Accidentally changed theme and want to switch back

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    dmg123321 · Member ·

    Hi there :)
    I screwed up tonight by activating a new theme for my WP site: dillonmgdesign.wordpress.com
    Is there any way you can help me restore my site back to earlier today or yesterday and to my old theme
    I can’t tell you enough how much this would mean to me.
    I can not remember the name of the theme Ive been using for the past 4 years
    Please let me know :)

    Thank you so much,

    Dillon M Gallagher

    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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    timethief · Member ·

    I used Google search and found out that you used Modularity Lite previously.

    Themes are just “skins” on WordPress.COM hosted blogs. You can quickly and easily change themes on any WordPress.COM hosted blog to another one found here http://wordpress.com/themes/ and no data will be lost or negatively affected by the change. The only time you may have to do some work is if you are changing to a dramatically different theme and have done any CSS editing.

    Provided you are logged in as Admin under the same username account that registered the blog go to Dashboard > Appearance > Themes, Browse themes until you find one you like and click the “activate” or the “preview” link, or type in the name of the theme you want to use when it appears.

    After you change your theme all you need to do is go here Dashboard > Appearance > Widgets > Inactive Widgets and re-install them where you want them to appear. The widget contents and settings will be the same as they were prior to changing themes.

    Note that every theme will have a detailed theme description page with set up instructions and a live demo site page that you can consult. Here’s an example:
    https://wordpress.com/themes/modularity-lite
    https://modularitylitedemo.wordpress.com/

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