deleting a domain

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  ursave · Member · Oct 28, 2016 at 8:56 pm

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  I would like to delete my wordpress domain name so it does not come up in a google search. The site has been deleted but the domain still shows up in searches.

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  helper-pinksnail · Member · Oct 28, 2016 at 9:02 pm

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  Would you be able to link to the domain you are talking about? Is the page still populating with information? Usually it takes time for Google or any search engine to recognize that a domain is no longer active and will redirect back to the host unless there is still information being displayed on that domain.

  I look forward to your responses.

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  timethief · Member · Oct 28, 2016 at 9:02 pm

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  IMPORTANT NOTE: Deleting blogs and/or blog content or making the site private does not remove indexed content from the SERPs (search engine page results) and we cannot help with that. 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