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  alberta74 · Member · Jun 26, 2013 at 6:06 pm

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  delete my account. You have no right to keep it, RE: facebook court case.
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  timethief · Member · Jun 26, 2013 at 6:08 pm

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  All you were required to provide to register an account was an email address which can be replaced at any time.

  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”:
  http://wordpress.com/#!/following/subsettings/

  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

  Note: A WordPress.com account and a Gravatar account have always been one in the same. http://blog.gravatar.com/2013/04/03/gravatar-and-wordpress-com-together-forever/ See here for How to Make Your Gravatar Profile Private https://en.gravatar.com/support/profile-privacy/

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  alberta74 · Member · Jun 26, 2013 at 6:17 pm

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  I can’t get into the settings page to delete my photo and Email.
  All I get is the waiting….. circle thingy

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  timethief · Member · Jun 26, 2013 at 6:20 pm

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  All I get is the waiting….. circle thingy

  Aha! That sounds like a browser related issue then.
  If you are not running one of the browsers and versions listed at http://browsehappy.com/ please try upgrading or switching first.

  Note: If you are using an IE9 browser in compatibility mode that makes it render as IE7 and IE7 is not supported. To disable see > http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1196-internet-explorer-compatibility-view-turn-off.html

  If you are running one of the browsers and versions listed at http://browsehappy.com please do these four things:

  1. Try clearing your browser’s cache: http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=32050

  2. Make sure that you have third-party cookies and JavaScript enabled: http://en.support.wordpress.com/third-party-cookies/

  http://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?answer=12654

  3. Try with all browser extensions or add-ons temporarily disabled.

  4. Try enabling HTTPS: http://en.support.wordpress.com/https/

  If it’s still happening, let us know exactly which browser (and version of it) you’re using by checking here if necessary http://www.whatbrowser.org/ and also post any error reports you get.