Delete account & remove email sharing

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  akehurstelectrical · Member · Apr 13, 2017 at 11:13 am

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  I would like to delete this wordpress account. Since joining I have been bombarded with emails (100 today alone and its only lunchtime). At no stage have I opted in to my details being shared and I would therefore like my email removed from your database and others. In addition, I would like to close this account.

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  krutidugade · Member · Apr 13, 2017 at 5:15 pm

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  Hi there,

  I know it must be annoying to receive so many spam mails. Could you please tell us from which address are you receiving. If you receiving mails from any address that looks similar to this (email visible only to moderators and staff), then add modlook tag in sidebar and report it to staff.

  If you still wish to delete your account here’s some help. There is no way to delete a WordPress account once created.
  You can instead leave you account inactive by following this:

  1) Delete Contents
  Empty your site by removing its content https://en.support.wordpress.com/empty-site/
  and then delete the site linked to the account. https://en.support.wordpress.com/delete-site/

  2) Change your password to random string and leave the account inactive.

  3) Change email address under Account Settings. This will help in creating another WordPress account in future with same email id as every WordPress account is linked to unique email id.
  Follow this link for detailed information: https://en.support.wordpress.com/deleting-accounts/

  Note:
  Once you delete your site you can’t have the same domain name. Read the link below before doing so.
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

  Hope that helps.

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  krutidugade · Member · Apr 13, 2017 at 5:19 pm

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  any address that looks similar to this [email redacted]

  Email example just got auto hidden. So if you are receiving spam mails from email address that has @wordpress (wordpress.com after @ sign), then report it to staff by adding modlook tag.

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  supernovia · Staff · Apr 13, 2017 at 5:58 pm

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  Thanks for your help here, @krutiugade.

  @akehurstelectrical, I see we’ve sent just a few emails actually – most related to this thread. The spam must be coming from another source. If you’d like, I can email you so you can send a sample, and we can help you identify the source. Let me know. I just don’t want to send one more email if you’re being overwhelmed right now.

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  krutidugade · Member · Apr 14, 2017 at 1:26 am

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  @supernovia
  Welcome :)