diff --git a/app/controllers/api/users.php b/app/controllers/api/users.php
index 61a9e24a41..ff64259409 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/users.php
+++ b/app/controllers/api/users.php
@@ -725,6 +725,11 @@ App::delete('/v1/users/:userId')
             throw new Exception('User not found', 404);
         }
 
+        /**
+         * DO NOT DELETE THE USER RECORD ITSELF. 
+         * WE RETAIN THE USER RECORD TO RESERVE THE USER ID AND ENSURE THAT THE USER ID IS NOT REUSED.
+         */
+        
         // clone user object to send to workers
         $clone = clone $user;
 
@@ -733,6 +738,8 @@ App::delete('/v1/users/:userId')
             ->setAttribute("email", null)
             ->setAttribute("password", null)
             ->setAttribute("deleted", true)
+            ->setAttribute("tokens", [])
+            ->setAttribute("search", null)
         ;
 
         $dbForProject->updateDocument('users', $userId, $user);
diff --git a/app/workers/deletes.php b/app/workers/deletes.php
index f4fd667d2a..8caf7ddb23 100644
--- a/app/workers/deletes.php
+++ b/app/workers/deletes.php
@@ -188,9 +188,22 @@ class DeletesV1 extends Worker
      */
     protected function deleteUser(Document $document, string $projectId): void
     {
+        /**
+         * DO NOT DELETE THE USER RECORD ITSELF. 
+         * WE RETAIN THE USER RECORD TO RESERVE THE USER ID AND ENSURE THAT THE USER ID IS NOT REUSED.
+         */
+        
         $userId = $document->getId();
+        $user = $this->getProjectDB($projectId)->getDocument('users', $userId);
+
+        // Delete all sessions of this user from the sessions table and update the sessions field of the user record
+        $this->deleteByGroup('sessions', [
+            new Query('userId', Query::TYPE_EQUAL, [$userId])
+        ], $this->getProjectDB($projectId));
+        
+        $user->setAttribute('sessions', []);
+        $updated = Authorization::skip(fn() => $this->getProjectDB($projectId)->updateDocument('users', $userId, $user));
 
-        // Tokens and Sessions removed with user document
         // Delete Memberships and decrement team membership counts
         $this->deleteByGroup('memberships', [
             new Query('userId', Query::TYPE_EQUAL, [$userId])