Deleted blog still shows up in google search

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  emilyerinstewart · Member · Apr 13, 2017 at 1:50 pm

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  I deleted an old blog, but when I run a google search you can still see old files that should no longer be accessible. How do I get rid of these files so that they no longer show up in a google search? The blog is deleted so I have no way of accessing my old site anymore.

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  paneerphool · Member · Apr 13, 2017 at 2:20 pm

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  The results will go away in a day or two.

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  otpidusprime · Member · Apr 13, 2017 at 2:31 pm

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  Hello @emilyerinstewart,
  Quoting what @timethief has said here:
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/permanently-delete-pdf-files-from-an-already-deleted-site?replies=6

  To keeps things running on WordPress.COM, files are kept on multiple caches through a separate system. These caches are usually cleared within 3 days and the deleted files will then show a 404 page not found message.

  When we delete a public blog/site from WordPress.COM, it does not remove the indexed content from the search engine page results. Google is the responsible for clearing 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 message, read this:
  https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6332384?hl=en&ref_topic=1724262&vid=0-635749429504660340-12158368555624983465&rd=1

  Please provide the URL of the files if you can, so that we can check if it’s producing a 404 page not found message.

  Thanks!

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  emilyerinstewart · Member · Apr 13, 2017 at 3:02 pm

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  Thanks for the help!

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  otpidusprime · Member · Apr 17, 2017 at 12:25 pm

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  @emilyerinstewart you’re welcome :)