How do I reset my stats?

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    sweervywine · Member ·

    I have just put my website online and would like to see stats from external visitors only. Is there any way to reset my stats as they are obviously showing all the views/visits of my posts by myself while I was working on them. If resetting isn’t possible, can I hide my own views/visits from the stats to only see the external ones?

    Thanks

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    timethief · Member ·

    Resetting stats is not possible on a WordPress.com blog – sorry. Provided you are logged in when visiting, your own views are not recorded on any public blog you registered. For details see here http://en.support.wordpress.com/stats/

    Our stats are not real time stats and note the views and viewers take hours to update.

    Our stats are page view stats. Please do not assume that everyone who clicks a follow, like, share, reblog or comment link actually reads the post on your blog because odds are they may not. Also note that those who follow your blog in the Reader or by email don’t have to click into the blog unless they wish to. Subscribers control how frequently they receive your posts (instantly, daily, weekly). And, they can even comment without clicking into the blog either.

    Follow, like, share, reblog or comment clicks are not page views. In fact, follows, likes, shares, comments and reblogs are completely misleading when you are talking about page view stats.

    Your followers and anyone with a WordPress.com/Gravatar account who is logged into WordPress.com can “follow” your blog, “like”, “share” and “reblog” your posts and “comment” in several locations such as the Reader, without ever clicking into your blog and creating a single page view stat.

    Logged in visitors using a mobile can read the full post without creating a page view stat. https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpresscom-reader-show-full-text?replies=31#post-1373606

    You can control the length of the entry sent out on your RSS feed here Dashboard > Settings > Reading. Choose the “summary” setting for your RSS feed rather than to “full text”. That will compel followers who are not using mobiles to click into the blog to read the full post which will create a page view stat.

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