How do I remove 'free blog' advertisements from my WordPress blog?

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  danyasteele · Member · May 8, 2014 at 3:30 pm

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  My new blog has the following headline: “Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. The Manifest Theme.”

  What would it cost to have this removed? So that it is does not state that it’s a free website, etc?

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

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  danyasteele · Member · May 8, 2014 at 3:31 pm

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  Sorry – I clicked ‘send too quickly and don’t know how to edit this. I am not referencing danyasteele.wordpress.com, but another blog I haven’t released yet.

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  timethief · Member · May 8, 2014 at 3:42 pm

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  Remove the footer and your blog will be suspended – no notice required

  Terms of Service:

  11. Attribution. Automattic reserves the right to display attribution links such as ‘Blog at WordPress.com,’ theme author, and font attribution in your blog footer or toolbar. Footer credits and the WordPress.com toolbar may not be altered or removed regardless of upgrades purchased. http://en.wordpress.com/tos/

  support documentation:

  May I remove the Admin Bar, credit links such as ‘Blog at WordPress.com’, theme, font, or toolbar links?

  All WordPress.com bloggers are required to maintain the Admin Bar (the dark bar that appears at the top of WordPress.com sites when logged in) as well as credit links, even our VIP bloggers. Please do not hide or alter text or links for the footer credits or the toolbar. Modifying the style of the footer text (i.e. colors and font size) is fine as long as it’s still readable. http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/#frequently-asked-questions

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/#frequently-asked-questions

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  danyasteele · Member · May 8, 2014 at 3:51 pm

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  Thanks! And of course — that’s not really my question. WordPress is great and their website should be advertised.

  I believe they also provide blog platforms that can be purchased, and in those instances, advertisements for a free WordPress site do not exist.

  This question was actually intended for WordPress staff. I was trying to ask them what services exist to purchase the blog and take it off of a non-paid status?

  Also, does anyone know how I can delete my comment here altogether? As I mentioned above, I clicked ‘send’ prematurely and did not intend to make this a community thread.