diff --git a/crates/adapters/http-axum/src/html/users.rs b/crates/adapters/http-axum/src/html/users.rs
index a2950f1b..fce35519 100644
--- a/crates/adapters/http-axum/src/html/users.rs
+++ b/crates/adapters/http-axum/src/html/users.rs
@@ -236,6 +236,9 @@ pub async fn post_delete_user(
         // An admin removing their own account ends their own session too.
         Ok(()) if own => super::auth::get_logout(State(state)).await.into_response(),
         Ok(()) => axum::response::Redirect::to("/users").into_response(),
+        // Same as other forbidden classic actions: a plain 403, not a redirect
+        // to a page that would not show the error.
+        Err(e @ DomainError::Forbidden(_)) => crate::errors::domain_error_response(e),
         Err(e) => axum::response::Redirect::to(&format!(
             "/users/{target}?error={}",
             crate::html::helpers::encode_domain_error(&e)
diff --git a/crates/adapters/http-axum/templates/profile.html b/crates/adapters/http-axum/templates/profile.html
index bfbbd4fd..f8ba0a75 100644
--- a/crates/adapters/http-axum/templates/profile.html
+++ b/crates/adapters/http-axum/templates/profile.html
@@ -103,10 +103,11 @@
     {% if let Some(err) = error %}
     <p class="error">{{ err }}</p>
     {% endif %}
+    <p style="font-size:.85em;opacity:.7">This user and all their data will be permanently deleted. Enter your own password to confirm.</p>
     <form method="POST" action="/users/{{ profile_user_id }}/delete">
       <input type="hidden" name="_csrf" value="{{ ctx.csrf_token }}">
       <input type="password" name="password" placeholder="Your password" required autocomplete="current-password">
-      <button type="submit">Delete user</button>
+      <button type="submit" class="btn-small" style="color:#e57a7a;border-color:rgba(229,122,122,.3)">Delete user</button>
     </form>
   </section>
   {% endif %}
diff --git a/crates/adapters/http-axum/templates/profile_settings.html b/crates/adapters/http-axum/templates/profile_settings.html
index 6d24c2f2..0dcdc9c7 100644
--- a/crates/adapters/http-axum/templates/profile_settings.html
+++ b/crates/adapters/http-axum/templates/profile_settings.html
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 <section style="margin-top:2rem;padding-top:1rem;border-top:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.1)">
   <h3>Delete account</h3>
   <p style="font-size:.85em;opacity:.7;margin-bottom:.5rem">
-    Permanently removes your account and everything on it: reviews, watchlist, goals, follows and uploaded images. This cannot be undone.
+    Deleting your account is permanent and cannot be undone. Your reviews, watchlist, goals and follows are removed, fediverse servers are notified, and your username can never be reused.
   </p>
   <form method="post" action="/settings/account/delete">
     <input type="hidden" name="_csrf" value="{{ ctx.csrf_token }}">
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
       Confirm with your password<br>
       <input type="password" name="password" required autocomplete="current-password">
     </label>
-    <button type="submit">Delete my account</button>
+    <button type="submit" class="btn-small" style="color:#e57a7a;border-color:rgba(229,122,122,.3)">Delete my account</button>
   </form>
 </section>
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/crates/bootstrap/tests/account_deletion_test.rs b/crates/bootstrap/tests/account_deletion_test.rs
index d87ab695..cfbb758d 100644
--- a/crates/bootstrap/tests/account_deletion_test.rs
+++ b/crates/bootstrap/tests/account_deletion_test.rs
@@ -206,11 +206,7 @@ async fn classic_admin_delete_redirects_to_the_member_list() {
     let uri = format!("/users/{}/delete", bob.user_id);
 
     let (status, headers, _) = send(&router, classic_post(&uri, &alice.cookie, PASSWORD)).await;
-    assert_eq!(status, 303);
-    assert!(
-        location(&headers).contains("error="),
-        "non-admin: {headers:?}"
-    );
+    assert_eq!(status, 403, "non-admin: {headers:?}");
 
     promote(&pool, &alice.user_id).await;
     let (status, headers, _) = send(&router, classic_post(&uri, &alice.cookie, PASSWORD)).await;
