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  moniquepiton · Member · Sep 8, 2013 at 7:14 pm

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  I want to delete my account in wordpress, but my e-mail is no more available. How can I do that?

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

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  timethief · Member · Sep 8, 2013 at 7:18 pm

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  You will have to recover the account first and then proceed to follow the steps below.

  Visit https://en.wordpress.com/wp-login.php?action=lostpassword
  and click the “Need More Help” link to complete the form for account recovery. https://en.wordpress.com/wp-login.php?action=recovery

  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

  4. To hide your Gravatar profile, please read “How do I hide my profile?” section of the help page: http://en.gravatar.com/site/faq/#answer-1-8

  IMPORTANT NOTE: Deleting blogs and/or blog content does not remove any indexed items from the SERPs (search engine page results). Google and Bing only clear their caches of deleted indexed content that produces a 404 (page not found) every 3 – 6 months.