diff --git a/backend/app/views/spree/admin/users/index.html.erb b/backend/app/views/spree/admin/users/index.html.erb
index 15762cdddfa..b526aaa24ad 100644
--- a/backend/app/views/spree/admin/users/index.html.erb
+++ b/backend/app/views/spree/admin/users/index.html.erb
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
           <% if can?(:edit, user) %>
             <%= link_to_edit user, no_text: true %>
           <% end %>
-          <% if can?(:destroy, user) && user.orders.none? %>
+          <% if can?(:destroy, user) && user.can_be_deleted? %>
             <%= link_to_delete user, no_text: true %>
           <% end %>
         </td>
diff --git a/core/app/models/concerns/spree/user_methods.rb b/core/app/models/concerns/spree/user_methods.rb
index 533b15b5c7a..bd54afd07b7 100644
--- a/core/app/models/concerns/spree/user_methods.rb
+++ b/core/app/models/concerns/spree/user_methods.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ module UserMethods
       has_many :stock_locations, through: :user_stock_locations
 
       has_many :spree_orders, foreign_key: "user_id", class_name: "Spree::Order"
-      has_many :orders, foreign_key: "user_id", class_name: "Spree::Order", dependent: :restrict_with_exception
+      has_many :orders, foreign_key: "user_id", class_name: "Spree::Order"
 
       has_many :store_credits, -> { includes(:credit_type) }, foreign_key: "user_id", class_name: "Spree::StoreCredit"
       has_many :store_credit_events, through: :store_credits
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ module UserMethods
       has_many :wallet_payment_sources, foreign_key: 'user_id', class_name: 'Spree::WalletPaymentSource', inverse_of: :user
 
       after_create :auto_generate_spree_api_key
+      before_destroy :check_for_deletion
 
       include Spree::RansackableAttributes unless included_modules.include?(Spree::RansackableAttributes)
 
@@ -76,5 +77,23 @@ def display_available_store_credit_total(currency:)
         currency: currency,
       )
     end
+
+    # Restrict to delete users with existing orders
+    #
+    # Override this in your user model class to add another logic.
+    #
+    # Ie. to allow to delete users with incomplete orders add:
+    #
+    #   orders.complete.none?
+    #
+    def can_be_deleted?
+      orders.none?
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def check_for_deletion
+      raise ActiveRecord::DeleteRestrictionError unless can_be_deleted?
+    end
   end
 end