diff --git a/app/controllers/api/internal/users/deletions_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/internal/users/deletions_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b6ca379c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/api/internal/users/deletions_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module Api
+  module Internal
+    module Users
+      class DeletionsController < ApplicationController
+        protect_from_forgery with: :exception
+        before_action :authenticate_request!
+
+        def create
+          UserCleanupJob.perform_later(
+            params[:user_id]
+          )
+
+          head :ok
+        end
+
+        private
+
+        def authenticate_request!
+          verify_token!
+          verify_signature!
+        end
+
+        def verify_token!
+          token = request.headers['Authorization']&.remove('Bearer ')
+
+          unless ActiveSupport::SecurityUtils.secure_compare(
+            token.to_s,
+            ENV.fetch('OPENHPI_API_TOKEN')
+          )
+            return head :unauthorized
+          end
+        end
+
+        def verify_signature!
+          expected = OpenSSL::HMAC.hexdigest(
+            'SHA256',
+            ENV.fetch('OPENHPI_WEBHOOK_SECRET'),
+            request.raw_post
+          )
+
+          provided = request.headers['X-Signature']
+
+          unless ActiveSupport::SecurityUtils.secure_compare(expected, provided.to_s)
+            return head :unauthorized
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/jobs/user_cleanup_job.rb b/app/jobs/user_cleanup_job.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6391f9da7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/jobs/user_cleanup_job.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class UserCleanupJob < ApplicationJob
+  queue_as :default
+
+  retry_on StandardError, wait: :exponentially_longer, attempts: 10
+
+  def perform(user_id)
+    cleanup_user_data(user_id)
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def cleanup_user_data(user_id)
+    user = ExternalUser.find_by(external_id: user_id, consumer_id: 1) # Consumer with ID 1 is openHPI.
+
+    if user.present?
+      user.update(name: 'Deleted User', email: nil)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 9a5e8b154..05ce1ff00 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -193,6 +193,14 @@
   mount ActionCable.server => '/cable'
   mount RailsAdmin::Engine => '/rails_admin', as: 'rails_admin'
 
+  namespace :api do
+    namespace :internal do
+      namespace :users do
+        post 'deleted', to: 'deletions#create'
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   # Reveal health status on /up that returns 200 if the app boots with no exceptions, otherwise 500.
   # Can be used by load balancers and uptime monitors to verify that the app is live.
   get 'up', to: 'rails/health#show', as: :rails_health_check