Changing site address back to previously owned domain

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  supersnoops · Member · Oct 7, 2024 at 3:43 am

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  Hello,

  I accidentally changed my wordpress site address from lanemates2lifemates.wordpress.com to lanemates2lifemates1.wordpress.com. English isn’t first language and I misunderstood the warning. Can a mod please help to change it back to previous site address? Thank you.

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

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  supersnoops · Member · Oct 7, 2024 at 3:44 am

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  Oh also, if it can’t be changed back, can you restore the previous site to my account? Appreciate it!

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  themagicrobot · Member · Oct 7, 2024 at 8:17 am

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  Owners can restore deleted sites themselves but I don’t believe addresses can be recovered if you change them. Have a look in your dashboard and see if the old site address shows to confirm if you can recover it or not.

  https://wordpress.com/support/delete-site/#:~:text=delete%20your%20site.-,Restore%20a%20Deleted%20Site,deleted%20and%20cannot%20be%20reused.

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  carmochloe · Member · Oct 8, 2024 at 2:05 pm

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  I have just responded to a more recent post on the same topic here:

  2024-10-08T04:05:13

  

  What happens to my site address after my upgrade plan expires?

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  Hello, For my blog, I created lanesmates2lifemates.wordpress.com. However, I foolishly changed it to lanesmates2lifemates1.wordpress.com and cannot get the original blog name back per the URl recycling policy. Now, we are contemplating buying an upgrade plan and using the custom URL lanesmates2lifemates.com. After the 1 year, if we decide not to renew, what would the URL change back to? Woul
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  dragstor · Member · Oct 15, 2024 at 8:52 am

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  Hi there, @supersnoops! 👋🏼

  I accidentally changed my wordpress site address from lanemates2lifemates.wordpress.com to lanemates2lifemates1.wordpress.com. English isn’t first language and I misunderstood the warning. Can a mod please help to change it back to previous site address? Thank you.

  As the others pointed out, reusing the previously used free site URLs is impossible:

  

  Change a Site Address

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  Every WordPress.com website has a free address that people can use to access your website, such as example.wordpress.com. This guide explains how you can change the example part of the address to something else. The steps in this guide will not change your site’s domain — visit our Change a Domain Name guide instead. Change Your WordPress.com Site Address ⚠️ If you follow these i