Cancel Domain

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  cbllcpiercej · Member · Mar 7, 2014 at 6:08 pm

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  cancel domain

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

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  timethief · Member · Mar 7, 2014 at 6:11 pm

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  See this page on how to cancel a domain: http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/cancel-domain/#cancel-domain

  Also note:

  If you cancel a domain, it is held by the domain registrar and may be sold in auction or otherwise made unavailable to you.

  If you wish to use it with a different hosting platform, in most cases all you need to do is update the nameservers as timethief indicated. For a few platforms they require a bit more assistance (A Records/CNAMEs), so if that’s the case in your situation, just let us know what needs to be updated and we’ll take care of that for you.

  You can also transfer the domain to a different registrar. There is no cost to do so but the new registrar will likely require you to renew it for at least one year with them.
  From https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-cancel-domain-1?replies=4#post-1556520

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  timethief · Member · Mar 7, 2014 at 6:14 pm

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  If you did NOT purchase a custom domain via a domain mapping upgrade at http://deerequipment.wordpress.com/ > Dashboard > Store and if all you want to do is delete this blog http://deerequipment.wordpress.com/ then read on.

  To delete a free hosted WordPress.COM blog you must be logged in under the exact same username account that registered a blog to delete the blog. To prevent accidental or inadvertent deletion of blogs, there are multiple warnings given that blog deletion is permanent and irreversible. Lastly, a verification link is sent in an email and must be clicked to delete a blog. If clicking that link does not work then copy and paste it into your upper browser window and click.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/delete-site/
  Deleted blog URLs are not recycled, regardless of who registered and deleted them and no exceptions are made.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

  Alternatively, to change blog visibility to private go to > Settings > Reading scroll to Blog Visibility and choose option 3 . See the guide here http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/