Deleting the wordpress site I just set up
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I’d like to delete the wordpress.com account blog I set up yesterday. I really didn’t have all the information I needed to start a blog. I just went in blind and if I do this I’d like to do more research and be more informed.
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Every WordPress.COM blog has a sole owner. It is the person with the WordPress.COM username account who registered the blog under that username account and a single associated email address, and who is the original Admin of the blogs registered under that username account.
You have to be logged in as Admin http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#administrator under the exact same username account that registered the blog to access the blog’s dashboard. The Admin login link to the dashboard for every blog hosted by wordpress.COM is:
http://NAME_OF_BLOG.wordpress.com/wp-admin/
* You will have to replace “name_of_blog” with the actual blog’s name in that URL.
After the blog’s owner logs in clicking this link should display all blogs registered under the same username account, including the hidden ones: https://dashboard.wordpress.com/wp-admin/index.php?page=my-blogs&show=hidden
If the blog’s owner does not see the blog here http://en.support.wordpress.com/my-blogs/ then they need to follow this guide > http://en.support.wordpress.com/my-blogs/#my-blogs-dashboard-visibility
If the log-in information is lost they need to visit https://en.wordpress.com/wp-login.php?action=lostpassword
If you can access the site, know that all blogs are independent websites. What you do on one has NO impact on others. To delete a WordPress.COM hosted blog you must be logged in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the blog to navigate to Dashboard > Tools > Delete Site. The guide is here http://en.support.wordpress.com/delete-site/
Provided you are logged in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the site go to https://wordpress.com/settings/delete-site/NAME_OF_BLOG.wordpress.com/ and click the “Delete Site” button.
* You will have to replace “name_of_blog” with the actual blog’s name in that URL.
Alternatively, to change blog visibility to Private go to Dashboard > Settings > Reading scroll to Blog Visibility and choose option 3. See the guide here http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings
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Thank you timethief…I appreciate you getting back to me. I’d like to research it more before I actually start a blog. I’m going to do this now. Hopefully it works
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May I suggest that you just make the site private for now?
If you delete it the same URL cannot be registered for at least 2 years time. -
I just read this reply in my emails. Thank you for your response but unfortunately I deleted it yesterday when I said I was. I’ll keep in mind that I can’t use that URL once I decide to set up my site.
Again, thank you.
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