Retrieving old domain

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  yogiwilfred · Member · Oct 23, 2017 at 3:09 pm

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  Hello,

  I at one point was going to start a blog on wordpress, but ended up deleting it.
  Now, I am trying to start it under the same name, but it seems to be unavailable.

  Can you help me out with this?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  edequalsawesome · Staff · Oct 23, 2017 at 3:14 pm

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  Hi, Wilfred!

  Unfortunately, once you delete a site from WordPress.com, that domain name isn’t able to be used again. (More information on that can be found here: https://en.support.wordpress.com/delete-site/)

  Sorry!

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  ruminatingtips · Member · Oct 23, 2017 at 3:14 pm

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  Hello, yogiwilfred.

  What was the site address or name for the deleted blog?

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  themagicrobot · Member · Oct 23, 2017 at 3:25 pm

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  yogiwilfred.wordpress.com is no longer available.
  The authors have deleted this site.

  To add to the earlier replies site deletion is permanent and cannot be reversed. You clicked past the warnings telling you that you will be unable to use that same WordPress.com address again (until at least two years have elapsed). See:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/
  You could set up a new free site with a slightly different address (which you have already done) or upgrade to a paid plan where you could use the same domain name but ending in .com instead of .wordpress.com (if it isn’t already taken).
  https://wordpress.com/pricing/