diff --git a/openbis_ng_ui/src/js/components/users/browser/UserBrowserController.js b/openbis_ng_ui/src/js/components/users/browser/UserBrowserController.js
index 81d8628812c1f62b8103a25b86fcdbcf57686170..a8d7717be28c80cfab7bc4a857f1cf646228cf32 100644
--- a/openbis_ng_ui/src/js/components/users/browser/UserBrowserController.js
+++ b/openbis_ng_ui/src/js/components/users/browser/UserBrowserController.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export default class UserBrowserController extends BrowserController {
           text: user.userId,
           object: { type: objectType.USER, id: user.userId },
           canMatchFilter: true,
-          canRemove: false
+          canRemove: true
         }
       })
 
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ export default class UserBrowserController extends BrowserController {
   _prepareRemoveOperations(type, id, reason) {
     if (type === objectType.USER_GROUP) {
       return this._prepareRemoveUserGroupOperations(id, reason)
+    } else if (type === objectType.USER) {
+      return this._prepareRemoveUserOperations(id, reason)
     } else {
       throw new Error('Unsupported type: ' + type)
     }
@@ -111,6 +113,17 @@ export default class UserBrowserController extends BrowserController {
     ])
   }
 
+  _prepareRemoveUserOperations(id, reason) {
+    const options = new openbis.PersonDeletionOptions()
+    options.setReason(reason)
+    return Promise.resolve([
+      new openbis.DeletePersonsOperation(
+        [new openbis.PersonPermId(id)],
+        options
+      )
+    ])
+  }
+
   doGetObservedModifications() {
     return {
       [objectType.USER]: [objectOperation.CREATE, objectOperation.DELETE],
diff --git a/openbis_ng_ui/src/js/services/openbis/dto.js b/openbis_ng_ui/src/js/services/openbis/dto.js
index 48060fd7d7cb209d7c1111960a3560f533f2c6fc..ea7cb50f111e5f1a6a27c1adbb658bbe5476c3a6 100644
--- a/openbis_ng_ui/src/js/services/openbis/dto.js
+++ b/openbis_ng_ui/src/js/services/openbis/dto.js
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ const CLASS_FULL_NAMES = [
   'as/dto/operation/SynchronousOperationExecutionOptions',
   'as/dto/person/create/CreatePersonsOperation',
   'as/dto/person/create/PersonCreation',
+  'as/dto/person/delete/PersonDeletionOptions',
+  'as/dto/person/delete/DeletePersonsOperation',
   'as/dto/person/fetchoptions/PersonFetchOptions',
   'as/dto/person/id/PersonPermId',
   'as/dto/person/search/PersonSearchCriteria',
diff --git a/openbis_ng_ui/srcTest/js/services/openbis/dto.js b/openbis_ng_ui/srcTest/js/services/openbis/dto.js
index f516b9c772dbb8dec98fc1c18884217419ab847f..1c91239f8448fe1af3b67b9b98a5db6916b4ecc2 100644
--- a/openbis_ng_ui/srcTest/js/services/openbis/dto.js
+++ b/openbis_ng_ui/srcTest/js/services/openbis/dto.js
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import DeleteAuthorizationGroupsOperation from 'as/dto/authorizationgroup/delete
 import DeleteDataSetTypesOperation from 'as/dto/dataset/delete/DeleteDataSetTypesOperation'
 import DeleteExperimentTypesOperation from 'as/dto/experiment/delete/DeleteExperimentTypesOperation'
 import DeleteMaterialTypesOperation from 'as/dto/material/delete/DeleteMaterialTypesOperation'
+import DeletePersonsOperation from 'as/dto/person/delete/DeletePersonsOperation'
 import DeletePluginsOperation from 'as/dto/plugin/delete/DeletePluginsOperation'
 import DeletePropertyTypesOperation from 'as/dto/property/delete/DeletePropertyTypesOperation'
 import DeleteQueriesOperation from 'as/dto/query/delete/DeleteQueriesOperation'
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ import MaterialTypeSearchCriteria from 'as/dto/material/search/MaterialTypeSearc
 import MaterialTypeUpdate from 'as/dto/material/update/MaterialTypeUpdate'
 import Person from 'as/dto/person/Person'
 import PersonCreation from 'as/dto/person/create/PersonCreation'
+import PersonDeletionOptions from 'as/dto/person/delete/PersonDeletionOptions'
 import PersonFetchOptions from 'as/dto/person/fetchoptions/PersonFetchOptions'
 import PersonPermId from 'as/dto/person/id/PersonPermId'
 import PersonSearchCriteria from 'as/dto/person/search/PersonSearchCriteria'
@@ -201,6 +203,7 @@ const dto = {
   DeleteDataSetTypesOperation,
   DeleteExperimentTypesOperation,
   DeleteMaterialTypesOperation,
+  DeletePersonsOperation,
   DeletePluginsOperation,
   DeletePropertyTypesOperation,
   DeleteQueriesOperation,
@@ -232,6 +235,7 @@ const dto = {
   MaterialTypeUpdate,
   Person,
   PersonCreation,
+  PersonDeletionOptions,
   PersonFetchOptions,
   PersonPermId,
   PersonSearchCriteria,