owner of deleted domain

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  bottleofash · Member · Jun 7, 2018 at 5:39 pm

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  Hello, i’m not sure how but something changed my domain name from theyogiden.wordpress.com to theyogidenobx.wordpress.com… I know I registered first with theyogiden.wordpress.com. Please help me get this domain back. Thank you so very much!

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  timethief · Member · Jun 7, 2018 at 5:42 pm

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  https://theyogiden.wordpress.com is no longer available. The authors have deleted this site.

  Recycling a deleted .wordpress.com URL is possible only if 2 or more years have expired after deletion and only in some cases. Sites already deleted by their authors two or more years ago may become available again, if they present no username or other technical conflicts. From the relevant support doc at http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

  Adding a New Site or Blog to an Existing Account https://en.support.wordpress.com/create-a-blog/#adding-a-new-site-or-blog-to-an-existing-account

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  themagicrobot · Member · Jun 7, 2018 at 5:55 pm

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  @timethief Note there have been recent changes and the two year rule has been scrapped. Since the GDPR there is now a 30 day window in which people can have deleted sites or accounts restored.
  
  @bottleofash When was the site deleted? If it was deleted within the last 30 days then staff can recover it (by you adding the word modlook to the tag box on the right to get staff assistance).

  It is possible to reverse a site deletion for the first 30 days after a site is closed. If you realize you closed your site in error, please contact us immediately. We will be able to assist you in restoring your site during this 30 day window. Once the 30 days have passed, all of your site data is purged and cannot be restored.

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  timethief · Member · Jun 7, 2018 at 5:58 pm

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  @themagicrobot

  Thanks for the assist. I appreciate it.

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  themagicrobot · Member · Jun 7, 2018 at 7:26 pm

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  @timethief Yeah, that one caught me out the other day too. I hate giving out wrong info but after a decade we both well know how WordPress.com works and how changes can appear without warning….

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  kokkieh · Staff · Jun 8, 2018 at 8:04 am

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  Hi there,

  Our logs show you changed the address of the site about a month ago. That process also deletes the old address, as stated in the warning messages when you do this.

  I was still able to undelete the site in this case, but the address change cannot be reversed. If you want to move your content back to the original address, you can do so using our export and import tools:

  Export Your Website’s Content

  Import a Website

  Once you’ve done that, let me know and I can also move your followers and stats back to the original site.