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Search API not returning deleted files

jermaine-floyd

Hi everyone,

I'm using the Search API files/search_v2 and wanted to search for deleted files. The documentation claims that `file_status` can be used to restrict the search to the given file status. I'm doing a simple search as below, but I don't get the expected results:

{
  "options": {
    "file_status": "deleted"
  },
  "query": "deleted_file"
}

I've tried all kinds of combinations, but I'm still not getting correct results. Has anyone been able to make this work, or am I doing something wrong?

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Spencer H

Hi there,

Thanks for bringing this up, it looks like this behavior may be an issue on our side and we’ll take a closer look. In the meantime, you can use the following API endpoints as an alternative approach to locate deleted items.

We recommend using the /files/list_folder and /files/list_folder/continue endpoints with the `include_deleted` parameter set to `true`. These endpoints allow you to retrieve metadata for both active and deleted entries within a specified folder. Additionally, you can set the recursive parameter to `true` to search through all subfolders.

Once you retrieve the results, look for entries with `".tag": "deleted"`. You can then cross-check these entries against the result's file name with the file name you’re searching for to confirm whether that file has been deleted.