diff --git a/routers/api/v1/api.go b/routers/api/v1/api.go
index 0d11674aa9971..7621b2f54f149 100644
--- a/routers/api/v1/api.go
+++ b/routers/api/v1/api.go
@@ -711,7 +711,9 @@ func Routes(ctx gocontext.Context) *web.Route {
 		}, reqToken())
 
 		m.Group("/user", func() {
-			m.Get("", user.GetAuthenticatedUser)
+			m.Combo("").
+				Get(user.GetAuthenticatedUser).
+				Delete(reqBasicOrRevProxyAuth(), user.DeleteAuthenticatedUser)
 			m.Group("/settings", func() {
 				m.Get("", user.GetUserSettings)
 				m.Patch("", bind(api.UserSettingsOptions{}), user.UpdateUserSettings)
diff --git a/routers/api/v1/user/user.go b/routers/api/v1/user/user.go
index 69197aef23eb2..6eddec2f8aeaf 100644
--- a/routers/api/v1/user/user.go
+++ b/routers/api/v1/user/user.go
@@ -6,13 +6,17 @@
 package user
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models"
 	activities_model "code.gitea.io/gitea/models/activities"
 	user_model "code.gitea.io/gitea/models/user"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/context"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/convert"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/routers/api/v1/utils"
+	user_service "code.gitea.io/gitea/services/user"
 )
 
 // Search search users
@@ -146,3 +150,46 @@ func GetUserHeatmapData(ctx *context.APIContext) {
 	}
 	ctx.JSON(http.StatusOK, heatmap)
 }
+
+// DeleteAuthenticatedUser deletes the current user
+func DeleteAuthenticatedUser(ctx *context.APIContext) {
+	// swagger:operation DELETE /user user userDeleteCurrent
+	// ---
+	// summary: Delete the authenticated user
+	// produces:
+	// - application/json
+	// parameters:
+	// - name: purge
+	//   in: query
+	//   description: Purge user, all their repositories, organizations and comments
+	//   type: boolean
+	// responses:
+	//   "204":
+	//     "$ref": "#/responses/empty"
+	//   "403":
+	//     "$ref": "#/responses/forbidden"
+	//   "422":
+	//     "$ref": "#/responses/validationError"
+
+	// Extract out the username as it's unavailable after deleting the user.
+	username := ctx.Doer.Name
+
+	if ctx.Doer.IsOrganization() {
+		ctx.Error(http.StatusUnprocessableEntity, "", fmt.Errorf("%s is an organization not a user", username))
+		return
+	}
+
+	if err := user_service.DeleteUser(ctx, ctx.Doer, ctx.FormBool("purge")); err != nil {
+		if models.IsErrUserOwnRepos(err) ||
+			models.IsErrUserHasOrgs(err) ||
+			models.IsErrUserOwnPackages(err) {
+			ctx.Error(http.StatusUnprocessableEntity, "", err)
+		} else {
+			ctx.Error(http.StatusInternalServerError, "DeleteAuthenticatedUser", err)
+		}
+		return
+	}
+	log.Trace("Account deleted: %s", username)
+
+	ctx.Status(http.StatusNoContent)
+}
diff --git a/templates/swagger/v1_json.tmpl b/templates/swagger/v1_json.tmpl
index 728e88b734aa5..92eafc9ab53af 100644
--- a/templates/swagger/v1_json.tmpl
+++ b/templates/swagger/v1_json.tmpl
@@ -11760,6 +11760,35 @@
             "$ref": "#/responses/User"
           }
         }
+      },
+      "delete": {
+        "produces": [
+          "application/json"
+        ],
+        "tags": [
+          "user"
+        ],
+        "summary": "Delete the authenticated user",
+        "operationId": "userDeleteCurrent",
+        "parameters": [
+          {
+            "type": "boolean",
+            "description": "Purge user, all their repositories, organizations and comments",
+            "name": "purge",
+            "in": "query"
+          }
+        ],
+        "responses": {
+          "204": {
+            "$ref": "#/responses/empty"
+          },
+          "403": {
+            "$ref": "#/responses/forbidden"
+          },
+          "422": {
+            "$ref": "#/responses/validationError"
+          }
+        }
       }
     },
     "/user/applications/oauth2": {
diff --git a/tests/integration/api_user_delete_test.go b/tests/integration/api_user_delete_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3df1e8027e8e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/api_user_delete_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+// Copyright 2022 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package integration
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"testing"
+
+	repo_model "code.gitea.io/gitea/models/repo"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/unittest"
+	user_model "code.gitea.io/gitea/models/user"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/tests"
+)
+
+func TestAPIDeleteUser(t *testing.T) {
+	defer tests.PrepareTestEnv(t)()
+
+	// 1 -> Admin
+	// 8 -> Normal user
+	for _, userID := range []int64{1, 8} {
+		user := unittest.AssertExistsAndLoadBean(t, &user_model.User{ID: userID})
+		t.Logf("Testing username %s", user.Name)
+
+		req := NewRequest(t, "DELETE", "/api/v1/user")
+		req = AddBasicAuthHeader(req, user.Name)
+		MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusNoContent)
+
+		assertUserDeleted(t, userID)
+		unittest.CheckConsistencyFor(t, &user_model.User{})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAPIPurgeUser(t *testing.T) {
+	defer tests.PrepareTestEnv(t)()
+	user := unittest.AssertExistsAndLoadBean(t, &user_model.User{ID: 5})
+
+	// Cannot delete the user as it still has ownership of repositories
+	req := NewRequest(t, "DELETE", "/api/v1/user")
+	req = AddBasicAuthHeader(req, user.Name)
+	MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusUnprocessableEntity)
+
+	unittest.CheckConsistencyFor(t, &user_model.User{ID: 5})
+
+	req = NewRequest(t, "DELETE", "/api/v1/user?purge=true")
+	req = AddBasicAuthHeader(req, user.Name)
+	MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusNoContent)
+
+	assertUserDeleted(t, 5)
+	unittest.CheckConsistencyFor(t, &user_model.User{}, &repo_model.Repository{})
+}