Wordpress permalink added second time

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I have my permalinks like the following:

/%category%/%postname%

However, I once posted a blogpost. I later deleted it, but then again I added it again. It made a permalink with "-2" behind it, or e.g.:

www.myadress.com/category/post-2

If I change the permalink to

www.myadress.com/category/post

It automatically changes it back to

www.myadress.com/category/post-2

Is there a way I can fix this without the redirection plugin? The previous posts don't exist anymore...

Thanks in advance

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1 Answers

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Delete the post from the trash. WP looks to the trash to prevent duplicate permalinks, and until that post is deleted, you will get the "-2" type permalinks.