diff --git a/api/jest.utils.ts b/api/jest.utils.ts
index ff5a88a5563..e562fd95282 100644
--- a/api/jest.utils.ts
+++ b/api/jest.utils.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ const requests = {
   GET: (resource: string) => request(fastifyTestInstance?.server).get(resource),
   POST: (resource: string) =>
     request(fastifyTestInstance?.server).post(resource),
-  PUT: (resource: string) => request(fastifyTestInstance?.server).put(resource)
+  PUT: (resource: string) => request(fastifyTestInstance?.server).put(resource),
+  DELETE: (resource: string) =>
+    request(fastifyTestInstance?.server).delete(resource)
 };
 /* eslint-enable @typescript-eslint/naming-convention */
 
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ export const getCsrfToken = (setCookies: string[]): string | undefined => {
 export function superRequest(
   resource: string,
   config: {
-    method: 'GET' | 'POST' | 'PUT';
+    method: 'GET' | 'POST' | 'PUT' | 'DELETE';
     setCookies?: string[];
   },
   options?: Options
diff --git a/api/src/app.ts b/api/src/app.ts
index 15ae8dc1743..721315a9a40 100644
--- a/api/src/app.ts
+++ b/api/src/app.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import {
   FCC_ENABLE_DEV_LOGIN_MODE,
   SENTRY_DSN
 } from './utils/env';
+import { userRoutes } from './routes/user';
 
 export type FastifyInstanceWithTypeProvider = FastifyInstance<
   RawServerDefault,
@@ -165,6 +166,7 @@ export const build = async (
     void fastify.register(devLoginCallback, { prefix: '/auth' });
   }
   void fastify.register(settingRoutes);
+  void fastify.register(userRoutes, { prefix: '/user' });
   void fastify.register(deprecatedEndpoints);
 
   return fastify;
diff --git a/api/src/db/prisma.ts b/api/src/db/prisma.ts
index 8a2728abdcf..dd0d9d8ce85 100644
--- a/api/src/db/prisma.ts
+++ b/api/src/db/prisma.ts
@@ -2,14 +2,32 @@ import fp from 'fastify-plugin';
 import { FastifyPluginAsync } from 'fastify';
 import { PrismaClient } from '@prisma/client';
 
+import { FREECODECAMP_NODE_ENV, MONGOHQ_URL } from '../utils/env';
+
 declare module 'fastify' {
   interface FastifyInstance {
     prisma: PrismaClient;
   }
 }
 
+function createTestConnectionURL(url: string, dbId: string) {
+  return url.replace(/(.*\/)(.*)(\?.*)/, `$1$2${dbId}$3`);
+}
+
 const prismaPlugin: FastifyPluginAsync = fp(async (server, _options) => {
-  const prisma = new PrismaClient();
+  const prisma =
+    process.env.JEST_WORKER_ID && FREECODECAMP_NODE_ENV === 'development'
+      ? new PrismaClient({
+          datasources: {
+            db: {
+              url: createTestConnectionURL(
+                MONGOHQ_URL,
+                process.env.JEST_WORKER_ID
+              )
+            }
+          }
+        })
+      : new PrismaClient();
 
   await prisma.$connect();
 
diff --git a/api/src/routes/user.test.ts b/api/src/routes/user.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..730112b91c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/routes/user.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import request from 'supertest';
+
+import { setupServer, superRequest } from '../../jest.utils';
+
+describe('userRoutes', () => {
+  setupServer();
+
+  describe('Authenticated user', () => {
+    let setCookies: string[];
+
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+      const res = await request(fastifyTestInstance?.server).get(
+        '/auth/dev-callback'
+      );
+      setCookies = res.get('Set-Cookie');
+    });
+
+    describe('/account', () => {
+      test('DELETE returns 200 status code with empty object', async () => {
+        const response = await superRequest('/user/account', {
+          method: 'DELETE',
+          setCookies
+        });
+
+        const userCount = await fastifyTestInstance?.prisma.user.count({
+          where: { email: 'foo@bar.com' }
+        });
+
+        expect(response.status).toBe(200);
+        expect(response.body).toStrictEqual({});
+        expect(userCount).toBe(0);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('Unauthenticated user', () => {
+    // TODO: get CSRF cookies when that PR is in.
+    describe('/account', () => {
+      test('DELETE returns 401 status code with error message', async () => {
+        const response = await superRequest('/user/account', {
+          method: 'DELETE'
+        });
+
+        expect(response?.statusCode).toBe(401);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/api/src/routes/user.ts b/api/src/routes/user.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b4a4fe24428
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/routes/user.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import {
+  Type,
+  type FastifyPluginCallbackTypebox
+} from '@fastify/type-provider-typebox';
+
+export const userRoutes: FastifyPluginCallbackTypebox = (
+  fastify,
+  _options,
+  done
+) => {
+  fastify.addHook('onRequest', fastify.authenticateSession);
+
+  fastify.delete(
+    '/account',
+    {
+      schema: {
+        response: {
+          200: Type.Object({}),
+          500: Type.Object({
+            message: Type.Literal(
+              'Oops! Something went wrong. Please try again in a moment or contact support@freecodecamp.org if the error persists.'
+            ),
+            type: Type.Literal('danger')
+          })
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    async (req, reply) => {
+      try {
+        await fastify.prisma.userToken.deleteMany({
+          where: { userId: req.session.user.id }
+        });
+        await fastify.prisma.user.delete({
+          where: { id: req.session.user.id }
+        });
+        await req.session.destroy();
+        void reply.clearCookie('sessionId');
+
+        return {};
+      } catch (err) {
+        fastify.log.error(err);
+        void reply.code(500);
+        return {
+          message:
+            'Oops! Something went wrong. Please try again in a moment or contact support@freecodecamp.org if the error persists.',
+          type: 'danger'
+        };
+      }
+    }
+  );
+
+  done();
+};