why can’t change it back?

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  teradyte · Member · Mar 30, 2023 at 9:26 am

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  so my blog name is now maandyte, but it was teradyte before. why can’t i change it back to teradyte? is there a way to get back to teradyte or i have to make another blog?

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  teradyte · Member · Mar 30, 2023 at 9:26 am

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  why can’t i change my address to my old one? it says the domain i tried is not available, but i am sure it is as i use it before and change it to this one (maandyte). the previous one is (teradyte). is there a way i can go back to (teradyte)?

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  Correct account: Yes

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  teradyte · Member · Mar 30, 2023 at 9:44 am

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  okay so to add: i want to register that site into teradyte and switch maandyte domain to another email. can i do that? or just change the site name to teradyte.wordpress.com again as i own the domain 5 minutes ago…

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  staartmees · Member · Mar 30, 2023 at 9:44 am

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  When you changed the name of your site, it was very clearly stated there would be no way back. The name teradyte.wordpress.com would get locked forever. You even had to confirm this.

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  teradyte · Member · Mar 30, 2023 at 9:50 am

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  based on this (https://wordpress.com/support/changing-site-address/#instructions-for-changing-your-blog-address) it says “We respect site owners’ ownership of their content and, therefore, will not move or delete a site without its owner’s consent”.

  there’s should be a history on the ownership of my previous domain, so it should be possible?

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  staartmees · Member · Mar 30, 2023 at 10:08 am

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  Your content hasn’t been deleted! All content is on your new site.

  https://wordpress.com/support/changing-site-address/#change-your-word-press-com-site-address

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  teradyte · Member · Mar 30, 2023 at 10:12 am

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  yes, but i would pretty much love to also have that domain back

  so what you’re saying is i have to pay for a host to get the (teradyte.wordpress.com) domain back?

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  teradyte · Member · Mar 30, 2023 at 10:14 am

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  and what if i want to use maandyte.wordpress to another blog without transferring the content? i just want the domain

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  staartmees · Member · Mar 30, 2023 at 10:48 am

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  You can’t use a WordPress.com subdomain on another host. The only solution is to buy a custom domain teradyte.xxx or maandyte.xxx

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  teradyte · Member · Mar 30, 2023 at 11:02 am

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  what about transferring the domain without the content?

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  staartmees · Member · Mar 30, 2023 at 3:24 pm

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  Again: you can’t use a wordpress.com subdomain outside wordpress.com. This is simple internet logic.

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  teradyte · Member · Mar 30, 2023 at 3:29 pm

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  i mean also in wordpress, yk.

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  teradyte · Member · Apr 1, 2023 at 10:50 am

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  hello, another update is that I can’t launch my site. so I have 2 questions now: how to move domain without moving the content and how to actually launch the site as it always turn into white page instead.