Don't delete the User object, just remove all the properties except for _id

app/views/account/AccountSettingsView.coffee

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ module.exports = class AccountSettingsView extends CocoView
           Backbone.Mediator.publish("auth:logging-out", {})
           window.tracker?.trackEvent 'Log Out', category:'Homepage', ['Google Analytics'] if @id is 'home-view'
           logoutUser($('#login-email').val())
-          window.location = '../';
+          window.location = '../'
         , 500
       error: (jqXHR, status, error) ->
         console.error jqXHR

server/users/user_handler.coffee

@@ -219,11 +219,18 @@ UserHandler = class UserHandler extends Handler
     return true
 
   delete: (req, res, userID) ->
+    # Instead of just deleting the User object, we should remove all the properties except for _id
     @getDocumentForIdOrSlug userID, (err, user) => # Check first
       return @sendDatabaseError res, err if err
       return @sendNotFoundError res unless user
       return @sendForbiddenError res unless @hasAccessToDocument(req, user)
-      user.remove (err, user) =>
+      obj = user.toObject()
+      for prop, val of obj
+        if !(prop is '_id')
+          user.set(prop, undefined)
+      user.set('anonymous', true)
+      delete obj.dateCreated
+      user.save (err) => 
         return @sendDatabaseError(res, err) if err
         @sendNoContent res