How to get back a WordPress domain I previously owned?

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    linkgeminis240817 · Member ·

    Tricky question. I used to own a WordPress domain I want to use for my current with another email/account I had completely forgotten about. I recently terminated that email’s account on WordPress, but when I try to change the domain on my website, it says the domain is already in use (it is not. I just checked and it says ‘the authors have deleted this website’).
    How can I get back that domain and transfer it to my current account?
    Thanks in advance.

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

  • kokkieh · Staff ·

    Hi there,

    What is the address?

    When you deleted that address you had to type out the address on a confirmation screen that explained this action will completely and permanently remove the address from WordPress.com, and that no one, including you, will ever be able to use that same address again.

    This is also explained here:

    Delete a Website

    We can restore a deleted address for a period of 30 days before it becomes irreversible, but we can only do that if your request comes from the account that originally owned, and deleted, the domain.

    If you have also deleted that WordPress.com account, please reply to the account closure email we sent you at that time to reverse the account closure, and then we’ll be able to restore the deleted site as well.

    If either the site or the account was deleted more than 30 days ago, there’s nothing we can do, and you won’t be able to use that address again.

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    linkgeminis240817 · Member ·

    Thank you for your reply.
    After I posted in this forum, I ended up finding a way to contact WordPress through email. Someone might be looking into it for me.
    I had the domain linkgeminis.wordpress.com, which was associated with my Hotmail account. I closed that account less than 30 days ago.
    I want to transfer that address to my current website, linkgeminisblog.wordpress.com, which is associated with my Gmail account.
    Once again, thank you for your attention.

  • staff-mckluskey · Staff ·

    I can see you have an open ticket regarding that, let’s stay in touch via email.
    Thanks! :)

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