# Too similar content when original one is deleted

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/too-similar-content-when-original-one-is-deleted/308619>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [May 19, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/too-similar-content-when-original-one-is-deleted/308619 "2024-05-19T16:35:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Architect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/architect/32/520575_2.png) [@Architect](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Architect)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 4:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/too-similar-content-when-original-one-is-deleted/308619/4 "2024-05-20T16:46:30Z")

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Could be, probably since post would still be in the database unless has been fully deleted.

If that is a PM message you wrote you could remove the person you sent that to by mistake first then add the correct person to the same initial PM topic, then you wouldn’t need to delete/recreate that.

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