changing domain name and deleting a blog

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  heykarrieann · Member · Feb 17, 2014 at 12:49 am

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  1. I just set up a new blog but want to change the domain name. How do I do this?

  2. There is an old group blog on wordpress that shows up on my account, and I want to delete it. I was part of it a few years ago, and it’s not used anymore.

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

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  theradiocrytic · Member · Feb 17, 2014 at 4:59 am

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  What kind of domain name do you want? Do you want a name like yourdomain.com or do you want to change the name of the site to another username.wordpress.com site? I’ll tag this thread for staff attention on removing the other blog.

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  heykarrieann · Member · Feb 17, 2014 at 4:22 pm

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  The second choice…I want to change my username in my WordPress.com site. Thanks for looking into both inquiries!

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  theradiocrytic · Member · Feb 17, 2014 at 8:48 pm

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  See here, http://en.support.wordpress.com/changing-blog-address/

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  timethief · Member · Feb 17, 2014 at 8:52 pm

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  There is an old group blog on wordpress that shows up on my account, and I want to delete it. I was part of it a few years ago, and it’s not used anymore.

  If and only if you registered it then you can delete it. 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/

  IMPORTANT NOTE: Deleting blog content and deleting blogs does not remove any indexed content from the SERPs (search engine page results). Google and Bing only clear their caches of deleted indexed content that produces a 404 (page not found) every 3 – 6 months.

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  timethief · Member · Feb 17, 2014 at 8:54 pm

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  Continuing re:

  There is an old group blog on wordpress that shows up on my account, and I want to delete it. I was part of it a few years ago, and it’s not used anymore.

  You must be logged in as Admin http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#administrator under the exact same username account that registered the blog to access the blog’s dashboard.

  Clicking this link should display all your blogs registered under the same username, including the hidden ones: https://dashboard.wordpress.com/wp-admin/index.php?page=my-blogs&show=hidden

  If you do not see the blog here http://en.support.wordpress.com/my-blogs/ then
  follow this guide > http://en.support.wordpress.com/my-blogs/#my-blogs-dashboard-visibility

  If you have lost your log-in information you can visit https://en.wordpress.com/wp-login.php?action=lostpassword
  and if required click the “Need More Help” link and complete the form for account recovery.

  If you did not register that blog and you want to leave a blog you have been made a user of you use the leave a blog option. http://en.support.wordpress.com/my-blogs/#leave-a-blog

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  theradiocrytic · Member · Feb 17, 2014 at 9:00 pm

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  Yo Timethief-
  Thanks for checking in, wasn’t aware of the leave a blog option. I guess staff can remove the modlook tag now.

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  theradiocrytic · Member · Feb 17, 2014 at 9:00 pm

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  I just removed the modlook tag.