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  onesixtymm · Member · Jun 22, 2012 at 7:21 pm

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  Hello,
  I started a blog yesterday but after several malfunctions, I decided to delete it in order to start over. The blog didn’t work properly and, therefore, I am not worried about the old content but would like to start over with the same name I had before. Please advise.

  Many thanks!
  Blog url:

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  timethief · Member · Jun 22, 2012 at 7:52 pm

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  It took ignoring 3 warnings that the URL could not be recycled and clicking a verification link in an email to delete that blog. I’m sorry but you can’t start a blog with the same name. There is no recycling of deleted blog URLS here at wordpress.com.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/delete-blog/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

  You can register another blog with a similar name. http://en.support.wordpress.com/register-a-blog/

  Or you can purchase a domain name via a domain mapping upgrade as in that case it will not matter what the underlying .wordpress.com address is.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/register-domain/

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  onesixtymm · Member · Jun 22, 2012 at 7:57 pm

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  Thank you for the prompt response. I didn’t ignore the warnings. I just thought they were for the blog itself and not the actual name. I deleted it after I tried to get support for some malfunctions on it that were even flagged by the support team. Unfortunately, I haven’t received any resolution.

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  timethief · Member · Jun 22, 2012 at 7:58 pm

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  I’m so sorry that happened but it doesn’t change anything. There is no recycling of deleted blog addresses ie. URLs.

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  auxclass · Member · Jun 22, 2012 at 8:03 pm

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  A note for others – there is NOTHING you can do to your blog that can’t be fixed with a bit of help from the support forum or sometimes from the Staff –

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  onesixtymm · Member · Jun 22, 2012 at 8:14 pm

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  Thank you for your post, auxclass.
  Would you happen to know how to contact the support team or staff?
  I greatly appreciate this!

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  timethief · Member · Jun 22, 2012 at 8:17 pm

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  Thi is a peer support forum where Volunteers answer the majority of all questions. We Volunteers flag threads when Staff attention is required. I’ll flag this thread for a Staff response.

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  onesixtymm · Member · Jun 22, 2012 at 8:23 pm

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  Thank you so much, timethief.
  I am new to WordPress and could use all the help I can get.

  I noticed that you also flagged my support post from earlier today.
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/problems-with-tumblr-import?replies=2#post-921986

  I very much appreciate this and will wait for staff response.