diff --git a/__dummy__/getExercisesData.ts b/__dummy__/getExercisesData.ts
index 1735c3393..065b8ed54 100644
--- a/__dummy__/getExercisesData.ts
+++ b/__dummy__/getExercisesData.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ const getExercisesData: GetExercisesQuery = {
         email: 'noob@c0d3.com',
         discordId: '8321'
       },
+      removed: false,
       description: '```\nlet a = 5\na = a + 10\n// what is a?\n```',
       answer: '15',
       explanation: 'You can reassign variables that were created with "let".',
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ const getExercisesData: GetExercisesQuery = {
         email: 'noob@c0d3.com',
         discordId: '8321'
       },
+      removed: false,
       description: '```\nlet a = 1\na += 2\n// what is a?\n```',
       answer: '3',
       explanation: '`a += 2` is a shorter way to write `a = a + 2`',
@@ -110,6 +112,7 @@ const getExercisesData: GetExercisesQuery = {
         email: 'noob@c0d3.com',
         discordId: '8321'
       },
+      removed: false,
       description: '```\nlet a = 1\na -= 2\n// what is a?\n```',
       answer: '-1',
       explanation: null,
diff --git a/graphql/index.tsx b/graphql/index.tsx
index 67edc4e65..979bf7b1e 100644
--- a/graphql/index.tsx
+++ b/graphql/index.tsx
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ export type Exercise = {
   flaggedById?: Maybe<Scalars['Int']>
   id: Scalars['Int']
   module: Module
+  removed?: Maybe<Scalars['Boolean']>
   testStr?: Maybe<Scalars['String']>
 }
 
@@ -1000,6 +1001,7 @@ export type GetExercisesQuery = {
   exercises: Array<{
     __typename?: 'Exercise'
     id: number
+    removed?: boolean | null
     description: string
     answer: string
     explanation?: string | null
@@ -1723,6 +1725,7 @@ export type ExerciseResolvers<
   flaggedById?: Resolver<Maybe<ResolversTypes['Int']>, ParentType, ContextType>
   id?: Resolver<ResolversTypes['Int'], ParentType, ContextType>
   module?: Resolver<ResolversTypes['Module'], ParentType, ContextType>
+  removed?: Resolver<Maybe<ResolversTypes['Boolean']>, ParentType, ContextType>
   testStr?: Resolver<Maybe<ResolversTypes['String']>, ParentType, ContextType>
   __isTypeOf?: IsTypeOfResolverFn<ParentType, ContextType>
 }>
@@ -4324,6 +4327,7 @@ export const GetExercisesDocument = gql`
           slug
         }
       }
+      removed
       description
       answer
       explanation
@@ -6427,6 +6431,7 @@ export type ExerciseKeySpecifier = (
   | 'flaggedById'
   | 'id'
   | 'module'
+  | 'removed'
   | 'testStr'
   | ExerciseKeySpecifier
 )[]
@@ -6441,6 +6446,7 @@ export type ExerciseFieldPolicy = {
   flaggedById?: FieldPolicy<any> | FieldReadFunction<any>
   id?: FieldPolicy<any> | FieldReadFunction<any>
   module?: FieldPolicy<any> | FieldReadFunction<any>
+  removed?: FieldPolicy<any> | FieldReadFunction<any>
   testStr?: FieldPolicy<any> | FieldReadFunction<any>
 }
 export type ExerciseCommentKeySpecifier = (
diff --git a/graphql/queries/getExercises.ts b/graphql/queries/getExercises.ts
index 4a73b1d33..6187ca990 100644
--- a/graphql/queries/getExercises.ts
+++ b/graphql/queries/getExercises.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ const GET_EXERCISES = gql`
           slug
         }
       }
+      removed
       description
       answer
       explanation
diff --git a/graphql/typeDefs.ts b/graphql/typeDefs.ts
index 3eb66c47f..844e755e1 100644
--- a/graphql/typeDefs.ts
+++ b/graphql/typeDefs.ts
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ export default gql`
     answer: String!
     testStr: String
     explanation: String
+    removed: Boolean
     flaggedAt: String
     flagReason: String
     flaggedBy: User
diff --git a/prisma/migrations/20221216150853_add_removed_column_to_exercise/migration.sql b/prisma/migrations/20221216150853_add_removed_column_to_exercise/migration.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..37ce3c0ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prisma/migrations/20221216150853_add_removed_column_to_exercise/migration.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+-- AlterTable
+ALTER TABLE "exercises" ADD COLUMN     "removed" BOOLEAN DEFAULT false;
diff --git a/prisma/schema.prisma b/prisma/schema.prisma
index a4167003f..2e7d5ea1d 100644
--- a/prisma/schema.prisma
+++ b/prisma/schema.prisma
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ model Exercise {
   answer           String
   testStr          String?
   explanation      String?
+  removed          Boolean?             @default(false)
   flagReason       String?
   flaggedAt        DateTime?
   flaggedById      Int?
@@ -223,5 +224,4 @@ model ExerciseComment {
   author     User              @relation(fields: [authorId], references: [id], onDelete: SetNull)
   parent     ExerciseComment?  @relation("ExerciseCommentReplies", fields: [parentId], references: [id])
   replies    ExerciseComment[] @relation("ExerciseCommentReplies")
-
 }