []
         self.storage = staticfiles_storage
         self.style = no_style()
 
@@ -168,6 +169,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             "unmodified": self.unmodified_files,
             "post_processed": self.post_processed_files,
             "skipped": self.skipped_files,
+            "deleted": self.deleted_files,
         }
 
     def handle(self, **options):
@@ -212,14 +214,21 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         collected = self.collect()
 
         if self.verbosity >= 1:
+            deleted_count = len(collected["deleted"])
             modified_count = len(collected["modified"])
             unmodified_count = len(collected["unmodified"])
             post_processed_count = len(collected["post_processed"])
             skipped_count = len(collected["skipped"])
             return (
-                "\n%(modified_count)s %(identifier)s %(action)s"
+                "\n%(deleted)s%(modified_count)s %(identifier)s %(action)s"
                 "%(destination)s%(unmodified)s%(post_processed)s%(skipped)s."
             ) % {
+                "deleted": (
+                    "%s static file%s deleted, "
+                    % (deleted_count, "" if deleted_count == 1 else "s")
+                    if deleted_count > 0
+                    else ""
+                ),
                 "modified_count": modified_count,
                 "identifier": "static file" + ("" if modified_count == 1 else "s"),
                 "action": "symlinked" if self.symlink else "copied",
@@ -264,9 +273,11 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         for f in files:
             fpath = os.path.join(path, f)
             if self.dry_run:
-                self.log("Pretending to delete '%s'" % fpath, level=1)
+                self.log("Pretending to delete '%s'" % fpath, level=2)
+                self.deleted_files.append(fpath)
             else:
-                self.log("Deleting '%s'" % fpath, level=1)
+                self.log("Deleting '%s'" % fpath, level=2)
+                self.deleted_files.append(fpath)
                 try:
                     full_path = self.storage.path(fpath)
                 except NotImplementedError:
diff --git a/docs/releases/6.0.txt b/docs/releases/6.0.txt
index 4afc172da9..6e213f890a 100644
--- a/docs/releases/6.0.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/6.0.txt
@@ -474,6 +474,10 @@ Miscellaneous
   files due to conflicts when ``--verbosity`` is 1. To see warnings for each
   conflicting destination path, set the ``--verbosity`` flag to 2 or higher.
 
+* The :option:`collectstatic --clear` command now reports only a summary of
+  deleted files when ``--verbosity`` is 1. To see the details for each file
+  deleted, set the ``--verbosity`` flag to 2 or higher.
+
 .. _deprecated-features-6.0:
 
 Features deprecated in 6.0
diff --git a/tests/staticfiles_tests/test_management.py b/tests/staticfiles_tests/test_management.py
index 9555c54093..c1f8aa9b01 100644
--- a/tests/staticfiles_tests/test_management.py
+++ b/tests/staticfiles_tests/test_management.py
@@ -291,11 +291,13 @@ class TestCollectionClear(CollectionTestCase):
     Test the ``--clear`` option of the ``collectstatic`` management command.
     """
 
+    run_collectstatic_in_setUp = False
+
     def run_collectstatic(self, **kwargs):
         clear_filepath = os.path.join(settings.STATIC_ROOT, "cleared.txt")
         with open(clear_filepath, "w") as f:
             f.write("should be cleared")
-        super().run_collectstatic(clear=True)
+        super().run_collectstatic(clear=True, **kwargs)
 
     def test_cleared_not_found(self):
         self.assertFileNotFound("cleared.txt")
@@ -316,6 +318,39 @@ class TestCollectionClear(CollectionTestCase):
         self.run_collectstatic()
         self.assertFileNotFound("cleared.txt")
 
+    def test_verbosity_0(self):
+        for kwargs in [{}, {"dry_run": True}]:
+            with self.subTest(kwargs=kwargs):
+                stdout = StringIO()
+                self.run_collectstatic(verbosity=0, stdout=stdout, **kwargs)
+                self.assertEqual(stdout.getvalue(), "")
+
+    def test_verbosity_1(self):
+        for deletion_message, kwargs in [
+            ("Deleting", {}),
+            ("Pretending to delete", {"dry_run": True}),
+        ]:
+            with self.subTest(kwargs=kwargs):
+                stdout = StringIO()
+                self.run_collectstatic(verbosity=1, stdout=stdout, **kwargs)
+                output = stdout.getvalue()
+                self.assertIn("static file", output)
+                self.assertIn("deleted", output)
+                self.assertNotIn(deletion_message, output)
+
+    def test_verbosity_2(self):
+        for deletion_message, kwargs in [
+            ("Deleting", {}),
+            ("Pretending to delete", {"dry_run": True}),
+        ]:
+            with self.subTest(kwargs=kwargs):
+                stdout = StringIO()
+                self.run_collectstatic(verbosity=2, stdout=stdout, **kwargs)
+                output = stdout.getvalue()
+                self.assertIn("static file", output)
+                self.assertIn("deleted", output)
+                self.assertIn(deletion_message, output)
+
 
 class TestInteractiveMessages(CollectionTestCase):
     overwrite_warning_msg = "This will overwrite existing files!"