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  markclearyblog · Member · Aug 22, 2016 at 8:50 pm

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  Hi sorry I was just playing around with wordpress as I’m building a site soo I’d like to delete my account and start fresh when I’m ready. Is this ok?

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  mariahpierson · Member · Aug 23, 2016 at 4:53 pm

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  Hello,

  The account itself cannot be deleted. It is set up that way to prevent someone else from gaining access to your site and pretending to be you. If you plan on returning to WordPress, then it is best to just leave it be. I see you have deleted your site, which wasn’t a good idea if you planned on using the same blog address/URL. Since it has been deleted, you cannot use that same address again.

  If you do want to get rid of your account details, follow this link and remove all personal information from your account.

  https://wordpress.com/me/account

  Change your email address to a throwaway address and change the password to something random that you won’t remember to prevent you from gaining access to it in the future. Or, you can just block all emails and keep the account dormant in case you may want to use it again in the future.

  Hope that helps.