@@ -221,3 +217,93 @@ async fn classic_admin_delete_redirects_to_the_member_list() {
     let (status, _, _) = send(&router, get(&format!("/users/{}", bob.user_id), None)).await;
     assert_eq!(status, 404);
 }
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn classic_admin_delete_requires_the_csrf_token() {
+    let (router, pool, alice, bob) = two_users().await;
+    promote(&pool, &alice.user_id).await;
+    let req = Request::builder()
+        .method(Method::POST)
+        .uri(format!("/users/{}/delete", bob.user_id))
+        .header(header::CONTENT_TYPE, "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")
+        .header(header::COOKIE, &alice.cookie)
+        .body(Body::from(format!("password={PASSWORD}&_csrf=wrong")))
+        .unwrap();
+    let (status, _, _) = send(&router, req).await;
+    assert_eq!(status, 403);
+    let (status, _, _) = send(&router, get(&format!("/users/{}", bob.user_id), None)).await;
+    assert_eq!(status, 200, "target must survive a CSRF rejection");
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn a_non_admin_classic_delete_of_someone_else_is_forbidden() {
+    let (router, _pool, alice, bob) = two_users().await;
+    let uri = format!("/users/{}/delete", bob.user_id);
+    let (status, _, _) = send(&router, classic_post(&uri, &alice.cookie, PASSWORD)).await;
+    assert_eq!(status, 403);
+    let (status, _, _) = send(&router, get(&format!("/users/{}", bob.user_id), None)).await;
+    assert_eq!(status, 200);
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn classic_admin_self_delete_logs_out_unless_last_admin() {
+    let (router, pool, alice, bob) = two_users().await;
+    promote(&pool, &alice.user_id).await;
+    let uri = format!("/users/{}/delete", alice.user_id);
+
+    // Sole admin: refused, redirected back with an error, still logged in.
+    let (status, headers, _) = send(&router, classic_post(&uri, &alice.cookie, PASSWORD)).await;
+    assert_eq!(status, 303);
+    assert!(location(&headers).contains("error="), "{headers:?}");
+    assert!(support::cookie_value(&headers, "token").is_none());
+    let (status, _, _) = send(&router, get(&format!("/users/{}", alice.user_id), None)).await;
+    assert_eq!(status, 200);
+
+    // With a second admin the self-delete goes through and ends the session.
+    promote(&pool, &bob.user_id).await;
+    let (status, headers, _) = send(&router, classic_post(&uri, &alice.cookie, PASSWORD)).await;
+    assert_eq!(status, 303);
+    assert_eq!(location(&headers), "/");
+    assert_eq!(
+        support::cookie_value(&headers, "token").as_deref(),
+        Some("")
+    );
+    let (status, _, _) = send(&router, get(&format!("/users/{}", alice.user_id), None)).await;
+    assert_eq!(status, 404);
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn delete_forms_render_only_where_they_apply() {
+    let (router, pool, alice, bob) = two_users().await;
+    let own_delete = "action=\"/settings/account/delete\"";
+    let user_delete = |id: &str| format!("action=\"/users/{id}/delete\"");
+
+    let (_, _, body) = send(&router, get("/settings/profile", Some(&alice.cookie))).await;
+    assert!(body.contains(own_delete), "owner settings page");
+
+    // A non-admin viewing someone else, and anonymous viewers, see no form.
+    let bob_page = format!("/users/{}", bob.user_id);
+    let (_, _, body) = send(&router, get(&bob_page, Some(&alice.cookie))).await;
+    assert!(!body.contains(&user_delete(&bob.user_id)), "non-admin");
+
+    promote(&pool, &alice.user_id).await;
+    let (_, _, body) = send(&router, get(&bob_page, Some(&alice.cookie))).await;
+    assert!(body.contains(&user_delete(&bob.user_id)), "admin on other");
+
+    let (_, _, body) = send(
+        &router,
+        get(&format!("/users/{}", alice.user_id), Some(&alice.cookie)),
+    )
+    .await;
+    assert!(
+        !body.contains(&user_delete(&alice.user_id)),
+        "admin on self"
+    );
+
+    let (_, _, body) = send(
+        &router,
+        get(&format!("{bob_page}?embed=true"), Some(&alice.cookie)),
+    )
+    .await;
+    assert!(!body.contains("/delete"), "embed page");
+}