changing the site address back to an existing/old site address you previously had

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  scgmultimedia · Member · Jun 28, 2018 at 8:09 pm

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  changing the site address back to an existing/old site address you previously had

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  timethief · Member · Jun 28, 2018 at 8:13 pm

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  Read these support docs please:

  Deleting a site permanently removes it and you’ll never be able to re-use its WordPress.com address (such as yourgroovysite.wordpress.com). https://en.support.wordpress.com/delete-site/

  Recycling Blog Addresses (URLs) https://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

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  scgmultimedia · Member · Jun 28, 2018 at 8:16 pm

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  thank you.

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  timethief · Member · Jun 28, 2018 at 8:20 pm

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  You’re welcome.

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  kokkieh · Staff · Jun 29, 2018 at 5:38 am

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  Hi there,

  Just to add to @timethief’s answer, if the old address you want to use still exists, i.e. you didn’t delete it, you can manually move your content back to that address using the export/import function under My Site ->Settings, and we can help you move your followers and stats back after you’ve done that.

  But it’s not possible to reverse an address change, or to use the address change option a second time to change back.

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  scgmultimedia · Member · Jul 2, 2018 at 11:52 pm

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  thank you. this information helps greatly