How can I free up a blog name for it to be used by others?

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  alcestiseshtemoa · Member · Dec 27, 2013 at 4:32 am

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  Apparently, I can only delete it permanently and not free the domain name to be used by others. )=

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

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  raincoaster · Member · Dec 27, 2013 at 6:08 am

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  What I do is set the posts to Private and leave one static visible public page saying “This blog address is available so ask at EMAIL ADDRESS at WHATEVER dot COM”.

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  tessl8 · Member · Dec 27, 2013 at 7:46 am

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  Or use a contact form to announce the name is available—so your email address is not made public:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact-form/

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  raincoaster · Member · Dec 27, 2013 at 8:03 am

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  True, I should have suggested that.

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  alcestiseshtemoa · Member · Dec 27, 2013 at 8:29 am

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  Is there no easier way than contact form to make the address and domain name not mine (besides total termination, which makes it unusable for future, new users)?

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  tessl8 · Member · Dec 27, 2013 at 8:34 am

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  No. WordPress.com does not recycle blog names. So if you delete the blog, then no one else can use it again. It’s a good name, useful. But if you don’t need it now, then you could set it to private. In future you yourself might want it again.

  Addresses (URLs) for blogs that have been deleted by the owner will remain deleted. We cannot, under any circumstances, allow someone to take over the address of a blog that was previously owned and deleted by its original/previous owner.

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