Can I use my OWN blog address again after deleting?

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  esthervanprooijen · Member · Oct 25, 2012 at 8:32 am

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  I just deleted my blog, but I want to use the URL again.
  I’ve read that it’s impossible for others to use the address, but is it also impossible for the original user?
  Blog url:

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  raincoaster · Member · Oct 25, 2012 at 8:36 am

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  Yes, it is impossible for the original user, and it says so right in the warnings you get when you try to delete it.

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  esthervanprooijen · Member · Oct 25, 2012 at 8:49 am

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  Thanks for the quick answer, but do you also know how?
  Because when I enter the address to make a new blog, WordPress says the address already exists.

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  raincoaster · Member · Oct 25, 2012 at 10:34 am

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  The address already exists and the blog there was deleted by you. You can’t use it again.

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  silvermus · Member · Oct 25, 2012 at 10:55 am

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  There is a new option now when you delete a blog to ‘free up the blog name so someone else can use it’. I wonder if it allows the original owner to re-use it though, or just ‘someone else’. Obviously you’d have to select that option before deleting though.