Recreate website name

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  maillon133 · Member · Jul 26, 2015 at 11:44 am

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  Hello,

  I created a website and deleted it.
  I would like to recreate it with the same name but i can’t.

  Can you help me ? It’s normal ?

  Thank you very much.
  Regards,

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  micawbr · Member · Jul 26, 2015 at 11:54 am

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  Hello,
  If you visit your WordPress.com site and there’s a message that says the site has been deleted, then it’s gone for good. It’s the policy of WordPress.com not to allow site names to be reused: https://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

  In the future, I suggest emptying your website if you want a fresh start. That way you can still keep using the same site name, just with new content: https://en.support.wordpress.com/empty-site/

  The website that you listed in your post, blogsine.wordpress.com, hasn’t been deleted.

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  maillon133 · Member · Jul 26, 2015 at 12:10 pm

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  Hello,

  The website’s names are :
  runningevasion.wordpress.com
  and
  runningevasionfrance.wordpress.com

  Thank you.
  Regards,

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  maillon133 · Member · Jul 26, 2015 at 1:54 pm

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  Hello,

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  maillon133 · Member · Jul 26, 2015 at 1:57 pm

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  Hello,

  So if i understand, i will never can’t create a wordpress website with name “runningevasionfrance” or “runningevasion” ?

  How can i do to have a website with this name ?

  Thank you very much.
  Regards,

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  micawbr · Member · Jul 27, 2015 at 11:35 am

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  Hello,
  That’s correct, you can’t use websites since they’ve been deleted. You could add a word or number to the name like “runningevasion1” or something like that.

  Another option is to buy a custom domain and use. For example, you could create runningevasion1.wordpress.com and then register runningevasion.com: https://store.wordpress.com/premium-upgrades/custom-domains/