Deleting a site

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  timrossback · Member · Oct 12, 2020 at 10:26 am

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  I’ve just created a site to muck around and play with it, but I don’t actually want to have an ongoing site, and don’t see myself with a site like this anytime in the future. Nonetheless, I don’t want to prevent myself from ever having a site using this domain again; is their anyway to delete this site since I don’t want it, but release the wordpress.com subdomain so myself, or anyone else, can reuse it?

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  austinsangs · Member · Oct 12, 2020 at 10:31 am

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  Hi @timrossback,

  You can delete sites by following the guide linked at

  Delete a Website

  Deleting a site permanently removes it and its WordPress.com address will not be reusable.

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  timrossback · Member · Oct 12, 2020 at 10:34 am

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  Hi there!

  Thanks, I’m well aware of that page.

  I’d just like to ask if there’s anyway to delete it while releasing the subdomain out? I have absolutely no issue with it being available for other people to use, and I haven’t really actually used the site – it’s not even launched.

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  austinsangs · Member · Oct 12, 2020 at 10:42 am

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  Hey again!

  There’s no way to reuse the address once it’s been deleted.

  Alternatively, you can empty your site and start over:
  https://wordpress.com/support/empty-site/

  Or you can change the site address:
  https://wordpress.com/support/changing-site-address/#changing-your-wordpress-com-site-address