Site deletion

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  dalespalmer · Member · Jul 16, 2015 at 5:13 pm

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  I deleted a site to start again but now it’s saying that I can’t use the name again. Why? Can the name be made available again?

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

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  timethief · Member · Jul 16, 2015 at 5:16 pm

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  This site has not been deleted https://dalespalmer.wordpress.com/

  If you deleted a blog URL then then the answer is “you can’t”. Be aware that site deletion at WordPress.COM is a permanent and irreversible act. That is why there are multiple warnings to that effect that one has to ignore in order to delete any wordpress.COM blog. https://en.support.wordpress.com/delete-site/

  I am sorry but you cannot register a deleted blog URL. No one can use a deleted blog URL regardless of who registered it. Deleted blog URLs are not recycled here and you can confirm by reading:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/delete-blog/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

  However, you can register another blog with a similar name. http://en.support.wordpress.com/register-a-blog/

  Or you can register a domain via a domain mapping upgrade and it will not matter what the underlying .wordpress.com address is.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/register-domain/