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Delete content to start fresh.

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    lanserperu · Member · Mar 28, 2017 at 8:33 pm
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    Hello,

    Can you please delete the content from my website: http://www.lanserperu.wordpress.com. I’d like to start over with a new theme and all new info.

    Thank you!

    Brittney

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

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    staff-doublebassd · Staff · Mar 28, 2017 at 8:36 pm
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    Hi there,

    Our support page can assist you in this process.
    If you have tons of content on your blog, we can do it for you, but you can accomplish clearing your site fairly easily with bulk actions whenever you’re ready.

    Are you wanting your theme reverted to its original layout as well? If so, I can go ahead and empty the site and reset the theme for you.

    Let me know if you have any questions.
    Thanks,

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    timethief · Member · Mar 28, 2017 at 8:37 pm
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    There is no “www” in any wordpress.COM URL. The correct URL for your site is http://lanserperu.wordpress.com/

    All www URLs on mapped domains seamlessly redirect to the same content under the URL without the redundant “www” which has not been required for over a decade. The software will continue to strip out the redundant and unnecessary www if you are entering it.

    Be aware that www is an old protocol from way back when the web was new and everything was under separate server hardware. www (www.example.com) was the web server, mail (mail.example.com) was the mail server, ftp (ftp.example.com) was the FTP server, print (print.example.com) was the print server, etc.

    These days, everything is run under the web server, making www. redundant and a waste of four characters.

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    lanserperu · Member · Mar 28, 2017 at 8:37 pm
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    How long do I wait for this to happen?

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    timethief · Member · Mar 28, 2017 at 8:37 pm
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    re: clearing site content
    You must be logged in under the username account that registered the site first. Then to empty the site and keep the URL you have two options:
    (1) Doing this quickly and easily yourself http://en.support.wordpress.com/empty-site/
    (2) Waiting in a queue and having Staff do it for you.

    If you have a lot of content Staff can empty the whole blog for you. That will remove all data including posts, pages, tags, categories, comments, and uploaded files and once deleted, the data cannot be recovered.

    IMPORTANT NOTE: Deleting blogs and/or blog content does not remove 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. To completely remove an entire page from Google search results after it produces a 404 (page not found):
    https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6332384?hl=en&ref_topic=1724262&vid=0-635749429504660340-12158368555624983465&rd=1

    If you are sure you want Staff to proceed, post here again to:
    (1) confirm the URL of the blog(s) you want them to empty;
    (2) confirm that you know content deletion is irreversible.

    Then type modlook into the sidebar tags on this thread for a Staff follow-up. How do I get a Moderator/Staff reply for my question? https://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-help-in-the-forums/#how-do-i-get-a-moderatorstaff-reply-for-my-question Also subscribe to this thread so you are notified when they respond and be patient while waiting. To subscribe look in the sidebar of this thread, find the subscribe to topics link and click it.

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    lanserperu · Member · Mar 28, 2017 at 8:38 pm
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    darnelldibbles, could you reset my site. I want a new theme, so a fresh start is great. I’m going to use Cubic as my new theme.

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    timethief · Member · Mar 28, 2017 at 8:39 pm
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    staff-doublebassd
    Simultaneous typing :S

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    lanserperu · Member · Mar 28, 2017 at 8:45 pm
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    this is all to confusing for me. I don’t understand if I need to do it myself or if you’re able to do. I guess I’ll delete each of my pages and do it myself? thanks for trying to help.

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    timethief · Member · Mar 28, 2017 at 8:47 pm
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    darnelldibbles is Staff and if you are sure you want Staff to proceed, post here again to:
    (1) confirm the URL of the blog(s) you want them to empty;
    (2) confirm that you know content deletion is irreversible.

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    lanserperu · Member · Mar 28, 2017 at 8:51 pm
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    Again. I would really like refresh my site. I want to keep my domain, but delete all the pages, blog posts, and media files. darnelldibbles, please delete my content.

    1. lanvolperu.wordpress.com
    2. I confirm that I know content deletion is irreversible.

    Thank you for your help.

    Brittney

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    lanserperu · Member · Mar 28, 2017 at 8:57 pm
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    How or when will I know it’s been deleted so I can recreate my new website???

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    lanserperu · Member · Mar 28, 2017 at 8:59 pm
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    MISTAKE IN PRIOR MESSAGE. DIFFERENT DOMAIN, BUT BOTH CAN BE DELETED HONESTLY.

    Again. I would really like refresh my site. I want to keep my domain, but delete all the pages, blog posts, and media files. darnelldibbles, please delete my content.

    1. lanserperu.wordpress.com <<<<<<< UPDATED
    2. I confirm that I know content deletion is irreversible.

    Thank you for your help and sorry about the confusion.

    Brittney

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    timethief · Member · Mar 28, 2017 at 9:01 pm
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    Staff answer threads in date stamp order and will get to this thread when they answer all threads posted before it. There is no time estimate because we have no idea how complex each issue in each thread before yours will be and how long it will take to be resolved. Then they will post here and if you subscribe you will be notified when they do.

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    lanserperu · Member · Mar 28, 2017 at 9:03 pm
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    Ok, so I’ll get a message on here saying somethin like “your page has been refreshed” or something?

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    staff-doublebassd · Staff · Mar 28, 2017 at 10:08 pm
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    Hey there,

    I’m available to empty your site content but the site you want emptied is not under the account you are contacting us from. Can you contact me in this thread from the account that is associated with the site in order to confirm ownership? Then, I’ll empty the site ASAP.

    Thanks,

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