claiming a domain

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  dropdeadwriter · Member · Sep 22, 2022 at 8:22 am

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  hello. i want to claim a certain domain and it is showing that the domain is unavailable even though when i researched about the domain, it shows that the author have deleted the site. so can you help me how to proceed further. my question is if that domain is not active then it should be available to be claimed by others.

  WP.com: Yes
  Correct account: Yes

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to moderators and staff)

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  staartmees · Member · Sep 22, 2022 at 8:35 am

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  Reserved and deleted domains cannot be claimed. Once a WordPress.com domain has been deleted, it gets locked forever.

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  dropdeadwriter · Member · Sep 22, 2022 at 12:00 pm

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  so there’s no way to get it back? like by not even contacting someone from wordpress?

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  staartmees · Member · Sep 22, 2022 at 12:25 pm

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  No there isn’t. It’s clearly stated in our documentation, https://wordpress.com/support/delete-site/