Delete WordPress.com Account, Please

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  accountkiller20140721 · Member · Jul 16, 2014 at 5:49 am

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  I’d like to delete my wordpress.com account completely, please.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Jul 16, 2014 at 6:05 am

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  I’m sorry to hear you want to leave WordPress.com. Is there anything you may need help with before you go?

  WordPress.com accounts are permanent, and you can find more information about that here:

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

  You can easily delete your site by following the instructions listed below:

  Delete a Website

  If you are trying to unsubscribe from emails sent to you from WordPress.com, you can follow these steps:

  1. Go to Account Settings → Notifications.
  2. Check “Block all email updates from blogs you’re following on WordPress.com”, and click Save Changes.

  https://wordpress.com/settings/notifications/

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  accountkiller20140721 · Member · Jul 16, 2014 at 6:09 am

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  I read that article, but I’d like to delete my entire WordPress.com account, please.

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Jul 16, 2014 at 7:27 pm

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  Since we don’t want other people to have your username in the future, we don’t delete usernames (they are kept so they cannot be recycled). For more information, please see this link below:

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

  Here’s a few suggestions for you if you’d like to scrub the account:

  1) Delete the blog:

  Delete a Website

  2) If you are trying to unsubscribe from emails sent to you from WordPress.com, go here and click on “Block Emails”:

  https://wordpress.com/settings/notifications/

  3) You can also go here to remove all data except the account name and an email address. Create a throwaway email address and change the account email to that throwaway address. This will only leave the username behind:

  https://wordpress.com/settings/

  4) To ensure the account is locked up tightly, visit this site, generate a password of 15-20 characters, and change the account password to it:

  http://www.thebitmill.com/tools/password.html

  5) While you cannot completely delete your Gravatar profile, you can remove all of your profile information easily through the “Edit My Profile” page here:

  http://en.gravatar.com/profiles/edit/?noclose#about-you

  You can also hide your Gravatar profile from external access. Visit your profile page (click your name in the top navigation of the website), then click the “Hide My Profile” link in the bottom, right-hand corner.

  Please let me know if you have further questions or if anything is unclear.

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  accountkiller20140721 · Member · Jul 16, 2014 at 11:06 pm

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  I’m not able to delete the blogs as I never get the confirmation email. I have checked the email assigned to my account and it is correct.

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Jul 17, 2014 at 6:06 pm

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  And you have checked your “spam” and/or “social” folders?

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  accountkiller20140721 · Member · Jul 17, 2014 at 10:46 pm

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  Of course…

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  auxclass · Member · Jul 17, 2014 at 11:11 pm

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  Is this the one you are trying to delete?

  safetycopy.wordpress.com is no longer available.

  The authors have deleted this site.

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  accountkiller20140721 · Member · Jul 17, 2014 at 11:23 pm

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  I’m not sure that one exists any more. There are two blogs listed on my “Manage Blogs” dash – “The Efficient Twinker” and “8b.P” – those are the two I’d like to get rid of (along with everything else).

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Jul 18, 2014 at 3:40 am

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  The 8bit one is a self hosted jetpack connected WordPress site. So you need to use this tool to remove it from your “my blogs” list:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/disconnect-jetpack-sites/

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Jul 18, 2014 at 3:41 am

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  I can help you delete theefficienttwinker if you like.

  First off, please confirm that you understand that this is a permanent decision. Once done, both the site’s data and the URL will be permanently unavailable to you or anyone else.

  Please confirm and I will delete theefficienttwinker.

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  accountkiller20140721 · Member · Jul 18, 2014 at 4:24 am

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  I confirm that I’d like you to go ahead and delete that, please.

  I will take a look at the jetpack blog and see what I can do.

  Thanks.

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Jul 18, 2014 at 3:02 pm

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  theefficienttwinker has been deleted.

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  accountkiller20140721 · Member · Jul 19, 2014 at 10:10 pm

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  Thanks for that.

  I’ve been trying to get rid of 8b.P but am having no luck. It pointed to a WordPress blog I had elsewhere, but I no longer have that account and so cannot log into the blog’s dashboard. As it stands, the blog exists nowhere other than under my sites. How do I get rid of this?

  I also can’t seem to disconnect Jetpack from 8b.P. When I try, it acts as if it worked, but when I go back to manage my blogs, there it is again.

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Jul 21, 2014 at 6:00 pm

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  Let me see what I can do on this end.

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Jul 21, 2014 at 6:00 pm

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  I’ve disconnected that for you.

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  accountkiller20140721 · Member · Jul 21, 2014 at 6:22 pm

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  Thanks.

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Jul 21, 2014 at 6:36 pm

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  Happy to help.