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  saintgiles · Member · Aug 25, 2017 at 10:23 pm

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  Hello,

  I’m not sure how my email ((email visible only to moderators and staff)) got associated with @saintgiles, but I would like to delete the account associated with my email, please.

  Thanks,
  John

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

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  tifanne83 · Member · Aug 26, 2017 at 12:10 am

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  Hi there.

  You can not completely delete your account, but these steps will walk you through deleting your site and then making your account inaccessible.

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/deleting-accounts/

  Hope that helps.

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  timethief · Member · Aug 26, 2017 at 1:29 am

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  Hi there,

  We cannot do these things for you. You must act.

  Please deal with your site(s) first.

  re: deleting sites

  All sites are independent. What you do on one or to one has no impact on any other site. To delete a WordPress.COM hosted site 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/ note the alternatives provided there.

  Prior to deletion warnings are issued. Deleted wordpress.COM blog URLs are not recycled, regardless of who registered and deleted them and the only exceptions are made are for URLs that were deleted 2 or more years ago. http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

  https://wordpress.com/settings/delete-site/NAME_OF_BLOG.wordpress.com

  *Replace “NAME_OF_BLOG” with the actual name of the blog in the URL above.

  If you are not logged in under the correct WordPress.COM username account then clear your browser cache https://en.support.wordpress.com/browser-issues/#clearing-your-browser-cache and cookies https://en.support.wordpress.com/browser-issues/#clearing-wordpress-com-cookies prior to logging into another account

  tifanne83 linked to 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/

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  tifanne83 · Member · Aug 26, 2017 at 3:20 am

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  Thanks for the added info timethief :)

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  timethief · Member · Aug 27, 2017 at 8:27 pm

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  You’re welcome. :)