diff --git a/api/dashboard/delete.go b/api/dashboard/delete.go
index 05b14e86b..093f0fb59 100644
--- a/api/dashboard/delete.go
+++ b/api/dashboard/delete.go
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ func DeleteDashboard(c *gin.Context) {
 	l := c.MustGet("logger").(*logrus.Entry)
 	d := dashboard.Retrieve(c)
 	u := user.Retrieve(c)
+	ctx := c.Request.Context()
 
 	l.Debugf("deleting dashboard %s", d.GetID())
 
@@ -70,6 +71,19 @@ func DeleteDashboard(c *gin.Context) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	// Remove the dashboard ID from the user's dashboards
+	dashboards := u.GetDashboards()
+
+	updatedDashboards := []string{}
+
+	for _, id := range dashboards {
+		if id != d.GetID() {
+			updatedDashboards = append(updatedDashboards, id)
+		}
+	}
+
+	u.SetDashboards(updatedDashboards)
+
 	err := database.FromContext(c).DeleteDashboard(c, d)
 	if err != nil {
 		retErr := fmt.Errorf("error while deleting dashboard %s: %w", d.GetID(), err)
@@ -80,6 +94,16 @@ func DeleteDashboard(c *gin.Context) {
 	}
 
 	c.JSON(http.StatusOK, fmt.Sprintf("dashboard %s deleted", d.GetName()))
+
+	// send API call to update the user
+	u, err = database.FromContext(c).UpdateUser(ctx, u)
+	if err != nil {
+		retErr := fmt.Errorf("unable to update user %s: %w", u.GetName(), err)
+
+		util.HandleError(c, http.StatusInternalServerError, retErr)
+
+		return
+	}
 }
 
 // isAdmin is a helper function that iterates through the dashboard admins
diff --git a/api/types/user.go b/api/types/user.go
index a7d7691c0..4d454526d 100644
--- a/api/types/user.go
+++ b/api/types/user.go
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func (u *User) GetFavorites() []string {
 // When the provided User type is nil, or the field within
 // the type is nil, it returns the zero value for the field.
 func (u *User) GetDashboards() []string {
-	// return zero value if User type or Favorites field is nil
+	// return zero value if User type or Dashboard field is nil
 	if u == nil || u.Dashboards == nil {
 		return []string{}
 	}