Recovering old domain

sattinne · Member · Jul 15, 2021 at 5:09 am
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I accidentally changed my domain, how can i recover it again?

Site: (email visible only to moderators and staff).
WP.com: Yes
Correct account: Yes
staartmees · Member · Jul 15, 2021 at 5:39 am
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As very clear indicated when you changed your domain, I quote “The old address will not be available for use again.”, https://wordpress.com/support/changing-site-address/
sattinne · Member · Jul 15, 2021 at 6:25 am
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Hello, Staartmees.

I found a post stating that we can recover deleted sites within the first 30 days of deletion?

https://wordpress.com/forums/topic/retrieve-my-deleted-domain-when-could-i-retrieve-wordpress-com-domain/

Is this still a viable option? Thank you.
staartmees · Member · Jul 15, 2021 at 6:31 am
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It’s possible if you are within those 30 days
sattinne · Member · Jul 15, 2021 at 6:42 am
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I just deleted it a couple of hours ago. Who should I contact to restore the deleted site?

Thank you for replying.
staff-mckluskey · Staff · Jul 15, 2021 at 7:06 am
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Hi there!

Let me clarify this a bit.
While we can recover sites deleted less than 30 days ago, we are not able to undo the site address change.
We can undelete the original address, but it will be an independent, empty site. You will have to migrate all your content manually.
Let us know if you’re interested in that.
sattinne · Member · Jul 15, 2021 at 7:27 am
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Yes, I’m willing to migrate my old content manually to the new site. Thank you.
sattinne · Member · Jul 15, 2021 at 7:28 am
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The old site I would like to recover is: mementomorilove.wordpress.com

Thank you again.
aisajib · Member · Jul 15, 2021 at 8:06 am
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Hi there!

I’ve restored the site for you. You will now see it on your WordPress.com dashboard. :)
sattinne · Member · Jul 15, 2021 at 10:05 am
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Thank you so much, A.I. Sajib and Fresatomica for all your help!

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