I deleted my blog but I want to use my old blog name

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  alchemistake · Member · Jan 18, 2011 at 3:46 pm

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  I deleted my blog almost 5 months ago but I want to use my old blog name,now.I can’t use that although I deleted that blog.There’s an error like “Sorry, that site already exists!”.How can I use my old blog name.It was alchemistake.wordpress.com

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  supportbot · Member · Jan 18, 2011 at 3:46 pm

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  You did not specify a blog address or reason for posting when you created this topic.

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  auxclass · Member · Jan 18, 2011 at 4:35 pm

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  You can’t use the old URL, once they are deleted they are gone forever even from the original owner – that is why there are so many “are you sure” messages.

  You will need to find a different name or consider getting your own domain and mapping it to a WordPress.COM site.