My name is reserved but I can't access it.

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  kolgreat · Member · Mar 20, 2015 at 9:12 pm

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  Can someone use my name as a wordpress site? My name (Kolrick), is not common, in fact, I have yet to find another on the internet or in real life. I am concerned if someone has used my name or reserved it as a wordpress site.

  I may have created it a long time ago but I don’t remember what email address I used.

  Help?

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  timethief · Member · Mar 20, 2015 at 9:17 pm

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  Be aware that you do not own any username and anyone can register any username that has not been previously registered.

  See here https://en.forums.wordpress.com/profile/kolrick

  When we register a username account the matching blog is reserved for our future use. It cannot be obtained by anyone other than the person who has registered the matching username account.

  If you own the username account then you can log out, clear your browser cache and cookies and then log in as Admin under the correct matching username account and register the blog. http://en.support.wordpress.com/register-a-blog/

  You have to be logged in as Admin http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#administrator under the exact same username account that registered the blog to access the blog’s dashboard.

  Clicking this link should display all your blogs registered under the same username, including the hidden ones: https://dashboard.wordpress.com/wp-admin/index.php?page=my-blogs&show=hidden

  If you do not see the blog here http://en.support.wordpress.com/my-blogs/ then
  follow this guide > http://en.support.wordpress.com/my-blogs/#my-blogs-dashboard-visibility

  If you have lost your log-in information you can visit https://en.wordpress.com/wp-login.php?action=lostpassword

  If required please complete the form for account recovery at this link https://en.wordpress.com/wp-login.php?action=recovery and submit it to the Account Recovery Staff so they can contact you by email ie. not on these public support forums which are available to everyone with internet access.

  NOTE: If you don’t own that username account then you cannot register the reserved blog. And, if you changed your username then the blog URL will not be available for use under the new username account.