Change theme back to what it was before

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  carolinemellor2014 · Member · Jun 17, 2020 at 8:04 am

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  Please help!!! I have changed the theme of my blog by accident and really want to get it back to how it was before! I don’t know the name of my old theme though, and am not great at technical problems :/ Please can anyone help me? My blog is http://www.talesfromtheseed.wordpress.com

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  writer0001 · Member · Jun 17, 2020 at 11:41 am

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  Hi there,

  You can go to My Site > Tools > Activity to find recent changes, including recent theme changes.

  After you restore the old theme, if you have trouble finding the original home page, or the Customiser looks different:
  You will find the old page in the Drafts by going to My Site > Site > Pages > Drafts. You’ll need to republish these by selecting them, and clicking ‘Publish’ in the top right-hand corner. https://wordpress.com/pages/drafts
  https://wordpress.com/support/editors/post-and-page-screen/
  You can also delete the new theme’s page templates by going to My Site > Site > Pages, finding the template, clicking the three dots and selecting Bin. https://wordpress.com/pages
  https://wordpress.com/support/trash/
  You may need to do some editing in the Customiser, especially of menus and any CSS. You can do this by going to My Site > Design > Customise. https://wordpress.com/customize/
  https://wordpress.com/support/customizer/
  https://wordpress.com/support/customizer/#menus
  https://wordpress.com/support/customizer/#additional-css

  You might also wish to read https://wordpress.com/support/themes/#my-content-and-switching-themes for further information.

  I hope this helps! This thread has been tagged for staff attention, so if you need further help they’ll be able to guide you :)

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  staff-doublebassd · Staff · Jun 17, 2020 at 5:01 pm

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  Hi there,

  You had the original Penscratch theme activated before you changed themes. Although retired, you can reactivate that theme by going here:

  https://talesfromtheseed.wordpress.com/wp-admin/themes.php?search=penscratc

  I see that you now have the updated version of the theme, Penscratch 2 activated. Is that one working well for you? If so, I would suggest keeping that one since it will continue to receive updates while the retired version will not.

  Thanks,

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  carolinemellor2014 · Member · Jun 18, 2020 at 6:36 am

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  Thanks so much for your help! Problem solved :)