deleteing accounts – please help

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  thisisfrommyposterous · Member · Nov 13, 2012 at 10:35 pm

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  Hey, I just found out after making this account that you do not delete accounts. I never want to be apart of a site that will not let me delete my account. This is not informed consent. I would like my account deleted please. I would really appreciate it. Like I said, I would not have made a WordPress if I knew I could not delete it at some point.

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  thisisfrommyposterous · Member · Nov 13, 2012 at 10:36 pm

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  Hey, is there not a Support/Tech Team for this site? I don’t need to have users comment on this. I actually wanted to send this to admins of the site and I have no idea how to do that.

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  timethief · Member · Nov 13, 2012 at 10:38 pm

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  Not to worry. You can delete your blog if you want to and you can change your account and leave only a throwaway email address behind.

  Provided you are logged in under the username account that registered the blog you can delete the blog by using these instructions. http://en.support.wordpress.com/delete-site/
  Please note that deleted blog URLs are not recycled.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

  Username accounts are not ever deleted but there are steps you can take that result in leaving only a throwaway email address behind.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/deleting-accounts/ please note the following:

  1. You can go to My Account->Edit Profile and 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 only leaves the username behind.

  2. To unsubscribe from email sent to you from WordPress.com, go here and click on “Block all subscription emails from WordPress.com”:
  http://wordpress.com/#!/following/subsettings/

  3. 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

  4. 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.