How do I get rid of old content.

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  workwonders · Member · Jul 23, 2014 at 3:15 pm

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  I have not used my site for years. but there is still a vestige of one page when I google my name. I want this to go.

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

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  sandymcfadden · Member · Jul 23, 2014 at 11:43 pm

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  Hi workwonders,

  You have a couple options. If you are absolutely sure you don’t want to use that website address anymore you can delete it. It’s permanent and can’t be undone. http://en.support.wordpress.com/delete-site/

  Or you could make the blog private http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/
  Then only people you specifically give access to can see the pages. This means Google can’t see it either.

  In either case it takes a while before Google will crawl the site again and remove it from it’s index. You can also request the page be removed from Google by using their webmaster tools. Here is a help page. https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/1663419?hl=en

  Hope that helps.

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  workwonders · Member · Jul 24, 2014 at 8:38 am

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  Thanks – very helpful.
  I’ve made it private, and will wait to see how it goes.