2 [Simple] Ways to Delete Blogger (with Pictures)

You may have come to the conclusion to stop blogging and delete your Blogger account or your blogger blogs without messing up anything and you want to know "How to delete Blogger".

One has to be very clear about deleting their blogger account, they have to understand the difference between deleting a blog and deleting a blogger account. Those are two different things. 

And they have to know the consequence of deleting.

So I wrote this blog post to help you guys to understand fully about deleting blogger account from head to toe. 

In this blog post, I will be covering topics related to deleting blogs and blogger accounts, things to do before removing blogger account, why not to do it, how to delete blogs even permanently, and the different methods to do it.

You will learn "how to delete blogger account permanently", and also the main difference between deleting a blogger account and deleting blogs on blogger. Because those are two different actions.

First, let's see "How to delete a Blog on Blogger".

How to Delete Blogger Blog

Like I said one has to be clear in deleting what part of Google Blogger (Blogspot) whether one of their blog (permanently?) or their whole account. 

I will explain both methods for everyone's convenience in a step-by-step manner with illustrated guides. 

Note - You must the administrator of Google Blogger account to delete a blog from it.

1. Delete Blogger Blog 

Once you finished all the backup processes, follow the below steps to delete your Google Blogger (Blogspot) Blog.

1. Login to your Google Blogger account.







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2. In the top left, click on the "down arrow" to open a dropdown menu of the list of your blogs associated with your blogger account.



3. Select the blog that you want to delete from the list.







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4. From the left navigation panel, select the "Settings" menu.





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5. On the main page scroll down to the Manage Blog submenu and select the "Remove your Blog" option.





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6. It will open a dialogue box where you have the final option to backup your blog and it warns the consequence of deleting your blog. Once you're okay with it then select "Delete" to delete your blog from your blogger account.

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Once your select delete your website will be deleted temporarily and you can restore it within 90 days, after that it will be deleted permanently from your blogger account. 

If you want to learn these steps in a video format then watch the following YouTube Tutorial.

2. Delete Blogger Blog Permanently

In order to delete your blog permanently quickly without 90 days of waiting, you have to follow the following steps.

1. After deleting your blog using the Delete Blog method, click on the "down arrow" on the top left to open a dropdown menu of the list of your blogs associated with your blogger account.



2. From the dropdown list, select the deleted blog from the "Thrashed Blogs" section.






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3. On its main page, you will be given two options, one is to restore the blog and the other is to delete it permanently, in order to delete your blog permanently click on "Permanently Delete".

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Once you select that option your blog will be deleted permanently from the internet and now you can't use that blog address (URL).

There is no restoration process for permanently deleted blogs, so be careful in what you're choosing.

Now you know how to delete a blog on blogger, let's see about the difference between "How to Delete Blogger Blog" and "How to Delete Blogger Account".

Difference between "Delete Blogger Blog" and "Delete Blogger Account"

1. Delete Blogger Blog 

Deleting a Blogger blog means that deleting blogs (one or many) that are created by users with their blogger account. 

Deleting blogs in their account doesn't affect their blogger account and google account.

After deletion users can't make a new blog with the same domain address (URL).

2. Delete Blogger Account 

Deleting Blogger Account means deleting the whole blogger profile and blogs that are created by that account. 

A Blogger account can be deleted only when its associated Google account is deleted. 

Deleting a Google account allows you to remove your blogger account or profile but it also deletes all other services associated with it like YouTube accounts, Google Adsense, Gmail, Google+, and etc.

If they don't terminate their google service then they make their blogger account go invisible by deleting their blogs, removing information from their blogger profile, and finally unchecking "Show my profile" in the Edit user profile menu.

If you want the best template for your Blogger Blog, then

Read - Top 5 Blogger Templates Best for Adsense : 2020 List.

Things to do before deleting blogger account and blogs

You have to do backup your blog and its theme before deleting your google blogger because you can use that backup to recreate your blog and its contents anytime. 

Backup Blogger Blog 

Backing up your blog allows you to restore its content and comments at any time.

When you backup your blogger blogs you get a ".XML" file of your blog (posts and comments). You can use this backup to publish those blog posts on your WordPress website.

If you want to how to remove credits from the footer of your blog, then

Read - The Easiest way to remove Credits from your Blogger Template.

FAQ

1. Can we delete Blogger Account?

We can delete a blogger account in order to delete it you have to delete your whole Google account and services associated with like YouTube, Gmail, Google+, and other accounts.

2. How to delete a blogger account without deleting Gmail?

You can't delete a blogger account without deleting your Gmail account but you can delete your blogs created in your blogger account or even make them private. 

3. How to delete a blog without logging in?

Blogs can't be deleted without users logging into their blogger account. If you lost access to your blogger then try to recover the Gmail or Google account that you used to create the blogger account. Once you recovered, sign into that account and delete the blog.

4. Can I recover my deleted Blog?

One can recover their Google blogger blogs that aren't permanently deleted and has only 90 days period to recover after it was deleted.

5. How to restore permanently deleted blog?

There's no way to recover a permanently deleted blog from their google blogger account, it's gone and its blog address (URL) can't be used again.

6. Why shouldn't delete a blogger account?

Deleting a blogger account is only possible via deleting a Google account, in this process users may lose all the service and products associated with their google account. Once they're deleted they can't be restored.
If they want to hide from the internet, users can make their accounts private.

Conclusion

Thus these are the steps to delete blogger blogs from the internet.

Following the above steps, you can easily delete a blog in under 5 minutes. 

You have to clear whether you want to delete a blog or just hide it from the public. If you want to just hide it, then just make it Private from the option in the Settings menu.

Because deleting a blog is an irreversible process, you can't have access to it that from that moment and you can't also use that blogger address (URL) anymore. So be clear in what you wish for.

If you want to learn more about Blogging and SEO then I suggest you guys check out my following articles.

Read - 6 (Clever) steps to add a Drop down Menu in Blogger.

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Read - 12 [Most Important] Google Ranking Factors in 2020.

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