I need to delte my account.

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  fbaron2 · Member · Jul 22, 2015 at 4:16 am

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  I was trying to pay for a premium account along with a domain name for $18. I gave up trying to do this, and decided against. Meanwhile there is a WordPress account following me around, interfering with my ability to comment on a couple favorite blogs and keeping me from purchasing on at least one website. Delete account instructions don’t work, there is no ‘Tools’ on the left to go to. I figured that since I didn’t pay for anything that I had made no ties to WordPress.

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  justjennifer · Member · Jul 22, 2015 at 6:58 am

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  While there is no way to delete a WordPress.com account, you can delete the site you created by following these instructions https://en.support.wordpress.com/delete-site/

  Please understand that once deleted, neither the site content NOR the site address can be reused by anyone, including you.

  If you want to deactivate your account and simply walk away from it, timethief, another forum volunteer, has posted some excellent advice

  Here’s how to deactivate your account:
  Although username accounts are not deleted, so you cannot be impersonated and have your reputation affected by anyone registering the same username in the future, there are steps you can take that amount to removing all personal information and result in leaving only a throwaway email address behind. http://en.support.wordpress.com/deleting-accounts/

  1. You can go to My Account->Edit Profile and remove all data except the account name and an email address. Create a throwaway email address and change the account email to that throwaway address. This only leaves the username behind.

  2. To unsubscribe from email sent to you from WordPress.com, go here and click on “Block all subscription emails from WordPress.com”:
  https://wordpress.com/settings/notifications/

  3. To ensure the account is locked up tightly, visit this site, generate a password of 15-20 characters, and change the account password to it:
  http://www.thebitmill.com/tools/password.html

  4. To hide your Gravatar profile, login and on the bottom right hand corner of your Gravatar profile page you will find a “hide” button visible only to you that you can click. http://en.gravatar.com/support/profile-privacy/