Can I 'dismantle' an existing, unused blog site & construct a new one?

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  dannaegele · Member · Mar 29, 2015 at 12:48 pm

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  I set up the present blog two years ago. I now want to dismantle this blog and set up another one–using a different format. When I attempt to establish the new blog, I’m given a message board that states that both my user i.d. and address are already taken. How can I do what I want?

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

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  elzrjose · Member · Mar 29, 2015 at 4:34 pm

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  Hi there!

  No need for you to create a new WordPress.com account or username to start a new blog. You can keep your current WordPress.com account, username and delete your present blog. You can do that through your Tools -> Delete Site page here: http://dannaegele.wordpress.com/wp-admin/tools.php?page=delete-blog

  Here’s a helpful article on how to do that:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/delete-site/

  Note that deleting a site permanently removes it and you’ll never be able to reuse its WordPress.com address.

  To register a new blog, go to your Dashboard -> My Blogs page and click the Register Another Blog button on the lower right corner.

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  auxclass · Member · Mar 29, 2015 at 4:41 pm

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  DON’T DELETE ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!

  If you want to reuse & re-purpose http://dannaegele.wordpress.com/ – you want to clear the contents of the site

  Empty Site:

  Empty Your Site to Start Fresh

  If you have too much content to empty the site yourself you can have the staff empty the site for you.

  NOTE: Once content is deleted and the Trash emptied you will never get your content back.

  Then just start adding new content

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  elzrjose · Member · Mar 30, 2015 at 12:30 pm

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  @auxclass – Thanks for giving another option.