Can I Delete a Picture after I have deleted my page?

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  allthingsstar · Member · Mar 6, 2017 at 2:48 pm

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  Hi, I deleted my wordpress site but need to delee the media that is on there too. Is there any way of doing this?

  Can i contact anyone or get it taken down in any way?

  Thanks

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  timethief · Member · Mar 6, 2017 at 5:38 pm

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  To keep things running quickly around here, files are held in multiple caches through a separate system. These caches are usually cleared within 3 days and the deleted files will then become 404 page not found.

  IMPORTANT NOTE: Deleting blogs and/or blog 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

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  allthingsstar · Member · Mar 6, 2017 at 6:21 pm

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  Thanks for your reply.

  So even though I went straight in and deleted the whole site outright without deleting the individual files from the page first, this will still lead to a 404 message in a few days and the content, media and whole site will be deleted?

  Thanks again

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  timethief · Member · Mar 6, 2017 at 6:23 pm

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  We cannot help you. I posted how to go about removing information form Google above.

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  allthingsstar · Member · Mar 6, 2017 at 6:27 pm

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  Ok thanks again.

  Can i just clarify that once my wordpress page becomes a 404 page in a few days once the site has been cached, I can then follow your instructions above as to how to remove it from google also?

  Thanks

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  supernovia · Staff · Mar 7, 2017 at 12:39 am

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  @allthingsstar you can do that when the cache clears, sure. If there’s anything that seems stuck, send us a link to the file and we’ll take a look.

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  allthingsstar · Member · Mar 7, 2017 at 6:50 am

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  https://rdaletown.wordpress.com/

  This is a link to the blog/site that I wish to remove please along with all its content and media.

  I deleted it yesterday however I can still access the site.

  Thanks

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  allthingsstar · Member · Mar 7, 2017 at 11:18 am

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  @supernovia please could you delete the above blog and remove all of the media and content from the server so that I get the 404 page could not be found message?

  I noticed a staff member on another post managed to do this for a member.

  This would be greatly appreciated.

  I have emailed the help email address but had no reply.

  Thanks in advance

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  supernovia · Staff · Mar 7, 2017 at 11:56 pm

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  @allthingsstar that site is not on your account. You’ll need to log in as the owner, then you can head here to delete everything:
  https://wordpress.com/settings