diff --git a/packages/component-user-manager/src/routes/fragmentsUsers/delete.js b/packages/component-user-manager/src/routes/fragmentsUsers/delete.js
index 86073f5d5d467b23878dc792c088a86877c28e88..b39893eb77b350f0e1357bda51266ff4a1654063 100644
--- a/packages/component-user-manager/src/routes/fragmentsUsers/delete.js
+++ b/packages/component-user-manager/src/routes/fragmentsUsers/delete.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ module.exports = models => async (req, res) => {
       return res.status(400).json({
         error: `Fragment ${fragmentId} does not match collection ${collectionId}`,
       })
+    const fragment = await models.Fragment.find(fragmentId)
     const teamHelper = new Team({ TeamModel: models.Team, fragmentId })
 
     const team = await teamHelper.getTeam({
@@ -20,7 +21,12 @@ module.exports = models => async (req, res) => {
     await teamHelper.removeTeamMember({ teamId: team.id, userId })
     user.teams = user.teams.filter(userTeamId => team.id !== userTeamId)
     delete user.passwordResetToken
-    await user.save()
+    user.save()
+
+    fragment.authors = fragment.authors || []
+    fragment.authors = fragment.authors.filter(author => author.id !== userId)
+    fragment.save()
+
     return res.status(200).json({})
   } catch (e) {
     const notFoundError = await services.handleNotFoundError(e, 'item')