Username in limbo

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  mudadesenvolvimento · Member · Oct 7, 2012 at 10:04 pm

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  Is it possible to regain control of an username? I changed my username and now I can’t get to some things that remain attached to the old username.
  Blog url: http://asalaranja.wordpress.com/

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

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  timethief · Member · Oct 7, 2012 at 10:07 pm

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  I’m sorry but the answer is “no”.

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  raincoaster · Member · Oct 7, 2012 at 10:07 pm

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  This is a very common problem. I flagged this thread for staff attention.

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  timethief · Member · Oct 7, 2012 at 10:09 pm

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  Once you change your username you will not be able to change it back and the old name will not be available for anyone else to use. …

  3. Read the information presented on this page very carefully. Important:You will not be able to change your username back. The old name will be reserved and no one will have access to it.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/change-your-username/

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  raincoaster · Member · Oct 7, 2012 at 10:25 pm

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  I really do not know why they did that. Changing the display name worked just fine.

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  timethief · Member · Oct 7, 2012 at 10:36 pm

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  @mudadesenvolvimento

  now I can’t get to some things that remain attached to the old username

  Please tell us what are these “things” to which you refer?

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  mudadesenvolvimento · Member · Oct 7, 2012 at 10:58 pm

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  I now have the mudadesenvolvimento.wordpress.com associated with the asalaranja username and vice-versa. I would like preferently separated accounts, otherwise at least recover the stated url

  anyways thanks for the fast response

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  timethief · Member · Oct 7, 2012 at 11:16 pm

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  You cannot recover a deleted URL.

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  mudadesenvolvimento · Member · Oct 8, 2012 at 6:29 am

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  the url was not deleted. It is associated to the account that is in the “limbo”. If someone in wordpress manages to link the referred account to an email, I think this could be solved.