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Sunday, April 3, 2022

How to Delete a Blogspot Blog from Blogger 2022 (Step-by-Step Guide to Remove a Blog)

In this Blogger tutorial I discuss how to delete a Blogspot blog from the Google Blogger platform. This is not a difficult task but I suggest that unless you are absolutely sure you will never use the content of your blog for any other purpose and you definitely want to remove your blog that you at least backup before deletion. It is possible to restore a deleted Blogger blog if you change your mind within a 90 day period but thereafter a deleted Blogspot blog is gone forever.
How to Delete a Blogspot Blog from Google Blogger Platform - Step-by-Step Guide to Remove a Blog

How to Delete a Blogspot Website Permanently from the Blogger Platform (Easy Steps)

When a blog is deleted from the Blogger platform the blog owner has a 90 day period in which the blog can be recovered before it is permanently deleted. To delete a Blogspot website from Blogger follow these simple steps:
  1. Sing in to Blogger and select blog to delete
  2. Click on Settings from the Dashboard
  3. Then click Manage Settings
  4. Choose Remove Your Blog
  5. Download a copy of the content of your blog in xml format (optional)
  6. Select Delete

See my step-by-step guide to deleting a Blogger blog below for a detailed walkthrough.


How to Delete a Multiple Blogspot Websites Permanently from Blogger

Unfortunately there is no tool to manage deleting multiple blogs from Blogger. If you have several blogs that you want to delete at the same time you will need to delete each one individually using the methods shown.


How to Delete a Blogger Account

If you want to delete a Blogger blog follow the steps outlined above and in the step-by-step walkthrough below. If however you want to delete your Google account which includes your gmail this is a different process.



Reasons to Remove or Delete a Blogger Blog

There are a lot of reasons to choose to remove or delete a blog from the Blogger platform some of which are:
  • Your blog is not viable
  • The content of your blog is too old and you can't be bothered to refresh it
  • The blog takes too much work
  • You blog is not making enough money to make it worth the effort
  • You want to transfer your blog to Wordpress or another website platform like Wix or Squarespace

These are good reasons to consider deletion of a Blogspot blog. However, if your are deleting Blogger not because you have lost interest but because you have struck a problem, technical or otherwise, then deletion may not be the best solution.

Weigh up your decision before deleting a blogger blog. Is there some other solution or do you just want it removed

If you are still keen to maintain your blog but it has just not succeeded as you would have liked or you are unsure about deleting it and looking for advice then I suggest you first take a look at my upcoming article in which I discuss a variety of scenarios about whether or not to delete a Blogger blog in each of these situations.



Steps to Delete a Blogspot Blog from Blogger

  1. Login to Blogger

  2. From the Dashboard click on Settings

  3. Scroll down to Manage Settings


  4. to delete a blogger blog choose settings, then find remove your blog in the manage blog section in Blogger

  5. Click on the Remove Your Blog link

  6. A pop up window will appear.

    • Click on the Download blog link to download a copy of your blog in xml format. Note this not a readable copy of your blog.

    • If you would like a copy of your blog posts as a memento or to turn into a book refer to my Blogger Tutorial on How to Convert Blog Posts in Blogger into a PDF document and Make Your Blogger Blog Posts into a Book.

    Before deleting a blogger blog make sure you download an xml copy of your blog under settings manage blogs remove your blog

  7. Once ready to delete select the Delete button in the pop up window to delete your blog. Google reminds you that you have 90 days change of heart period in which you can restore your blog. Thereafter your blog is deleted and gone for good.

For step-by-step instructions on how to restore or recover a deleted blog please go my Blogger tutorial how to restore a deleted Blogger blog.

Today's Blogger tutorial has covered how to delete a blog from Blogger. It has also included instructions on how to back up your blog prior to deletion. Blogger makes it possible to restore a deleted blog within 90 days of deletion just in case.

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