follower on my unlaunched site

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  laurasadachbia · Member · Aug 30, 2021 at 4:15 pm

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  I wanted to know if my website is still unlaunched. A random person has started following my unlaunched website and I don’t know if this will happen again. Thanks in advance.

  Site: (email visible only to moderators and staff).
  WP.com: Yes
  Correct account: Yes

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Aug 30, 2021 at 4:29 pm

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  The site you have listed is hidden from search engines, but it is publicly accessible.

  If you want it to be fully private, please follow the steps at https://wordpress.com/support/settings/privacy-settings/

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  justjennifer · Member · Aug 30, 2021 at 4:29 pm

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  Hi there, AFAIK, they won’t be able to see your site or get notifications of new posts until after you’ve launched your site and it’s Public, but let me also flag your topic for Staff confirmation of that. Thanks for your patience.

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  justjennifer · Member · Aug 30, 2021 at 4:31 pm

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  Evening/Morning staff-blorbo :) If a site hasn’t been launched and is hidden behind a Coming Soon notice, how can it be publicly accessible? Thanks for any clarity.

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  justjennifer · Member · Aug 30, 2021 at 4:33 pm

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  Also, @cozyowlmama you can remove followers in your site’s User Dashboard. See here: https://wordpress.com/support/followers/#how-to-remove-a-follower

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Aug 30, 2021 at 4:35 pm

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  Hi there @justjennifer :)

  Yes, if the site is indeed unlaunched and hidden behind a Coming Soon notice, it will not be publicly accessible.

  The site the OP listed (which they marked as hidden when submitting this support request) is launched and publicly accessible, but hidden from search engines.

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  justjennifer · Member · Aug 30, 2021 at 4:39 pm

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  staff-blorbo Thanks for the additional info!

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  laurasadachbia · Member · Aug 30, 2021 at 4:40 pm

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  Hi staff-blorbo;

  I did not launch my site yet. When I try to access it by typing the URL it shows the Coming Soon screen.

  
  @justjennifer Thank you for the tip!

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Aug 30, 2021 at 5:42 pm

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  Sorry about that, you’re right, I must have been looking at the wrong site.

  When a site is Coming Soon, it can still be searched for via the Reader and followed there.

  But, in order to do that, they would need to search for the site’s exact URL, which is nearly impossible to do accidentally. Are you sure you don’t know this person maybe?

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  laurasadachbia · Member · Aug 30, 2021 at 6:34 pm

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  staff-blorbo thank you for your help.

  I mainly just wanted to make sure my site was still Coming Soon.

  I don’t know this person or how it ended up there– I’m glad we found out how they followed me. Thanks again!