Release deleted URLs

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  myokou · Member · Nov 9, 2016 at 5:17 am

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  Hi there. I created 2 sites and then deleted them both. Now both those domain names are locked and unavailable. I want to release those URLs for others to use as I think it’s very wasteful. I myself might want to go back and use them in the future. Is there anyway to make them available again?

  Thank you,
  Huong.

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  justjennifer · Member · Nov 10, 2016 at 5:42 am

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  Hello, When you delete a site, it states during the process that the deletion of the site content and address is permanent. Please see https://en.support.wordpress.com/delete-site/

  WordPressdotcom may release a site address after a period of 2 years and only if it does not present a technical conflict. You can read more about that here: https://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/ This is true even if you were the person who registered the site on WordPressdotcom.

  Let us know if you have any questions about this.

  For the future, if you are interested in keeping your site address, but removing its content you can follow these guidelines to do so: https://en.support.wordpress.com/empty-site/ Leave at least one comment box or contact form up so that if someone is interested in obtaining your site URL they will have a way to contact you.

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  myokou · Member · Nov 10, 2016 at 5:44 am

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  Thank you Jennifer, that was very helpful!