I lost access to my username.

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  aashkad · Member · Mar 23, 2013 at 4:14 pm

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  At the moment, I have two wordpress accounts: one for school, and one for my personal blog.

  I wanted to use the username of my school account as the url for my personal blog, so I decided to try switching around my usernames.

  I changed my school account’s username to something entirely different, logged out, and then tried to change the username of my personal account.

  Unfortunately, I still can’t get access to the username I want. WordPress says it’s reserved, so I can’t get access to it.

  The irony, of course, is that I can’t get access to a username I reserved for myself.

  Suggestions?

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

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  timethief · Member · Mar 23, 2013 at 4:17 pm

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  Once you change your username you will not be able to change it back and the old name will not be available for you or anyone to use. http://en.support.wordpress.com/change-your-username/

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  aashkad · Member · Mar 23, 2013 at 4:20 pm

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  Well, that’s incredibly disappointing, and I wish I had known earlier, but it does answer my question.

  Thank you!

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  timethief · Member · Mar 23, 2013 at 4:33 pm

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  I’m sorry I had to be the bearer of bad tidings. Best wishes.