I just recently deleted my question because they had negatives votings I was obliged to delete them. Fortunately, I star this kind of questions so I can always access them again.

Now I imagine there are also some similar deleted questions which might be very helpful. My question is if there's a way to search in deleted questions too. Thank you

  • You want to be able to search potentially useful, but deleted, questions and you are surprised that you can't. Even when you admit doing that yourself. </irony> – usr2564301 Apr 24 '18 at 19:18
  • I don't understand the question. You want to access your deleted questions, other people's deleted questions, or all deleted questions? Also I don't understand what "similar deleted questions which might be very helpful" means. Do you mean you think they would be helpful because they were also deleted, so you could see how to avoid having to delete questions in future? or just that they would be useful because they're on the same general topic? – smci Aug 31 '18 at 0:26

But because they had negatives votings I was obliged to delete them.

No. No you aren't.

Stack Overflow is not here to provide you answers so that you can immediately delete them. Honestly, the way you describe what you've done feels abusive. I have a moderator message template for that too:

You have recently removed or defaced a lot of content from your posts. Please note that once you post a question or answer to this site, those posts become part of the collective efforts of others who have also contributed to that content. Posts that are potentially useful to others should not be removed except under extraordinary circumstances. Even if the post is no longer useful to the original author, that information is still beneficial to others who may run into similar problems in the future - this is the underlying philosophy of Stack Exchange.

Extensive deletions take a lot of effort to repair.

Reconsider your actions. Just because you've received a downvote doesn't mean you should delete the question. This is especially true if you are receiving good answers.

To answer your question: No. You can't search deleted questions. They are deleted.

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    My mistake I didn't know I shouldn't delete them – Melchia Apr 24 '18 at 18:32
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    I don't think its unreasonable for new users to think deleting heavily downvoted questions is the right course of action. There are even badges for deleting questions. Maybe StackOverflow is not clear enough that deleting questions should almost never happen. Especially if others have given answers. – Increasingly Idiotic Apr 24 '18 at 19:27
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    @IncreasinglyIdiotic maybe some of our user base isn't invested enough to value our core principles. Or do you really think they read this in the tour: we're working together to build a library of deleted answers – rene Apr 24 '18 at 19:46
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    @rene I'm just saying it could be made more clear. I don't think its fair to have new users infer core principles from one small line on a multi-page tour. It should be made explicit that deleting your question is almost never the right thing to do. – Increasingly Idiotic Apr 24 '18 at 20:08
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    @IncreasinglyIdiotic don't be misled by the user's displayed reputation on this question. They are not a new user. They've also asked on meta about deleting questions before. – Andy Apr 24 '18 at 20:17

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