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  patrickcolliano · Member · Jul 24, 2015 at 7:29 pm

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  I signed up today, and decided that it was too complicated for me to make it do the things I wanted. For instance, it asked me upload a background picture, which I did. I cropped it the way I wanted it, saved it, but then when I tried to continue with start up process, the picture was gone and I couldn’t find it.

  I don’t think I’m going to be able to make this work. I can’t even finish the set up.

  I tried to follow the steps to deactivate my site, but all I succeeded in doing is cancelling an upgrade I had requested to take effect on August 7. I want to deactivate the whole thing. I want the website I created to no longer exist.

  Can someone help me completely dispossess myself of the WordPress site I shouldn’t have created?

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

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  timethief · Member · Jul 24, 2015 at 7:32 pm

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  Hello there,
  We cannot do this for you. To delete a WordPress.COM hosted blog you must be logged in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the blog to navigate to Dashboard > Tools > Delete Site.

  The guide is here http://en.support.wordpress.com/delete-site/

  Deleted blog URLs are not recycled, regardless of who registered and deleted them and no exceptions are made.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

  Alternatively, to change blog visibility to Private go to > Settings > Reading scroll to Blog Visibility and choose option 3. See the guide here http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings

  Registering an account here required
  (1) your consent to the Terms of Service http://wordpress.com/tos/ and all policies made under it found in the support docs like this one http://en.support.wordpress.com/deleting-accounts/,
  and
  (2) an email address.

  Any personal information you posted anywhere was posted voluntarily. Both the email address and personal information can be removed or replaced at any time.

  Here’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 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.html

  4. 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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  patrickcolliano · Member · Jul 24, 2015 at 7:45 pm

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  All right. It took me a few minutes, but I see everything now. Since, once I delete my site, I won’t be able to come back here, so I wanted to say thank you for your help before I disappear from WordPress completely. Thanks again.

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  timethief · Member · Jul 24, 2015 at 7:46 pm

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  You are most welcome and best wishes.