diff --git a/tdrive/backend/node/src/core/platform/services/admin/controller/delete-user-controller.ts b/tdrive/backend/node/src/core/platform/services/admin/controller/delete-user-controller.ts
index 0fb2be94..7de45fd6 100644
--- a/tdrive/backend/node/src/core/platform/services/admin/controller/delete-user-controller.ts
+++ b/tdrive/backend/node/src/core/platform/services/admin/controller/delete-user-controller.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { UserPrimaryKey } from "src/services/user/entities/user";
 import gr from "../../../../../services/global-resolver";
 
 import type { ExecutionContext } from "../../../../platform/framework/api/crud-service";
@@ -13,27 +14,50 @@ export class AdminDeleteUserController {
   }
 
   /** Begin or forward the deletion process of a user, if `deleteData` is false, only anonymises the user entry */
-  async deleteUser(userId: string, deleteData: boolean): Promise<"failed" | "deleting" | "done"> {
+  async deleteUser(
+    userId: string,
+    deleteData: boolean,
+    username?: string,
+  ): Promise<{ status: "failed" | "deleting" | "done"; userId?: string }> {
     try {
-      if (
-        await gr.services.users.anonymizeAndDelete(
-          { id: userId },
-          {
-            user: { server_request: true },
-          } as unknown as ExecutionContext,
-          deleteData,
-        )
-      )
-        return "done";
+      let pk: UserPrimaryKey = { id: userId };
+      if (username) {
+        pk = { username_canonical: username };
+      }
+
+      const data = await gr.services.users.anonymizeAndDelete(
+        pk,
+        {
+          user: { server_request: true },
+        } as unknown as ExecutionContext,
+        deleteData,
+      );
+
+      if (data.isDeleted)
+        return {
+          status: "done",
+          userId: data.userId,
+        };
       const existingUser = await (await this.getRepos()).user.findOne({ id: userId });
       if (existingUser?.deleted) {
-        if (existingUser.delete_process_started_epoch > 0) return "deleting";
+        if (existingUser.delete_process_started_epoch > 0) {
+          return {
+            status: "deleting",
+            userId: existingUser.id,
+          };
+        }
       }
     } catch (err) {
-      adminLogger.error({ err, userId }, "User deletion error");
-      return "failed";
+      adminLogger.error("[DELETE USER] ", JSON.stringify({ err, userId }), "User deletion error");
+      return {
+        status: "failed",
+        userId,
+      };
     }
-    return "done";
+    return {
+      status: "done",
+      userId,
+    };
   }
 
   /** Get an array of 2 item arrays with `[ user IDs, delete_process_started_epoch ]` that are incompletely deleted */
diff --git a/tdrive/backend/node/src/core/platform/services/admin/web/delete-user-routes.ts b/tdrive/backend/node/src/core/platform/services/admin/web/delete-user-routes.ts
index 13cc44b2..c5c451de 100644
--- a/tdrive/backend/node/src/core/platform/services/admin/web/delete-user-routes.ts
+++ b/tdrive/backend/node/src/core/platform/services/admin/web/delete-user-routes.ts
@@ -14,15 +14,19 @@ function authenticateAdminQuery(request: FastifyRequest, reply: FastifyReply) {
   return true;
 }
 
-type TUserDeleteQueryBody = TQueryBody & { userId: string; deleteData: boolean };
+type TUserDeleteQueryBody = TQueryBody & { userId: string; deleteData: boolean; username?: string };
 function getUserIfValidQuery(request: FastifyRequest, reply: FastifyReply) {
   if (!authenticateAdminQuery(request, reply)) return { userId: "", deleteData: false };
   const body = request.body as TUserDeleteQueryBody;
-  if (!body.userId?.length) {
+  if (!body.userId?.length && !body.username) {
     reply.status(400).send();
-    return { userId: "", deleteData: false };
+    return { userId: "", username: "", deleteData: false };
   }
-  return body;
+  return {
+    userId: body.userId || "",
+    username: body.username,
+    deleteData: body.deleteData,
+  };
 }
 
 const routes: FastifyPluginCallback = async (fastify: FastifyInstance, _opts, next) => {
@@ -31,13 +35,13 @@ const routes: FastifyPluginCallback = async (fastify: FastifyInstance, _opts, ne
   const controller = new AdminDeleteUserController();
   if (config?.endpointSecret?.length) {
     fastify.post(urlRoot, async (request, reply) => {
-      const { userId, deleteData } = getUserIfValidQuery(request, reply);
-      if (!userId) return false;
+      const { userId, deleteData, username } = getUserIfValidQuery(request, reply);
+      if (!userId && !username) return false;
       if (userId == "e2e_simulate_timeout")
         return new Promise(() => {
           return;
         });
-      return { status: await controller.deleteUser(userId, deleteData) };
+      return await controller.deleteUser(userId, deleteData, username);
     });
 
     fastify.post(`${urlRoot}/pending`, async (request, reply) => {
diff --git a/tdrive/backend/node/src/services/user/entities/user.ts b/tdrive/backend/node/src/services/user/entities/user.ts
index 94fb6c15..d928ef95 100644
--- a/tdrive/backend/node/src/services/user/entities/user.ts
+++ b/tdrive/backend/node/src/services/user/entities/user.ts
@@ -149,9 +149,12 @@ export type UserNotificationPreferences = {
   };
 };
 
-export type UserPrimaryKey = Pick<User, "id">;
+export type UserPrimaryKey = {
+  id?: uuid;
+  username_canonical?: string;
+};
 
 export function getInstance(user: Partial<User>): User {
-  user.creation_date = !isNumber(user.creation_date) ? Date.now() : user.creation_date;
+  user.creation_date = !isNumber(user?.creation_date) ? Date.now() : user?.creation_date;
   return merge(new User(), user);
 }
diff --git a/tdrive/backend/node/src/services/user/services/users/service.ts b/tdrive/backend/node/src/services/user/services/users/service.ts
index 0755217f..a64647e0 100644
--- a/tdrive/backend/node/src/services/user/services/users/service.ts
+++ b/tdrive/backend/node/src/services/user/services/users/service.ts
@@ -185,7 +185,10 @@ export class UserServiceImpl {
         user: user,
       });
 
-      return deleteData && (await gr.platformServices.admin.deleteUser(userCopy));
+      return {
+        isDeleted: deleteData && (await gr.platformServices.admin.deleteUser(userCopy)),
+        userId: user.id,
+      };
     }
   }