diff --git a/app/controllers/internal/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/internal/users_controller.rb
index db04f3f77..737430ba4 100644
--- a/app/controllers/internal/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/internal/users_controller.rb
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ class Internal::UsersController < Internal::ApplicationController
   def full_delete
     @user = User.find(params[:id])
     begin
-      Moderator::BanishUser.call_full_delete(admin: current_user, user: @user)
-      flash[:notice] = "@" + @user.username + " (email: " + @user.email + ", user_id: " + @user.id.to_s + ") has been fully deleted. If this is a GDPR delete, remember to delete them from Mailchimp and Google Analytics."
+      Moderator::DeleteUser.call_deletion(admin: current_user, user: @user, user_params: user_params)
+      flash[:notice] = "@" + @user.username + " (email: " + @user.email + ", user_id: " + @user.id.to_s + ") has been fully deleted. If requested, old content may have been ghostified. If this is a GDPR delete, delete them from Mailchimp & Google Analytics."
     rescue StandardError => e
       flash[:error] = e.message
     end
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ class Internal::UsersController < Internal::ApplicationController
                                  :add_credits,
                                  :remove_credits,
                                  :add_org_credits,
-                                 :remove_org_credits)
+                                 :remove_org_credits,
+                                 :ghostify)
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index b089b0048..068bf6139 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 class User < ApplicationRecord
   include CloudinaryHelper
 
-  attr_accessor :scholar_email, :new_note, :quick_match, :mentorship_note, :note_for_current_role, :add_mentor, :add_mentee, :user_status, :toggle_mentorship, :pro, :merge_user_id, :add_credits, :remove_credits, :add_org_credits, :remove_org_credits
+  attr_accessor :scholar_email, :new_note, :quick_match, :mentorship_note, :note_for_current_role, :add_mentor, :add_mentee, :user_status, :toggle_mentorship, :pro, :merge_user_id, :add_credits, :remove_credits, :add_org_credits, :remove_org_credits, :ghostify
 
   rolify
   include AlgoliaSearch
diff --git a/app/services/moderator/banish_user.rb b/app/services/moderator/banish_user.rb
index 8adac1bfc..8bd6aeb98 100644
--- a/app/services/moderator/banish_user.rb
+++ b/app/services/moderator/banish_user.rb
@@ -11,22 +11,13 @@ module Moderator
       new(user: user, admin: admin).banish
     end
 
-    def self.call_full_delete(admin:, user:)
-      new(user: user, admin: admin).full_delete
-    end
-
-    def full_delete
-      user.unsubscribe_from_newsletters
-      delete_user_activity
-      CacheBuster.new.bust("/#{user.old_username}")
-      user.delete
-    end
-
     def banish
       user.unsubscribe_from_newsletters if user.email?
       remove_profile_info
       handle_user_status("Ban", "spam account")
       delete_user_activity
+      delete_comments
+      delete_articles
       user.remove_from_algolia_index
       reassign_and_bust_username
     end
diff --git a/app/services/moderator/delete_user.rb b/app/services/moderator/delete_user.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..237e5fdd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/services/moderator/delete_user.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+module Moderator
+  class DeleteUser < ManageActivityAndRoles
+    attr_reader :user, :admin, :user_params
+
+    def initialize(admin:, user:, user_params:)
+      @user = user
+      @admin = admin
+      @user_params = user_params
+    end
+
+    def self.call_deletion(admin:, user:, user_params:)
+      if user_params[:ghostify] == "true"
+        new(user: user, admin: admin, user_params: user_params).ghostify
+      else
+        new(user: user, admin: admin, user_params: user_params).full_delete
+      end
+    end
+
+    def ghostify
+      @ghost = User.find_by(username: "ghost")
+      reassign_articles
+      reassign_comments
+      delete_non_content_activity_and_user
+    end
+
+    def full_delete
+      delete_comments
+      delete_articles
+      delete_non_content_activity_and_user
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def delete_non_content_activity_and_user
+      delete_user_activity
+      user.unsubscribe_from_newsletters
+      CacheBuster.new.bust("/#{user.username}")
+      user.delete
+    end
+
+    def reassign_comments
+      return unless user.comments.any?
+
+      user.comments.find_each do |comment|
+        comment.update(user_id: @ghost.id)
+      end
+    end
+
+    def reassign_articles
+      return unless user.articles.any?
+
+      user.articles.find_each do |article|
+        path = "/#{@ghost.username}/#{article.slug}"
+        article.update_columns(user_id: @ghost.id, path: path)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/services/moderator/manage_activity_and_roles.rb b/app/services/moderator/manage_activity_and_roles.rb
index ee54b51c4..2a7fd64d4 100644
--- a/app/services/moderator/manage_activity_and_roles.rb
+++ b/app/services/moderator/manage_activity_and_roles.rb
@@ -44,12 +44,11 @@ module Moderator
       user.reactions.delete_all
       user.follows.delete_all
       Follow.where(followable_id: user.id, followable_type: "User").delete_all
+      user.messages.delete_all
       user.chat_channel_memberships.delete_all
       user.mentions.delete_all
       user.badge_achievements.delete_all
       user.github_repos.delete_all
-      delete_comments
-      delete_articles
     end
 
