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Erasing my account

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    ideaperalta · Member · Aug 16, 2016 at 8:40 pm
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    Can somebody help me out telling me how can erase my current WordPress account please? I am not longer comfortable with my domain…

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

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    timethief · Member · Aug 16, 2016 at 8:44 pm
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    We cannot do this for you. You have to act.

    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/

    https://wordpress.com/settings/delete-site/NAME_OF_BLOG.wordpress.com

    *Replace “NAME_OF_BLOG” with the actual name of the blog in the URL above.

    If you are not logged in under the correct username account then clear your browser cache https://en.support.wordpress.com/browser-issues/#clearing-your-browser-cache and cookies https://en.support.wordpress.com/browser-issues/#clearing-wordpress-com-cookies prior to logging into another account

    If the log-in information is lost you need to visit https://en.wordpress.com/wp-login.php?action=lostpassword

    Read also: Account Recovery https://en.support.wordpress.com/account-recovery/

    Deleted blog URLs are not recycled, regardless of who registered and deleted them and no exceptions are made except for the one stated here http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

    To empty site content and keep the URL see here https://en.support.wordpress.com/empty-site/

    Alternatively, to change blog visibility to Private go to > 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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    timethief · Member · Aug 16, 2016 at 8:44 pm
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    We cannot do this for you. You have to act.

    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/

    https://wordpress.com/settings/delete-site/NAME_OF_BLOG.wordpress.com

    *Replace “NAME_OF_BLOG” with the actual name of the blog in the URL above.

    If you are not logged in under the correct username account then clear your browser cache https://en.support.wordpress.com/browser-issues/#clearing-your-browser-cache and cookies https://en.support.wordpress.com/browser-issues/#clearing-wordpress-com-cookies prior to logging into another account

    If the log-in information is lost you need to visit https://en.wordpress.com/wp-login.php?action=lostpassword

    Read also: Account Recovery https://en.support.wordpress.com/account-recovery/

    Deleted blog URLs are not recycled, regardless of who registered and deleted them and no exceptions are made except for the one stated here http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

    To empty site content and keep the URL see here https://en.support.wordpress.com/empty-site/

    Alternatively, to change blog visibility to Private go to > 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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    ideaperalta · Member · Aug 21, 2016 at 6:00 pm
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    Thanks a lot. I have been able to do it with the info you share. Cheers,

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    midggreen · Member · Sep 5, 2016 at 8:54 am
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    Hi,

    How can I delete my wordpress account (not only my sites)?

    TNX

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