Account Recovery When Site Was Created With An Email That’s No Longer Active

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  zenteacher · Member · Dec 3, 2021 at 9:43 pm

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  This site has been inactive for some time. I’d like to start using it again. I have admin emails I received from the blog to my email since 2012. However, when I try to login using that email it doesn’t recognize the address. I think that part of the problem may be that when I created this blog originally I used a Yahoo! email that is no longer in use. So I no longer have access to any of the required proofs of ownership. I’m happy to share these emails to show that I was admin.

  WP.com: Yes
  Correct account: Unknown

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Dec 3, 2021 at 10:49 pm

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  Please send an email to passwordhelp@wordpress.com explaining the situation, and we’ll see if there’s anything we can do for you.

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  zenteacher · Member · Dec 3, 2021 at 11:25 pm

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  Done. Thanks.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Dec 3, 2021 at 11:33 pm

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  Excellent, they’ll reply to your email as soon as they can.