Make site private — email provider shut down

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    signingupforforum · Member ·

    Hi all, I posted this a while ago but never followed up. Is there someone I can contact to make a site I created 10+ years ago private? Details below – thanks!
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    I created a site when I was under 18 more than a decade ago, and there are personal photos on the site that are appearing in Google images searches. I don’t remember the password for the account, and the email provider I signed up with shut down years ago, so I can’t recover anything. It looks like WordPress has a strict policy on account recovery; I am concerned that this blog is being indexed in Google Images, and I can’t find a way to resolve this since since the Account Recovery Form requires proof of ownership.

    I have seen in other threads that in lieu of recovering access, a site can be made private so that it is not accessible / indexable by search engines. Is that an option? Thank you for your help.

    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

  • staff-mckluskey · Staff ·

    Hi there!

    Please reach out directly to our Account Recovery team at passwordhelp@wordpress.com. They’ll get back to you with more information.
    Thanks!

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