diff --git a/management/server/user.go b/management/server/user.go
index 7c0a3088d..0a711389a 100644
--- a/management/server/user.go
+++ b/management/server/user.go
@@ -1337,6 +1337,10 @@ func (am *DefaultAccountManager) deleteRegularUser(ctx context.Context, accountI
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to get user to delete: %w", err)
 		}
 
+		if targetUser.Role == types.UserRoleOwner && targetUser.Id != initiatorUserID {
+			return status.NewOwnerDeletePermissionError()
+		}
+
 		settings, err = transaction.GetAccountSettings(ctx, store.LockingStrengthNone, accountID)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to get account settings: %w", err)
diff --git a/management/server/user_test.go b/management/server/user_test.go
index 3a2414540..ec0bbc54e 100644
--- a/management/server/user_test.go
+++ b/management/server/user_test.go
@@ -942,6 +942,49 @@ func TestUser_DeleteUser_regularUser(t *testing.T) {
 
 }
 
+func TestUser_deleteRegularUser_RejectsOwner(t *testing.T) {
+	s, cleanup, err := store.NewTestStoreFromSQL(context.Background(), "", t.TempDir())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	t.Cleanup(cleanup)
+
+	account := newAccountWithId(context.Background(), mockAccountID, mockUserID, "", "", "", false)
+	account.Users[mockTargetUserId] = &types.User{
+		Id:     mockTargetUserId,
+		Issued: types.UserIssuedAPI,
+		Role:   types.UserRoleOwner,
+	}
+	require.NoError(t, s.SaveAccount(context.Background(), account))
+
+	am := DefaultAccountManager{Store: s}
+
+	_, err = am.deleteRegularUser(context.Background(), mockAccountID, mockUserID, &types.UserInfo{ID: mockTargetUserId})
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, status.NewOwnerDeletePermissionError().Error())
+}
+
+func TestUser_deleteRegularUser_InitiatorOwnerDeletesThemself(t *testing.T) {
+	s, cleanup, err := store.NewTestStoreFromSQL(context.Background(), "", t.TempDir())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	t.Cleanup(cleanup)
+
+	account := newAccountWithId(context.Background(), mockAccountID, mockUserID, "", "", "", false)
+	require.NoError(t, s.SaveAccount(context.Background(), account))
+
+	networkMapControllerMock := network_map.NewMockController(gomock.NewController(t))
+	networkMapControllerMock.EXPECT().OnPeersDeleted(gomock.Any(), gomock.Any(), gomock.Any(), gomock.Any()).Return(nil)
+
+	am := DefaultAccountManager{
+		Store:                s,
+		eventStore:           &activity.InMemoryEventStore{},
+		networkMapController: networkMapControllerMock,
+	}
+
+	_, err = am.deleteRegularUser(context.Background(), mockAccountID, mockUserID, &types.UserInfo{ID: mockUserID})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	_, err = s.GetUserByUserID(context.Background(), store.LockingStrengthNone, mockUserID)
+	assert.Equal(t, status.NewUserNotFoundError(mockUserID), err)
+}
+
 func TestUser_DeleteUser_RegularUsers(t *testing.T) {
 	store, cleanup, err := store.NewTestStoreFromSQL(context.Background(), "", t.TempDir())
 	if err != nil {