As you all know that Blogger was first launched in the year 1999 and later it was bought by Google in 2003. Many people may have been publishing blogs for years. Since Blogger allows you to create as many blogs as you want, many people may have one or more blogs, many of which will not be used, or many of which will need to be backed up or deleted.
As a blogging platform, Blogger is simple. Recently Blogger has made some important changes for better blogging. Many new options are now available, and older options have been updated. One of the new features is to back up the current Blogger theme. You can back up themes on Blogger in less than a minute. This is the same option for uploading a new blogger theme. You can easily change or install blogger theme.
In this article, we will learn how to upload, change, restore, backup and delete a blog theme on Blogger.
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Know how to upload / Restore / install a theme in Blogger
It is very easy to change / restore / install the theme of blogger blog, for this you follow the steps given below.
You must have a new Blogger theme or a backup theme to upload or change. Don’t forget to take a backup of the current Blogger theme. Most theme developers provide an archive of Blogger theme (.xml), Logo PSD, and installation tutorial. You can unzip the archive file with WinZip or WinRar.
First of all, you go to www.blogger.com and login. After that go to the dashboard.
Now you will see an option of themes in the dashboard, click on it,
After clicking on the theme option, click on the Customize link as per below screen.
After clicking on Customize down arrow, some more options will appear, among them click on Restore option.
There are two options for reinstalling or installing a theme in Blogger
Option 1. Upload a new or backup theme (.xml file) through Restore option.
Option 2. Copy and paste a new theme (XML code) into Blogger's HTML editor.
Click the Floppy button to save changes. Wonderful, you have successfully changed or restored the theme of your blog..
Know how to Back up Your Blog
Follow these steps to save a backup of your blog to your computer before deleting posts and comments.
First of all, you go to www.blogger.com and login. After that go to the dashboard.
Now you will see an option of themes in the dashboard, click on it,
After clicking on the theme option, click on the Customize link as per below screen.
After clicking on Customize down arrow, some more options will appear, among them click on Backup option.
Click on Download option and Save to your computer. Your posts and comments download to your computer as an XML file.
Know how to Delete a Blogger Blog
Now that you have backed up your old blog, and you have decided to delete the blog—you can delete it.
Log in to Blogger using your Google Account.
In the left menu, click Settings > Other.
Delete Blog section, next to Delete Your Blog, click Delete Blog.
Before deleting the blog you will be asked if you want to export it; If you haven't done so yet but want to do so now, click Download Blog. Otherwise, click Delete this blog.
After you delete a blog, it will no longer be accessible by visitors. However, you have 90 days during which you can restore your blog. After 90 days it's permanently deleted—in other words, it's gone forever.