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  ntran4566 · Member · Sep 1, 2015 at 4:56 pm

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  A wordpress blog name is no longer being used, and I was wondering how soon I could take that blog url (.wordpress.com)

  The original owner simply renamed his blog to something else, and I was wondering when I could take his old blog name.

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  ehtis · Staff · Sep 1, 2015 at 5:12 pm

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  Hi there,

  If a blog address/URL is changed or deleted, I’m afraid it can’t ever be used again, not even by its original owners. This is as per WordPress.com policy, about which you can read more here.

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  ntran4566 · Member · Sep 1, 2015 at 5:14 pm

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  the blog wasn’t deleted though. It still exists just under a different name…

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  auxclass · Member · Sep 1, 2015 at 5:19 pm

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  What is the URL you are interested in? If the URL is still alive, you would need to have the owner transfer ownership to you, in some cases the change blog name has the name not usable again, in other cases it can be reused, depends on which boxes were checked during the change name process

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  ntran4566 · Member · Sep 1, 2015 at 5:28 pm

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  The url is not alive anymore. The owner no longer has access to the blog name, but he should have made it available to use.

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  ehtis · Staff · Sep 1, 2015 at 5:31 pm

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  You said:

  The original owner simply renamed his blog to something else, and I was wondering when I could take his old blog name.

  I’m assuming they renamed the URL. If they did that by discarding the address, then it won’t be available for anyone to use.

  If the owner still has access to it, then as @auxclass mentioned, they will have to specifically request it to be transferred to you.

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  auxclass · Member · Sep 1, 2015 at 6:06 pm

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  wondering when I could take his old blog name

  You can never “take” a name

  What is the URL you are interested in?

  Then someone can look at the name and give you a specific answer