Can I reclaim deleted blog name?

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  communitystudio · Member · Sep 4, 2008 at 1:19 am

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  I deleted a blog and am now creating a new one on the same account. I still want to use the old blog name that I deleted- can I get it back?

  When blogs are deleted by the owner, are the names then recycled?

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  thesacredpath · Member · Sep 4, 2008 at 1:21 am

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  No, they are not recycled, and you cannot get them back: http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/05/07/i-deleted-my-blog-but-now-id-like-it-back/

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  raincoaster · Member · Sep 4, 2008 at 1:33 am

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  You cannot get the URL back, so http://deadblog.wordpress.com is completely out of the question. But you can register a new URL, say, http://newblog.wordpress.com and change the displayed name on the Settings to DeadBlog if you want. The URL will never change unless you buy the domain name upgrade, and even then you will never get http://deadblog.wordpress.com as an option. But you can get deadblog.com or something.

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  teck07 · Member · Sep 4, 2008 at 1:33 am

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  That’s why you should think twice before you delete your blog

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  thesacredpath · Member · Sep 4, 2008 at 1:48 am

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  That’s part of the reason I have five, and only one of them active. All the others are asleep and set to private.