Title: permalink numbering problem
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# permalink numbering problem

 *  Resolved [shamakern](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shamakern/)
 * (@shamakern)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-numbering-problem/)
 * My permalink structure is set to /%postname%/. I added a page, then deleted it
   and later re-added it. Now my permalink shows /%postname-2%/.
    When I delete 
   the -2 extension, it won’t let me do it, and the -2 extension stays in the link.
 * How can I get rid of the -2 extension after the postname so that my page title
   and the permalink are identical?

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 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-numbering-problem/#post-1578197)
 * empty your trash of the original page
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Trash_status](http://codex.wordpress.org/Trash_status)
 *  Thread Starter [shamakern](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shamakern/)
 * (@shamakern)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-numbering-problem/#post-1578203)
 * thanks, that fixed it!

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## Tags

 * [page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/page/)
 * [permalink](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permalink/)
 * [permalink change](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permalink-change/)

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 * Last reply from: [shamakern](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shamakern/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-numbering-problem/#post-1578203)
 * Status: resolved

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