# Old topic containing newly deleted post still appears at the top

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/old-topic-containing-newly-deleted-post-still-appears-at-the-top/31627>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [1 Agosto 2015, 2:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/old-topic-containing-newly-deleted-post-still-appears-at-the-top/31627 "2015-08-01T02:17:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Bones](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bones)\
**Post date:** [29 Settembre 2015, 9:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/old-topic-containing-newly-deleted-post-still-appears-at-the-top/31627/4 "2015-09-29T09:47:53Z")

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Hi @codinghorror, would I be correct in guessing that they are “virtually” deleted?

Logically, if they were deleted they would be no longer there, and therefore they would no longer be the latest post.

I’m unfamiliar with the database and curious about the implementation, specifically whether it’s possible to undelete a post 🙂

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