Deactivating an account

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  ellygracehudson · Member · Jul 27, 2017 at 4:41 pm

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  Hello, I would like to deactivate my unused account of @ellygracehudson with email address (email visible only to moderators and staff)
  I do not use this account and have not since 2014 however, I would like to set u a new premium account with this email address.
  Please can you confirm if this can happen?

  Kind Regards
  Elly Hudson
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  krutidugade · Member · Jul 27, 2017 at 8:07 pm

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  Hey Elly,

  I will try to help you with this. There is no way to deactivate a WordPress.com account instead it can be left inactive.

  I would like to set u a new premium account with this email address.

  We don’t have premium account. We have different plans for websites/blogs. I would recommend you to create a site with Premium plan with same account.

  If you wish to change Username of this account you can follow this support documentation.

  If you still wish to create new account then change email address under Account Settings of existing account. Refer this tutorial.
  Once you have successfully changed email address, you can leave this account inactive and create new account with this email address.

  Note: Avoid adding personal details in forum threads. Though you don’t have to worry this thread is flagged so soon your personal information will be removed.

  Hope this helps!

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  timethief · Member · Jul 27, 2017 at 8:12 pm

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  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. Refer to 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.

  Free disposable email address https://www.google.ca/search?q=free+disposable+email+address&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=Jf0mWaWKPMOD0wLgg6bYBQ

  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

  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=1

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  justjennifer · Member · Jul 29, 2017 at 6:15 am

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  Hey all, thanks for flagging this to remove the OP’s personal info. In the future, please use the “remove personal info” (not information) tag:

  When to call in Staff:
  If someone posts sensitive information. This includes passwords, credit card details, phone numbers, and transaction IDs for upgrades. When this happens also tag it with remove personal info.

  Thanks again.