Reuse deleted blog name owned by me

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    nachoplaza · Member ·

    I made a blog named “Weterede!” http://weterede.wordpress.com and I started to use it. I only wrote 4 or 5 entries to know how wordpress works, to decide if I will choose this platform to develop my blog. When I decided to choose WP, instead of deleting each entrie, I decided to delete the blog to create the same one again. Now I discovered that we can not reuse names of deleted blogs.

    But if the blog was mine, is there a posibility to reuse the same name?

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    nachoplaza · Member ·

    Ok, I found the answer: NO

    WordPress staff, please consider to add the feature to reuse your own deleted blog name.

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    thesacredpath · Member ·

    Always, always, always, always, make sure that deleting a blog is what you really want to do. If you think it is, mark it as private and just let it sit there for a while. You aren’t paying for the space, or the service, it can quite literally sit there for years and will still be there if you want to start it up again.

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    panaghiotisadam · Member ·

    And when you try to delete a wp.com blog, you get VERY clear warnings re the consequences.

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    marcsavignac · Member ·

    This is stupid, seriously.
    How can we wipe a blog and start anew?

  • tellyworth · Staff ·

    There are bulk editing actions on all of the major screens to delete posts, comments and users if you wish to re-start your blog from scratch.

    Here’s what’s written on the Delete Blog page:

    If you do not want to use your WordPress.com blog any more, you can delete it. This CAN NOT be undone. It is permanent.

    Do not delete a blog to re-import or to remove entries. Contact Support for those issues.

    Do not delete a blog to transfer ownership – read this FAQ entry.

    Do not delete a blog to ‘free the name’. That does not happen.

    If you are sure…

    [ ] I’m sure I want to permanently disable my blog, and I am aware I can never get it back or use (blogname).wordpress.com again.

    There is a second set of warnings shown when you receive the confirmation email. I don’t see how we could make it any clearer.

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    1tess · Moderator Emeritus ·

    markymarkqc,

    Too late for you now, perhaps, but to others who want to clear a blog:
    delete all the posts and pages of your blog,
    then start anew.
    (comments will disappear when the posts/pages are deleted)

    You can apply “bulk actions” to edit posts (or pages):
    dashboard > edit posts (or pages) > check posts (or pages) that you want to delete > bulk actions (edit or delete) > apply

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