Start Over

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  venalink · Member · Feb 26, 2016 at 11:36 am

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  Want to use the ‘start over’ option, keeping URL but starting afresh, this option just directs me to use the contact us page

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

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  timethief · Member · Feb 28, 2016 at 12:40 am

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  Provided you are logged in under the exact same username account that registered the site you have two options:

  (1) Doing this yourself http://en.support.wordpress.com/empty-site/
  (2) Waiting in a queue and having Staff do it for you.

  If you want to retain the blog URL (note that no deleted URL can be registered again) https://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/ and you are willing to wait rather than doing this yourself http://en.support.wordpress.com/empty-site/ then 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 logged in under the exact same username account that registered the site, and if you are sure you want Staff to proceed, and you are prepared to wait for that to happen, then type modlook into the tags in the sidebar of this thread for Staff attention and post again into this thread 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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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Feb 29, 2016 at 12:23 am

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  I can help you with that.

  First, please confirm that you understand that emptying a site is a permanent action. Once deleted, posts/pages/media/etc cannot be recovered and are gond forever.

  Would you like me to empty http://venalink.wordpress.com/?