Deleting Site Causes Unusable Address

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  darsworldonline · Member · Jul 27, 2014 at 11:03 am

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  Hi,

  I was just seeing what address names were available but accidentally hit return and now i’v created a blog i don’t need. So if i now delete it via dashboard/settings, the address become unusable? Why is this? I just want to release the address back to public use.

  Thanks,

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  kokkieh · Staff · Jul 27, 2014 at 1:25 pm

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  The policy of not recycling deleted addresses is to avoid potential impersonation of people after they delete their blogs: http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

  If you don’t plan on using that address and want to release it for re-use, I’d suggest publishing a post stating that the address is available for transfer (make sure you’ve set the blog as public) and anyone interested should contact you via a comment. Make sure you enable comments and comment moderation so you’ll get an email if anyone responds and then you can transfer the address to them.

  Instructions on enabling comment moderation: http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/#e-mail-me-whenever
  Instructions on transferring blog ownership: http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#transferring-your-blog-to-another-wordpress-com-user-or-account