Cancel my Domain? Help

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  theresajohnson528 · Member · Dec 4, 2013 at 12:21 am

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  My site was temporary for a political campaign and I won’t ever need it again. I want to cancel the domain renewal and delete the site. Can I do this on my own or do I need staff to help.

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

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  timethief · Member · Dec 4, 2013 at 12:30 am

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  Staff will cancel the domain
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/cancel-domain/#cancel-domain and then you can delete the site (blog).

  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/
  Do note that 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/
  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/

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  timethief · Member · Dec 4, 2013 at 12:31 am

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  P.S. This thread has been tagged for Staff assistance. Please subscribe to the thread so you are notified when they respond and please be patient while waiting.

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  eurello · Staff · Dec 4, 2013 at 8:06 pm

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  Hi there – Sure thing, I can cancel your domain and then you can delete the blog. Please note that if you cancel it, there’s no guarantee it will become available to register again. If you want to use it with another site (not at WordPress.com), you should transfer it rather than cancel it.

  If you’re sure you don’t want it at all anymore, please reply and confirm that I should fully cancel domain mikescarver.com.

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  theresajohnson528 · Member · Dec 7, 2013 at 12:52 am

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  Yes please fully cancel the domain for me, thank you.

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  eurello · Staff · Dec 8, 2013 at 6:13 pm

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  Ok, it’s canceled. You can now delete the blog in this way:
  Delete Site

  Let me know if you have any trouble!