diff --git a/apps/api/src/app/user/delete-own-user.dto.ts b/apps/api/src/app/user/delete-own-user.dto.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1e3f940cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/src/app/user/delete-own-user.dto.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import { IsString } from 'class-validator';
+
+export class DeleteOwnUserDto {
+  @IsString()
+  accessToken: string;
+}
diff --git a/apps/api/src/app/user/user.controller.ts b/apps/api/src/app/user/user.controller.ts
index 05642119e..7cd2002bd 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/app/user/user.controller.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/app/user/user.controller.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import { User as UserModel } from '@prisma/client';
 import { StatusCodes, getReasonPhrase } from 'http-status-codes';
 import { size } from 'lodash';
 
+import { DeleteOwnUserDto } from './delete-own-user.dto';
 import { UserItem } from './interfaces/user-item.interface';
 import { UpdateUserSettingDto } from './update-user-setting.dto';
 import { UserService } from './user.service';
@@ -40,47 +41,47 @@ export class UserController {
     private readonly userService: UserService
   ) {}
 
-  @Delete(':id')
-  @HasPermission(permissions.deleteUser)
-  @UseGuards(AuthGuard('jwt'), HasPermissionGuard)
-  public async deleteUser(@Param('id') id: string): Promise<UserModel> {
-    if (id === this.request.user.id) {
-      throw new HttpException(
-        getReasonPhrase(StatusCodes.FORBIDDEN),
-        StatusCodes.FORBIDDEN
-      );
-    }
-
-    return this.userService.deleteUser({
-      id
-    });
-  }
-
-  @Delete('self/:accessToken')
+  @Delete()
   @HasPermission(permissions.deleteOwnUser)
   @UseGuards(AuthGuard('jwt'), HasPermissionGuard)
   public async deleteOwnUser(
-    @Param('accessToken') accessToken: string
+    @Body() data: DeleteOwnUserDto
   ): Promise<UserModel> {
     const hashedAccessToken = this.userService.createAccessToken(
-      accessToken,
+      data.accessToken,
       this.configurationService.get('ACCESS_TOKEN_SALT')
     );
 
     const [user] = await this.userService.users({
-      where: { accessToken: hashedAccessToken }
+      where: { accessToken: hashedAccessToken, id: this.request.user.id }
     });
 
     if (!user) {
       throw new HttpException(
-        getReasonPhrase(StatusCodes.NOT_FOUND),
-        StatusCodes.NOT_FOUND
+        getReasonPhrase(StatusCodes.FORBIDDEN),
+        StatusCodes.FORBIDDEN
       );
     }
 
     return this.userService.deleteUser({
-      id: user.id,
-      accessToken: hashedAccessToken
+      accessToken: hashedAccessToken,
+      id: user.id
+    });
+  }
+
+  @Delete(':id')
+  @HasPermission(permissions.deleteUser)
+  @UseGuards(AuthGuard('jwt'), HasPermissionGuard)
+  public async deleteUser(@Param('id') id: string): Promise<UserModel> {
+    if (id === this.request.user.id) {
+      throw new HttpException(
+        getReasonPhrase(StatusCodes.FORBIDDEN),
+        StatusCodes.FORBIDDEN
+      );
+    }
+
+    return this.userService.deleteUser({
+      id
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/apps/client/src/app/components/user-account-settings/user-account-settings.component.ts b/apps/client/src/app/components/user-account-settings/user-account-settings.component.ts
index 0eda31586..c65bb7d11 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/app/components/user-account-settings/user-account-settings.component.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/app/components/user-account-settings/user-account-settings.component.ts
@@ -113,31 +113,6 @@ export class UserAccountSettingsComponent implements OnDestroy, OnInit {
     return !(this.language === 'de' || this.language === 'en');
   }
 
-  public onCloseAccount() {
-    const confirmation = confirm(
-      $localize`Do you really want to close your account?`
-    );
-
-    const accessToken = this.deleteOwnUserForm.get('accessToken').value;
-
-    if (confirmation) {
-      this.dataService
-        .deleteOwnUser(accessToken)
-        .pipe(takeUntil(this.unsubscribeSubject))
-        .subscribe({
-          next: () => {
-            this.tokenStorageService.signOut();
-            this.userService.remove();
-
-            document.location.href = `/${document.documentElement.lang}`;
-          },
-          error: () => {
-            alert($localize`Oops! Incorrect Security Token.`);
-          }
-        });
-    }
-  }
-
   public onChangeUserSetting(aKey: string, aValue: string) {
     this.dataService
       .putUserSetting({ [aKey]: aValue })
@@ -164,6 +139,31 @@ export class UserAccountSettingsComponent implements OnDestroy, OnInit {
       });
   }
 
