diff --git a/pydis_site/apps/api/viewsets/bot/reminder.py b/pydis_site/apps/api/viewsets/bot/reminder.py
index 5f9970529d..cbce697a01 100644
--- a/pydis_site/apps/api/viewsets/bot/reminder.py
+++ b/pydis_site/apps/api/viewsets/bot/reminder.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from django_filters.rest_framework import DjangoFilterBackend
+from rest_framework.request import Request
 from rest_framework.filters import SearchFilter
 from rest_framework.mixins import (
     CreateModelMixin,
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ class ReminderViewSet(
 
     ### DELETE /bot/reminders/<id:int>
     Delete the reminder with the given `id`.
+    This is a soft-delete by setting `active` to False.
 
     #### Status codes
     - 204: returned on success
@@ -123,6 +125,20 @@ class ReminderViewSet(
     """
 
     serializer_class = ReminderSerializer
-    queryset = Reminder.objects.prefetch_related('author')
     filter_backends = (DjangoFilterBackend, SearchFilter)
     filterset_fields = ('active', 'author__id')
+
+    def perform_destroy(self, instance: Reminder) -> None:
+        """Soft-delete reminders when DELETE is called."""
+        instance.active = False
+        instance.save()
+
+    def get_query_set(self) -> list[Reminder]:
+        """Filter out soft-deleted reminders by default."""
+        queryset = Reminder.objects.prefetch_related('author')
+
+        request: Request = self.request
+        only_active = bool(request.query_params.get("active", True))
+        if only_active:
+            queryset = queryset.filter(active=True)
+        return queryset