diff --git a/app/api/helpers/user.py b/app/api/helpers/user.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..98946e29fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/api/helpers/user.py
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+from sqlalchemy.orm.exc import NoResultFound
+from app.api.helpers.exceptions import ForbiddenException
+from app.models import db
+from app.api.helpers.db import save_to_db
+from app.models.user import User
+
+
+def modify_email_for_user_to_be_deleted(user):
+    """
+    Update the email ID of user which is to be deleted.
+    Adds '.deleted' substring to email of a user to be deleted.
+    :param order: User to be deleted.
+    :return:
+    """
+    not_unique_email = True
+    user_email = user.email
+    while not_unique_email:
+        try:
+            db.session.query(User).filter_by(email=user_email).one()
+        except NoResultFound:
+            user.email = user_email
+            save_to_db(user)
+            not_unique_email = False
+        else:
+            user_email = user_email + '.deleted'
+    return user
+
+
+def modify_email_for_user_to_be_restored(user):
+    """
+    Update the email ID of user which is to be restored.
+    Removes '.deleted' substring from a user to be restored.
+    :param order: User to be restored.
+    :return:
+    """
+    user_email = user.email
+    remove_str = '.deleted'
+    if user_email.endswith(remove_str):
+        user_email = user_email[:-len(remove_str)]
+        try:
+            db.session.query(User).filter_by(email=user_email).one()
+        except NoResultFound:
+            user.email = user_email
+            save_to_db(user)
+        else:
+            raise ForbiddenException({'pointer': '/data/attributes/email'},
+                                     "This email is already registered! Manually edit and then try restoring")
+    return user
diff --git a/app/api/users.py b/app/api/users.py
index 7603df240e..ae6943aa6c 100644
--- a/app/api/users.py
+++ b/app/api/users.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 from app.api.helpers.mail import send_email_confirmation, send_email_change_user_email, send_email_with_action
 from app.api.helpers.permission_manager import has_access
 from app.api.helpers.permissions import is_user_itself
+from app.api.helpers.user import modify_email_for_user_to_be_deleted, modify_email_for_user_to_be_restored
 from app.api.helpers.utilities import get_serializer, str_generator
 from app.api.schema.users import UserSchema, UserSchemaPublic
 from app.models import db
@@ -207,21 +208,27 @@ def before_update_object(self, user, data, view_kwargs):
         #     data['small_image_url'] = uploaded_images['thumbnail_image_url']
         #     data['thumbnail_image_url'] = uploaded_images['thumbnail_image_url']
         #     data['icon_image_url'] = uploaded_images['icon_image_url']
+
+        if data.get('deleted_at') != user.deleted_at:
+            if has_access('is_user_itself', user_id=user.id) or has_access('is_admin'):
+                if data.get('deleted_at'):
+                    if len(user.events) != 0:
+                        raise ForbiddenException({'source': ''}, "Users associated with events cannot be deleted")
+                    elif len(user.orders) != 0:
+                        raise ForbiddenException({'source': ''}, "Users associated with orders cannot be deleted")
+                    else:
+                        modify_email_for_user_to_be_deleted(user)
+                else:
+                    modify_email_for_user_to_be_restored(user)
+                    data['email'] = user.email
+                user.deleted_at = data.get('deleted_at')
+            else:
+                raise ForbiddenException({'source': ''}, "You are not authorized to update this information.")
+
         users_email = data.get('email', None)
         if users_email is not None:
             users_email = users_email.strip()
 
-        if has_access('is_admin') and data.get('deleted_at') != user.deleted_at:
-            user.deleted_at = data.get('deleted_at')
-
-        if has_access('is_user_itself', user_id=user.id) and data.get('deleted_at') != user.deleted_at:
-            if len(user.events) != 0:
-                raise ForbiddenException({'source': ''}, "Users associated with events cannot be deleted")
-            elif len(user.orders) != 0:
-                raise ForbiddenException({'source': ''}, "Users associated with orders cannot be deleted")
-            else:
-                user.deleted_at = data.get('deleted_at')
-
         if users_email is not None and users_email != user.email:
             try:
                 db.session.query(User).filter_by(email=users_email).one()
diff --git a/migrations/versions/6f7b6fad3f56_refactor_deleted_users_email.py b/migrations/versions/6f7b6fad3f56_refactor_deleted_users_email.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f879a70e27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/versions/6f7b6fad3f56_refactor_deleted_users_email.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+"""Refactor deleted users email
+Revision ID: 6f7b6fad3f56
+Revises: 0e80c49a6e28
+Create Date: 2019-05-24 03:26:25
+"""
+
+from alembic import op
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = '6f7b6fad3f56'
+down_revision = '0e80c49a6e28'
+
+
+def upgrade():
+    op.execute("UPDATE users SET _email = concat(_email, '.deleted') where deleted_at IS NOT NULL;",
+               execution_options=None)
+
+def downgrade():
+    op.execute("UPDATE users SET _email = left(_email, length(_email)-8) where right(_email, 8) = '.deleted' and deleted_at IS NOT NULL;",
+               execution_options=None)