Eliminating an old blog and starting over
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I have an old WordPress blog which I attempted to erase a few years ago. I’d now like to eliminate it completely, and set up a new site – that will include a blog, using the same URL. Can you please advise me how to do that?
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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You cannot delete a URL and then recycle it and use it again for 2 years after you delete it. http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/
You can delete existing content and then and import content into the site without deleting the URL.
You must be logged in under the username account that registered the site first. Then to empty the site content and start over using the same URL ie. blog address you have two options:
(1) Doing this quickly and easily yourself http://en.support.wordpress.com/empty-site/
(2) Waiting in a queue and having Staff do it for you.Staff can empty the whole blog for you. That will remove all data including posts, pages, tags, categories, comments, and uploaded files and once deleted, the data cannot be recovered.
If you are sure you want Staff to proceed, and you are prepared to wait then type modlook into the tags in the sidebar of this thread for Staff attention, and post here again to:
(1) confirm the URL of the blog you want them to empty;
(2) confirm that you know content deletion is irreversible.IMPORTANT NOTE: Deleting public blogs and/or blog content from them does not remove indexed content from the SERPs (search engine page results). Google and Bing only clear their caches of deleted indexed content that produces a 404 (page not found) every 3 – 6 months. To completely remove an entire page from Google search results after it produces a 404 (page not found):
https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6332384?hl=en&ref_topic=1724262&vid=0-635749429504660340-12158368555624983465&rd=1 -
Thank you for your advice! I can confirm I would like staff to empty the entire blog for me, so that I can begin again with a new theme. The blog I would like emptied is: patriciapaddey.wordpress.com
Thank you!
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Hey there,
I do not see much, if any content on the site.
Our support page can assist you in this process.
If you have tons of content on your blog, we can do it for you, but you can accomplish clearing your site fairly easily with bulk actions whenever you’re ready.Let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks,
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Thanks, Darnell! I had pretty much cleared it – I was just having trouble installing a new theme – which it appears I’ve now managed to do. Not sure if you had something to do with that, but if so, thank you!
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