diff --git a/packages/manager/cypress/e2e/core/images/smoke-create-image.spec.ts b/packages/manager/cypress/e2e/core/images/smoke-create-image.spec.ts
index 33fb255d0bf..4f22814f257 100644
--- a/packages/manager/cypress/e2e/core/images/smoke-create-image.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/manager/cypress/e2e/core/images/smoke-create-image.spec.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
-import type { Image, Linode, Disk } from '@linode/api-v4/types';
+import type { Linode, Disk } from '@linode/api-v4/types';
 import { imageFactory } from 'src/factories/images';
+import { authenticate } from 'support/api/authentication';
 import { createLinode, deleteLinodeById } from 'support/api/linodes';
 import {
   mockCreateImage,
   mockGetCustomImages,
 } from 'support/intercepts/images';
 import { mockGetLinodeDisks } from 'support/intercepts/linodes';
+import { cleanUp } from 'support/util/cleanup';
 import { randomLabel, randomNumber, randomPhrase } from 'support/util/random';
 
 const diskLabel = 'Debian 10 Disk';
@@ -31,7 +33,12 @@ const mockDisks: Disk[] = [
   },
 ];
 
+authenticate();
 describe('create image', () => {
+  before(() => {
+    cleanUp('linodes');
+  });
+
   it('captures image from Linode and mocks create image', () => {
     const imageLabel = randomLabel();
     const imageDescription = randomPhrase();
diff --git a/packages/manager/cypress/e2e/core/linodes/backup-linode.spec.ts b/packages/manager/cypress/e2e/core/linodes/backup-linode.spec.ts
index 4a3bc77acba..8b196155d74 100644
--- a/packages/manager/cypress/e2e/core/linodes/backup-linode.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/manager/cypress/e2e/core/linodes/backup-linode.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /* eslint-disable sonarjs/no-duplicate-string */
+import { authenticate } from 'support/api/authentication';
 import { createLinode, deleteLinodeById } from 'support/api/linodes';
 import {
   containsClick,
@@ -8,9 +9,15 @@ import {
   getClick,
 } from 'support/helpers';
 import { ui } from 'support/ui';
+import { cleanUp } from 'support/util/cleanup';
 import { apiMatcher } from 'support/util/intercepts';
 
+authenticate();
 describe('linode backups', () => {
+  before(() => {
+    cleanUp('linodes');
+  });
+
   it('enable backups', () => {
     createLinode().then((linode) => {
       // intercept request
diff --git a/packages/manager/cypress/e2e/core/longview/longview.spec.ts b/packages/manager/cypress/e2e/core/longview/longview.spec.ts
index 589f3eef125..c6a4ad4be46 100644
--- a/packages/manager/cypress/e2e/core/longview/longview.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/manager/cypress/e2e/core/longview/longview.spec.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { authenticate } from 'support/api/authentication';
 authenticate();
 describe('longview', () => {
   before(() => {
-    cleanUp('longview-clients');
+    cleanUp(['linodes', 'longview-clients']);
   });
 
   it('tests longview', () => {