I can't delete my blog

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  damon27 · Member · Sep 13, 2015 at 11:56 am

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  When I go into tools on my dashboard there is no delete button

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

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  kokkieh · Staff · Sep 13, 2015 at 2:21 pm

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  Deleting the blog will wipe out both the content AND the address, cannot be undone and cached copies of the page may still exist on search engines for several weeks. Consider setting the blog to private rather than deleting. If it then comes up in search results visitors will only see a page stating that the blog is private. You can then use that private blog as a test or backup site for your regular one.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

  If you still want to delete it, you can do so from Tools ->Delete Blog in the WP-Admin dashboard (http://blackwestchesterdotcom2.wordpress.com/wp-admin). To delete your blog you must be logged in under the exact same username with which you created it. To prevent accidental deletion there will be multiple warnings that it cannot be reversed and you will have to click on a link in a confirmation email before your site will be deleted. http://en.support.wordpress.com/delete-site/

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  damon27 · Member · Sep 15, 2015 at 2:36 pm

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  Thank you but I tired that and the only thing that appears in tools in “Press this” and “Install Press this”. There is nothing there to delete my blog

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  kokkieh · Staff · Sep 15, 2015 at 2:48 pm

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  Don’t click on tools. Just hover your mouse over it and select delete from the menu that appears.

  You can also find the delete option on the my sites page. Click on settings on that page an look at the very bottom for the link.

  If you don’t see the delete option in either location, then you’re most likely not logged in as the account that owns the blog.

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  kokkieh · Staff · Sep 15, 2015 at 2:50 pm

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  You’ll need to log in as the admin account that originally registered the blog as that is the only account that can delete the blog.

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  damon27 · Member · Sep 15, 2015 at 2:55 pm

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  OK .. is there anyway I can find out the account admin of the blog?

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  kokkieh · Staff · Sep 15, 2015 at 3:03 pm

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  If you didn’t create the blog, can you remember who added you as a user? That would most likely be the owner. Or if you created the site with a different account you need to log in as that account.

  Do you see the Users option in the dashboard? If you can’t see that it will confirm that you’re not an admin of the site.

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  damon27 · Member · Sep 15, 2015 at 3:09 pm

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  OK, thank you, I will have to check to see what admin it was created under

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  kokkieh · Staff · Sep 15, 2015 at 3:12 pm

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  You’re welcome. Let us know if you need more help with this.