diff --git a/keep-ui/app/(keep)/incidents/page.tsx b/keep-ui/app/(keep)/incidents/page.tsx
index 67ca38e1b..de8a52c88 100644
--- a/keep-ui/app/(keep)/incidents/page.tsx
+++ b/keep-ui/app/(keep)/incidents/page.tsx
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@ import { IncidentList } from "@/features/incident-list";
 import { getIncidents, GetIncidentsParams } from "@/entities/incidents/api";
 import { PaginatedIncidentsDto } from "@/entities/incidents/model";
 import { createServerApiClient } from "@/shared/api/server";
+import {DefaultIncidentFilters} from "@/entities/incidents/model/models";
 
 const defaultIncidentsParams: GetIncidentsParams = {
   confirmed: true,
   limit: 20,
   offset: 0,
   sorting: { id: "creation_time", desc: true },
-  filters: {},
+  filters: DefaultIncidentFilters,
 };
 
 export default async function Page() {
diff --git a/keep-ui/entities/incidents/model/models.ts b/keep-ui/entities/incidents/model/models.ts
index ffd3b201e..1f8f3a5a2 100644
--- a/keep-ui/entities/incidents/model/models.ts
+++ b/keep-ui/entities/incidents/model/models.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ export enum Status {
   Resolved = "resolved",
   Acknowledged = "acknowledged",
   Merged = "merged",
+  Deleted = "deleted",
+}
+
+export const DefaultIncidentFilteredStatuses: string[] = [Status.Firing, Status.Acknowledged, Status.Merged];
+export const DefaultIncidentFilters: object = {
+  "status": DefaultIncidentFilteredStatuses,
 }
 
 export interface IncidentDto {
diff --git a/keep-ui/entities/incidents/ui/statuses.tsx b/keep-ui/entities/incidents/ui/statuses.tsx
index 9e049d36d..8f2dbe2c9 100644
--- a/keep-ui/entities/incidents/ui/statuses.tsx
+++ b/keep-ui/entities/incidents/ui/statuses.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
   ExclamationCircleIcon,
   PauseIcon,
 } from "@heroicons/react/24/outline";
-import { IoIosGitPullRequest } from "react-icons/io";
+import {IoIosGitPullRequest, IoIosTrash} from "react-icons/io";
 import React from "react";
 import { capitalize } from "@/utils/helpers";
 
@@ -49,6 +49,14 @@ export const STATUS_ICONS = {
       className="w-4 h-4 mr-2"
     />
   ),
+  [Status.Deleted]: (
+    <Icon
+      icon={IoIosTrash}
+      tooltip={capitalize(Status.Deleted)}
+      color="gray"
+      className="w-4 h-4 mr-2"
+    />
+  ),
 };
 
 export function StatusIcon({
diff --git a/keep-ui/features/change-incident-status/ui/incident-change-status-select.tsx b/keep-ui/features/change-incident-status/ui/incident-change-status-select.tsx
index 8b1c574a2..41d7febd0 100644
--- a/keep-ui/features/change-incident-status/ui/incident-change-status-select.tsx
+++ b/keep-ui/features/change-incident-status/ui/incident-change-status-select.tsx
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export function IncidentChangeStatusSelect({
   const { changeStatus } = useIncidentActions();
   const statusOptions = useMemo(
     () =>
-      Object.values(Status).map((status) => ({
+      Object.values(Status).filter((status) => status != Status.Deleted || value == Status.Deleted).map((status) => ({
         value: status,
         label: (
           <div className="flex items-center">
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export function IncidentChangeStatusSelect({
           </div>
         ),
       })),
-    []
+    [value]
   );
 
