Restoring a deleted site

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  quietsilence · Member · Jan 2, 2017 at 9:30 pm

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  Hi there, I am trying to restore a site I accidentally deleted a few days ago (I am a premium member). Simply getting the wordpress site name back would be helpful – it was quietsilence.wordpress.com. Please might you be able to help?

  Many thanks.

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  galois · Member · Jan 2, 2017 at 9:42 pm

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  Hi.
  Deleted blog URLs are not recycled, regardless of who registered and deleted them and no exceptions are made except for the one stated here http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

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  quietsilence · Member · Jan 2, 2017 at 9:47 pm

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  Thanks for the reply. Odd because surely they know I owned the site prior to deletion less than 7 days ago. One would think, at least for a premium customer, that there would be a grace period.

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  galois · Member · Jan 2, 2017 at 9:50 pm

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  There are warning messages throughout the process of deletion. In some cases, if it has been two years or more and no conflicts, then it may be possible.

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  quietsilence · Member · Jan 2, 2017 at 9:53 pm

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  Okay, thanks again for being so helpful. I suppose it was down to my own stupidity … have a great 2017.

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  galois · Member · Jan 2, 2017 at 9:54 pm

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  You’re welcome & best wishes.