User Name and Blog deleted – HELP!

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  naemade · Member · Aug 7, 2013 at 3:52 am

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  I wanted to change my user name but not the blog name. Now Ive ended up deleting my Blog name and changing it to something I dont want.

  Want: lilacsandhoney.wordpress.com
  Ended up with: naemade.wordpress.com

  and now it is saying the old blog is there but I can`t see it and ARGH!

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

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  raincoaster · Member · Aug 7, 2013 at 5:15 am

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  lilacsandhoney.wordpress.com is no longer available.

  The authors have deleted this site.

  That is, I’m afraid, permanent and irreversible. This is why we volunteers hate the Change URL process; because everyone always has these regrets, and there is lamentably nothing we can do about it. If you really want that name, what you might consider is the paid custom domain and mapping upgrades, because for $18 a year you can have whatever.com or .org instead of whatever.wordpress.com.

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  rachelmcr · Member · Aug 7, 2013 at 10:14 am

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  Hi there,

  According to our records, you changed your blog’s address and then deleted the blog at the address lilacsandhoney.wordpress.com. I’m sorry, but deleting a blog is permanent and the name cannot be used again, which is why there are several steps and warnings involved in the process. We have more information about this here: Delete Site

  As raincoaster mentioned, you may be interested in using a custom domain with your site. You could also pick a new, different blog address for your site if you don’t want to use the one you have now.