diff --git a/packages/api/src/controllers/helpers.ts b/packages/api/src/controllers/helpers.ts
index c0815ef82..5cf794710 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/controllers/helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/controllers/helpers.ts
@@ -751,6 +751,43 @@ export function getProjectId(req: Request): string {
   return projectId;
 }
 
+export async function deleteAllOwnedObjects(
+  req: Request,
+  params: {
+    projectId?: string;
+    userId?: string;
+    deleted?: boolean;
+  },
+) {
+  const filters: any = {};
+  if (params.projectId) {
+    filters.projectId = params.projectId;
+  }
+  if (params.userId) {
+    filters.userId = params.userId;
+  }
+  if (params.deleted !== undefined) {
+    filters.deleted = params.deleted;
+  } else {
+    filters.deleted = false;
+  }
+
+  let [assets] = await db.asset.find({ filters });
+  let [streams] = await db.stream.find({ filters });
+  let [signingKeys] = await db.signingKey.find({ filters });
+  let [webhooks] = await db.webhook.find({ filters });
+  let [sessions] = await db.session.find({ filters });
+
+  for (const asset of assets) {
+    await req.taskScheduler.deleteAsset(asset.id);
+  }
+
+  await db.stream.markDeletedMany(streams.map((s) => s.id));
+  await db.signingKey.markDeletedMany(signingKeys.map((sk) => sk.id));
+  await db.webhook.markDeletedMany(webhooks.map((w) => w.id));
+  await db.session.markDeletedMany(sessions.map((s) => s.id));
+}
+
 export async function addDefaultProjectId(
   body: any,
   req: Request,
diff --git a/packages/api/src/controllers/project.ts b/packages/api/src/controllers/project.ts
index 720f85c03..8976246c4 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/controllers/project.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/controllers/project.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-import { Router } from "express";
+import { Request, Router } from "express";
 import { authorizer } from "../middleware";
-import { db } from "../store";
+import { db, jobsDb } from "../store";
 import { v4 as uuid } from "uuid";
 import {
+  deleteAllOwnedObjects,
   makeNextHREF,
   parseFilters,
   parseOrder,
@@ -11,7 +12,11 @@ import {
 import { NotFoundError, ForbiddenError } from "../store/errors";
 import sql from "sql-template-strings";
 import { WithID } from "../store/types";
-import { Project } from "../schema/types";
+import { Asset, Project } from "../schema/types";
+import { CliArgs } from "../parse-cli";
+import Queue from "../store/queue";
+import logger from "../logger";
+import { DB } from "../store/db";
 
 const app = Router();
 
@@ -177,4 +182,53 @@ app.delete("/:id", authorizer({}), async (req, res) => {
   res.end();
 });
 
+app.post(
+  "/job/projects-cleanup",
+  authorizer({ anyAdmin: true }),
+  async (req, res) => {
+    // import the job dynamically to avoid circular dependencies
+    const { default: projectsCleanup } = await import(
+      "../jobs/projects-cleanup"
+    );
+
+    const limit = parseInt(req.query.limit?.toString()) || 1000;
+
+    const { cleanedUp } = await projectsCleanup(
+      {
+        ...req.config,
+        projectsCleanupLimit: limit,
+      },
+      req,
+      { jobsDb },
+    );
+
+    res.status(200);
+    res.json({ cleanedUp });
+  },
+);
+
+export function triggerCleanUpProjectsJob(
+  projects: Project[],
+  req: Request,
+): [Project[], Promise<void>] {
+  if (!projects.length) {
+    return [projects, Promise.resolve()];
+  }
+
+  const jobPromise = Promise.resolve().then(async () => {
+    try {
+      await Promise.all(projects.map((s) => cleanUpProject(s, req)));
+    } catch (err) {
+      const ids = projects.map((s) => s.id);
+      logger.error(`Error cleaning up projectId=${ids} err=`, err);
+    }
+  });
+
+  return [projects, jobPromise];
+}
+
+async function cleanUpProject(project: Project, req: Request) {
+  await deleteAllOwnedObjects(req, { projectId: project.id, deleted: false });
+}
+
 export default app;
diff --git a/packages/api/src/controllers/user.ts b/packages/api/src/controllers/user.ts
index 510bdfe59..98a258e8d 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/controllers/user.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/controllers/user.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import { InternalServerError, NotFoundError } from "../store/errors";
 import { WithID } from "../store/types";
 import {
   FieldsMap,
+  deleteAllOwnedObjects,
   makeNextHREF,
   parseFilters,
   parseOrder,
@@ -296,11 +297,9 @@ app.delete("/:id", authorizer({ anyAdmin: true }), async (req, res) => {
     res.status(404);
     return res.json({ errors: ["user not found"] });
   }
-  await db.user.delete(id);
 
