diff --git a/app/Models/User.php b/app/Models/User.php
index 68907bb563..f4492f9adc 100644
--- a/app/Models/User.php
+++ b/app/Models/User.php
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 
 namespace App\Models;
 
+use App\Exceptions\ModelDBException;
+use App\Facades\AccessControl;
 use App\Models\Extensions\ThrowsConsistentExceptions;
 use App\Models\Extensions\UseFixedQueryBuilder;
 use App\Models\Extensions\UTCBasedTimes;
+use Carbon\Exceptions\InvalidFormatException;
 use DarkGhostHunter\Larapass\Contracts\WebAuthnAuthenticatable;
 use DarkGhostHunter\Larapass\WebAuthnAuthentication;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection;
@@ -31,13 +34,16 @@
  * @property Collection<BaseAlbumImpl>                             $albums
  * @property DatabaseNotificationCollection|DatabaseNotification[] $notifications
  * @property Collection<BaseAlbumImpl>                             $shared
+ * @property Collection<Photo>                                     $photos
  */
 class User extends Authenticatable implements WebAuthnAuthenticatable
 {
 	use Notifiable;
 	use WebAuthnAuthentication;
 	use UTCBasedTimes;
-	use ThrowsConsistentExceptions;
+	use ThrowsConsistentExceptions {
+		delete as parentDelete;
+	}
 	use UseFixedQueryBuilder;
 
 	/**
@@ -77,6 +83,16 @@ public function albums(): HasMany
 		return $this->hasMany('App\Models\BaseAlbumImpl', 'owner_id', 'id');
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Return the photos owned by the user.
+	 *
+	 * @return HasMany
+	 */
+	public function photos(): HasMany
+	{
+		return $this->hasMany('App\Models\Photo', 'owner_id', 'id');
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Return the albums shared to the user.
 	 *
@@ -108,4 +124,38 @@ public function name(): string
 	{
 		return ($this->id == 0) ? 'Admin' : $this->username;
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Deletes a user from the DB and re-assigns ownership of albums and photos
+	 * to the currently authenticated user.
+	 *
+	 * For efficiency reasons the methods performs a mass-update without
+	 * hydrating the actual models.
+	 *
+	 * @return bool always true
+	 *
+	 * @throws ModelDBException
+	 * @throws InvalidFormatException
+	 */
+	public function delete(): bool
+	{
+		$now = Carbon::now();
+		$newOwnerID = AccessControl::id();
+
+		/** @var HasMany[] $ownershipRelations */
+		$ownershipRelations = [$this->photos(), $this->albums()];
+
+		foreach ($ownershipRelations as $relation) {
+			// We must also update the `updated_at` column of the related
+			// models in case clients have cached these models.
+			$relation->update([
+				$relation->getForeignKeyName() => $newOwnerID,
+				$relation->getRelated()->getUpdatedAtColumn() => $relation->getRelated()->fromDateTime($now),
+			]);
+		}
+
+		$this->shared()->delete();
+
+		return $this->parentDelete();
+	}
 }
diff --git a/database/migrations/2020_12_12_203153_migrate_admin_user.php b/database/migrations/2020_12_12_203153_migrate_admin_user.php
index 47b606201b..a9679cc297 100644
--- a/database/migrations/2020_12_12_203153_migrate_admin_user.php
+++ b/database/migrations/2020_12_12_203153_migrate_admin_user.php
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 <?php
 
+use App\Exceptions\ModelDBException;
 use App\Models\Configs;
 use App\Models\User;
 use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
 
 class MigrateAdminUser extends Migration
 {
@@ -10,16 +13,18 @@ class MigrateAdminUser extends Migration
 	 * Run the migrations.
 	 *
 	 * @return void
+	 *
+	 * @throws ModelDBException
 	 */
-	public function up()
+	public function up(): void
 	{
 		$user = new User();
 		$user->username = Configs::get_value('username', '');
 		$user->password = Configs::get_value('password', '');
 		$user->save();
 
-		// user will have a id which is NOT 0.
-		// we want this user to have an ID of 0 as it is the ADMIN ID.
+		// User will have an ID which is NOT 0.
+		// We want this user to have an ID of 0 as it is the ADMIN ID.
 		$user->id = 0;
 		$user->save();
 	}
@@ -28,14 +33,15 @@ public function up()
 	 * Reverse the migrations.
 	 *
 	 * @return void
+	 *
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
 	 */
-	public function down()
+	public function down(): void
 	{
 		if (Schema::hasTable('users')) {
-			$user = User::find(0);
-			if ($user != null) {
-				$user->delete();
-			}
+			DB::table('users')
+				->where('id', '=', 0)
+				->delete();
 		}
 	}
 }