Deleting account

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  laisneysarah · Member · Oct 25, 2017 at 2:33 am

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  Hello,

  I have opened a new blog on wordpress.com and won’t be needing my current account anymore. How can i deete it permanently?
  Thanks in advance,

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  tarunvijwani · Member · Oct 25, 2017 at 2:47 am

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  Hi there,

  Please note deleting a site permanently removes it and you’ll never be able to re-use its WordPress.com address (such as yourgroovysite.wordpress.com).

  If you still wish to delete your site, please follow the below steps:
  Step 1 – Visit your site’s settings page by clicking on My Site(s) and then Settings

  Step 2 – Scroll to the bottom of the Settings page, and select Delete your site permanently

  Step 3 – On the following screen, you will first be presented with the option to export your content. Once you delete your site, this content won’t be recoverable, so we advise exporting the content to a .zip file before taking any further steps. You can do so by clicking the Export Content button.

  Step 4 – Once you have exported your content, scroll down to find the Delete Site button. If you have multiple sites on your account, be sure to confirm that the correct site address is listed in the yellow alert bar

  Step 4 – Confirm the deletion. Enter the address of the site (shown in red) into the provided field, then click the Delete this Site button

  This is the final step – once you click Delete this Site your site will be permanently deleted.

  For more details on deleting a site please visit this support article: https://en.support.wordpress.com/delete-site/

  I hope that helped. Good luck!

  Thanks!

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  timethief · Member · Oct 25, 2017 at 3:01 am

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  @tarunvijwani

  Note that this is a duplicate thread and is tagged as such in the sidebar.

  It was already answered at https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/deleting-account-446?replies=7#post-3037072

  Please read this support doc WordPress.COM Volunteers if you intend ti answer support threads here https://en.support.wordpress.com/wordpress-com-volunteers/

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  justjennifer · Member · Oct 25, 2017 at 4:42 am

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  @laisneysarah – If you have any further question on this topic, please post in the thread that timethief linked to. Closing this thread as a duplicate. Cheers.

  @tarunvijwani – thanks for your help here. Please do the needful and note the thread’s tags prior to replying. Also it helps to click on the user’s profile to see if there are multiple threads on the same topic. There’s been quite a few hiccups recently. Thanks again.