I can't delete my account

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  error4044040404040404404 · Member · Jan 30, 2016 at 9:54 am

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  Hi all,

  I want to COMPLETLY remove my wordpress account and my gravatar account to beacause my address e-mail is now attached to a pic that I don’t want to use.

  Why WordPress won’t let us do this?
  Do WordPress owners know some basics about privacy??

  Thanks

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  justjennifer · Member · Jan 30, 2016 at 12:08 pm

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  Hi there, it seems like you may have already found the Support information about deleting WordPressdotcom accounts https://en.support.wordpress.com/deleting-accounts/

  Additionally, although a WordPressdotcom account IS a gravatar account, you may also wish to hide your existing Gravatar profile entirely. First you need to log into Gravatar and then do the following:

  How do I close my account?

  Because of how our system works, we cannot delete accounts completely. If you remove all images from your email addresses (click the “Don’t use this image” link) and then hide your profile (see below), your account will no longer be accessible by other folks.

  How do I hide my profile?

  While you cannot completely delete your profile, you can remove all of your profile information easily through the “Edit My Profile” page, and you can also hide your profile from external access. Visit your profile page (click your name in the top navigation of the website), then click the “Hide My Profile” link in the bottom, right-hand corner.

  Hope that helps.