Deleting this account
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Hello @queenslandoceanswims !
Staff cannot delete your account. You will have to follow the steps below.
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/accountand 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.
Free disposable email address https://www.google.ca/search?q=free+disposable+email+address&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=Jf0mWaWKPMOD0wLgg6bYBQ2. 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
IMPORTANT NOTE: 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
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Hi there!
You can find all the general information to delete your accounts here:
https://en.support.wordpress.com/deleting-accounts/
If you wish to just empty your site and start over, here is the guide to help you with it:
If you want more specific information about permanently delete your site, please look here:
Hope this helps, please let us know if you need any further help :)
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If you want to delete only your site, @stefbarz’s advices are great!
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