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  mollyb997 · Member · Jan 24, 2019 at 5:25 pm

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  Hi, I am wanting to set up a new site called mollyrebeccabrown.wordpress.com and I cannot use the domain but the website has been deleted. Is there anyway you’re allowed to make it so I can use it without having to pay for a premium service?

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  kokkieh · Staff · Jan 25, 2019 at 11:00 am

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  Hi there,

  Even paying for Premium won’t enable you to use mollyrebeccabrown.wordpress.com

  You used to own that site, but you deleted it three years ago. We can only restored deleted free addresses for 30 days after deletion, so there is no way for anyone to use that address at all any more.

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

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  mollyb997 · Member · Jan 25, 2019 at 1:09 pm

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  Hi,

  I wasn’t aware it was me who owned that domain? If so, you’re saying there’s no way of anyone retrieving it now? I thought users could still give the rights to other people after the 30 days?

  Thanks!

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  fstat · Staff · Jan 25, 2019 at 2:10 pm

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  Hi there,

  I’m afraid that’s not possible and it’s clearly stated in our support documents:

  Once the 30 days have passed, all of your site data is purged and cannot be restored, and the site address is deleted and cannot be reused.

  Delete a website