Re-assigning the permalink after page is deleted

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  prageeth83 · Member · Jan 20, 2015 at 3:15 am

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  Hi

  How do I assign an existing permalink to a new page after related old page has been deleted?
  eg: I would like to delete http://www.xyz.com/test page. Then create a new page and give it the same, http://www.xyz.com/test.

  When I tried, it adds ‘-2’ in the end. Appreciate your response.

  Kind regards
  Prageeth

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  timethief · Member · Jan 20, 2015 at 3:24 am

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  Permanently delete the first one from Trash.

  Delete a Page or Post

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  prageeth83 · Member · Jan 20, 2015 at 3:35 am

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  Hi
  Thanks for the quick response. I didn’t delete the previous page by the way. It has been somehow gone from my pages in WordPress. It is not even found under ‘Trash’.
  Now I want recreate the same page and assign the same Permalink.

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  raincoaster · Member · Jan 20, 2015 at 5:01 am

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  And what is the URL of the page in question?

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  prageeth83 · Member · Jan 20, 2015 at 5:05 am

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  Hi

  It’s http://www.axtxraytubes.com/ndt/varian-xrt/ and http://www.axtxraytubes.com/ceramic-xrd-tubes/.

  Thanks.

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  auxclass · Member · Jan 20, 2015 at 5:18 am

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  You have several options to fix that,

  However

  The site you are asking about does not seem to be hosted on WordPress.COM so you need to make friends over at WordPress.ORG the keepers of the software you are using.

  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/7-things-to-know-before-posting-in-wordpresscom-forums?replies=1

  This site is for support of sites hosted on WordPress.COM. You should address your questions to WordPress.ORG the keepers of the software you are using: http://wordpress.org/support/

  The forum at WordPress.ORG is not connected to WordPress.COM so you will need to open an account at .ORG if you do not already have one. You may use the same email at WordPress.ORG as you do at WordPress.COM.

  For more on the difference: http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

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  prageeth83 · Member · Jan 20, 2015 at 5:21 am

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  Hi

  You are correct. This site is not hosted with wordpress.com. My apologies for posting in the wrong site. I wasn’t aware of it.

  Appreciate all your explanations and suggestions.

  Bye for now.

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  auxclass · Member · Jan 20, 2015 at 5:44 am

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  You be welcome & good luck – – the suggestion by @raincoaster should work for Pages