diff --git a/camelot/handlers.py b/camelot/handlers.py
index 14e29dd4..fc4e3ebb 100644
--- a/camelot/handlers.py
+++ b/camelot/handlers.py
@@ -64,9 +64,11 @@ def __init__(
         debug=False,
     ):
         self.debug = debug
+        self.is_temp_file = is_url(filepath)
         if is_url(filepath):
-            filepath = download_url(str(filepath))
-        self.filepath: StrByteType | Path | str = filepath
+            self.filepath = download_url(str(filepath))
+        else:
+            self.filepath: StrByteType | Path | str = filepath
 
         if isinstance(filepath, str) and not filepath.lower().endswith(".pdf"):
             raise NotImplementedError("File format not supported")
@@ -77,6 +79,41 @@ def __init__(
             self.password = password
         self.pages = self._get_pages(pages)
 
+    def __enter__(self):
+        """Enter the context manager.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        PDFHandler
+            The instance itself.
+        """
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
+        """Exit the context manager and clean up temporary files.
+
+        Deletes the temporary file if it was created from a URL.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        exc_type : type or None
+            Type of the exception raised in the context, if any.
+        exc_val : Exception or None
+            The exception instance raised, if any.
+        exc_tb : traceback or None
+            The traceback of the exception, if any.
+        """
+        if self.is_temp_file and os.path.exists(self.filepath):  # type: ignore
+            os.remove(self.filepath)  # type: ignore
+
+    def close(self):
+        """Close the handler and clean up temporary files.
+
+        Deletes the temporary file if it was created from a URL.
+        """
+        if self.is_temp_file and os.path.exists(self.filepath):  # type: ignore
+            os.remove(self.filepath)  # type: ignore
+
     def _get_pages(self, pages):
         """Convert pages string to list of integers.
 
diff --git a/camelot/io.py b/camelot/io.py
index 43301132..266b9dd2 100644
--- a/camelot/io.py
+++ b/camelot/io.py
@@ -129,13 +129,13 @@ def read_pdf(
             warnings.simplefilter("ignore")
 
         validate_input(kwargs, flavor=flavor)
-        p = PDFHandler(filepath, pages=pages, password=password, debug=debug)
-        kwargs = remove_extra(kwargs, flavor=flavor)
-        tables = p.parse(
-            flavor=flavor,
-            suppress_stdout=suppress_stdout,
-            parallel=parallel,
-            layout_kwargs=layout_kwargs,
-            **kwargs,
-        )
+        with PDFHandler(filepath, pages=pages, password=password, debug=debug) as p:
+            kwargs = remove_extra(kwargs, flavor=flavor)
+            tables = p.parse(
+                flavor=flavor,
+                suppress_stdout=suppress_stdout,
+                parallel=parallel,
+                layout_kwargs=layout_kwargs,
+                **kwargs,
+            )
         return tables