   const handleChange = useCallback(
diff --git a/keep-ui/features/incident-list/ui/incident-table-filters-context.tsx b/keep-ui/features/incident-list/ui/incident-table-filters-context.tsx
index 8fd6549e4..51767f62b 100644
--- a/keep-ui/features/incident-list/ui/incident-table-filters-context.tsx
+++ b/keep-ui/features/incident-list/ui/incident-table-filters-context.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { createContext, useState, FC, PropsWithChildren } from "react";
 import { useSearchParams, useRouter, usePathname } from "next/navigation";
 import { useIncidentsMeta } from "../../../utils/hooks/useIncidents";
 import type { IncidentsMetaDto } from "@/entities/incidents/model";
+import { DefaultIncidentFilteredStatuses } from "@/entities/incidents/model/models";
 
 interface IIncidentFilterContext {
   meta: IncidentsMetaDto | undefined;
@@ -43,16 +44,19 @@ export const IncidentFilterContextProvider: FC<PropsWithChildren> = ({
   const { data: incidentsMeta, isLoading } = useIncidentsMeta();
 
   const setFilterValue = useCallback(
-    (filterName: string) => {
+    (filterName: string, defaultValues: string[] | undefined = undefined) => {
       return () => {
         if (incidentsMeta === undefined) return [];
 
         const values = searchParams?.get(filterName);
-        const valuesArray = values
-          ?.split(",")
-          .filter((value) =>
-            incidentsMeta[filterName as keyof IncidentsMetaDto]?.includes(value)
-          );
+        let valuesArray = values?.split(",")
+        if (!valuesArray) {
+          valuesArray = defaultValues;
+        }
+
+        valuesArray = valuesArray?.filter((value) =>
+          incidentsMeta[filterName as keyof IncidentsMetaDto]?.includes(value)
+        );
 
         return (valuesArray || []) as string[];
       };
@@ -61,7 +65,7 @@ export const IncidentFilterContextProvider: FC<PropsWithChildren> = ({
   );
 
   const [statuses, setStatuses] = useState<string[]>(
-    setFilterValue("statuses")
+    setFilterValue("statuses", incidentsMeta?.statuses.filter((status) => DefaultIncidentFilteredStatuses.includes(status)))
   );
   const [severities, setSeverities] = useState<string[]>(
     setFilterValue("severities")
@@ -76,7 +80,7 @@ export const IncidentFilterContextProvider: FC<PropsWithChildren> = ({
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!isLoading) {
-      setStatuses(setFilterValue("statuses"));
+      setStatuses(setFilterValue("statuses", incidentsMeta?.statuses.filter((status) => DefaultIncidentFilteredStatuses.includes(status))));
       setSeverities(setFilterValue("severities"));
       setAssignees(setFilterValue("assignees"));
       setServices(setFilterValue("services"));
diff --git a/keep/api/bl/incidents_bl.py b/keep/api/bl/incidents_bl.py
index 7feb07bb6..c5525e7cd 100644
--- a/keep/api/bl/incidents_bl.py
+++ b/keep/api/bl/incidents_bl.py
@@ -43,9 +43,11 @@
 
 class IncidentBl:
     def __init__(
-        self, tenant_id: str, session: Session, pusher_client: Optional[Pusher] = None
+        self, tenant_id: str, session: Session, pusher_client: Optional[Pusher] = None,
+        user: str = None
     ):
         self.tenant_id = tenant_id
+        self.user = user
         self.session = session
         self.pusher_client = pusher_client
         self.logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/keep/api/core/db.py b/keep/api/core/db.py
index 158972d6a..859076b56 100644
--- a/keep/api/core/db.py
+++ b/keep/api/core/db.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 from sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql import insert as pg_insert
 from sqlalchemy.dialects.sqlite import insert as sqlite_insert
 from sqlalchemy.exc import IntegrityError, OperationalError
-from sqlalchemy.orm import joinedload, selectinload, subqueryload
+from sqlalchemy.orm import joinedload, subqueryload
 from sqlalchemy.sql import exists, expression
 from sqlmodel import Session, SQLModel, col, or_, select, text
 
