deleting account

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  arsenalemusica · Member · Mar 18, 2015 at 2:15 pm

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  From your support Q&A, I quote: “WordPress.com accounts cannot be deleted. However, you can easily delete your blog. If you wish to leave WordPress.com, you can just leave your account inactive.”

  I had left my account inactive for about 6 years, and I can see it’s still there. Please advice on how I can DELETE MY ACCOUNT !

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Mar 18, 2015 at 6:01 pm

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

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

  You could always change your username to gibberish and your email to a throwaway one.

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  timethief · Member · Mar 18, 2015 at 6:03 pm

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  Here’s how to deactivate your account:
  Although username accounts are not deleted, so you cannot be impersonated and have your reputation affected by anyone registering the same username in the future, there are steps you can take that amount to removing all personal information and result in leaving only a throwaway email address behind. http://en.support.wordpress.com/deleting-accounts/

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

  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. To hide your Gravatar profile, login and on the bottom right hand corner of your Gravatar profile page you will find a “hide” button visible only to you that you can click.

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  arsenalemusica · Member · Mar 18, 2015 at 8:10 pm

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  when changing the real email to a fake one, how do you get around this:

  “Your email address has not been updated yet. Please check your inbox at (email visible only to moderators and staff) for a confirmation email.”

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  arsenalemusica · Member · Mar 18, 2015 at 8:13 pm

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  forget my previous message… thread CLOSED.