I accidentally deleted a blog and want to use it again

adventurelam · Member · Jul 30, 2018 at 5:12 pm
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I accidentally deleted my site name thinking I could use it again, but now it says it’s taken even though I was the person to use it in the first place. Please help, will the expired name ever come back again?

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timethief · Member · Jul 30, 2018 at 6:14 pm
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Please read the relevant support doc at http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

It is possible to reverse a site deletion for the first 30 days after a site is closed. If you realize you closed your site in error, please contact us immediately. We will be able to assist you in restoring your site during this 30 day window. Once the 30 days have passed, all of your site data is purged and cannot be restored.
https://en.support.wordpress.com/delete-site/

Adding a New Site or Blog to an Existing Account https://en.support.wordpress.com/create-a-blog/#adding-a-new-site-or-blog-to-an-existing-account
timethief · Member · Jul 30, 2018 at 6:16 pm
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I assume you refer to https://adventurelam.wordpress.com/ if so and if 30 days has not expired type modlook into the sidebar tags on this thread for a Staff follow-up. 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
gemmacevans · Staff · Jul 31, 2018 at 8:47 am
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Hi adventurelam,

now it says it’s taken even though I was the person to use it in the first place

Deleting a site means that address is no longer available and cannot be used to create a new site. If you let me know which site you deleted by mistake, I can check whether it will be possible to reverse the deletion.

Thanks!
adventurelam · Member · Jul 31, 2018 at 12:30 pm
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Hi Gemma,

Thanks so much! I accidentally deleted http://www.adventurelam.wordpress.com. I would love to use it to keep up with my branding and it was mine in the first place as well :(

Please help!

Thanks so much, I REALLY appreciate it :D
adventurelam · Member · Jul 31, 2018 at 1:07 pm
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Someone told me it wasn’t possible when I first deleted it and 30 days have passed, please please help I was given the wrong information a year ago :'(
kokkieh · Staff · Jul 31, 2018 at 1:31 pm
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Hi there,

That site was deleted in March 2017, so I’m afraid it’s not possible for us to restore it.

You also weren’t given the wrong information a year ago – at that time it was not possible to restore a deleted domain at all. We changed this at the end of May this year to allow a 30-day period during which a deleted site can be restored, and it does not change anything regarding sites that were deleted before we made this change.
adventurelam · Member · Jul 31, 2018 at 2:42 pm
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Do they refresh after a couple of years? That’s the information I was given last year in March… That’s not fair for people who deleted blogs before May of this year :(
staff-zinnia · Staff · Jul 31, 2018 at 2:53 pm
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Good morning –

That site address is not able to be restored. This process has changed as kokkieh mentioned.

The best way forward would be to register a new site address and start new.

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