Delete/Cancel my account

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  lolasdiariesblog · Member · Apr 1, 2017 at 7:17 pm

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  Hi there,
  I’d like to delete the one photo I uploaded and cancel my account. How can I do that?
  Thank you.
  Irina

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  otpidusprime · Member · Apr 2, 2017 at 9:48 am

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  Hi there,
  You have to delete your account yourself, we can’t do that for you. However i must tell you that WordPress accounts cannot be deleted completely. But here’s what you can do.

  First Empty and Delete Your Site. This will delete the photo you uploaded.

  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 delete/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.