# Querying deleted documents

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/querying-deleted-documents/91776>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 4, 2017, 12:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/querying-deleted-documents/91776 "2017-07-04T12:49:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Sameer\_Arora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Sameer\_Arora](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sameer_Arora)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 12:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/querying-deleted-documents/91776/1 "2017-07-04T12:49:29Z")

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Hi,  
Is there anyway to search through the deleted documents, i can see that it shows the number of deleted documents which means its saved somewhere, i need to find a specific one which has been deleted by our client

Any assistance will be greatly appreciated

Cheers  
Sameer

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 12:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/querying-deleted-documents/91776/2 "2017-07-04T12:55:23Z")

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No, this is unfortunately not possible.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 12:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/querying-deleted-documents/91776/3 "2017-08-01T12:56:00Z")

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Closed on August 1, 2017, 12:56pm UTC

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