diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8705d0a79..7b28fa834 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 - Add more context data to sentry reports
 - Improved SSO testing
 - Ability to map the external ID from the SSO
+- Ability to soft-destroy a reserved event
 - Fix a bug: unable to run task fix_invoice_item when some invoice items are associated with errors
 - Fix a bug: invalid event date reported when the timezone in before UTC
 - Fix a bug: unable to run accounting export if a line label was not defined
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/events_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/events_controller.rb
index 9937d63bc..bd43a0245 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/events_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/events_controller.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ class API::EventsController < API::ApiController
     limit = params[:limit]
     @events = Event.includes(:event_image, :event_files, :availability, :category)
                    .where('events.nb_total_places != -1 OR events.nb_total_places IS NULL')
-                   .order('availabilities.start_at ASC').references(:availabilities)
+                   .where(deleted_at: nil)
+                   .order('availabilities.start_at').references(:availabilities)
                    .limit(limit)
 
     @events = case Setting.get('upcoming_events_shown')
@@ -49,7 +50,9 @@ class API::EventsController < API::ApiController
               end
   end
 
-  def show; end
+  def show
+    head :not_found if @event.deleted_at
+  end
 
   def create
     authorize Event
diff --git a/app/controllers/open_api/v1/events_controller.rb b/app/controllers/open_api/v1/events_controller.rb
index 247ef6685..d9c234bab 100644
--- a/app/controllers/open_api/v1/events_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/open_api/v1/events_controller.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ class OpenAPI::V1::EventsController < OpenAPI::V1::BaseController
 
   def index
     @events = Event.includes(:event_image, :event_files, :availability, :category)
+                   .where(deleted_at: nil)
     @events = if upcoming
                 @events.references(:availabilities)
                        .where('availabilities.end_at >= ?', DateTime.current)
diff --git a/app/models/event.rb b/app/models/event.rb
index 4cd66cbb7..d9d3aba18 100644
--- a/app/models/event.rb
+++ b/app/models/event.rb
@@ -53,13 +53,12 @@ class Event < ApplicationRecord
          .references(:availabilities)
   end
 
-  def safe_destroy
-    reservations = Reservation.where(reservable_type: 'Event', reservable_id: id)
-    if reservations.size.zero?
-      destroy
-    else
-      false
-    end
+  def destroyable?
+    Reservation.where(reservable_type: 'Event', reservable_id: id).count.zero?
+  end
+
+  def soft_destroy!
+    update(deleted_at: DateTime.current)
   end
 
   ##
diff --git a/app/policies/event_policy.rb b/app/policies/event_policy.rb
index 8e350a944..7563498d3 100644
--- a/app/policies/event_policy.rb
+++ b/app/policies/event_policy.rb
@@ -6,12 +6,16 @@ class EventPolicy < ApplicationPolicy
   class Scope < Scope
     def resolve
       if user.nil? || (user && !user.admin? && !user.manager?)
-        scope.includes(:event_image, :event_files, :availability, :category, :event_price_categories, :age_range, :events_event_themes, :event_themes)
+        scope.includes(:event_image, :event_files, :availability, :category, :event_price_categories, :age_range, :events_event_themes,
+                       :event_themes)
              .where('availabilities.start_at >= ?', DateTime.current)
+             .where(deleted_at: nil)
              .order('availabilities.start_at ASC')
              .references(:availabilities)
       else
-        scope.includes(:event_image, :event_files, :availability, :category, :event_price_categories, :age_range, :events_event_themes, :event_themes)
+        scope.includes(:event_image, :event_files, :availability, :category, :event_price_categories, :age_range, :events_event_themes,
+                       :event_themes)
+             .where(deleted_at: nil)
              .references(:availabilities)
       end
     end
diff --git a/app/services/event_service.rb b/app/services/event_service.rb
index dcb7ea0af..43d799aeb 100644
--- a/app/services/event_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/event_service.rb
@@ -70,8 +70,9 @@ class EventService
                end
 
       events.each do |e|
-        # we use double negation because safe_destroy can return either a boolean (false) or an Availability (in case of delete success)
-        results.push status: !!e.safe_destroy, event: e # rubocop:disable Style/DoubleNegation
+        method = e.destroyable? ? :destroy : :soft_destroy!
+        # we use double negation because destroy can return either a boolean (false) or an Event (in case of delete success)
+        results.push status: !!e.send(method), event: e # rubocop:disable Style/DoubleNegation
       end
       results
     end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20230119143245_add_deleted_at_to_event.rb b/db/migrate/20230119143245_add_deleted_at_to_event.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a9ef9f7da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20230119143245_add_deleted_at_to_event.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+# Allow soft destroy of events.
+# Events with existing reservation cannot be destroyed because we need them for rebuilding invoices, statistics, etc.
+# This attribute allows to make a "soft destroy" of an Event, marking it as destroyed so it doesn't appear anymore in
+# the interface (as if it was destroyed) but still lives in the database so we can use it to build data.
+class AddDeletedAtToEvent < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.2]
+  def change
+    add_column :events, :deleted_at, :datetime
+    add_index :events, :deleted_at
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index a7fb8886f..e4c6f03fc 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2023_01_06_081943) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2023_01_19_143245) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "fuzzystrmatch"
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2023_01_06_081943) do
   enable_extension "unaccent"
 
   create_table "abuses", id: :serial, force: :cascade do |t|
-    t.integer "signaled_id"
     t.string "signaled_type"
+    t.integer "signaled_id"
     t.string "first_name"
     t.string "last_name"
     t.string "email"
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2023_01_06_081943) do
     t.string "locality"
     t.string "country"
     t.string "postal_code"
-    t.integer "placeable_id"
     t.string "placeable_type"
+    t.integer "placeable_id"
     t.datetime "created_at"
     t.datetime "updated_at"
   end
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2023_01_06_081943) do
   end
 
