I registered the username

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  mikeynma1 · Member · Mar 12, 2013 at 5:16 pm

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  username already taken

  the email address associated with the username is no longer used and I cannot remember my password.

  I understand that there are security issues around this but as you can seen from the email I am using here it is the right username…

  Is there anyway of getting wordpress admins to delete the username? if they look they will see it hasn’t been used for ages.

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  timethief · Member · Mar 12, 2013 at 5:24 pm

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  The account recovery form is here https://wordpress.com/wp-login.php?action=recovery

  After you recover the account then you can proceed to remove all personal information and leave 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”:
  http://wordpress.com/#!/following/subsettings/

  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