Deleting Account/Blog

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  hannahcamille0708 · Member · May 10, 2017 at 1:24 am

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  I’m trying to delete any blog started with/under this account but am unable to find any information that is useful. How would I do this. Thanks.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  prasadkb · Member · May 10, 2017 at 1:50 am

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  1. Go to http://gettingsavedbygrace.wordpress.com/wp-admin
  2. Log in with your username and password
  3. On the dashboard page on your left, find the menu “tools” and click
  4. In the tools menu, you find the button “delete site”. Click it.
  5. On the “delete site” page, you can take the backup and then press the button “delete site” after typing the complete name of your site.
  6. This will delete your site.

  As I know, you won’t be able to delete your account at wordpress.com. However, if you have deleted your blog, you don’t have to worry.
  I hope this helps.
  –pkb

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  timethief · Member · May 10, 2017 at 2:25 am

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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 at https://wordpress.com/me/account 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. http://en.gravatar.com/support/profile-privacy

  Deleting sites and/or site content or making the site private does not remove indexed content from the SERPs (search engine page results) and we cannot help with that. Google and Bing only clear their caches of deleted indexed content that produces a 404 (page not found) every 3 – 6 months. To completely remove an entire page from Google search results after it produces a 404 (page not found):
  https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6332384?hl=en&ref_topic=1724262&vid=0-635749429504660340-12158368555624983465&rd=1