[issue] Change my email addresss for my account wordpress.com

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  webimakers · Member · Mar 4, 2026 at 9:17 am

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  Hi everyone,
  
  How are you ?
  I hope, you are well
  
  I have an old account wordpress.com with my email address (email visible only to moderators and staff) ; I remove this one. Now on my new account that I have from 2018 with my email (email visible only to moderators and staff) ; but this email does not exist anymore since I do not renew my hosting for this website.
  
  Now I want to change for my last email address (email visible only to moderators and staff)
  but he say to me this email, is already used. I do not understand I remove this email address from wordpress.com
  
  Could you help me, with that ?
  
  Best regards,
  webimakers

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  staartmees · Member · Mar 4, 2026 at 10:11 am

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  When you remove or change the email address from a wordpress.com account, that email address is blocked for 30 days. You have to wait for 30 days before you can use it for your other account.

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  simranvijwani · Staff · Mar 5, 2026 at 1:44 pm

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  Hi there!

  Email addresses are not freed for use with a new account until the account data is purged 30 days after closure.

  If you need to use that email sooner, you can restore the closed account, change its email address to something else, and then you should be able to use that email on your current account.

  I hope this helps!

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  webimakers · Member · Mar 6, 2026 at 12:43 pm

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  Hi @everyone
  
  How are you ?
  I hope, you are well
  
  Alright, I will wait until the 30 days of purge of my data on my old accont finish and I will use it on my new website on WordPress.com
  
  Thank you WordPress Team for the MCP and partners Claude (Anthropic is the best…)
  
  Have the good day
  
  Best regards,
  webimakers

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  khristiansnyder · Staff · Mar 6, 2026 at 5:09 pm

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  Hello!
  
  Sure thing, that sounds like a plan! We look forward to hosting the new site here. Please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions, and we are glad you are able to take advantage of our MCP and partners… lots more coming in the near future!