diff --git a/packages/backend/src/controllers/api/v1/admin/users/delete-user.js b/packages/backend/src/controllers/api/v1/admin/users/delete-user.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..79fd4308
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/src/controllers/api/v1/admin/users/delete-user.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import User from '../../../../../models/user.js';
+
+export default async (request, response) => {
+  const id = request.params.userId;
+
+  const user = await User.query().findById(id).throwIfNotFound();
+  await user.softRemove();
+
+  response.status(204).end();
+};
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/controllers/api/v1/admin/users/delete-user.test.js b/packages/backend/src/controllers/api/v1/admin/users/delete-user.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a6dbfd93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/src/controllers/api/v1/admin/users/delete-user.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import { vi, describe, it, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
+import request from 'supertest';
+import Crypto from 'crypto';
+import app from '../../../../../app.js';
+import createAuthTokenByUserId from '../../../../../helpers/create-auth-token-by-user-id';
+import { createUser } from '../../../../../../test/factories/user';
+import { createRole } from '../../../../../../test/factories/role';
+import * as license from '../../../../../helpers/license.ee.js';
+
+describe('DELETE /api/v1/admin/users/:userId', () => {
+  let currentUser, currentUserRole, anotherUser, token;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    currentUserRole = await createRole({ key: 'admin' });
+    currentUser = await createUser({ roleId: currentUserRole.id });
+
+    anotherUser = await createUser();
+
+    token = await createAuthTokenByUserId(currentUser.id);
+  });
+
+  it('should soft delete user and respond with no content', async () => {
+    vi.spyOn(license, 'hasValidLicense').mockResolvedValue(true);
+
+    await request(app)
+      .delete(`/api/v1/admin/users/${anotherUser.id}`)
+      .set('Authorization', token)
+      .expect(204);
+  });
+
+  it('should return not found response for not existing user UUID', async () => {
+    vi.spyOn(license, 'hasValidLicense').mockResolvedValue(true);
+
+    const notExistingUserUUID = Crypto.randomUUID();
+
+    await request(app)
+      .delete(`/api/v1/admin/users/${notExistingUserUUID}`)
+      .set('Authorization', token)
+      .expect(404);
+  });
+
+  it('should return bad request response for invalid UUID', async () => {
+    vi.spyOn(license, 'hasValidLicense').mockResolvedValue(true);
+
+    await request(app)
+      .delete('/api/v1/admin/users/invalidUserUUID')
+      .set('Authorization', token)
+      .expect(400);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/models/user.js b/packages/backend/src/models/user.js
index 54e79228..88d61302 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/models/user.js
+++ b/packages/backend/src/models/user.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import bcrypt from 'bcrypt';
-import { DateTime } from 'luxon';
+import { DateTime, Duration } from 'luxon';
 import crypto from 'node:crypto';
 
 import appConfig from '../config/app.js';
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import Step from './step.js';
 import Subscription from './subscription.ee.js';
 import UsageData from './usage-data.ee.js';
 import Billing from '../helpers/billing/index.ee.js';
+import deleteUserQueue from '../queues/delete-user.ee.js';
 
 class User extends Base {
   static tableName = 'users';
@@ -239,6 +240,19 @@ class User extends Base {
     });
   }
 
+  async softRemove() {
+    await this.$query().delete();
+
+    const jobName = `Delete user - ${this.id}`;
+    const jobPayload = { id: this.id };
+    const millisecondsFor30Days = Duration.fromObject({ days: 30 }).toMillis();
+    const jobOptions = {
+      delay: millisecondsFor30Days,
+    };
+
+    await deleteUserQueue.add(jobName, jobPayload, jobOptions);
+  }
+
   isResetPasswordTokenValid() {
     if (!this.resetPasswordTokenSentAt) {
       return false;
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/routes/api/v1/admin/users.ee.js b/packages/backend/src/routes/api/v1/admin/users.ee.js
index 9752c6a0..3ebb3625 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/routes/api/v1/admin/users.ee.js
+++ b/packages/backend/src/routes/api/v1/admin/users.ee.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { authenticateUser } from '../../../../helpers/authentication.js';
 import { authorizeAdmin } from '../../../../helpers/authorization.js';
 import getUsersAction from '../../../../controllers/api/v1/admin/users/get-users.ee.js';
 import getUserAction from '../../../../controllers/api/v1/admin/users/get-user.ee.js';
+import deleteUserAction from '../../../../controllers/api/v1/admin/users/delete-user.js';
 
 const router = Router();
 
@@ -16,4 +17,11 @@ router.get(
   asyncHandler(getUserAction)
 );
 
+router.delete(
+  '/:userId',
+  authenticateUser,
+  authorizeAdmin,
+  asyncHandler(deleteUserAction)
+);
+
 export default router;