delete wordpress.com site
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Our WordPress.com site is https://saturdaynightchef.wordpress.com/. Our wordpress.org website is http://thesaturdaynightchef.com/.
The wordpress.com site was built by a webmaster who is no longer reachable. Our login isn’t an administrative login and therefore we cannot change the site or delete it. We want to delete it because there is incorrect information there and also it is competing with our wordpress.org site.
What can we do?? Thank you.
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Hello,
I have added the modlook tag to this post, to alert a moderator to review this post. They should be able to help you with this problem
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@tsncadmin
Tagging this thread with modlook for Support Staff makes no sense at all in cases like this one. Read on and you will understand why that is.You cannot gain access to and take down any site you did not register so be clear on that.
Support Staff cannot breach the privacy policy and provide the log-in information. You have to provide proof ownership to Account Recovery Staff to gain access https://en.support.wordpress.com/account-recovery/
Every WordPress.COM blog has a sole owner. It is the person with the WordPress.COM username account who registered the blog under that username account and a single associated email address, and who is the original Admin of the blogs registered under that username account.
You have to be logged in as Admin http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#administrator under the exact same username account that registered the blog to access the blog’s dashboard. The Admin login link to the dashboard for every blog hosted by wordpress.COM is:
http://NAME_OF_BLOG.wordpress.com/wp-admin/
* You will have to replace “name_of_blog” with the actual blog’s name in that URL.
After the blog’s owner logs in clicking this link should display all blogs registered under the same username account, including the hidden ones: https://dashboard.wordpress.com/wp-admin/index.php?page=my-blogs&show=hidden
If the blog’s owner does not see the blog here http://en.support.wordpress.com/my-blogs/ then they need to follow this guide > http://en.support.wordpress.com/my-blogs/#my-blogs-dashboard-visibility
If the log-in information is lost they need to visit https://en.wordpress.com/wp-login.php?action=lostpassword
If you check each and every possible email address and account and are not successful gaining access to the blog(s) then you must complete the form for account recovery at this link https://en.wordpress.com/wp-login.php?action=recovery and submit it to the Account Recovery Staff, and provide proof ownership, so they can contact you by email ie. not on these public support forums, which are available to everyone with internet access.
If you cannot provide proof ownership to Account Recovery Staff, so they can contact you by email ie. not on these public support forums, which are available to everyone with internet access, then you have reached a dead end.
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Hi there,
In order to regain access to your account, the best bet is to try to contact the current owner to see if they are willing to transfer ownership over to you. I can contact the e-mail on file to see if they respond if you like.
We have a strict policy in place to protect our users from third parties who might try to use our support system to gain access to other users’ accounts.
However, if there’s personal information on your blog, I would be happy to set it to private for you so search engines and users can’t access it – just let me know.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
Thanks,
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Thank you Darnell. There is no owner aside from me. Someone else helped me years ago but they are no longer available.
Yes, I would like to regain access. Please contact the owner on file (probably me).
Yes, please set the blog to private. That would be a big help.
Thank you for your help!
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Hi there,
I set the site to private and contacted the e-mail on file. It looks like it might have been the person who helped you create the site.
If they reply back regarding the site, I’ll let you know.
Thanks!
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Thanks, darnelldibbles. I am the owner of the site. I want to delete it. Can we do this?
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I set the site to private and contacted the e-mail on file. It looks like it might have been the person who helped you create the site.
If they reply back regarding the site, I’ll let you know.
Thanks!
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I will need confirmation from the e-mail on file in order to delete the site.
However, setting the site to private prevents anyone from seeing the site and search engines will no longer index the site. It’ll take a few weeks for the URL address to be completely gone, but eventually, it will no longer compete with your other site.
Thanks,
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Darnelldibbles: The privacy setting is a good outcome. Best outcome would be to delete the site so I have provided the emails that should be applicable to this site (not sure which one was the original):
info
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pparsekian
Thanks for your help.
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I will need confirmation from the e-mail on file in order to delete the site.
However, setting the site to private prevents anyone from seeing the site and search engines will no longer index the site. It’ll take a few weeks for the URL address to be completely gone, but eventually, it will no longer compete with your other site.
Thanks,
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Hi there,
I do not see the e-mail that you provided. If you have access to that e-mail, you can log into the account and post in this thread for confirmation.
Let me know – thanks!
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