DELETE AN ACCOUNT

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  prettysimplydarlin · Member · Jan 21, 2015 at 1:48 am

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  I would like to have my account permanently deleted. I wish to start over with a new email and username. Please help me with my inquiry .

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  kokkieh · Staff · Jan 21, 2015 at 9:17 am

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  Hi there. I’m afraid you cannot delete your wordpress.com username account. This is for security reasons so others cannot claim your username and impersonate you. http://en.support.wordpress.com/deleting-accounts/

  The only details you were required to provide when signing up for your account was an email address. WordPress.com will never send you spam to that email address and also won’t sell it to third parties, as clearly stated in their privacy policy.

  If you change that email to a throwaway address there will be no way your account could ever be linked to you. Any other details that you added yourself, you also have the power to delete yourself. See timethief’s instructions in this thread on how to do that: https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/delete-account-276?replies=2

  Keep in mind you can change both your username and the email associated with your account. Instructions to do that here:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/email-address/

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