# How do I find deleted posts via API?

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**Created:** [July 15, 2021, 5:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-find-deleted-posts-via-api/197200 "2021-07-15T05:12:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 15, 2021, 5:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-find-deleted-posts-via-api/197200/1 "2021-07-15T05:12:01Z")

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I’m trying to use the API to keep a list of recent posts. This works well using posts.json.

But the problem I’m having is that deleted posts do not show in posts.json. And there doesn’t appear to be a posts\_deleted.json or anything similar.

So how can I find all the deleted posts via the API? This seems like a simple thing, but I can’t figure it out. Am I missing something?

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