diff --git a/packages/backend/src/db/migrations/20220928162525_soft-delete-base-model.ts b/packages/backend/src/db/migrations/20220928162525_soft-delete-base-model.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..862b6691
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/src/db/migrations/20220928162525_soft-delete-base-model.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { Knex } from "knex";
+
+async function addDeletedColumn(knex: Knex, tableName: string) {
+  return await knex.schema.table(tableName, (table) => {
+    table.timestamp('deleted_at').nullable();
+  });
+}
+
+async function dropDeletedColumn(knex: Knex, tableName: string) {
+  return await knex.schema.table(tableName, (table) => {
+    table.dropColumn('deleted_at');
+  });
+}
+
+export async function up(knex: Knex): Promise<void> {
+  await addDeletedColumn(knex, 'steps');
+  await addDeletedColumn(knex, 'flows');
+  await addDeletedColumn(knex, 'executions');
+  await addDeletedColumn(knex, 'execution_steps');
+  await addDeletedColumn(knex, 'users');
+  await addDeletedColumn(knex, 'connections');
+}
+
+export async function down(knex: Knex): Promise<void> {
+  await dropDeletedColumn(knex, 'steps');
+  await dropDeletedColumn(knex, 'flows');
+  await dropDeletedColumn(knex, 'executions');
+  await dropDeletedColumn(knex, 'execution_steps');
+  await dropDeletedColumn(knex, 'users');
+  await dropDeletedColumn(knex, 'connections');
+}
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/helpers/pagination.ts b/packages/backend/src/helpers/pagination.ts
index b283dd93..eb0a760a 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/helpers/pagination.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/helpers/pagination.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-import { QueryBuilder, Model } from 'objection';
+import { Model } from 'objection';
+import ExtendedQueryBuilder from '../models/query-builder';
 
 const paginate = async (
-  query: QueryBuilder<Model, Model[]>,
+  query: ExtendedQueryBuilder<Model, Model[]>,
   limit: number,
   offset: number
 ) => {
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/models/base.ts b/packages/backend/src/models/base.ts
index 95c40746..6bfdc60d 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/models/base.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/models/base.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,15 @@ import { AjvValidator, Model, snakeCaseMappers } from 'objection';
 import type { QueryContext, ModelOptions, ColumnNameMappers } from 'objection';
 import addFormats from 'ajv-formats';
 
+import ExtendedQueryBuilder from './query-builder';
+
 class Base extends Model {
   createdAt!: string;
   updatedAt!: string;
+  deletedAt: string;
+
+  QueryBuilderType!: ExtendedQueryBuilder<this>;
+  static QueryBuilder = ExtendedQueryBuilder;
 
   static get columnNameMappers(): ColumnNameMappers {
     return snakeCaseMappers();
@@ -30,10 +36,10 @@ class Base extends Model {
     this.updatedAt = new Date().toISOString();
   }
 
-  async $beforeUpdate(opt: ModelOptions, queryContext: QueryContext): Promise<void> {
+  async $beforeUpdate(opts: ModelOptions, queryContext: QueryContext): Promise<void> {
     this.updatedAt = new Date().toISOString();
 
-    await super.$beforeUpdate(opt, queryContext);
+    await super.$beforeUpdate(opts, queryContext);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/models/flow.ts b/packages/backend/src/models/flow.ts
index fea848e1..bb4015e0 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/models/flow.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/models/flow.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { ValidationError } from 'objection';
-import type { ModelOptions, QueryContext, QueryBuilder } from 'objection';
+import type { ModelOptions, QueryContext } from 'objection';
+import ExtendedQueryBuilder from './query-builder';
 import Base from './base';
 import Step from './step';
 import Execution from './execution';
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ class Flow extends Base {
         from: 'flows.id',
         to: 'steps.flow_id',
       },
-      filter(builder: QueryBuilder<Step>) {
+      filter(builder: ExtendedQueryBuilder<Step>) {
         builder.orderBy('position', 'asc');
       },
     },
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/models/query-builder.ts b/packages/backend/src/models/query-builder.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8d960068
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/src/models/query-builder.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import { Model, Page, PartialModelObject, ForClassMethod, AnyQueryBuilder } from "objection";
+
+const DELETED_COLUMN_NAME = 'deleted_at';
+
+const buildQueryBuidlerForClass = (): ForClassMethod => {
+  return (modelClass) => {
+    const qb: AnyQueryBuilder = Model.QueryBuilder.forClass.call(ExtendedQueryBuilder, modelClass);
+    qb.onBuild((builder) => {
+      if (!builder.context().withSoftDeleted) {
+        builder.whereNull(`${qb.modelClass().tableName}.${DELETED_COLUMN_NAME}`);
+      }
+    });
+    return qb;
+  };
+};
+
+class ExtendedQueryBuilder<M extends Model, R = M[]> extends Model.QueryBuilder<M, R> {
+  ArrayQueryBuilderType!: ExtendedQueryBuilder<M, M[]>;
+  SingleQueryBuilderType!: ExtendedQueryBuilder<M, M>;
+  MaybeSingleQueryBuilderType!: ExtendedQueryBuilder<M, M | undefined>;
+  NumberQueryBuilderType!: ExtendedQueryBuilder<M, number>;
+  PageQueryBuilderType!: ExtendedQueryBuilder<M, Page<M>>;
+
+  static forClass: ForClassMethod = buildQueryBuidlerForClass();
+
+  delete() {
+    return this.patch({
+      [DELETED_COLUMN_NAME]: (new Date()).toISOString(),
+    } as unknown as PartialModelObject<M>);
+  }
+
+  hardDelete() {
+    return super.delete();
+  }
+
+  withSoftDeleted() {
+    this.context().withSoftDeleted = true;
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  restore() {
+    return this.patch({
+      [DELETED_COLUMN_NAME]: null,
+    } as unknown as PartialModelObject<M>);
+  }
+}
+
+export default ExtendedQueryBuilder;
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/models/user.ts b/packages/backend/src/models/user.ts
index 35600ba1..99908d41 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/models/user.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/models/user.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class User extends Base {
   connections?: Connection[];
   flows?: Flow[];
   steps?: Step[];
+  executions?: Execution[];
 
   static tableName = 'users';