+  public onCloseAccount() {
+    const confirmation = confirm(
+      $localize`Do you really want to close your account?`
+    );
+
+    const accessToken = this.deleteOwnUserForm.get('accessToken').value;
+
+    if (confirmation) {
+      this.dataService
+        .deleteOwnUser({ accessToken })
+        .pipe(takeUntil(this.unsubscribeSubject))
+        .subscribe({
+          next: () => {
+            this.tokenStorageService.signOut();
+            this.userService.remove();
+
+            document.location.href = `/${document.documentElement.lang}`;
+          },
+          error: () => {
+            alert($localize`Oops! Incorrect Security Token.`);
+          }
+        });
+    }
+  }
+
   public onExperimentalFeaturesChange(aEvent: MatSlideToggleChange) {
     this.dataService
       .putUserSetting({ isExperimentalFeatures: aEvent.checked })
diff --git a/apps/client/src/app/components/user-account-settings/user-account-settings.html b/apps/client/src/app/components/user-account-settings/user-account-settings.html
index 1bc9f05af..17b13cf94 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/app/components/user-account-settings/user-account-settings.html
+++ b/apps/client/src/app/components/user-account-settings/user-account-settings.html
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@
                   appearance="outline"
                   class="without-hint w-100"
                   color="warn"
+                  [hideRequiredMarker]="true"
                 >
                   <mat-label class="danger-zone-text" i18n
                     >Security Token</mat-label
@@ -274,7 +275,7 @@
 
             <div class="align-items-center d-flex py-1">
               <div class="pr-1 w-50"></div>
-              <div class="pl-1 text-monospace w-50">
+              <div class="pl-1 w-50">
                 <button
                   color="warn"
                   mat-flat-button
diff --git a/apps/client/src/app/services/data.service.ts b/apps/client/src/app/services/data.service.ts
index 4a64fd807..241bb1d3e 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/app/services/data.service.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/app/services/data.service.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { UpdateOrderDto } from '@ghostfolio/api/app/order/update-order.dto';
 import { PortfolioHoldingDetail } from '@ghostfolio/api/app/portfolio/interfaces/portfolio-holding-detail.interface';
 import { LookupItem } from '@ghostfolio/api/app/symbol/interfaces/lookup-item.interface';
 import { SymbolItem } from '@ghostfolio/api/app/symbol/interfaces/symbol-item.interface';
+import { DeleteOwnUserDto } from '@ghostfolio/api/app/user/delete-own-user.dto';
 import { UserItem } from '@ghostfolio/api/app/user/interfaces/user-item.interface';
 import { UpdateUserSettingDto } from '@ghostfolio/api/app/user/update-user-setting.dto';
 import { IDataProviderHistoricalResponse } from '@ghostfolio/api/services/interfaces/interfaces';
@@ -271,8 +272,8 @@ export class DataService {
     return this.http.delete<any>(`/api/v1/benchmark/${dataSource}/${symbol}`);
   }
 
-  public deleteOwnUser(accessToken: string) {
-    return this.http.delete<any>(`/api/v1/user/self/${accessToken}`);
+  public deleteOwnUser(aData: DeleteOwnUserDto) {
+    return this.http.delete<any>(`/api/v1/user`, { body: aData });
   }
 
   public deleteUser(aId: string) {
diff --git a/libs/common/src/lib/permissions.ts b/libs/common/src/lib/permissions.ts
index f742e8209..ba4ceab3c 100644
--- a/libs/common/src/lib/permissions.ts
+++ b/libs/common/src/lib/permissions.ts
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ export function getPermissions(aRole: Role): string[] {
         permissions.deleteAccess,
         permissions.deleteAccount,
         permissions.deleteAuthDevice,
-        permissions.deleteOwnUser,
         permissions.deleteOrder,
         permissions.deletePlatform,
         permissions.deleteTag,
         permissions.deleteUser,
+        permissions.deleteOwnUser,
         permissions.updateAccount,
         permissions.updateAuthDevice,
         permissions.updateOrder,
@@ -81,12 +81,12 @@ export function getPermissions(aRole: Role): string[] {
         permissions.createAccount,
         permissions.createAccountBalance,
         permissions.createOrder,
-        permissions.deleteOwnUser,
         permissions.deleteAccess,
         permissions.deleteAccount,
         permissions.deleteAccountBalance,
         permissions.deleteAuthDevice,
         permissions.deleteOrder,
+        permissions.deleteOwnUser,
         permissions.updateAccount,
         permissions.updateAuthDevice,
         permissions.updateOrder,