I signed up by mistake

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  amyramsay · Member · Sep 27, 2012 at 10:33 am

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  I was trying to subscribe to Zebadiah and Beauregard’s Front Porch but I know nothing about blogs and ended up joining your site. How do I unsubscribe because this is not what I was trying to do?
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  amyramsay · Member · Sep 27, 2012 at 10:35 am

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  I signed up by mistake and wish to be deleted. How is this done. I read the directions, but they are unclear as it tells you to click on tools, but there is nothing with TOOLS to click on!

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  raincoaster · Member · Sep 27, 2012 at 10:36 am

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  You can’t delete an account at WP.com. But if you’re getting email updates you can unsubscribe at the bottom of any email.

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  amyramsay · Member · Sep 27, 2012 at 10:42 am

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  Rats. Thanks.

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  sladetheartist · Member · Oct 7, 2012 at 9:39 pm

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  I already have an existing account and was adding Gravatar pics to it. Somehow I signed up for another site on WP that I do not want. I need folks to go to my original site. How am I going to keep this straight since I just read that it cannot be deleted?

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  timethief · Member · Oct 7, 2012 at 9:44 pm

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  @sladetheartist

  Somehow I signed up for another site on WP that I do not want.

  You can delete a blog.
  Provided you are logged in under the username account that registered the blog you can delete it by using these instructions. http://en.support.wordpress.com/delete-site/
  Please note that deleted blog URLs are not recycled.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

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  timethief · Member · Oct 7, 2012 at 9:45 pm

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  You cannot delete an account. Although username accounts are not deleted at WordPress.com http://en.support.wordpress.com/deleting-accounts/ please note the following:

  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

  4. While you cannot completely delete your Gravatar profile, you can remove all of your profile information easily through the “Edit My Profile” page here:
  http://en.gravatar.com/profiles/edit/?noclose#about-you

  You can also hide your Gravatar 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.