Help with accessing old blog w/o email

  • Unknown's avatar
    thatssojemimah · Member ·

    I’m trying to delete an old blog from back in the day. The problem is, I must have changed the email linked to that original site so that i could create a new WordPress blog, and now i cant find the email linked to that WordPress site and can’t for the life of me seem to contact WordPress or figure out what email i ended up using that for that old blog…

    It was a free WordPress blog, so i didnt ever make any payments on it –i dont have activation keys, transaction keys, and 2011 was before 2FA was widespread.. so the account recovery procedure didn’t work for me, unfortunately.

    I do, however, have an email from wordpress on Thu, 13 Jan 2011, 19:44, proving that my email was associated with the old WordPress site, and can provide it if it helps.

    Would really really appreciate help on this!!

    WP.com: Yes
    Correct account: Unknown

    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to moderators and staff)

  • Unknown's avatar
    helper-heroponriki · Member ·

    Hi there!

    Can you let us know the URL of the site where you’re having this problem? Once we have that information, we’ll be better able to advise.

    Thank you!

  • Unknown's avatar
    thatssojemimah · Member ·

    yeah! its youtalkitype.wordpress.com :)

  • staff-totoro · Staff ·

    Thanks for confirming. We are not able to help here in the support forums, as verifying account ownership requires us to ask you to provide info that is best not shared in this public venue.

    However, it is possible to regain access to the site by filling out this form here to the best of your ability: https://wordpress.com/wp-login.php?action=recovery

    This will send all the info you have to our account recovery team, and from there they will contact you directly to assist you in regaining access to the account that owns the site you are trying to access.

    Note: If you do not have the proofs asked for in that form, you can choose the Transaction ID and enter a random string of numbers to allow you to send the form. Also since it is your intention to take the site offline (rather than recover it so you can use it again) you will want to mention that as well, thanks!

  • Unknown's avatar
    thatssojemimah · Member ·

    Thank you! I tried to enter a string of random numbers but it said the transaction ID did not appear to be valid. I tried entering different combinations of numbers as shown here — https://wordpress.com/support/billing-history/ — but they didnt work either. Could you advise me on this please?

  • kokkieh · Staff ·

    Hi there,

    Okay, in this case, please email passwordhelp[at]wordpress.com explaining the situation, and someone will follow up with you there.

  • Unknown's avatar
    thatssojemimah · Member ·

    got it, just emailed them. thank you!

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