How can I get my old wordpress back?

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    90sdondraper · Member ·

    Hi all,
    I tried to set up a wordpress.com blog last year with the title ‘snarlsbukowski’. However, I was struggling to make time to continue to try and set it up due to family bereavement and work so I shut it down.

    Cut to last week when I decided I wanted to make a blog again for movie reviews and such – I typed in the name I wanted ‘snarlsbukowski’ and yet it said it was taken.
    I looked to see if someone had taken it, but it just shows that someone – ‘the author’ – (me – a year ago) has deleted it.

    So how do I get that blogname back?
    Shouldn’t the name ‘snarlsbukowski’ be free to use since A) I cancelled it a year ago and B) no one else is using it???

    Thanks

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

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    galois · Member ·

    So how do I get that blogname back?
    Shouldn’t the name ‘snarlsbukowski’ be free to use since A) I cancelled it a year ago and B) no one else is using it???

    a)

    Deleting a site permanently removes it and you’ll never be able to reuse its WordPress.com address (such as yourgroovysite.wordpress.com).

    Delete a Website

    b)

    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 owned and deleted by its original/previous owner. Please do not submit support requests asking us to do this.

    Fortunately, there is an infinite supply of unused blog addresses, so our policy should not limit your address selection. Note that if you add a custom domain for use with your blog, the original ‘wordpress.com’ domain/URL is never visible to your readers for as long as the custom domain is used on your blog.

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

  • Unknown's avatar
    pmciano · Member ·

    @90sdondraper

    As @galois stated, site deletions are permanent:

    Deleting a site permanently removes it and you’ll never be able to reuse its WordPress.com address (such as yourgroovysite.wordpress.com).

    Delete a Website

    The following similar address appears to be available:

    snarlsbukowski1.wordpress.com

    Also, you could add the snarlsbukowski.com domain to your site as a custom domain:

    Register a New Domain

    If you have additional questions, please let us know.

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