I wish to change the privacy settings of my blog so that it is no longer private

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  peterbouchier · Member · Sep 14, 2012 at 10:03 am

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  I wish to change the privacy settings of my blog so that it is no longer private. How can I ‘un-tick’ this option?
  Blog url: http://peterbouchier.wordpress.com/

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

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  houstonweaver · Member · Sep 14, 2012 at 11:16 am

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  Go to Dashboard > Settings > Privacy

  See this topic:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/

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  peterbouchier · Member · Sep 14, 2012 at 5:59 pm

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  Hi Houstonweaver,

  Thanks for your quick reply to my question.
  I was aware of the topic you directed me to. However, once a blog is marked private the tick box is inaccessible so the blog seems likely to be private forever.

  Never mind, I can always create a new blog and leave it public.

  Enjoy blogging!

  Yours truly,
  Peter

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  houstonweaver · Member · Sep 14, 2012 at 6:36 pm

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  I have switched mine back and forth so I know it can be done. What happens when you try to switch it? Can you provide the URL for the site you are asking about? The one in your link above is visible to me, so if that is the one, you have successfully made it public. Be sure to clear your cache and cookies.

  And sometimes people set each post as private on a private blog but that is not necessary, so if you have done that you will need to reset each of your posts.

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  peterbouchier · Member · Sep 14, 2012 at 9:36 pm

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  The URL is

  http://kanaal69.wordpress.com/wp-admin/options-privacy.php

  but as the blog is private I think you will need my username and password as well…

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  houstonweaver · Member · Sep 14, 2012 at 9:57 pm

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  I don’t want that. I have had no problem setting a blog to private then public.

  Here’s how I do it.

  Go to Dashboard > Settings > Privacy

  On that screen, at the top, I see these 3 choices
  _Allow search engines to index this site
  _Ask search engines not to index this site

  _I would like my site to be private

  To remove the private setting, you must mark one the the search engine options.

  Be sure to save changes.

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/

  Let us hear if it worked for you.

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  peterbouchier · Member · Sep 15, 2012 at 8:27 am

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  Yesssss! I finally found how to do it!
  I was puzzled by the fact that the tick boxes were all empty when I started. This made me suppose – wrongly – that it should be possible to empty all of them again once they had been ticked. Now I realize that I always have to choose one of them.

  Anyway, nice talking to you!
  Thanx
  Peter