diff --git a/pages/api/user/index.ts b/pages/api/user/index.ts
index c26c687e4..8d7e75a2f 100644
--- a/pages/api/user/index.ts
+++ b/pages/api/user/index.ts
@@ -286,6 +286,8 @@ export default withAuth({
           GraphModel.deleteMany({ $or: [{ source: req.user._id }, { target: req.user._id }] }, { session: session }),
           // delete in keyvaluemodel where key contains userId
           KeyValueModel.deleteMany({ key: { $regex: `.*${req.user._id}.*` } }, { session: session }),
+          // delete draft levels
+          LevelModel.updateMany({ userId: req.user._id, isDraft: true }, { $set: { isDeleted: true } }, { session: session }),
           NotificationModel.deleteMany({ $or: [
             { source: req.user._id },
             { target: req.user._id },
diff --git a/tests/pages/api/user/user-delete.test.ts b/tests/pages/api/user/user-delete.test.ts
index 7983e899f..99a524e3c 100644
--- a/tests/pages/api/user/user-delete.test.ts
+++ b/tests/pages/api/user/user-delete.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import TestId from '@root/constants/testId';
 import dbConnect, { dbDisconnect } from '@root/lib/dbConnect';
 import { getTokenCookieValue } from '@root/lib/getTokenCookie';
 import { NextApiRequestWithAuth } from '@root/lib/withAuth';
-import { CommentModel, UserModel } from '@root/models/mongoose';
+import { CommentModel, LevelModel, UserModel } from '@root/models/mongoose';
 import { cancelSubscription, stripe } from '@root/pages/api/subscription';
 import { enableFetchMocks } from 'jest-fetch-mock';
 import mongoose, { Types } from 'mongoose';
@@ -240,4 +240,57 @@ describe('pages/api/collection/index.ts', () => {
       },
     });
   });
+  test('Deleting levels', async () => {
+    // draft levels should be marked as deleted
+    // published levels should be moved to archive
+
+    const levels = await LevelModel.find({ userId: TestId.USER }, {}, { sort: { _id: 1 } });
+
+    expect(levels.length).toBe(4);
+    expect(levels[0].isDraft).toBe(false);
+    expect(levels[1].isDraft).toBe(true);
+    expect(levels[2].isDraft).toBe(false);
+    expect(levels[3].isDeleted).toBe(true);
+
+    const archiveLevels = await LevelModel.find({ userId: TestId.ARCHIVE }, {}, { sort: { _id: 1 } });
+
+    expect(archiveLevels.length).toBe(0);
+
+    await testApiHandler({
+      pagesHandler: async (_, res) => {
+        const req: NextApiRequestWithAuth = {
+          method: 'DELETE',
+          cookies: {
+            token: cookie,
+          },
+          headers: {
+            'content-type': 'application/json',
+          },
+        } as unknown as NextApiRequestWithAuth;
+
+        await modifyUserHandler(req, res);
+      },
+      test: async ({ fetch }) => {
+        const res = await fetch();
+        const response = await res.json();
+
+        expect(response.error).toBeUndefined();
+        expect(response.updated).toBe(true);
+        expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+
+        const userLevels = await LevelModel.find({ userId: TestId.USER }, {}, { sort: { _id: 1 } });
+
+        expect(userLevels.length).toBe(2);
+        expect(userLevels[0].isDraft).toBeTruthy();
+        expect(userLevels[0].isDeleted).toBeTruthy();
+        expect(userLevels[1].isDeleted).toBeTruthy();
+
+        const archiveLevels = await LevelModel.find({ userId: TestId.ARCHIVE }, {}, { sort: { _id: 1 } });
+
+        expect(archiveLevels.length).toBe(2);
+        expect(archiveLevels[0].slug).toBe('archive/test-level-1');
+        expect(archiveLevels[1].slug).toBe('archive/x');
+      },
+    });
+  });
 });