Does Import to WP ‘Remove’ Prior Blog?

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  cmgil · Member · Jul 9, 2007 at 1:42 pm

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  Does importing to WP have any negative affect on the Blog being exported? Does it “remove” information, or simply take and duplicate it to WP, leaving prior Blog intact? I want to avoid problems with my old blog should I continue using it. Thank you.

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  drmike · Member · Jul 9, 2007 at 1:52 pm

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  No, it’s a dupe like a backup. It’s recommended though that when you do export out, be sure to clean out your spam queue first as that’ll come along if you don’t.

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  cmgil · Member · Jul 10, 2007 at 10:25 am

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  Thanks, drmike!

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  klthomps · Member · Jul 13, 2007 at 2:08 am

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  Okay, I’m sure that I’m asking an obvious question, but I’m risking the wrath anyway. I’m exporting my WP.com blog to a WP.org blog. Does the export feature work as a backup as well? I don’t want to clear out my current WP.com blog.

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  thistimethisspace · Member · Jul 13, 2007 at 2:34 am

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  Yes. If you do not delete your blog here after you import the copy of it into your new blog then you will have a back up. Note this too: https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic.php?id=12654&page&replies=13#post-91539

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  klthomps · Member · Jul 13, 2007 at 1:44 pm

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  Thanks, thistimethisspace!

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  thistimethisspace · Member · Jul 13, 2007 at 5:34 pm

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  You’re welcome.