How can I delete my blogs?

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  republicancanuck · Member · Apr 4, 2013 at 8:39 pm

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  I would like to delete my blogs because I am cleaning up my online presence, and have not used these blogs in years.

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

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  gureggu · Member · Apr 4, 2013 at 8:50 pm

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  You can go in and bulk delete all your posts through the admin dashboard, then rinse and repeat for media, pages, etc.

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/edit-posts-screen/#bulk-edit

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  johnnytesting · Member · Apr 4, 2013 at 9:11 pm

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  1. Go here:

  http://republicancanuck.wordpress.com/wp-admin/tools.php?page=delete-blog

  (change the URL to the blog(s) you want to delete)

  2. Follow the instructions.

  IMPORTANT: once a blog is deleted, it is gone forever. There is no getting the URL back. Ever. Also: you cannot delete an account.

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  thistimethisspace · Member · Apr 4, 2013 at 10:19 pm

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  @republicancanuck
  As johnnytesting noted your cannot delete an account but you can edit and/or delete all your personal data and/or replace the email address at any time here at WordPress.com.

  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 and 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.

  2. To unsubscribe from email sent to you from WordPress.com, go here and click on “Block all subscription emails from WordPress.com”:
  http://wordpress.com/#!/following/subsettings/

  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

  IMPORTANT NOTE: Deleting blog content does not remove any indexed content from appearing in the SERPs (search engine page results). Google and Bing only clear their caches of deleted indexed content that produces a 404 (page not found) every 3 – 6 months.