delete my account

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  12a00 · Member · Jun 7, 2017 at 6:22 am

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  how do i delete my account completey ? like I already deleted my site and all my other personal info

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  wynternet · Staff · Jun 12, 2017 at 3:31 pm

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  Hello,

  WordPress.com accounts cannot be deleted permanently once created. But if you still wish to deactivate your account and leave WordPress, then follow these instructions:
  First, Delete your site, which is sounds like you have done: https://en.support.wordpress.com/delete-site/

  And then follow these steps:

  STEP 1: Remove Data
  Go to My Account > Edit Profile at https://wordpress.com/me/account and remove all the data except the username and email address. Now replace only the email address with a throwaway email address. Do not change the username, this will keep the username from being re-used.
  STEP 2: Change Account Password
  Now change your account password to a strong one. You can use this simple password generator tool by LastPass: https://lastpass.com/generatepassword.php
  This is done to ensure that your account is locked up tightly.
  STEP 3: Hide Gravatar Profile
  When you login to Gravatar, you will find a hide button on the bottom right corner of your Gravatar Profile page. Click that.
  http://en.gravatar.com/support/profile-privacy
  STEP 4: Unsubscribe from WordPress Email’s
  To stop receiving emails from WordPress, go here: https://wordpress.com/settings/notifications/ and click on “Block all subscription emails from WordPress.com”.
  Check this out for more information:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/deleting-accounts/
  IMPORTANT NOTE:
  Even if you deactivate your account your username is not removed from the database, so that it’s not available to any other users when they are registering for a new account. This is done to keep you from being impersonated by anyone else.
  Hope this helps you. Please let me know if you have any questions.