     def remove_privileges
diff --git a/app/views/internal/users/edit.html.erb b/app/views/internal/users/edit.html.erb
index e37f52e1d..80812b66e 100644
--- a/app/views/internal/users/edit.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/internal/users/edit.html.erb
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     </p>
     <p><strong>Do not do this lightly.</strong></p>
     <%= form_for(@user, url: banish_internal_user_path(@user), html: { method: :post, onsubmit: "return confirm('Are you sure? This is extremely destructive and irreversible. Banishing will delete all articles and turn their username into @spam_###')" }) do %>
-      <button class="btn btn-danger" style="font-size:2em;">Banish User for Spam</button>
+      <button class="btn btn-danger" style="font-size:2em;">🚫 Banish User for Spam 🚫</button>
     <% end %>
   <% elsif current_user.has_role?(:super_admin) %>
     <p><strong>This is not a new user.</strong> You are only allowed to take this action because you are a
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
       <em>This is extremely destructive. Banishing will delete all the user's existing content and change their username to @spam_###.</em>
     </p>
     <p><strong>Do not do this lightly.</strong></p>
-    <%= form_for(@user, url: banish_internal_user_path(@user), html: { method: :post, onsubmit: "return confirm('Are you sure? This is extremely destructive and irreversible.Banishing will delete all articles and turn their username into @spam_###')" }) do %>
+    <%= form_for(@user, url: banish_internal_user_path(@user), html: { method: :post, onsubmit: "return confirm('Are you sure? This is extremely destructive and irreversible. Banishing will delete all articles and turn their username into @spam_###')" }) do %>
       <button class="btn btn-danger" style="font-size:2em;">Banish User for Spam!</button>
     <% end %>
   <% else %>
@@ -75,6 +75,22 @@
   <% end %>
 </div>
 
