My deleted blog still shows up

  • Unknown's avatar

    I deleted my blog a long time ago. It still shows up in Google searches. When I go to the URL I can not manage the site.

    How can I login to it and create a message to redirect someone?

    Thanks.

    http://folandsphotography.wordpress.com/

  • Unknown's avatar

    I assume it is not the site folandsphotography.wordpress.com since that site is still active and the last post was in 2008.

    The only way you can delete that site is by logging in with the username that created the site and then by following these instructions: http://en.support.wordpress.com/delete-site/

    Please note that deleted means permanently deleted. You will not be able to recover either the contents or reuse the site address. If you think you may want to use that address in the future, DO NOT DELETE the site, but mark it Private in General Settings>Reading>Privacy. http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/

  • Unknown's avatar

    If that is the site you want to log in to, see if it doesn’t appear in “My Sites” under your current username https://wordpress.com/sites/

    FWIW- the last post on that site points people to your current domain.

  • Unknown's avatar

    Thanks for the quick reply.

    A long time ago I logged in and deleted that site. Now, when I log in to my account I show “No Sites”. I can’t access it.

    I’m stuck on this one.

  • Unknown's avatar

    If you are absolutely certain that you are logged in with the same username account that created that site, I’ll tag this for Staff assistance.

    They currently are working through a backlog of posts marked for their assistance so please do not bump this thread (even to say thanks for marking it for staff attention) unless you have vital new information to share with Staff.

    If you are not yet subscribed to this thread, please do so from the sidebar so that you will be notified of their response.

  • Unknown's avatar

    I’m not 100% sure that it’s the same account but the account name I used is the same as my domain so it should be.

    Either way, this is really old and I would prefer that it was gone.

    Thank you again and as you requested, no replies once I hear that you are going to have it nuked.

  • Unknown's avatar

    I’m just a forum volunteer; I can’t nuke anything. All I can do is mark this thread for Staff attention, which I have done. Be patient, they’ll get back to you.

  • Unknown's avatar

    Hi there!

    Sorry about that. it looks like something hiccuped in the deletion process and the site was never actually deleted. I didn’t even know that could happen!

    I’ve deleted this site for you now. Let me know if I can help with anything else.

  • Unknown's avatar

    Thank you SO much for taking care of this. I wanted to recreate the blog since it is already in the search engines. When I try to recreate it I receive the message that it already exists.

    How can I recreate this?

    THANK YOU AGAIN

  • Unknown's avatar

    Deleted sites are gone forever, blog URL’s are never recycled at WordPress.COM, you will need to choose a different name or buy a custom domain name and map it to a blog.

    If you just wanted to start over with the same URL, you should have cleared the content from the site, not deleted it

  • Unknown's avatar

    Auxclass is correct here. We do not allow users to recycle blog addresses for security purposes. You’ll have to choose a new URL.

    The results that pops up in search engines will disappear as soon as they update their indexes.

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