I want to delete my account

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  lafilmmaker · Member · Jul 31, 2015 at 7:20 am

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  I just wish to delete my blogs. I would also like to deactivate my account. This site is like the shining maze. You don’t want me to leave, but I have to.

  Thanks

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  justjennifer · Member · Jul 31, 2015 at 7:37 am

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  While you cannot delete an account, you can follow these instructions to lock it up and walk away:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/deleting-accounts/

  Timethief, another forum volunteer, also has an excellent guide for doing this:

  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.

  Please note that deleting a site is permanent and will delete both the site content and the site address. If you choose to delete your site as a part of leaving WPcom, neither you nor anyone else will be able to reuse that site address ever again. If you think you might want to reuse the address, then you can make the site Private.
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/delete-site/

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