How do I take down a blog site and start a new one?

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  missymoo619 · Member · Mar 1, 2016 at 12:47 am

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  It’s not really a problem. I set up a blog site, beginning at 50. But I have done nothing with it since setting it up. Now, I would like to start a new one, but do I need to ‘close’ the first one, or just leave it be?
  Thanks for your help.
  Melissa Hoots

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  dinsanwp · Member · Mar 1, 2016 at 6:33 am

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  Hello,

  I would recommend leaving it as it is. If you delete your blog, you will not be able to get it back. You can however empty the contents of your site.

  Hope this helps.
  Dinsan

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  justjennifer · Member · Mar 1, 2016 at 6:40 am

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  @missymoo619 If you don’t want to delete the content, but still make your old site inaccessible to public view and search engines, you can change the site visibility settings to Private. Here’s more on that: https://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/

  The advantage of having an “extra” site handy is you can test things on it prior to publishing on your “live” site.

  Let us know if you have more questions on that.