How to Delete a WordPress Post

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Do you have a WordPress blog? Do you want to delete a post? This article will teach you how to do it.

Method 1

Method 1 of 2:

Temporarily Deleting a Post

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1

Go to wordpress.com and sign in with your account.
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2

Open your dashboard by clicking on the My Site button.

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3

Select Blog Posts from the sidebar to open the blog posts menu.
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4

Select a post. Click on the ⋯ More button.
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5

Click on the Trash button to delete the post. Done!

Method 2

Method 2 of 2:

Permanently Deleting a Post

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1

Go to Trash. Click on the Trashed option from the Blog Posts menu.
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2

Select the post you want to permanently delete. Click on Delete Permanently .
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3

Done! Now your post is permanently deleted.

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I have deleted my blog and reuploaded a new one, but while I am checking for plagiarism, the old one is still visible. How should I remove that?

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You have to wait for a few days for Google crawler. It will crawl your website again, and then you will not see that post again.

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