diff --git a/app/config.py b/app/config.py
index 55e027bd..4dc11beb 100644
--- a/app/config.py
+++ b/app/config.py
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ JOB_ONBOARDING_2 = "onboarding-2"
 JOB_ONBOARDING_3 = "onboarding-3"
 JOB_ONBOARDING_4 = "onboarding-4"
 JOB_BATCH_IMPORT = "batch-import"
+JOB_DELETE_ACCOUNT = "delete-account"
 
 # for pagination
 PAGE_LIMIT = 20
diff --git a/app/dashboard/views/setting.py b/app/dashboard/views/setting.py
index a2248b04..a50cdfb7 100644
--- a/app/dashboard/views/setting.py
+++ b/app/dashboard/views/setting.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from wtforms import StringField, validators
 from wtforms.fields.html5 import EmailField
 
 from app import s3, email_utils
-from app.config import URL, FIRST_ALIAS_DOMAIN
+from app.config import URL, FIRST_ALIAS_DOMAIN, JOB_DELETE_ACCOUNT
 from app.dashboard.base import dashboard_bp
 from app.email_utils import (
     email_can_be_used_as_mailbox,
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ from app.models import (
     SLDomain,
     CoinbaseSubscription,
     AppleSubscription,
+    Job,
 )
 from app.utils import random_string, sanitize_email
 
@@ -178,12 +179,21 @@ def setting():
             return redirect(url_for("dashboard.setting"))
 
         elif request.form.get("form-name") == "delete-account":
-            LOG.warning("Delete account %s", current_user)
-            User.delete(current_user.id)
-            db.session.commit()
-            flash("Your account has been deleted", "success")
-            logout_user()
-            return redirect(url_for("auth.register"))
+            # Schedule delete account job
+            LOG.warning("schedule delete account job for %s", current_user)
+            Job.create(
+                name=JOB_DELETE_ACCOUNT,
+                payload={"user_id": current_user.id},
+                run_at=arrow.now(),
+                commit=True,
+            )
+
+            flash(
+                "Your account deletion has been scheduled. "
+                "You'll receive an email when the deletion is finished",
+                "success",
+            )
+            return redirect(url_for("dashboard.setting"))
 
         elif request.form.get("form-name") == "change-alias-generator":
             scheme = int(request.form.get("alias-generator-scheme"))
diff --git a/job_runner.py b/job_runner.py
index 3ad9652f..b24c052e 100644
--- a/job_runner.py
+++ b/job_runner.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from app.config import (
     JOB_ONBOARDING_2,
     JOB_ONBOARDING_4,
     JOB_BATCH_IMPORT,
+    JOB_DELETE_ACCOUNT,
 )
 from app.email_utils import (
     send_email,
@@ -149,7 +150,25 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
                     batch_import_id = job.payload.get("batch_import_id")
                     batch_import = BatchImport.get(batch_import_id)
                     handle_batch_import(batch_import)
+                elif job.name == JOB_DELETE_ACCOUNT:
+                    user_id = job.payload.get("user_id")
+                    user = User.get(user_id)
 
+                    if not user:
+                        LOG.exception("No user found for %s", user_id)
+                        continue
+
+                    user_email = user.email
+                    LOG.warning("Delete user %s", user)
+                    User.delete(user.id)
+                    db.session.commit()
+
+                    send_email(
+                        user_email,
+                        "Your SimpleLogin account has been deleted",
+                        render("transactional/account-delete.txt"),
+                        render("transactional/account-delete.html"),
+                    )
                 else:
                     LOG.exception("Unknown job name %s", job.name)
 
diff --git a/templates/emails/transactional/account-delete.html b/templates/emails/transactional/account-delete.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..191ba769
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/emails/transactional/account-delete.html
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{% extends "base.html" %}
+
+{% block content %}
+  {% call text() %}
+    <h1>
+      Your SimpleLogin account has been deleted successfully.
+    </h1>
+  {% endcall %}
+
+  {% call text() %}
+    Thank you for having used SimpleLogin.
+  {% endcall %}
+
+  {{ render_text('Best, <br />SimpleLogin Team.') }}
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/templates/emails/transactional/account-delete.txt b/templates/emails/transactional/account-delete.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..42e8f510
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/emails/transactional/account-delete.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Your SimpleLogin account has been deleted successfully.
+
+Thank you for having used SimpleLogin.
+
+Best,
+SimpleLogin team.