diff --git a/Server/controllers/authController.js b/Server/controllers/authController.js
index 198d3d382..635983a68 100644
--- a/Server/controllers/authController.js
+++ b/Server/controllers/authController.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const {
   recoveryValidation,
   recoveryTokenValidation,
   newPasswordValidation,
-  userDeleteValidation
+  deleteUserParamValidation
 } = require("../validation/joi");
 const logger = require("../utils/logger");
 require("dotenv").config();
@@ -248,16 +248,16 @@ const resetPasswordController = async (req, res, next) => {
 const deleteUserController = async (req, res, next) => {
   try {
     // Validate user
-    await userDeleteValidation.validateAsync(req.params.userId);
+    await deleteUserParamValidation.validateAsync(req.body);
 
     // Check if the user exists
-    const user = await req.db.getUserById(req.params.userId);
+    const user = await req.db.getUserByEmail(req);
     if (!user) {
       throw new Error(errorMessages.DB_USER_NOT_FOUND);
     }
 
     // 1. Find all the monitors associated with the user id
-    const monitors = await req.db.getMonitorsByUserId(req.params.userId);
+    const monitors = await req.db.getMonitorsByUserId(req);
     
     // 2. Delete jobs associated with each monitor
     for (const monitor of monitors) {
@@ -275,10 +275,10 @@ const deleteUserController = async (req, res, next) => {
     }
     
     // 5. Delete each monitor
-    await req.db.deleteMonitorsByUserId(req.params.userId);
+    await req.db.deleteMonitorsByUserId(user._id);
     
     // 6. Delete the user by id
-    await req.db.deleteUserById(req.params.userId);
+    await req.db.deleteUser(req);
 
     return res.status(200).json({
       success: true,
diff --git a/Server/routes/authRoute.js b/Server/routes/authRoute.js
index e383d4457..3e3057082 100644
--- a/Server/routes/authRoute.js
+++ b/Server/routes/authRoute.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const {
 router.post("/register", registerController);
 router.post("/login", loginController);
 router.post("/user/:userId", verifyJWT, userEditController);
-router.delete("/delete/:userId", deleteUserController);
+router.delete("/user/:userId", deleteUserController);
 
 //Recovery routes
 router.post("/recovery/request", recoveryRequestController);
diff --git a/Server/validation/joi.js b/Server/validation/joi.js
index 8379559cd..0aaa20928 100644
--- a/Server/validation/joi.js
+++ b/Server/validation/joi.js
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ const newPasswordValidation = joi.object({
   confirm: joi.string(),
 });
 
-const userDeleteValidation = joi.object({
-  userId: joi.string().required(),
+const deleteUserParamValidation = joi.object({
+  email: joi.string().email().required(),
 });
 
 //****************************************
@@ -162,5 +162,5 @@ module.exports = {
   createCheckBodyValidation,
   getChecksParamValidation,
   deleteChecksParamValidation,
-  userDeleteValidation
+  deleteUserParamValidation
 };