diff --git a/spacecmd/spacecmd.changes.parlt.user-soft-deletion b/spacecmd/spacecmd.changes.parlt.user-soft-deletion
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e63b4282fae3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spacecmd/spacecmd.changes.parlt.user-soft-deletion
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Remove functionality to delete users. Disable should be used instead.
diff --git a/spacecmd/src/spacecmd/user.py b/spacecmd/src/spacecmd/user.py
index 85eff59c43e0..cecaaa8a29f0 100644
--- a/spacecmd/src/spacecmd/user.py
+++ b/spacecmd/src/spacecmd/user.py
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ def do_user_create(self, args):
 
 
 def help_user_delete(self):
+    print(_('This method is deprecated and will be removed in a future API version. '
+            'Please use user_disable instead.'))
+    logging.warning(_("This method is deprecated and will be removed in a future API version"))
     print(_('user_delete: Delete an user'))
     print(_('usage: user_delete NAME'))
 
@@ -145,6 +148,10 @@ def complete_user_delete(self, text, line, beg, end):
 
 
 def do_user_delete(self, args):
+    print(_('This method is deprecated and will be removed in a future API version. '
+            'Please use user_disable instead.'))
+    logging.warning(_("This method is deprecated and will be removed in a future API version"))
+
     arg_parser = get_argument_parser()
 
     (args, _options) = parse_command_arguments(args, arg_parser)
@@ -155,11 +162,9 @@ def do_user_delete(self, args):
 
     name = args[0]
 
-    if self.options.yes or self.user_confirm('Delete this user [y/N]:'):
-        self.client.user.delete(self.session, name)
-        return 0
-    else:
-        return 1
+    self.client.user.disable(self.session, name)
+
+    return 0
 
 ####################
 
diff --git a/spacecmd/tests/test_user.py b/spacecmd/tests/test_user.py
index af54a62de0f9..c0ba73945ff1 100644
--- a/spacecmd/tests/test_user.py
+++ b/spacecmd/tests/test_user.py
@@ -212,49 +212,26 @@ def test_user_delete_noargs(self, shell):
         """
         shell.client.user.delete = MagicMock()
         shell.help_user_delete = MagicMock()
-        shell.user_confirm = MagicMock()
 
         spacecmd.user.do_user_delete(shell, "")
 
         assert not shell.client.user.delete.called
-        assert not shell.user_confirm.called
         assert shell.help_user_delete.called
 
-    def test_user_delete_non_interactive(self, shell):
+    def test_user_delete(self, shell):
         """
-        Test do_user_delete, non-interactive mode.
+        Test do_user_delete, username
 
         :param shell:
         :return:
         """
         shell.client.user.delete = MagicMock()
         shell.help_user_delete = MagicMock()
-        shell.options.yes = True
-        shell.user_confirm = MagicMock(return_value=False)
 
         spacecmd.user.do_user_delete(shell, "pointyhaired")
 
         assert not shell.help_user_delete.called
-        assert not shell.user_confirm.called
-        assert shell.client.user.delete.called
-
-    def test_user_delete_interactive(self, shell):
-        """
-        Test do_user_delete, interactive mode.
-
-        :param shell:
-        :return:
-        """
-        shell.client.user.delete = MagicMock()
-        shell.help_user_delete = MagicMock()
-        shell.options.yes = False
-        shell.user_confirm = MagicMock(return_value=True)
-
-        spacecmd.user.do_user_delete(shell, "pointyhaired")
-
-        assert not shell.help_user_delete.called
-        assert shell.user_confirm.called
-        assert shell.client.user.delete.called
+        assert shell.client.user.disable.called
 
     def test_user_disable_noargs(self, shell):
         """