How to delete a WordPress blog?
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Hi! I’ve been enjoying my time with my blog, but the thing is, I’m not really interested in it anymore, and I’ve been struggling a lot to figure out how to delete my blog, or at least put it aside so I don’t have to pay for it anymore, since I haven’t used it for months.
Thanks in advance for you help!
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Hi there,
What is the URL of the site you’re speaking of? The account you’re using to post here, while 2 years old, has never owned any sites with us.
If you have a WordPress site at another hosting provider, that hosting provider is who you’re paying, and that’s who you need to contact to end your hosting and take the site offline.
Keep in mind that if you cancel your hosting like this, your host will permanently delete all files from your site from their servers, so make sure you download a full backup of your site first, just in case you one day decide you want to put your content back online.
If you want, you can also create a free, private site here on WordPress.com, and migrate your content to that site as a backup:
https://transferto.wordpress.com/self-hosted-wordpress-org/2/
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Hi,
First, thank you so much for your answer, and the URL is this one: https://ecoleducharisme.com/
And I know, I’ve been trying to contact OVH about it, but I can’t even connect to my account, because I forgot my password and when I click on the button “I forgot my password”, they say they sent me an e-mail but I don’t receive anything, and I don’t find any way of contacting them so…
And yes, I will download a full backup before, thanks for reminding me I should probably do that, just in case.
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Hi there,
Since your site is using the open-source WordPress software you need to seek help at these forums:
https://wordpress.org/support/forums/
In the forum you’re currently posting we are only able to provide support for WordPress.com sites only. If you want to know more about the differences between WordPress.com and the WordPress software you can read this document:
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Oh okay, thank you very much, you’ve been really helpful, I’m heading there right now!
Have a nice day!
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Oh, just one last question, how do you get to the forums? Cuz I can only get to the part where they explain it, but the forums themselves so…
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Go to https://wordpress.org/support/forums/, and click on the link for the appropriate forum for your specific issue. Also note you’ll need to register a username account on WordPress.org before you can post there – neither your WordPress.com account nor your admin account for your site will let you log in there.
That said, I’m not sure how the WordPress.org forums will be able to help with this, as what you’re describing is not a software issue. It’s a hosting issue – only your hosting provider has the ability to help you take your site offline, and if you’re having trouble logging into your hosting account itself, then your hosting provider is also the only people who can help you with that.
The people in the WordPress.org forums are volunteers who contribute to the WordPress software in their free time. So while they can help you with questions about using that software, they have no control whatsoever over your hosting setup, and no admin access to your site, so they won’t be able to help with this type of problem.
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Okay, thank you very much for your help, but if I hear you correctly, this means my problem can’t be solved at all? Cuz I don’t want to pay undefinitely for a service I don’t even use anymore.
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if I hear you correctly, this means my problem can’t be solved at all?
No, it can be solved, by contacting the company you’re paying directly for help.
It just cannot be solved in this forum, nor in the WordPress.org forum, as neither of us is that company.
There’s a phone number for OVH at the bottom of their website at https://www.ovh.com/world/
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Okay, again, thanks a lot, I’ll handle it from there. You’ve been very helpful,
Have a nice day!
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