Complete Account Deletion
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Hi there,
I really would like to delete my account fully please.
I have followed all of your steps to delete the info, change password to random numbers etc and even preventing Gravtar from looking at my account, but I still find my picture avatar used on random internet forums, pulling the information from here.
Please can you totally delete my account, picture and all information associated with my email address.
There is a deeply personal reason why I would like to prevent this picture from being public anymore.
Please.
Many thanks for your understanding,
Marc
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Where Will My Gravatar Appear?
http://en.gravatar.com/support/gravatar-locations/A wordpress.com account and a gravatar account are one in the same thing. They are both owned by Automattic Inc. We can remove and or replace any image we use as a gravatar. I believe you may have done that.
IMPORTANT NOTE: 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=1Here’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.
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
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Many thanks!
It’s a pity I can’t delete my Gravatar and WordPress accounts completely (unless I’m missing something?) but I’ve done all of the above.
Thank you for your help.
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