If i delete my wordpress.com blog will it effect my .com blog?

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  midwalescommunityfocus · Member · Mar 13, 2014 at 2:45 pm

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  If i delete my wordpress.com blog will it effect my .com blog?

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

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  auxclass · Member · Mar 13, 2014 at 3:22 pm

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  Primary Blog is Set

  midwalescommunityfocus.com is set as the primary domain for midwalescommunityfocusdotcom.wordpress.com and will appear in the address bar when you visit the site.

  You have domain mapping – if you delete midwalescommunityfocusdotcom.wordpress.com that will also delete midwalescommunityfocus.com and all of your content will be gone forever and you will need to start all over from scratch

  the content for midwalescommunityfocus.com is actually on midwalescommunityfocusdotcom.wordpress.com (that is the dashboard you always work in to add content etc.) domain mapping just changed the name visitors see

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  midwalescommunityfocus · Member · Mar 13, 2014 at 4:21 pm

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  Hi auxclass, thank you so much for your help.

  I need clarification though:
  I have two blogs as follows:
  1. midwalescommunityfocus.com (mapped to midwalescommunityfocusdotcom.wordpress.com?)
  2. midwalescommunityfocus.wordpress.com

  As I remember it, I upgraded from the free .wordpress.com bog to buy the .com address.

  Please let me low if it is ok to delete the original midwalescommunityfocus.wordpress.com blog without effecting the midwalescommunityfocus.com (mapped to midwalescommunityfocusdotcom.wordpress.com?)

  Thank you very much!

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  auxclass · Member · Mar 13, 2014 at 4:35 pm

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  midwalescommunityfocus.wordpress.com – can be deleted – BUT once a domain name is deleted it is gone forever – much better to set it to “Private” and use it for testing & practice – Sooner or later you will want to make changes to the main blog and with a Private Test Blog you can test changes without experimenting on your regular visitors – EVERYONE that deletes a blog name seems to have second thoughts later – and that is a great name!

  Dashboard >> Settings >> Reading >> Only visible to those I invite

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  midwalescommunityfocus · Member · Mar 13, 2014 at 4:39 pm

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  Wonderful – thanks so much auxclass! That’s a perfect solution.
  Kind wishes, the FOCUS :)

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  auxclass · Member · Mar 13, 2014 at 4:46 pm

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  You be welcome & good luck with your blog