Delete account
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I would like to (if possible) completely delete my account on WordPress. I don’t mean archived, suspended, or any other form of non-deletion. I mean 100% gone. I like wordpress, but I’m not a fan of per-month subscriptions, especially just to make a stylesheet. It would be easier and cheaper to just host my own blog, so that’s what I might do.
Again, I like wordpress, I just can’t see myself using it often, thank you all, and I’m sorry. -Muto -
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 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
IMPORTANT NOTE: Deleting blogs and/or blog 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 -
Yes, yes I understand, thank you, but although your answer is helpful as a last resort, I still don’t understand exactly how to *delete* my account, I know an admin can do it for me, and I would appreciate it if they did.
To specify, this isn’t a case of “I don’t want to see or login to my account anymore!”, but rather “I would like my account pulled from the servers because an unused account isn’t worth keeping.”. Thank you, again.
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Staff cannot delete the account for you nor can I. All your were required to provide to create an account was a valid email address. If you use the instructions to deactivate your account above http://en.support.wordpress.com/deleting-accounts/ none of your information will remain on our servers.
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