@@ -1786,6 +1786,7 @@ def get_incident_for_grouping_rule(
             .where(Incident.rule_id == rule.id)
             .where(Incident.rule_fingerprint == rule_fingerprint)
             .where(Incident.status != IncidentStatus.RESOLVED.value)
+            .where(Incident.status != IncidentStatus.DELETED.value)
             .order_by(Incident.creation_time.desc())
         ).first()
 
@@ -2921,25 +2922,16 @@ def is_alert_assigned_to_incident(
     with Session(engine) as session:
         assigned = session.exec(
             select(LastAlertToIncident)
+            .join(Incident, LastAlertToIncident.incident_id == Incident.id)
             .where(LastAlertToIncident.fingerprint == fingerprint)
             .where(LastAlertToIncident.incident_id == incident_id)
             .where(LastAlertToIncident.tenant_id == tenant_id)
             .where(LastAlertToIncident.deleted_at == NULL_FOR_DELETED_AT)
+            .where(Incident.status != IncidentStatus.DELETED.value)
         ).first()
     return assigned is not None
 
 
-def get_incidents(tenant_id) -> List[Incident]:
-    with Session(engine) as session:
-        incidents = session.exec(
-            select(Incident)
-            .options(selectinload(Incident.alerts))
-            .where(Incident.tenant_id == tenant_id)
-            .order_by(desc(Incident.creation_time))
-        ).all()
-    return incidents
-
-
 def get_alert_audit(
     tenant_id: str, fingerprint: str | list[str], limit: int = 50
 ) -> List[AlertAudit]:
@@ -3493,27 +3485,25 @@ def delete_incident_by_id(
     if isinstance(incident_id, str):
         incident_id = __convert_to_uuid(incident_id)
     with Session(engine) as session:
-        incident = (
-            session.query(Incident)
+        incident = session.exec(
+            select(Incident)
             .filter(
                 Incident.tenant_id == tenant_id,
                 Incident.id == incident_id,
             )
-            .first()
-        )
-
-        # Delete all associations with alerts:
+        ).first()
 
-        (
-            session.query(LastAlertToIncident)
+        session.execute(
+            update(Incident)
             .where(
-                LastAlertToIncident.tenant_id == tenant_id,
-                LastAlertToIncident.incident_id == incident.id,
+                Incident.tenant_id == tenant_id,
+                Incident.id == incident.id,
             )
-            .delete()
+            .values({
+                "status": IncidentStatus.DELETED.value
+            })
         )
 
-        session.delete(incident)
         session.commit()
         return True
 
diff --git a/keep/api/models/alert.py b/keep/api/models/alert.py
index e4d2dac26..71d120070 100644
--- a/keep/api/models/alert.py
+++ b/keep/api/models/alert.py
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ class IncidentStatus(Enum):
     ACKNOWLEDGED = "acknowledged"
     # Incident was merged with another incident
     MERGED = "merged"
+    # Incident was removed
+    DELETED = "deleted"
 
 
 class IncidentSeverity(SeverityBaseInterface):
diff --git a/tests/test_incidents.py b/tests/test_incidents.py
index da35ce3c1..21f80d92b 100644
--- a/tests/test_incidents.py
+++ b/tests/test_incidents.py
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ def test_add_remove_alert_to_incidents(db_session, setup_stress_alerts_no_elasti
 def test_get_last_incidents(db_session, create_alert):
 
     severity_cycle = cycle([s.order for s in IncidentSeverity])
-    status_cycle = cycle([s.value for s in IncidentStatus])
+    status_cycle = cycle([s.value for s in IncidentStatus if s not in [IncidentStatus.MERGED, IncidentStatus.DELETED]])
     services_cycle = cycle(["keep", None])
 
     for i in range(60):
@@ -244,33 +244,31 @@ def test_get_last_incidents(db_session, create_alert):
                 "status": status,
             },
         )
-        # Merged incidents don't have alerts
-        if status != IncidentStatus.MERGED.value:
-            create_alert(
-                f"alert-test-{i}",
-                AlertStatus(status),
-                datetime.utcnow(),
-                {
-                    "severity": AlertSeverity.from_number(severity),
-                    "service": service,
-                },
-            )
-            alert = db_session.query(Alert).order_by(Alert.timestamp.desc()).first()
+        create_alert(
+            f"alert-test-{i}",
+            AlertStatus(status),
+            datetime.utcnow(),
+            {
+                "severity": AlertSeverity.from_number(severity),
+                "service": service,
+            },
+        )
+        alert = db_session.query(Alert).order_by(Alert.timestamp.desc()).first()
 