-  // TODO: remove all streams owned by user
-  // TODO: remove all assets owned by user
-  // TODO: remove the stripe account
+  await db.user.markDeleted(id);
+  await deleteAllOwnedObjects(req, { userId: id, deleted: false });
 
   res.status(204);
   res.end();
diff --git a/packages/api/src/jobs/projects-cleanup.test.ts b/packages/api/src/jobs/projects-cleanup.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..93fa7af3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/api/src/jobs/projects-cleanup.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+import { v4 as uuid } from "uuid";
+
+import * as appRouter from "../app-router";
+import * as projectsController from "../controllers/project";
+import { cache } from "../store/cache";
+import { DB } from "../store/db";
+import Queue, { RabbitQueue } from "../store/queue";
+import { rabbitMgmt } from "../test-helpers";
+import params, { testId } from "../test-params";
+import projectsCleanup from "./projects-cleanup";
+import { Request } from "express";
+
+describe("projects-cleanup", () => {
+  // There are further functional tests under controllers/stream.test.ts "active clean-up"
+
+  let db: DB;
+  let initClientsSpy: jest.SpyInstance;
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    db = new DB();
+    await db.start({ postgresUrl: params.postgresUrl });
+    await rabbitMgmt.createVhost(testId);
+  });
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    await rabbitMgmt.deleteVhost(testId);
+  });
+
+  let queue: Queue;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    const originalInitClient = appRouter.initClients;
+    initClientsSpy = jest
+      .spyOn(appRouter, "initClients")
+      .mockImplementation(async (params, name) => {
+        const result = await originalInitClient(params, name);
+        queue = result.queue;
+        jest.spyOn(queue, "consume");
+        jest.spyOn(queue, "delayedPublishWebhook");
+        return result;
+      });
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    jest.restoreAllMocks();
+    cache.storage = null;
+    queue?.close();
+    queue = null;
+  });
+
+  const mockProject = (deleted: boolean, deletedAt: number) => {
+    return {
+      id: uuid(),
+      name: "project1",
+      deleted,
+      deletedAt,
+    };
+  };
+
+  const mockStream = (projectId: string) => {
+    return {
+      id: uuid(),
+      name: "stream1",
+      playbackId: uuid(),
+      streamKey: uuid(),
+      projectId,
+    };
+  };
+
+  const mockAsset = (projectId: string) => {
+    return {
+      id: uuid(),
+      name: "asset1",
+      projectId,
+      source: {
+        type: "url" as const,
+        url: "someSource",
+      },
+    };
+  };
+
+  it("it should deleted related assets and streams", async () => {
+    const triggerSpy = jest
+      .spyOn(projectsController, "triggerCleanUpProjectsJob")
+      .mockImplementation(() => [[], Promise.resolve()]);
+
+    const now = Date.now();
+    const project = await db.project.create(mockProject(false, now - 10000));
+
+    let streamsToDelete = [];
+    let assetsToDelete = [];
+    // 3 streams
+    for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+      const stream = await db.stream.create(mockStream(project.id));
+      streamsToDelete.push(stream.id);
+    }
+    // 3 assets
+    for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+      const asset = await db.asset.create(mockAsset(project.id));
+      assetsToDelete.push(asset.id);
+    }
+
+    let mockReq: Request = {
+      user: {
+        id: "test",
+        admin: false,
+        defaultProjectId: uuid(),
+      },
+      project: {
+        id: "test",
+      },
+    } as Request;
+
+    await projectsCleanup(params, mockReq);
+
+    expect(triggerSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    for (const streamId of streamsToDelete) {
+      let stream = await db.stream.get(streamId);
+      expect(stream.id).toBe(streamId);
+      expect(stream.deleted).toBe(true);
+    }
+    for (const assetId of assetsToDelete) {
+      let asset = await db.asset.get(assetId);
+      expect(asset.id).toBe(assetId);
+      expect(asset.deleted).toBe(true);
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/api/src/jobs/projects-cleanup.ts b/packages/api/src/jobs/projects-cleanup.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b702ac949
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/api/src/jobs/projects-cleanup.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import sql from "sql-template-strings";
+import { initClients } from "../app-router";
+import { CliArgs } from "../parse-cli";
+import { DB } from "../store/db";
+import Queue from "../store/queue";
+import { triggerCleanUpProjectsJob } from "../controllers/project";
+import { Request } from "express";
+
+// queries for all the deleted projects
+// clean up logic for all related assets and streams
+export default async function projectsCleanup(
+  config: CliArgs,
+  req: Request,
+  clients?: { jobsDb: DB },
+) {
+  if (!config.ingest?.length) {
+    throw new Error("ingest not configured");
+  }
+  const { jobsDb } =
+    clients ?? (await initClients(config, "projects-cleanup-job"));
+  const { projectsCleanupLimit: limit, ingest } = config;
+
+  let [projects] = await jobsDb.stream.find([sql`data->>'deleted' = 'true'`], {
+    limit,
+    order: "data->>'lastSeen' DESC",
+  });
+
+  const [cleanedUp, jobPromise] = triggerCleanUpProjectsJob(projects, req);
+  await jobPromise;
+
+  return {
+    cleanedUp,
+    logContext: `limit=${limit} numCleanedUp=${cleanedUp.length}`,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/packages/api/src/parse-cli.ts b/packages/api/src/parse-cli.ts
index f60cac75a..30644556e 100755
--- a/packages/api/src/parse-cli.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/parse-cli.ts
@@ -535,6 +535,11 @@ export default function parseCli(argv?: string | readonly string[]) {
         type: "number",
         default: 1000,
       },
+      "projects-cleanup-limit": {
+        describe: "job/projects-cleanup: max number of projects to clean up",
+        type: "number",
+        default: 100,
+      },
       "update-usage-from": {
         describe:
           "job/update-usage: unix millis timestamp for start time of update usage job",