diff --git a/docs/changelog/123569.yaml b/docs/changelog/123569.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c04601eead9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/123569.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+pr: 123569
+summary: Abort pending deletion on `IndicesService` close
+area: Store
+type: enhancement
+issues: []
diff --git a/muted-tests.yml b/muted-tests.yml
index 502b9a3ab063..d1ee3bd2fdbe 100644
--- a/muted-tests.yml
+++ b/muted-tests.yml
@@ -254,8 +254,6 @@ tests:
 - class: org.elasticsearch.test.rest.ClientYamlTestSuiteIT
   method: test {yaml=snapshot.delete/10_basic/Delete a snapshot asynchronously}
   issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/122102
-- class: org.elasticsearch.datastreams.TSDBPassthroughIndexingIT
-  issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/121716
 - class: org.elasticsearch.smoketest.SmokeTestMonitoringWithSecurityIT
   method: testHTTPExporterWithSSL
   issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/122220
@@ -286,15 +284,9 @@ tests:
 - class: org.elasticsearch.smoketest.DocsClientYamlTestSuiteIT
   method: test {yaml=reference/snapshot-restore/apis/get-snapshot-api/line_408}
   issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/122681
-- class: org.elasticsearch.xpack.autoscaling.storage.ReactiveStorageIT
-  method: testScaleWhileShrinking
-  issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/122119
 - class: org.elasticsearch.search.basic.SearchWithRandomDisconnectsIT
   method: testSearchWithRandomDisconnects
   issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/122707
-- class: org.elasticsearch.snapshots.DedicatedClusterSnapshotRestoreIT
-  method: testRestoreShrinkIndex
-  issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/121717
 - class: org.elasticsearch.smoketest.DocsClientYamlTestSuiteIT
   method: test {yaml=reference/cat/allocation/cat-allocation-example}
   issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/121976
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/IndicesService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/IndicesService.java
index 4c633618e1b7..9931332eb3c2 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/IndicesService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/IndicesService.java
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ public class IndicesService extends AbstractLifecycleComponent
     private final Map<String, IndexStorePlugin.RecoveryStateFactory> recoveryStateFactories;
     private final IndexStorePlugin.IndexFoldersDeletionListener indexFoldersDeletionListeners;
     final AbstractRefCounted indicesRefCount; // pkg-private for testing
+    private final CountDownLatch stopLatch = new CountDownLatch(1);
     private final CountDownLatch closeLatch = new CountDownLatch(1);
     private volatile boolean idFieldDataEnabled;
     private volatile boolean allowExpensiveQueries;
@@ -403,6 +404,7 @@ public class IndicesService extends AbstractLifecycleComponent
 
     @Override
     protected void doStop() {
+        stopLatch.countDown();
         clusterService.removeApplier(timestampFieldMapperService);
         timestampFieldMapperService.doStop();
 
@@ -1440,7 +1442,15 @@ public class IndicesService extends AbstractLifecycleComponent
                     }
                     if (remove.isEmpty() == false) {
                         logger.warn("{} still pending deletes present for shards {} - retrying", index, remove.toString());
-                        Thread.sleep(sleepTime);
+                        if (stopLatch.await(sleepTime, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)) {
+                            logger.info(
+                                "Indices service stopped. {} aborting pending deletes after [{}] for shards {}",
+                                index,
+                                TimeValue.timeValueNanos(System.nanoTime() - startTimeNS),
+                                remove.toString()
+                            );
+                            break;
+                        }
                         sleepTime = Math.min(maxSleepTimeMs, sleepTime * 2); // increase the sleep time gradually
                         logger.debug("{} schedule pending delete retry after {} ms", index, sleepTime);
                     }