Want to register a domain that has been deleted for 4 years

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  theimmunequeen · Member · Dec 22, 2015 at 2:54 am

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  Hi,

  I would like to register a domain that has been deleted for 4 years, according to archive.org records, but it says that domain is not available. WordPress.com documentation states that domains become available about 2 years after it was deleted.

  How can I go about registering this domain?

  Thank you

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  theimmunequeen · Member · Dec 22, 2015 at 2:55 am

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  I would appreciate it if one of the staff members got back to me about this one.

  Thank you.

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  timethief · Member · Dec 22, 2015 at 2:55 am

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  The process is stated here in the second paragraph https://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

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  theimmunequeen · Member · Dec 22, 2015 at 3:08 am

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  Yes, I read that. Which is why I stated that your documentation states it can be recycled after 2 years. It says that domain names become available about 2 years after deletion.

  This domain has been deleted for 4 years but it’s still not showing that it’s available, and the url says ‘this site has been deleted by the author’ still. Is there any process that I can do to try to get the domain since it’s been deleted for so long? It is a domain.wordpress.com name.

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  timethief · Member · Dec 22, 2015 at 3:11 am

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  Please type modlook into the sidebar tags on this thread for Staff help. How do I get a Moderator/Staff reply for my question? https://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-help-in-the-forums/#how-do-i-get-a-moderatorstaff-reply-for-my-question Then subscribe to this thread so you are notified when they respond. To subscribe look in the sidebar of this thread, find the subscribe to topics link and click it.

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  theimmunequeen · Member · Dec 22, 2015 at 3:16 am

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  Thank you for that help.

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  timethief · Member · Dec 22, 2015 at 3:32 am

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  You’re welcome.

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  kokkieh · Staff · Dec 22, 2015 at 12:46 pm

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  Hi there,

  What is the URL you want to register?

  Note that if the account who originally deleted that URL is still active, or if the URL matches any registered username, you will not be able to reclaim it. In that case it doesn’t matter how long ago the URL was deleted.

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  theimmunequeen · Member · Dec 22, 2015 at 12:49 pm

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  deathbycipro.wordpress.com

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  kokkieh · Staff · Dec 22, 2015 at 2:15 pm

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  Okay. That address matches an existing username, so it cannot be recovered. You can see if that address is available as a custom domain instead. In that case it doesn’t matter what the underlying WordPress.com URL is.