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  needtodeletethisaccount · Member · Jun 11, 2016 at 2:21 pm

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  This account was created for a client but they have decided they want to go self-hosted. I have deleted the site info, but want to have this account deleted as well. Can’t find the menu option to do that.

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  akhrayaprolu · Member · Jun 11, 2016 at 2:57 pm

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  You cannot delete the actual account, but you can empty it and keep it inactive. This page explains the process in detail:

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/map-existing-domain/

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  akhrayaprolu · Member · Jun 11, 2016 at 2:57 pm

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  Sorry – wrong link. This is the page I was talking about:

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

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  needtodeletethisaccount · Member · Jun 11, 2016 at 3:08 pm

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  Hmmm….that is not a good system at all, as will result in potentially hundreds of thousands of empty, unused accounts tied to email address that can no longer be used for a new account. Hopefully they change that in the future as the system will become quite bloated with dead accounts.

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  needtodeletethisaccount · Member · Jun 11, 2016 at 3:10 pm

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  Thanks for the link and your quick response. I will need to create an email account to attach to the account for non-use. Neither efficient nor sensible, but there it is. Appreciate your help.