Eliminating an extinct blog from my menu bar

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  politicworm · Member · Aug 2, 2013 at 12:38 pm

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  I let one of my blogs go extinct, but it’s still listed under my name. How do I get rid of it? There are rules for getting a new blog, changing the name, etc., but nothing about eliminating it.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Aug 2, 2013 at 2:57 pm

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  Hi there, could you please let me know the address of the site you want to remove?

  If it’s a WordPress.com site, you can follow these instructions to delete it. Deleting a site isn’t reversible, and you’ll never be able to reuse the site address, so it should only be done if you’re 100% certain you’ll never want to reuse the address, otherwise you can simply set it to be a private site.

  Just let me know if you need further help.

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  politicworm · Member · Aug 4, 2013 at 6:14 pm

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  The site is http://www.letstalkaboutfracking.wordpress.com

  I followed the instructions to delete by going to dashboard>tools>delete site, but got this message: “Warning! You cannot delete a site if it has a domain registration upgrade because you need access to the site in order to get to the domain manager.” I don’t recall having a domain reg upgrade. Anyway, I just want to clean things up and get rid of it.

  Thanks.

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Aug 5, 2013 at 1:58 pm

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  Hi there – that site is connected to the domain letstalkaboutfracking.com, which expired a few months ago. If you don’t think you’ll ever want that domain again, just let me know and I can cancel it for you and detach it from your site. Cancelling a domain means that you may never be able to re-register it, so it should only be done if you’re certain you won’t want the domain again in the future. If you do want to try to late-renew the domain, let me know and I’ll tell you how to proceed.

  Once the domain is detached from your site you’ll be able to delete it.

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  politicworm · Member · Aug 5, 2013 at 4:24 pm

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  Thanks. Yes, please delete the domain and the site. I won’t be using it again.

  Stephanie

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Aug 5, 2013 at 4:53 pm

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  I’ve removed letstalkaboutfracking.com and you should now be able to delete the site. If you run into any problems, just let me know.