ACCOUNT DELETE
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We cannot do this for you. You must act.
Here’s how to deactivate your account:
Although username accounts are not deleted, so you cannot be impersonated and have your reputation affected by anyone registering the same username in the future, there are steps you can take that amount to removing all personal information and result in leaving only a throwaway email address behind. http://en.support.wordpress.com/deleting-accounts/1. You can go to My Account->Edit Profile at https://wordpress.com/me/account and remove all data except the account name and an email address. Create a throwaway email address and change the account email to that throwaway address. This only leaves the username behind.
Free disposable email address https://www.google.ca/search?q=free+disposable+email+address&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=Jf0mWaWKPMOD0wLgg6bYBQ
2. To unsubscribe from email sent to you from WordPress.com, go here and click on “Block all subscription emails from WordPress.com”:
https://wordpress.com/settings/notifications/3. To ensure the account is locked up tightly, visit this site, generate a password of 15-20 characters, and change the account password to it:
http://www.thebitmill.com/tools/password.html4. To hide your Gravatar profile, login and on the bottom right hand corner of your Gravatar profile page you will find a “hide” button visible only to you that you can click. http://en.gravatar.com/support/profile-privacy
Deleting sites and/or site content or making the site private does not remove indexed content from the SERPs (search engine page results) and we cannot help with that. Google and Bing only clear their caches of deleted indexed content that produces a 404 (page not found) every 3 – 6 months. To completely remove an entire page from Google search results after it produces a 404 (page not found):
https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6332384?hl=en&ref_topic=1724262&vid=0-635749429504660340-12158368555624983465&rd=1 -
Hello @kesaz2016,
WordPress.com accounts cannot be deleted. Here is the definitive guide to removing all data and personal information from your account if you intend to stop using it permanently.
Sites can be deleted, but make sure you never want the content or URL again before you take that step.
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Google allows delete, Microsoft allows delete, Facebook allows delete. Why here I can’t?
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Under Account Settings, you can edit the Username field and save your changes. (Be aware that changing the username makes the old one permanently irretrievable. More info here.)
I don’t have the answer to why; I only know account deletion is currently not possible.
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@nabrvxgf
They answer to your “why” question is in the first paragraph of my response above.@helloimamanda
Hi there,
I always follow-up threads I post into. -
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@helloimamanda
Welcome aboard. :)P.S. I also tag threads I am already typing in with tt is in this thread so as to avoid overlapping replies for multiple Volunteers. :) I type tags before I type responses and I have 11 years worth of responses.
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@helloimamanda
No one owns a thread and I was not saying stay out of my threads. I was just giving you a heads up on how I proceed. You can take it or leave it, however, know that multiple Volunteers posting into any thread especially when responses overlap lead to confusion and the reason users post threads here is for clarity ie. accurate answers that are delivered quickly. -
how I can rename my username?
@nabrvxgf
You cannot register any username that has been previously registered as they are never deleted here to prevent impersonation https://en.support.wordpress.com/deleting-accounts/Once you change your username you will not be able to change it back and the old name will not be available for you or anyone to use. If you just want to show your name differently please only change your Display Name. https://en.support.wordpress.com/change-your-username/
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