How do I reset / delete a webstie

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    ipodipoor · Member ·

    I’m testing a website design and wanted to reset the whole thing. I’m just testing the templates and content.

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

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    timethief · Member ·

    To empty the site, keep the same URL and start over, you have two options (You must be logged in under the username account that registered the site first):
    (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.

    If you have a lot of content 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 blogs and/or blog content 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

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    timethief · Member ·

    When you select multiple themes for the same site in a short period of time sometimes theme bits are not fully eliminated. In those cases one needs Staff to reset the theme for them. Use the modlook tag in the sidebar in that case.

    WARNING!
    Deleting a URL is intended to be a permanent act and that is why warnings are given that one has to ignore to delete a site.

    Deleted wordpress.COM blog URLs are not recycled, regardless of who registered and deleted them and the only exceptions are made are for URLs that were deleted 2 or more years ago. http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

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    gemmacevans · Member ·

    Hi ipodipoor,

    I’m testing a website design and wanted to reset the whole thing.

    I can reset your site to match the layout and of the theme demo. There are two options:

    1. Reset your site and delete your existing content — this will permanently remove

    all

    content including media.

    2. Reset your site without deleting your existing content. In this case, content from the demo site will be added alongside it.

    As @timethief mentioned, you can empty your site manually if you only want to delete certain content:

    Empty Your Site to Start Fresh

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