Switching to my old URL

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  wheresmyenpitsu · Member · Jun 30, 2017 at 6:28 am

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  I am trying to get back my old url, but it says that the old url is being used. Help?

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

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  terrybrownell · Member · Jun 30, 2017 at 6:48 am

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  Hello!

  What is your old URL?

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  wheresmyenpitsu · Member · Jun 30, 2017 at 6:56 am

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  wheresmyenpitsu.wordpress.com

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  terrybrownell · Member · Jun 30, 2017 at 7:28 am

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  Hi,

  That site has been deleted by it’s owner at some point, and can not be recovered or used again.

  According to the support doc…

  Deleting a site permanently removes it and you’ll never be able to re-use its WordPress.com address (such as yourgroovysite.wordpress.com).

  You can read more about that here: https://en.support.wordpress.com/delete-site/

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  wheresmyenpitsu · Member · Jun 30, 2017 at 8:19 am

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  I am the owner of the site, so is it possible for me to recover it?

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  wheresmyenpitsu · Member · Jun 30, 2017 at 8:24 am

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  I mean, that URL is not being used by anyone at the moment, and I used to own that URL, so is there any available procedure/s that could help me recover that URL back?

  Here it says that “Do you see a deleted site with an address you would like to have? You can try registering a new site with that address here. If it is available, it will be yours.” and “If you find that an active blog address is registered by another user, you may be able to obtain it for your use if the owner of the blog agrees to transfer it to you. You may contact the blog owner – via a comment on their site or through a contact form, if available – to ask for their consent. If you do not get permission, or do not hear back from the blog owner, we cannot transfer the blog address to you.”

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

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  terrybrownell · Member · Jun 30, 2017 at 4:57 pm

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  Hi,

  I’ve added a tag for the staff to take a look at this post. I’m sure they can shed some more light on the matter.

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  timethief · Member · Jun 30, 2017 at 5:04 pm

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  What you are asking for will not be done. Prior to deletion warnings are issued and they have to be ignored to delete a URL. Deleted wordpress.COM blog URLs are not recycled, regardless of who registered and deleted them and the only exceptions are made are for URLs that were deleted 2 or more years ago. http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

  You can register another .wordpress.com blog http://en.support.wordpress.com/register-a-blog/

  Adding a New Site or Blog to an Existing Account https://en.support.wordpress.com/create-a-blog/#adding-a-new-site-or-blog-to-an-existing-account

  Then if you wish to you can register a domain via a domain mapping upgrade because it does not matter what the underlying .wordpress.com address is when you are domain mapping.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/register-domain/