I want delete my account

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  7xlen · Member · Aug 31, 2015 at 4:57 am

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  Hello
  I want to delete my account and profile page.
  I have it for years, but never used it and I will not do.

  Thank you!

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  kokkieh · Staff · Aug 31, 2015 at 8:08 am

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  Hi there. Unfortunately you cannot delete your WordPress.com username account. This is for security reasons so others cannot claim your username and impersonate you. http://en.support.wordpress.com/deleting-accounts/

  The only details you were required to provide when signing up for your account was an email address. WordPress.com will never send you spam to that email address and also won’t sell it to third parties, as clearly stated in their privacy policy. You can disable all email notifications from your account settings:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/email-notifications/

  If you change that email to a throwaway address there will be no way your account could ever be linked to you. Any other details that you added yourself, you also have the power to delete yourself, and you can hide your Gravatar profile from public view. See timethief’s instructions in this post on how to do that: http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/06/02/deleting-accounts-blogs-and-content/

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  haylingisland1948 · Member · Sep 1, 2015 at 9:33 am

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  I want to delete my account

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  kokkieh · Staff · Sep 1, 2015 at 9:55 am

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  @haylingisland1948
  Please read my reply above. It is not possible.

  The instructions I gave above are the closest you can get to deleting your account.