diff --git a/app/services/user_data_deletion.rb b/app/services/user_data_deletion.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1d56dc88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/services/user_data_deletion.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+class UserDataDeletion
+  def self.delete_team_data(team)
+    ActiveRecord::Base.logger = Logger.new(STDOUT)
+    Step.skip_callback(:destroy, :after, :cascade_after_destroy)
+    team.transaction do
+      # Destroy tiny_mce_assets
+      if team.tiny_mce_assets.present?
+        team.tiny_mce_assets.each do |tiny_mce_asset|
+          paperclip_file_destroy(tiny_mce_asset) if tiny_mce_asset.image.exists?
+        end
+      end
+      team.repositories.each do |repository|
+        repository.repository_rows.find_each do |repository_row|
+          # Destroy repository_cell assets
+          repository_row
+            .repository_cells
+            .where(value_type: 'RepositoryAssetValue').each do |repository_cell|
+            next unless repository_cell.value.asset.file.exists?
+            paperclip_file_destroy(repository_cell.value.asset)
+          end
+        end
+        repository.destroy
+      end
+      team.projects.each do |project|
+        project.reports.destroy_all
+        project.activities.destroy_all
+        project.experiments.each do |experiment|
+          experiment.my_modules.each do |my_module|
+            # Destroy result assets
+            my_module.results.each do |result|
+              result.result_table.delete if result.result_table.present?
+              result.table.delete if result.table.present?
+              next unless result.asset && result.asset.file.exists?
+              paperclip_file_destroy(result.asset)
+            end
+            my_module.activities.destroy_all
+            my_module.inputs.destroy_all
+            my_module.outputs.destroy_all
+            my_module.results.destroy_all
+            my_module.my_module_tags.destroy_all
+            my_module.task_comments.destroy_all
+            my_module.my_module_repository_rows.destroy_all
+            my_module.user_my_modules.destroy_all
+            my_module.report_elements.destroy_all
+            my_module.sample_my_modules.destroy_all
+            my_module.protocols.each { |p| p.update_attributes(parent_id: nil) }
+            my_module.protocols.each do |protocol|
+              destroy_protocol(protocol)
+            end
+            my_module.delete
+          end
+          # Destroy workflow image
+          if experiment.workflowimg.exists?
+            experiment.workflowimg.clear(:original)
+          end
+          experiment.activities.destroy_all
+          experiment.report_elements.destroy_all
+          experiment.my_module_groups.delete_all
+          experiment.delete
+        end
+        project.user_projects.destroy_all
+        project.tags.destroy_all
+        project.project_comments.destroy_all
+        project.report_elements.destroy_all
+
+        project.delete
+      end
+      team.protocols.each { |p| p.update_attributes(parent_id: nil) }
+      team.protocols.where(my_module: nil).each do |protocol|
+        destroy_protocol(protocol)
+      end
+      team.samples.destroy_all
+      team.samples_tables.destroy_all
+      team.sample_groups.destroy_all
+      team.sample_types.destroy_all
+      team.custom_fields.destroy_all
+      team.protocol_keywords.destroy_all
+      team.user_teams.delete_all
+      User.where(current_team_id: team).each do |user|
+        user.update(current_team_id: nil)
+      end
+      team.reports.destroy_all
+      team.destroy!
+      # raise ActiveRecord::Rollback
+    end
+    Step.set_callback(:destroy, :after, :cascade_after_destroy)
+  end
+
+  def self.destroy_protocol(protocol)
+    protocol.steps.each do |step|
+      # Destroy step assets
+      if step.assets.present?
+        step.assets.each do |asset|
+          next unless asset.file.present?
+          paperclip_file_destroy(asset)
+        end
+      end
+      # Destroy step
+      step.tables.destroy_all
+      step.step_tables.delete_all
+      step.report_elements.destroy_all
+      step.step_comments.destroy_all
+      step.step_assets.destroy_all
+      step.checklists.destroy_all
+      step.assets.destroy_all
+      step.tiny_mce_assets.destroy_all
+      step.delete
+    end
+    # Destroy protocol
+    protocol.protocol_protocol_keywords.destroy_all
+    protocol.protocol_keywords.destroy_all
+    protocol.delete
+  end
+
+  def self.destroy_notifications(user)
+    # Find all notifications where user is the only reference
+    # on the notification, and destroy all such notifications
+    # (user_notifications are destroyed when notification is
+    # destroyed). We try to do this efficiently (hence in_groups_of).
+    nids_all = user.notifications.pluck(:id)
+    nids_all.in_groups_of(1000, false) do |nids|
+      Notification
+        .where(id: nids)
+        .joins(:user_notifications)
+        .group('notifications.id')
+        .having('count(notification_id) <= 1')
+        .destroy_all
+    end
+    # Now, simply destroy all user notification relations left
+    user.user_notifications.destroy_all
+  end
+
+  # Workaround for Paperclip preserve_files option, to delete files anyway;
+  # if you call #clear with a list of styles to delete,
+  # it'll call #queue_some_for_delete, which doesn't check :preserve_files.
+  def self.paperclip_file_destroy(asset)
+    if asset.class.name == 'TinyMceAsset'
+      all_styles = asset.image.styles.keys.map do |key|
+        asset.image.styles[key].name
+      end << :original
+      asset.image.clear(*all_styles)
+    else
+      all_styles = asset.file.styles.keys.map do |key|
+        asset.file.styles[key].name
+      end << :original
+      asset.file.clear(*all_styles)
+    end
+    asset.save!
+    asset.destroy!
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/tasks/data.rake b/lib/tasks/data.rake
index 783b25d9a..6140447dc 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/data.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/data.rake
@@ -96,4 +96,14 @@ namespace :data do
     )
     TeamImporter.new.import_from_dir(args[:dir_path])
   end
+
+  desc 'Delete team and all data inside the team'
+  task :team_delete, [:team_id] => [:environment] do |_, args|
+    Rails.logger.info(
+      "Deleting team with ID:#{args[:team_id]} and all data inside the team"
+    )
+    team = Team.find_by_id(args[:team_id])
+    raise StandardError, 'Can not load team' unless team
+    UserDataDeletion.delete_team_data(team) if team
+  end
 end