Changing email address

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  tarandheather · Member · Feb 11, 2020 at 7:17 pm

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  I deleted an old wordpress account i had under the email (email visible only to moderators and staff), in order to connect it with this wordpress here @tarandheather. Can you help me change this address? It would allow for me to because it says it is already taken when its not.

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  supernovia · Staff · Feb 12, 2020 at 2:23 am

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  Hi @tarandheather, when you delete an account, it stays in stasis for 30 days before the email address is purged. And until then we can’t re-use that address.

  Here’s what I recommend:

  1. Reply to the closure email. Ask to restore the account.

  2. Change the email address on the account to an alias, and confirm it:

  Instead of using this:
  (email visible only to moderators and staff)

  Use this:
  (email visible only to moderators and staff)

  3. Change this account to your real email address, and confirm that.

  Or, you could just use an alias on this account. It will deliver to your email just the same. Let us know if you need more help!