# Return something else than a 404 for deleted subjects

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/return-something-else-than-a-404-for-deleted-subjects/32677>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [29 أغسطس 2015، 10:06ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/return-something-else-than-a-404-for-deleted-subjects/32677 "2015-08-29T10:06:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![downey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/downey/32/166878_2.png) [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Post date:** [31 أغسطس 2015، 5:28ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/return-something-else-than-a-404-for-deleted-subjects/32677/11 "2015-08-31T05:28:43Z")

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Cutts:

> “If a page is gone and you think it’s temporary, go ahead and use a 404. If the page is gone and you know no other page that should substitute for it, you don’t have anywhere else that you should point to, and you know that that page is going to be gone never come back, then go ahead and serve a 410.”

> **[Matt Cutts on How Google Handles 404 & 410 Status Codes – Search Engine Watch](https://searchenginewatch.com/2014/04/18/matt-cutts-on-how-google-handles-404-410-status-codes/)**

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