diff --git a/dmp-backend/src/main/java/dao/entities/DMPDaoImpl.java b/dmp-backend/src/main/java/dao/entities/DMPDaoImpl.java
index 12bf56466..7553b7cd5 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/src/main/java/dao/entities/DMPDaoImpl.java
+++ b/dmp-backend/src/main/java/dao/entities/DMPDaoImpl.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public class DMPDaoImpl extends JpaDao<DMP, UUID> implements DMPDao {
 
 	@Override
 	public List<UUID> listAllIDs() {
-		String queryString = "SELECT dmp.id FROM DMP dmp";
+		String queryString = "SELECT dmp.id FROM DMP dmp where dmp.status>=0";
 		TypedQuery<UUID> typedQuery = entityManager.createQuery(queryString, UUID.class);
 		return typedQuery.getResultList();
 	}
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public class DMPDaoImpl extends JpaDao<DMP, UUID> implements DMPDao {
 	
 	@Override
 	public List<IDLabelPair> listAllIDsLabels() {
-		String queryString = "SELECT dmp.id, dmp.label FROM DMP dmp";
+		String queryString = "SELECT dmp.id, dmp.label FROM DMP dmp where dmp.status>=0";
 		Query query = (Query) entityManager.createQuery(queryString);
 		List<Object[]> rows = query.list();
 		return rows.stream().map(row -> {
diff --git a/dmp-backend/src/main/java/dao/entities/DatasetDaoImpl.java b/dmp-backend/src/main/java/dao/entities/DatasetDaoImpl.java
index c31cd1dd7..b4a04cb99 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/src/main/java/dao/entities/DatasetDaoImpl.java
+++ b/dmp-backend/src/main/java/dao/entities/DatasetDaoImpl.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public class DatasetDaoImpl extends JpaDao<Dataset, UUID> implements DatasetDao
 	
 	@Override
 	public List<UUID> listAllIDs() {
-		String queryString = "SELECT dataset.id FROM Dataset dataset";
+		String queryString = "SELECT dataset.id FROM Dataset dataset where dataset.status>=0";
 		TypedQuery<UUID> typedQuery = entityManager.createQuery(queryString, UUID.class);
 		return typedQuery.getResultList();
 	}
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public class DatasetDaoImpl extends JpaDao<Dataset, UUID> implements DatasetDao
 	
 	@Override
 	public List<IDLabelPair> listAllIDsLabels() {
-		String queryString = "SELECT dataset.id, dataset.label FROM Dataset dataset";
+		String queryString = "SELECT dataset.id, dataset.label FROM Dataset dataset where dataset.status>=0";
 		Query query = (Query) entityManager.createQuery(queryString);
 		List<Object[]> rows = query.getResultList();
 		return rows.stream().map(row -> {
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class DatasetDaoImpl extends JpaDao<Dataset, UUID> implements DatasetDao
 
 	@Override
 	public List<Dataset> getDatasetsOfDmp(UUID dmpID) {
-		String queryString = "FROM Dataset dataset where dataset.dmp.id=:dmpID";
+		String queryString = "FROM Dataset dataset where dataset.dmp.id=:dmpID and dataset.status>=0";
 		Query query = (Query) entityManager.createQuery(queryString);
 		query.setParameter("dmpID", dmpID);
 		List<Dataset> datasets = (List<Dataset>) query.getResultList();
diff --git a/dmp-backend/src/main/java/rest/entities/DMPs.java b/dmp-backend/src/main/java/rest/entities/DMPs.java
index 6cf06ff21..4a42d46f8 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/src/main/java/rest/entities/DMPs.java
+++ b/dmp-backend/src/main/java/rest/entities/DMPs.java
@@ -279,6 +279,24 @@ public class DMPs  {
 		
 	}
 	
+	@RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.POST, value = { "/dmp/softdelete" }, consumes = "application/json", produces="text/plain")
+	public @ResponseBody ResponseEntity<Object> softDelete(@RequestBody DMP dmp) {
+		
+		DMP d = dMPDao.read(dmp.getId());
+		d.setStatus(new Short("-1"));
+		try {
+			int code = updateDMP(dmp).getStatusCodeValue();
+			if(code>199 && code<300)
+				return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.CREATED).body("DELETED!");
+			else 
+				return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).body("{\"msg\":\"Could not soft delete DMP!\"");
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+			return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).body("{\"msg\":\"Could not soft delete DMP!\"");
+		}
+		
+	}
+	
 	
 	
 	
diff --git a/dmp-backend/src/main/java/rest/entities/Datasets.java b/dmp-backend/src/main/java/rest/entities/Datasets.java
index 2cfefddc5..d9959eceb 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/src/main/java/rest/entities/Datasets.java
+++ b/dmp-backend/src/main/java/rest/entities/Datasets.java
@@ -175,6 +175,27 @@ public class Datasets  {
 		}
 	}
 	
+	
+	
+	@RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.POST, value = { "/dataset/softdelete" }, consumes = "application/json", produces="text/plain")
+	public @ResponseBody ResponseEntity<Object> softDelete(@RequestBody Dataset dataset) {
+		
+		Dataset d = datasetDao.read(dataset.getId());
+		d.setStatus(new Short("-1"));
+		try {
+			int code = updateDataset(SerializerProvider.toJson(d)).getStatusCodeValue();
+			if(code>199 && code<300)
+				return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.CREATED).body("DELETED!");
+			else 
+				return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).body("{\"msg\":\"Could not soft delete dataset!\"");
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+			return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).body("{\"msg\":\"Could not soft delete dataset!\"");
+		}
+		
+	}
+	
+	
 	@RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.GET, value = { "/dataset/assignDMPToDataset" })
 	public @ResponseBody ResponseEntity<Object> assignDMPToDataset(@RequestParam("datasetID") String datasetID, @RequestParam("dmpID") String dmpID) {