I want to remove my domain name from wordpress.com

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    englishkj · Member ·

    I want to remove my domain name from wordpress.com – I am now registered with wordpress.org and use bluehost as my site host

  • supernovia · Staff ·

    No problem. You can make your site private, or delete it here:
    https://wordpress.com/settings

    I don’t see any paid domains on this account, though, so if there is a paid domain you need help with, let us know what the domain is. Or, log out out and log back in as the domain owner account then update us here.

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    englishkj · Member ·

    Hi Supernovia
    Thanks for the quick reply!
    First question, if I delete it, will someone else in the future be able to use an identical name here on wordpress.com? How do I ensure my domain name is permanently reserved on wordpress.com? Do I have to pay for this?
    My other question is, when I google EnglishLibra.com, the only site that comes up is here on wordpress.com and it says “englishlibra.wordpress.com doesn’t exist, it is reserved”.
    How can I stop this from happening? I want people who google EnglishLibra.com to be directed to my current site which is under construction on wordpress.org.

    Thank you!

  • staff-mckluskey · Staff ·

    if I delete it, will someone else in the future be able to use an identical name here on wordpress.com? How do I ensure my domain name is permanently reserved on wordpress.com? Do I have to pay for this?

    You don’t need to pay for this. If you delete your site, the address you were using will be permanently unavailable.

    when I google EnglishLibra.com, the only site that comes up is here on wordpress.com and it says “englishlibra.wordpress.com doesn’t exist, it is reserved”.
    How can I stop this from happening? I want people who google EnglishLibra.com to be directed to my current site which is under construction on wordpress.org.

    The site EnglishLibra.com is hosted on GoDaddy – if you want it to point to your new site, you will need to change the nameservers on that domain. GoDaddy’s support team should help you out.

    As for your site appearing on Google, you will want to work on your SEO for that. You can check out these forums for more information:

    https://wordpress.org/support/forums/

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