How can I re-use my blog name that I deleted?

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  mentarisuharto · Member · Jul 21, 2012 at 1:58 pm

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  A couple months ago, I registered a WordPress.com blog named, mentarisuharto.wordpress.com. Then I somehow managed to delete it. But now I want it back. Is it possible?

  Thank you so much,
  Mentari
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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Jul 21, 2012 at 2:01 pm

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  No. Not even if you were the original owner of the name.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

  Blogs that have been deleted by the owner will remain deleted. We cannot, under any circumstances, allow someone to take over a blog name that was previously owned and deleted by its original/previous owner.

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  auxclass · Member · Jul 21, 2012 at 2:02 pm

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  deleted names are gone forever – even from the original owner – you had to click three times you understood that to delete your blog

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  ardpete · Member · Jul 21, 2012 at 2:02 pm

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  Once a blog is deleted it can never be used again. To have deleted it you would have had three warnings before doing so. You’ll unfortunately have to choose another name.

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  ardpete · Member · Jul 21, 2012 at 2:03 pm

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  Hah! Echo :)

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  timethief · Member · Jul 21, 2012 at 2:20 pm

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  @mentarisuharto
  You can register another blog with a similar name. http://en.support.wordpress.com/register-a-blog/

  You can register your own domain by purchasing a domain mapping upgrade and then it will not matter what the underlying .wordpress.com address is.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/register-domain/