diff --git a/src/db.ts b/src/db.ts
index 253fed9..e1039dc 100644
--- a/src/db.ts
+++ b/src/db.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ interface EventRow {
   created_at: number;
   tags: string;
   sig: string;
+  deleted_at: number | null;
 }
 
 interface EventFTSRow {
diff --git a/src/db/migrations/013_soft_deletion.ts b/src/db/migrations/013_soft_deletion.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3856ca0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/db/migrations/013_soft_deletion.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { Kysely } from '@/deps.ts';
+
+export async function up(db: Kysely<any>): Promise<void> {
+  await db.schema.alterTable('events').addColumn('deleted_at', 'integer').execute();
+}
+
+export async function down(db: Kysely<any>): Promise<void> {
+  await db.schema.alterTable('events').dropColumn('deleted_at').execute();
+}
diff --git a/src/storages/events-db.ts b/src/storages/events-db.ts
index b5c8ee7..304f283 100644
--- a/src/storages/events-db.ts
+++ b/src/storages/events-db.ts
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ class EventsDB implements NStore {
         'events.created_at',
         'events.sig',
       ])
+      .where('events.deleted_at', 'is', null)
       .orderBy('events.created_at', 'desc');
 
     for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(filter)) {
@@ -329,12 +330,9 @@ class EventsDB implements NStore {
 
     const query = this.getEventsQuery(filters).clearSelect().select('id');
 
-    await db.deleteFrom('events_fts')
-      .where('id', 'in', () => query)
-      .execute();
-
-    return db.deleteFrom('events')
+    return await db.updateTable('events')
       .where('id', 'in', () => query)
+      .set({ deleted_at: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) })
       .execute();
   }