I want to change my domain name

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    fisswhisp · Member ·

    So firstly, I’m not even sure if I have my lingo down correctly. When wordpress asks you to name yourwebsite, “__________.wordpress.com” this is your… domain name, is it?

    Anyway, I didn’t put any thought into mine and then I realized that any bloke on the internet who can google my name will find my blog. I don’t want that to happen, so I want to pick a new domain name or else delete the website I have without having to scrap my account entirely. How do I do this?

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    ianaleksanderadams · Member ·

    Hi there, you’re talking about changing your URL (which technically, is a subdomain of wordpress.com.)

    And it shouldn’t be too hard, it looks like there’s an article here:

    http://en.support.wordpress.com/changing-blog-address/

    Let me know if that wasn’t what you needed!

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    raincoaster · Member ·

    And by the way, doing that procedure means you can NEVER use the old URL again. I recommend instead simply creating a new blog from Manage My Blogs and then setting the old one to Private. You can export content out of that and import it to the new one easily from the dashboard Tools page.

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    tandava108 · Member ·

    @Raincoaster
    Reading the instructions in the article it looks like they have now made deleting the old address optional, and given you the option of buying the site redirect upgrade. I haven’t tried it myself though!

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    fisswhisp · Member ·

    Thank you so much! This was helpful and fixed my problem.

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