delete account

  • Unknown's avatar
    blabla9090 · Member ·

    Hello,

    I’d like to delete my wordpress and gravatar account.

    Thank you in advance.

    Greetings Renaldo

  • staff-doublebassd · Staff ·

    Hey Renaldo!

    We’re sad to see you go, but happy to help you wrap things up. Is there anything you need help with before you go?

    Since we don’t want other people to have your username in the future, we don’t delete usernames (they are kept so they cannot be recycled). For more information, please see this link below:

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

    Here’s a few suggestions for you if you’d like to scrub the account:

    1) Empty and delete your sites:

    First of all, be sure to empty your sites of all content. You can find out more about how to do this here:

    https://en.support.wordpress.com/empty-site/

    Next, delete the site following the guide on this page:

    Delete a Website

    Please be aware that this is irreversible!

    2) If you are trying to unsubscribe from emails sent to you from WordPress.com, go here and click on “Block Emails”:

    https://wordpress.com/settings/notifications/

    3) You can also go here to 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 will only leave the username behind:

    https://wordpress.com/me/account/
    https://wordpress.com/me/profile

    4) 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

    5) While you cannot completely delete your Gravatar profile, you can remove all of your profile information easily through the “Edit My Profile” page here:

    http://en.gravatar.com/profiles/edit/?noclose#about-you

    You can also hide your Gravatar profile from external access. Visit your profile page (click your name in the top navigation of the website), then click the “Hide My Profile” link in the bottom, right-hand corner.

    If you have a minute, it would be very helpful to us to hear why you to want to leave so we can try to improve our service in the future.

    Please let us know if there is any other way we can assist you.

    Thanks!

  • Unknown's avatar
    cmayfield2 · Member ·

    Please delete my wordpress blog and empty all content and cancel the domain. I no longer want to use it. Thanks

  • staff-doublebassd · Staff ·

    @cmayfield2

    If you would like to delete your blog and empty all of your content, please follow the instructions above and you’ll be all set.

    If you have any questions or run into any issues during this process, feel free to let me know. I’d be more than happy to assist. Thanks!

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