Did not realize I would retire a former url for ever, can I get it back?

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  matthewdepalo · Member · Apr 2, 2015 at 5:41 pm

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  Hi! I made a wordpress a while ago using my first/last name as the address (matthewdepalo.wordpress.com,) but deleted it after little use. Now that I plan on blogging, I REALLY want to use my name as the address, but I did not realize I would never be able to use it again. Is there any way I could reclaim this url, I would really love to use it.

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  timethief · Member · Apr 2, 2015 at 6:02 pm

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  https://matthewdepalo.wordpress.com is no longer available. The authors have deleted this site.

  You cannot register any deleted blog URL. Deleting any .wordpress.com blog URL is not easily done and what you ask to do is not possible.

  One has to ignore at least three warnings stating that deletion is permanent and irreversible and then click a verification link in an email to delete a blog. That’s because deleted blog URLs are not recycled, regardless of who registered and deleted them and no exceptions are made. http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

  You can register another .wordpress.com blog http://en.support.wordpress.com/register-a-blog/

  Then if you wish to you can register a domain via a domain mapping upgrade because it does not matter what the underlying .wordpress.com address is when you are domain mapping.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/register-domain/