How to delete a Blogger blog

Many bloggers do not know how to delete a Blogger (blogspot) blog. The method depends on whether you are still using the old Blogger UI (User Interface) or the new UI. It is not difficult if you know where to look or where to click. The problem is, it is not obvious where to look, but this post will show you where and how. Below are the instructions to delete a blog together with screenshots to make the task easier for you.

Old User Interface
New User Interface

Old User Interface

To delete a blog is a more straight forward. First sign into www.blogger.com to access the Dashboard, Click on the SETTINGS tab and the default sub-tab will be BASIC. Click DELETE and it is done.

New User Interface

As above, first sign into www.blogger.com to access the Dashboard. Click on the drop-down menu and then click SETTINGS:



The on the left sidebar, click on OTHER and option to delete blog will be under the default BLOG TOOLS. Click DELETE and it is done:

Will old images disappear when changing to custom domain?

The answer is no. Images will remain as long as the Google/Blogger account they are associated with is not deleted. I have checked one of my oldest post - How to change the date and time of your post which has a screen shot and which is dated Monday, May 01, 2006, way before I converted the blog to custom domain.

Upload text and picture direct from computer

There are bloggers who want to be able to prepare their posts including text and photos in their computer and upload it direct to Blogger. Some have tried using copy-paste from Microsoft WORD which obviously will not work.

Here is a solution - Windows Live Writer. To add a photo while in Windows Live Writer, either click the photo icon or use the INSERT drop-down menu as shown in the screen shot below:



If you wish, you can also add an album. Click PHOTO ALBUM. For this, you will have to have a Window Live ID and be logged in. Once logged in, click ADD PHOTO and browse to the photo in your computer you want to add to the album. Then click OPEN and the photo will be added to the album.

I have tested this at Test uploading photo from Windows Live Writer and found that it works well.

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Blogger new User Interface

Blogger has introduced its new UI (User Interface) where among other changes, those familiar tabs below the Blog Title (see screen shot below):



has been replaced by a drop-down menu at the right end of the list of blogs just before the VIEW BLOG tab. See screen shot below:

Solution to "not authorized to leave comment" message

Have you ever experienced trying to leave a comment while logged in but get the message that you are not authorized to do so?

Try this: Click the link for using another account, then log in again with the same one. Uncheck the Stay Signed In box. This should take you to finish your comments.

Acknowledgement: The solution provided in this post is from The New Katney

Blog URL changed - how to restore original permalink

When you change the URL of a blogspot blog, the permalink (individual post URL) also changes and if the blog already has incoming backlinks, these links will become dead links (page not found). So if you are unhappy about that, what can you do?

I would suggest going back to Blogger dashboard, click SETTINGS then PUBLISHING and change the blog URL back to the original blog URL. Of course you will need to do it fast because that option will not be available any more if another blogger has already registered that URL. If successful, all your original permalinks will be restored.

I have tested it at a test blog Computer Hardware Tips and Tricks and confirmed that after changing the blog URL back to the original, the permalink of the individual post had also been restored.

More details - original permalinks

http://computerhardwaretipsandtricks.blogspot.com/2011/05/brief-history-of-ipod.html
http://computerhardwaretipsandtricks.blogspot.com/2011/05/buying-right-notebook-computer.html

and when changed to a new blog URL, these permalinks became (those changed items in red)

http://computerhardwaretipsntricks.blogspot.com/2011/05/brief-history-of-ipod.html
http://computerhardwaretipsntricks.blogspot.com/2011/05/buying-right-notebook-computer.html

and when the blog URL revert back to its original URL, these permalinks then become changed back to the original as shown below:

http://computerhardwaretipsandtricks.blogspot.com/2011/05/brief-history-of-ipod.html
http://computerhardwaretipsandtricks.blogspot.com/2011/05/buying-right-notebook-computer.html

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