+<div class="row">
+  <h2>Delete User & Turn Content Into Ghost</h2>
+  <% if current_user.has_role?(:super_admin) %>
+    <p>This will
+      <strong>completely destroy the user</strong> and convert all of their articles & comments into a ghost author. This action is irreversible.
+    </p>
+    <p><strong>Do not do this lightly.</strong></p>
+    <%= form_for(@user, url: full_delete_internal_user_path(@user), html: { method: :post, onsubmit: "return confirm('Are you sure? 👻 This is extremely destructive and irreversible. The user will be deleted and their articles & comments will be converted to Ghost')" }) do |f| %>
+      <%= f.hidden_field :ghostify, value: true %>
+      <button class="btn btn-danger" style="font-size:2em;">👻 Fully Delete User & Ghostify 👻</button>
+    <% end %>
+  <% else %>
+    <p>Only super admins can fully delete users.</p>
+  <% end %>
+</div>
+
 <div class="row">
   <h2>Fully Delete User</h2>
   <% if current_user.has_role?(:super_admin) %>
@@ -82,8 +98,9 @@
       <strong>completely destroy the user</strong> and all of their activity from our database. This action is irreversible.
     </p>
     <p><strong>Do not do this lightly.</strong></p>
-    <%= form_for(@user, url: full_delete_internal_user_path(@user), html: { method: :post, onsubmit: "return confirm('Are you sure? This is extremely destructive and irreversible.')" }) do %>
-      <button class="btn btn-danger" style="font-size:2em;">Fully Delete User & All Activity</button>
+    <%= form_for(@user, url: full_delete_internal_user_path(@user), html: { method: :post, onsubmit: "return confirm('Are you sure? This is extremely destructive and irreversible.')" }) do |f| %>
+    <%= f.hidden_field :ghostify, value: false %>
+      <button class="btn btn-danger" style="font-size:2em;">☠️ Fully Delete User & All Activity ☠️</button>
     <% end %>
   <% else %>
     <p>Only super admins can fully delete users.</p>
diff --git a/spec/requests/internal/users_spec.rb b/spec/requests/internal/users_spec.rb
index f24bd9a8b..18d138bce 100644
--- a/spec/requests/internal/users_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/internal/users_spec.rb
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 require "rails_helper"
 
 RSpec.describe "Internal::Users", type: :request do
-  let!(:user) { create(:user, twitter_username: nil) }
+  let!(:user) { create(:user, twitter_username: nil, old_username: "username") }
   let!(:user2) { create(:user, twitter_username: "Twitter") }
   let(:user3) { create(:user) }
   let(:super_admin) { create(:user, :super_admin) }
   let(:article) { create(:article, user: user) }
   let(:article2) { create(:article, user: user2) }
   let(:badge) { create(:badge, title: "one-year-club") }
+  let(:ghost) { create(:user, username: "ghost", github_username: "Ghost") }
 
   before do
     sign_in super_admin
@@ -61,6 +62,12 @@ RSpec.describe "Internal::Users", type: :request do
     Delayed::Worker.new(quiet: true).work_off
   end
 
+  def call_ghost
+    ghost
+    post "/internal/users/#{user.id}/full_delete", params: { user: { ghostify: "true" } }
+    Delayed::Worker.new(quiet: true).work_off
+  end
+
   context "when merging users" do
     before do
       full_profile
@@ -138,6 +145,22 @@ RSpec.describe "Internal::Users", type: :request do
     end
   end
 
+  context "when deleting user and converting content to ghost" do
+    it "raises a 'record not found' error after deletion" do
+      call_ghost
+      expect { User.find(user.id) }.to raise_exception(ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound)
+    end
+
+    it "reassigns comment and article content to ghost account" do
+      create(:article, user: user)
+      call_ghost
+      expect(ghost.articles.count).to eq(2)
+      expect(ghost.comments.count).to eq(1)
+      expect(ghost.comments.last.path).to include("ghost")
+      expect(ghost.articles.last.path).to include("ghost")
+    end
+  end
+
   context "when deleting user" do
     def create_mention
       comment = create(
@@ -163,12 +186,12 @@ RSpec.describe "Internal::Users", type: :request do
     end
 
     it "raises a 'record not found' error after deletion" do
-      post "/internal/users/#{user.id}/full_delete"
+      post "/internal/users/#{user.id}/full_delete", params: { user: { ghostify: "false" } }
       expect { User.find(user.id) }.to raise_exception(ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound)
     end
 
     it "expect flash message" do
-      post "/internal/users/#{user.id}/full_delete"
+      post "/internal/users/#{user.id}/full_delete", params: { user: { ghostify: "false" } }
       expect(request.flash.notice).to include("fully deleted")
     end
   end