   create_table "assets", id: :serial, force: :cascade do |t|
-    t.integer "viewable_id"
     t.string "viewable_type"
+    t.integer "viewable_id"
     t.string "attachment"
     t.string "type"
     t.datetime "created_at"
@@ -176,8 +176,8 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2023_01_06_081943) do
   end
 
   create_table "credits", id: :serial, force: :cascade do |t|
-    t.integer "creditable_id"
     t.string "creditable_type"
+    t.integer "creditable_id"
     t.integer "plan_id"
     t.integer "hours"
     t.datetime "created_at"
@@ -226,8 +226,10 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2023_01_06_081943) do
     t.integer "recurrence_id"
     t.integer "age_range_id"
     t.integer "category_id"
+    t.datetime "deleted_at"
     t.index ["availability_id"], name: "index_events_on_availability_id"
     t.index ["category_id"], name: "index_events_on_category_id"
+    t.index ["deleted_at"], name: "index_events_on_deleted_at"
     t.index ["recurrence_id"], name: "index_events_on_recurrence_id"
   end
 
@@ -417,15 +419,15 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2023_01_06_081943) do
 
   create_table "notifications", id: :serial, force: :cascade do |t|
     t.integer "receiver_id"
-    t.integer "attached_object_id"
     t.string "attached_object_type"
+    t.integer "attached_object_id"
     t.integer "notification_type_id"
     t.boolean "is_read", default: false
     t.datetime "created_at"
     t.datetime "updated_at"
     t.string "receiver_type"
     t.boolean "is_send", default: false
-    t.jsonb "meta_data", default: {}
+    t.jsonb "meta_data", default: "{}"
     t.index ["notification_type_id"], name: "index_notifications_on_notification_type_id"
     t.index ["receiver_id"], name: "index_notifications_on_receiver_id"
   end
@@ -665,8 +667,8 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2023_01_06_081943) do
   create_table "prices", id: :serial, force: :cascade do |t|
     t.integer "group_id"
     t.integer "plan_id"
-    t.integer "priceable_id"
     t.string "priceable_type"
+    t.integer "priceable_id"
     t.integer "amount"
     t.datetime "created_at", null: false
     t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
@@ -867,8 +869,8 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2023_01_06_081943) do
     t.text "message"
     t.datetime "created_at"
     t.datetime "updated_at"
-    t.integer "reservable_id"
     t.string "reservable_type"
+    t.integer "reservable_id"
     t.integer "nb_reserve_places"
     t.integer "statistic_profile_id"
     t.index ["reservable_type", "reservable_id"], name: "index_reservations_on_reservable_type_and_reservable_id"
@@ -877,8 +879,8 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2023_01_06_081943) do
 
   create_table "roles", id: :serial, force: :cascade do |t|
     t.string "name"
-    t.integer "resource_id"
     t.string "resource_type"
+    t.integer "resource_id"
     t.datetime "created_at"
     t.datetime "updated_at"
     t.index ["name", "resource_type", "resource_id"], name: "index_roles_on_name_and_resource_type_and_resource_id"
diff --git a/test/integration/events/delete_test.rb b/test/integration/events/delete_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..245bc62e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/events/delete_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'test_helper'
+
+module Events; end
+
+class Events::DeleteTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
+  setup do
+    admin = User.with_role(:admin).first
+    login_as(admin, scope: :user)
+  end
+
+  test 'delete an event' do
+    event = Event.first
+    delete "/api/events/#{event.id}?mode=single", headers: default_headers
+
+    # Check response format & status
+    assert_response :success
+    assert_equal Mime[:json], response.content_type
+    res = json_response(response.body)
+    assert_equal 1, res[:deleted]
+
+    # Check the event was correctly deleted
+    assert_raise ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound do
+      event.reload
+    end
+  end
+
+  test 'soft delete an event' do
+    event = Event.first
+
+    # Make a reservation on this event
+    post '/api/local_payment/confirm_payment',
+         params: {
+           customer_id: User.find_by(username: 'pdurand').id,
+           items: [
+             {
+               reservation: {
+                 reservable_id: event.id,
+                 reservable_type: 'Event',
+                 nb_reserve_places: 2,
+                 slots_reservations_attributes: [
+                   {
+                     slot_id: event.availability.slots.first&.id,
+                     offered: false
+                   }
+                 ]
+               }
+             }
+           ]
+         }.to_json,
+         headers: default_headers
+
+    # Check response format & status
+    assert_equal 201, response.status, response.body
+
+    assert_not event.destroyable?
+    delete "/api/events/#{event.id}?mode=single", headers: default_headers
+    assert_response :success
+    res = json_response(response.body)
+    assert_equal 1, res[:deleted]
+
+    event.reload
+    assert_not_nil event.deleted_at
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/integration/machines_test.rb b/test/integration/machines_test.rb
index 8bbb97f53..ea7d5ba62 100644
--- a/test/integration/machines_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/machines_test.rb
@@ -69,9 +69,13 @@ class MachinesTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
   end
 
   test 'delete a machine' do
-    delete '/api/machines/3', headers: default_headers
+    machine = Machine.find(3)
+    delete "/api/machines/#{machine.id}", headers: default_headers
     assert_response :success
     assert_empty response.body
+    assert_raise ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound do
+      machine.reload
+    end
   end
 
   test 'soft delete a machine' do