Deleting and transferring same name characters

[kidolegend98]

Hello,

I am planning on transferring a character to a different world/server, but I have the same character already made on the new world (same name, which would ordinarily force me to change my transferred character's name).

If I were to delete the character on the new world, how long would it take before the name becomes 'available' again, so I might transfer before another person reclaims the name?

Thanks for your time and assistance.

[Canadane]

As far as I know, right away.
I could be wrong but I've never heard anything to the contrary.

I would imagine, at the most, 72 hours? There's a limit on transferring characters for 72 hours for a reason, I suspect.

[Dynratygus]

Good after noon and thank you for posting in the Final Fantasy XIV Technical Support Forum,

It should take about 24 hours for it to take effect.

Hope to see you online!