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  agsdavid · Member · Jul 10, 2016 at 10:58 am

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  I was trying to change my blog address but it said that the site was reserved. What does this mean?

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

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  kokkieh · Staff · Jul 11, 2016 at 2:11 pm

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  Hi there,

  When someone registers a username, the blog address that matches the username gets reserved for that person. So, only the person with the matching username will be able to use that particular address. There is no way to use an address that has been reserved for someone else.

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  radtrad · Member · Jul 11, 2016 at 2:43 pm

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  How long a name is reserved for someone after he deleted the site?

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  kokkieh · Staff · Jul 11, 2016 at 3:31 pm

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  @radtrad
  Sites reserved for a username are never released for anyone else to use. Only the owner of the username can register them.

  Deleted sites that don’t match a username on WordPress.com could be released after a few years, but there are different factors that determine this:
  Recycling Blog Addresses (URLs)

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  radtrad · Member · Jul 11, 2016 at 3:45 pm

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  Thanks :)