Blogger was launched in 1999 and bought by Google in 2003. It’s many years during which you may published blogs . Since Blogger allows you to create as many blogs as you want, you may have one or two blogs that have been abandoned for a long time and are collecting spam comments.
Here’s how to clean up your relics by deleting your old Blogger blog.
Backing up your blog
Optionally, save a backup of your blog posts and comments on your computer before destroying it by following these steps.
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Sign in to your Google account and go to the Blogger.com administration page.
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Click down arrow, located in the top left corner to open a menu of all your blogs.
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Select the name of the blog you want to archive.
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From the left menu select » Settings» > » Other» .
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In chapter » Import and backup » click « Content Backup » .
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Click Save to your computer .
Your posts and comments are downloaded to your computer as an XML file.
Delete Blogger Blog
Now that you’ve backed up your old blog or decided to send it to the dustbin of history, you can delete it.
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Sign in to Blogger using your Google account .
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Click down arrow in the top left corner and select the blog you want to remove from the list.
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From the left menu select » Settings» > » Other» .
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In chapter » Delete blog » Near » Delete your blog» click » Delete blog» .
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You will be asked if you want to export the blog before deleting it; if you haven’t already, but want to now, click Download Blog. Otherwise, click Delete this blog .
Once a blog is deleted, it will no longer be available to visitors. However, you have 90 days to restore your blog. After 90 days, it is permanently removed—in other words, it disappears forever.
Delete your blog immediately and permanently
If you’re sure you want to completely delete a blog, you don’t have to wait 90 days for it to be permanently deleted.
To get rid of a deleted blog immediately and permanently before the 90 days are up, follow these steps after completing the steps above. However, please note that once a blog is permanently deleted, the blog URL cannot be used again.