I want to change my domain name/ delete that domain, how do I do that?

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    danabux · Member ·

    How do I delete my domain?

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

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    timethief · Member ·

    What domain?
    What is the URL?
    The top level domain here is wordpress.com and all wordpress.com hosted blogs are on sub-domains like this one http://dforwhatever.wordpress.com/

    All blogs are independent sites and deleting one site has no effects on any other sites registered under the same username account.

    To delete a free hosted WordPress.COM blog you must be logged in under the exact same username account that registered the blog. To prevent accidental or inadvertent deletion of blogs, there are multiple warnings given that blog deletion is permanent and irreversible. Lastly, a verification link is sent in an email and must be clicked to delete a blog. If clicking that link does not work then copy and paste it into your upper browser window and click.
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/delete-site/
    Deleted blog URLs are not recycled, regardless of who registered and deleted them and no exceptions are made.
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

    Alternatively, to change blog visibility to private go to > Settings > Reading scroll to Blog Visibility and choose option 3 . See the guide here http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/

    IMPORTANT NOTE: Deleting blog content and deleting blogs does not remove any indexed content from the SERPs (search engine page results). Google and Bing only clear their caches of deleted indexed content that produces a 404 (page not found) every 3 – 6 months.

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    timethief · Member ·

    If you simply want to change the site tile or the site URL then read on please. The Site title (blog name) and/or the optional Tagline can be changed on the top of this page at any time. > Settings > General
    “save changes”. That is exactly where search engine spiders look for the site title and removing it from there can cause issues with getting your content indexed.

    You cannot edit any URL. If you want to change the blog address ie. the URL starting with http:// then you must be logged in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the blog to do that and the URL you desire must be available. If so then you can change the URL by using this guide http://en.support.wordpress.com/changing-blog-address/

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