Can you delete unwanted subscribers?

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  inspireworldchange · Member · Nov 30, 2011 at 4:54 am

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  If someone subscribes to my blog that I do not want to, can I delete or block that person from the list?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  thesacredpath · Member · Nov 30, 2011 at 5:12 am

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  You cannot delete them, and there is no way really to block them. IP addresses are no longer unique and each there may be hundreds of people on one IP address. Also, with most ISPs, if you reboot your modem, you get a different IP address. Or you can just go down the street to a wi-fi hotspot.

  Email addresses are also no good, because they can just sign up for another one at one of the free email services.

  And what is to keep them from just subscribing to your RSS feed, or just visiting your site regularly?

  It’s sort of like trying to keep someone from driving down your street and looking over at your house.

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  justjennifer · Member · Nov 30, 2011 at 7:03 am

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  Staff have also explained that as long as your blog is public, subscribers cannot be deleted/blocked for all the above reasons tsp has given. The only way to block subscribers is to make your entire blog Private and then invite viewers (up to 35 for free). Those invited viewers can then subscribe to your private blog.

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/

  and you might want to read this as well:
  http://wpcommaven.wordpress.com/2011/09/05/blog-privacy-and-subscribers/