-            create_alert(
-                f"alert-test-2-{i}",
-                AlertStatus(status),
-                datetime.utcnow(),
-                {
-                    "severity": AlertSeverity.from_number(severity),
-                    "service": service,
-                },
-            )
-            alert2 = db_session.query(Alert).order_by(Alert.timestamp.desc()).first()
+        create_alert(
+            f"alert-test-2-{i}",
+            AlertStatus(status),
+            datetime.utcnow(),
+            {
+                "severity": AlertSeverity.from_number(severity),
+                "service": service,
+            },
+        )
+        alert2 = db_session.query(Alert).order_by(Alert.timestamp.desc()).first()
 
-            add_alerts_to_incident_by_incident_id(
-                SINGLE_TENANT_UUID, incident.id, [alert.fingerprint, alert2.fingerprint]
-            )
+        add_alerts_to_incident_by_incident_id(
+            SINGLE_TENANT_UUID, incident.id, [alert.fingerprint, alert2.fingerprint]
+        )
 
     incidents_default, incidents_default_count = get_last_incidents(SINGLE_TENANT_UUID)
     assert len(incidents_default) == 0
@@ -333,8 +331,8 @@ def test_get_last_incidents(db_session, create_alert):
         SINGLE_TENANT_UUID, is_confirmed=True, filters=filters_2, limit=100
     )
     assert (
-        len(incidents_with_filters_2) == 15 + 15
-    )  # 15 confirmed, 15 acknowledged because 60 incidents with cycled status
+        len(incidents_with_filters_2) == 20 + 20
+    )  # 20 confirmed, 20 acknowledged because 60 incidents with cycled status
     assert all(
         [i.status in ["firing", "acknowledged"] for i in incidents_with_filters_2]
     )
@@ -343,7 +341,7 @@ def test_get_last_incidents(db_session, create_alert):
     incidents_with_filters_3, _ = get_last_incidents(
         SINGLE_TENANT_UUID, is_confirmed=True, filters=filters_3, limit=100
     )
-    assert len(incidents_with_filters_3) == 45  # 60 minus 15 merged with no alerts
+    assert len(incidents_with_filters_3) == 60
     assert all(["keep" in i.sources for i in incidents_with_filters_3])
 
     filters_4 = {"sources": ["grafana"]}
@@ -458,7 +456,7 @@ def test_incident_metadata(
     db_session, client, test_app, setup_stress_alerts_no_elastic
 ):
     severity_cycle = cycle([s.order for s in IncidentSeverity])
-    status_cycle = cycle([s.value for s in IncidentStatus])
+    status_cycle = cycle([s.value for s in IncidentStatus if s != IncidentStatus.DELETED.value])
     sources_cycle = cycle(["keep", "keep-test", "keep-test-2"])
     services_cycle = cycle(["keep", "keep-test", "keep-test-2"])
 
@@ -1177,12 +1175,12 @@ def test_incident_bl_delete_incident(db_session):
 
         incident_dto = incident_bl.create_incident(incident_dto_in)
 
-        incidents_count = db_session.query(Incident).count()
+        incidents_count = db_session.query(Incident).filter(Incident.status != IncidentStatus.DELETED.value).count()
         assert incidents_count == 1
 
         incident_bl.delete_incident(incident_dto.id)
 
-        incidents_count = db_session.query(Incident).count()
+        incidents_count = db_session.query(Incident).filter(Incident.status != IncidentStatus.DELETED.value).count()
         assert incidents_count == 0
 
         # Check pusher