Delete one blog and use domain name for another

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  cleancutpatterns · Member · Apr 21, 2020 at 10:00 pm

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  Hello,
  I have mistakenly created two blogs. One has all the content and followers but also a wrong domain name – cleancutpatterns785828253.wordpress.com. The other has the domain name I actually want to use – cleancutpatterns.wordpress.com. Is there a way to change my active blog’s domain name to be cleancutpatterns.wordpress.com? I have looked at deleting cleancutpatterns.wordpress.com to free up the domain but I see that it gets deleted together with all the content.
  Thanks in advance,
  Anastasia

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  staff-zinnia · Staff · Apr 22, 2020 at 2:27 pm

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  Hi –

  Please do not delete the site. That won’t help.

  To be clear, you want to use the name of cleancutpatterns.wordpress.com on the site that already exists at cleancutpatterns785828253.wordpress.com ?

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  cleancutpatterns · Member · Apr 22, 2020 at 4:29 pm

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  Hello Liz,

  Thank you for getting back to me.

  I confirm, I want to use cleancutpatterns.wordpress.com on cleancutpatterns785828253.wordpress.com.

  I created a second blog (cleancutpatterns785828253.wordpress.com) accidentally and started posting there without realising it.

  Anastasia

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  staff-doublebassd · Staff · Apr 22, 2020 at 5:21 pm

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  Hi there,

  Correct, as staff-zinnia mentioned, you do not want to delete your site. In order to move your content from one WordPress.com site to another, please visit our support pages on exporting and importing your content. Let me know if you have any questions.

  Thanks!

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  cleancutpatterns · Member · Apr 22, 2020 at 5:36 pm

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  I have tried exporting and importing into the blog with the correct name but the post comments have not transferred and am not sure about followers.
  I would really prefer to keep the active blog and change its name.
  Thanks

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  staff-doublebassd · Staff · Apr 22, 2020 at 5:47 pm

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  It is not possible to change the name of your blog to an existing blog name.

  Your comments should export:

  https://wordpress.com/support/export/#export-your-content-to-another-blog-or-platform

  Also, I can migrate the followers for you. Just let me know.

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  cleancutpatterns · Member · Apr 22, 2020 at 6:06 pm

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  OK, that sounds good. Just one more question, what happens to Google indexing once the blog is moved? Thanks

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  kokkieh · Staff · Apr 23, 2020 at 5:47 am

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  Google will take a few weeks to re-index your content at the new address, but once that process is complete your site should go back to the same search ranking that it was at before.

  Let us know when you’re done moving your content, so we can move the followers for you as well.

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  cleancutpatterns · Member · Apr 23, 2020 at 7:51 am

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  FIrst of all, thanks for your support!

  I have exported and imported the content. Could you move my followers now?

  Also, is it possible to set up redirecting from the old blog to the new one? If yes, could you link to an article which explains this procedure.

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  kokkieh · Staff · Apr 23, 2020 at 9:33 am

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  Okay, I’ve moved your subscribers to cleancutpatterns.wordpress.com

  To redirect traffic from the other address you can add our site redirect upgrade:

  Redirect a WordPress.com Site Address

  I also recommend that you set the other site to private, as people would still be able to follow it from the Reader or their notifications, even if you’re redirecting it. You can do that at My Site ->Manage ->Settings.

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  cleancutpatterns · Member · Apr 23, 2020 at 9:44 am

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  Thanks a lot for your help! Everything seems to be transferred perfectly including followers. You’ve been very helpful. Best regards, Anastasia

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  kokkieh · Staff · Apr 23, 2020 at 10:11 am

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  Our pleasure :)