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  stcatherinestreet · Member · Nov 22, 2016 at 7:49 pm

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  Hi, I’m looking to clear out my blog (which consists entirely of imports from my tumblr) and start clean. Anyone in charge who can help with this?

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

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  timethief · Member · Nov 22, 2016 at 7:50 pm

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  You must be logged in under the username account that registered the site first. Then to empty the site and keep the URL you have two options:
  (1) Doing this quickly and easily yourself http://en.support.wordpress.com/empty-site/
  (2) Waiting in a queue and having Staff do it for you.

  If you have a lot of content, Staff can empty the whole blog for you. That will remove all data including posts, pages, tags, categories, comments, and uploaded files and once deleted, the data cannot be recovered.

  IMPORTANT NOTE: Deleting blogs and/or blog content does not remove indexed content from the SERPs (search engine page results). Google and Bing only clear their caches of deleted indexed content that produces a 404 (page not found) every 3 – 6 months. To completely remove an entire page from Google search results after it produces a 404 (page not found):
  https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6332384?hl=en&ref_topic=1724262&vid=0-635749429504660340-12158368555624983465&rd=1

  If you are sure you want Staff to proceed, and you are prepared to wait then type modlook into the tags in the sidebar of this thread for Staff attention, and post here again to:
  (1) confirm the URL of the blog you want them to empty;
  (2) confirm that you know content deletion is irreversible.

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  thelongtermproject · Member · Nov 23, 2016 at 1:56 am

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  Does deleting everything also delete settings? Or just content? I just want to start fresh with the template. I’ve screwed it up and don’t know how to get it back the way it started out.

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  supernovia · Staff · Nov 23, 2016 at 7:39 pm

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  Hi @thelongtermproject, we can start your template over for you if you’d like, and can leave your existing content in place. Please confirm which site you’d like us to do that to.

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  supernovia · Staff · Nov 23, 2016 at 8:23 pm

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  @stcatherinestreet , we can clear your site completely. Please respond to confirm which site you’d like us to clear.

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  stcatherinestreet · Member · Jan 2, 2017 at 3:49 am

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  @supernovia Yes, I’d like all of my posts deleted but the site left intact please.

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  supernovia · Staff · Jan 2, 2017 at 10:43 pm

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  @stcatherinestreet your site is being cleared now. Cheers :)