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Add an update re: the closely related question also asking about this same issue.
John Omielan
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When a question that is being followed is deleted, there's no apparent way to stop following it. For example, for me in the Math SE, there's the second entry below:

List of followed items showing a deleted post

When I click on that entry to see the post, there's no indication anywhere on how I may possibly unfollow it:

Deleted post being followed

If I instead click the "View More" link at the bottom of the "Followed Posts" section, I get a list of the followed posts, as shown below:

List of followed posts

Unfortunately, clicking the red "Unfollow" link here gives the following error message:

Error message when try to unfollow a deleted post

This seems like a somewhat inappropriate error message as I'm not trying to "vote" on it.

I don't see anything else to try. Is there any current way to allow us to stop following a deleted post and, if not, are there any plans to add one (e.g., perhaps allow the "Unfollow" link to work for a deleted post)?

Update: A closely related question How do I unfollow a deleted question? has been updated to ask about this same issue.

John Omielan
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