Soft Deletes in Laravel

Soft Deletes in Laravel — a practical guide to Laravel soft delete with clear examples you can reuse in real projects.

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Short description

Soft deletes set a `deleted_at` timestamp instead of permanently removing a row.

Migration

$table->softDeletes();

Model

use IlluminateDatabaseEloquentSoftDeletes;

class Post extends Model
{
    use SoftDeletes;
}

Delete / restore

$post->delete();          // soft delete
$post->restore();         // undo
$post->forceDelete();     // permanent

Query trashed

$trashed = Post::onlyTrashed()->get();
$withTrashed = Post::withTrashed()->find(1);