Delete and close wordpress account

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  selsitdieh · Member · Jan 26, 2016 at 5:43 pm

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  I need to Delete and close wordpress account and I can’t find the way to do it.

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  swoolz · Member · Jan 26, 2016 at 5:56 pm

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  If you’re unhappy with your account or blog for any reason, they can probably help! The happiness engineers are more than happy to help you in any way that they can. Just in case, here is a link to contact them. =)

  Here are the steps to delete your account:
  Delete Site – If you would like visuals to go along with this, click here.
  Deleting a site permanently removes it and you’ll never be able to re-use its WordPress.com address (such as yourgroovysite.wordpress.com).

  If that’s not what you want to do, you can instead:

  Change your site’s address and keep your content
  Delete old posts and continue using the same address
  Empty your site of all its content for a fresh start and continue using the same address
  Transfer your site to someone else
  Make your site private so only people you invite can see it
  Permanently deleting your site

  If you’re sure you want to permanently delete your site, here’s how to do it.

  1. If it’s a free site with no upgrades, skip step one. If you site has any of the following upgrades, you will need to remove them first:
  Premium or Business Plan
  Custom Domain
  Domain Mapping
  Premium Theme
  Any other upgrade
  See the Deleting a site with Upgrades section for more details.

  2. Before you do anything else, empty your site of all the contents by following the instructions on this page – then, continue on with these steps:

  After you have removed all your content, here is how to permanently delete your website.

  Step 1 – Visit your site’s settings page by clicking on My Site(s) and then Settings

  Step 2 – Scroll to the bottom of the Settings page, and select Delete Site Note that site deletions are permanent!

  Step 3 – On the following screen, click the Delete Site button. If you have multiple sites on your account, be sure to confirm that the correct site address is listed in the yellow alert bar

  Step 4 – Confirm the deletion. Enter the address of the site (shown in red) into the provided field, then click the Delete this Site button

  This is the final step – once you click Delete this Site your site will be permanently deleted.

  At this point, anyone who attempts to visit your site will see a message stating that your site is no longer available and has been deleted by the authors.

  Note: Although admins have the ability to submit a site for deletion, only the blog owner can verify and complete the process. The blog owner will receive an e-mail notification along with a confirmation link they can click on to complete the deletion.

  Deleting a site with upgrades

  You may see the following message during the deletion process:

  This means your site has paid upgrades associated with it. Before you can delete your site, you’ll need to remove them. This prevents you from loosing access to your paid upgrades.

  Click on the Manage Upgrades button to be taken to the My Upgrades page. Once there, use the links provided on that page to cancel your upgrades, or transfer them to another site on your account.

  If you are unable to cancel or transfer any of the upgrades, you can contact support for help.

  Once your upgrades have been from removed from the site, you can click on My Site(s) and then Settings and start again.

  I want to delete my account.
  User accounts cannot be deleted. See the Deleting Accounts page for more information.

  I hope that helps. =)