How to move dead self-hosted blog back to .com?

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  kirkara · Member · Jan 27, 2013 at 2:54 pm

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  I used to run a blog self-hosted that I linked with Jetpack. The blog is no longer hosted so I can’t access the admin panel or anything like that (I do however have a backup of the blog). The problem is that I am unable to move my blog back to WordPress.com at my chosen address (thetraveltipgirl.wordpress.com) because it tells me the blog already exists. I guess this is because it is still technically “linked” with Jetpack? Help!

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  rachelmcr · Member · Jan 27, 2013 at 3:08 pm

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  I just visited the address that you want, and it says that the blog has been deleted: http://thetraveltipgirl.wordpress.com/

  You can’t reuse the address of a deleted blog, so you may want to consider using a slightly different address (perhaps without “the” in it?). More info about deleted blogs: http://en.support.wordpress.com/delete-site/

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  kirkara · Member · Jan 27, 2013 at 3:37 pm

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  Thanks expattranslator :)