diff --git a/app/controllers/admins/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admins/users_controller.rb
index ba7b70d29..f5974b47d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admins/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admins/users_controller.rb
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class Admins::UsersController < Admins::BaseController
       end
     end
     @user.destroy!
-    Gitea::User::DeleteService.call(@user.login)
+    Gitea::User::DeleteService.call(@user.login, true)
     
     render_delete_success
   end
diff --git a/app/services/gitea/user/delete_service.rb b/app/services/gitea/user/delete_service.rb
index 763c6047f..096a88251 100644
--- a/app/services/gitea/user/delete_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/gitea/user/delete_service.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 class Gitea::User::DeleteService < Gitea::ClientService
-  attr_reader :username
+  attr_reader :username, purge
 
-  def initialize(username)
+  def initialize(username, purge = false)
     @username  = username
+    @purge  = purge
   end
 
   def call
-    response = delete(request_url, params.merge(data: {purge: true}))
+    response = delete(request_url, params)
 
     render_status(response)
   end
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ class Gitea::User::DeleteService < Gitea::ClientService
   end
 
   def request_url
-    "/admin/users/#{username}"
+    @purge ? "/admin/users/#{username}?purge=true" : "/admin/users/#{username}"
   end
 
   def params