How to Get Soft Deleted Records in Laravel

In this post, I’ll show you how to retrieve soft deleted records in a Laravel application. Soft deletes are a great feature in Laravel that allows you to hide records from queries without permanently removing them from the database.

But what if you need to access these hidden records? Don’t worry; Laravel makes it super easy to fetch soft deleted data when needed. Let’s explore how to get soft deleted records using simple and efficient methods.

app/Models/Post.php

<?php

namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;

class User extends Model
{
    use HasFactory, SoftDeletes;

    /**
     * The attributes that are mass assignable.
     *
     * @var array
     */
    protected $fillable = ["name", "email"];
}

Example:

<?php
   
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
  
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Models\User;
  
class UserController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Display a listing of the resource.
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function index(Request $request)
    {
        $user = User::withTrashed()->find($id);
    }
}

Example:

<?php
   
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
  
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Models\User;
  
class UserController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Display a listing of the resource.
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function index(Request $request)
    {
        $user = User::withTrashed()->findOrFail($id);
    }
}

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