Switch from Domaine URL to wordpress.com URL

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  cecilescott · Member · Jun 15, 2013 at 9:57 am

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  Hi! I have a blog for which I purchased an upgrade to have own domain name. However, I do not want to have that domain name anymore and I would like to have my same blog with a differentname.wordpress.com url. Is that possible? It does not fall under the category of “upgrade” because technically it is a “downgrade” I think. I like the theme etc.. of my blog (I believe I paid $99 for the whole package?) but I do not like the name of my blog (so I haven’t used it) and want to have just a general wordpress.com blog before I commit to purchasing a new domain name. So, it is possible to retain my blog content and theme but change it to a different name with just a wordpress.com url? Thank you!

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Jun 17, 2013 at 3:53 pm

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  You can change your blog name by carefully following these instructions: Changing a Blog Address

  You can then set the new address as your primary domain under Store > Domains:

  https://cilescottwine.wordpress.com/wp-admin/paid-upgrades.php?page=domains

  More information on setting the primary domain.

  Just let me know if you need further help.