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  rashmisharmars · Member · Feb 28, 2019 at 5:34 am

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  I have an issue. I had used litupwithsunshine for my blog address and got the website, http://www.litupwithsunshine.wordpress.com
  I deleted the website and was informed that it would be permanently unrecoverable after 30 days. However, months later I have beeen trying to rename my other site, http://www.thebluedipper.wordpress.com to http://www.litupwithsunshine.wordpress.com and I am still being told that the website is unavailable and already in use.
  Could anyone please tell me how to delete this site from history so that I am able to rename my current blog aptly?
  Thanks!

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  justjennifer · Member · Feb 28, 2019 at 1:40 pm

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  Hello there, the 30 days mentioned is the time period when it is still possible for the site owner to recover their deleted site. After that period it’s not possible to recover or reuse that site address.

  Sorry for no better news

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  staff-zinnia · Staff · Feb 28, 2019 at 4:14 pm

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  Hi –

  I am following up on the Modlook tag. It will not be possible to use litupwithsunshine.wordpress.com again as a site name because it was deleted seven months ago.

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  rashmisharmars · Member · Feb 28, 2019 at 4:15 pm

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  Yes, but then that domain name should be available to be used for a different blog, right?

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  justjennifer · Member · Feb 28, 2019 at 4:53 pm

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  Hello again, no it is not. When you delete a site you permanently delete both the contents and the site address. The deleted site address cannot be re-registered.

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

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  fstat · Staff · Feb 28, 2019 at 4:55 pm

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  Hi there,

  No, a deleted blog address cannot be reused as stated in our official documentation:

  Once the 30 days have passed, all of your site data is purged and cannot be restored, and the site address is deleted and cannot be reused.