multiple accounts/name change/wrong emails
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Hi I was trying to change my wordpress username and was looking through forums and ultimately ended up changing the email address on my blog, then creating a new account with the same I wanted… but now I just want to delete everything and start over because I am too confused with the multiple accounts and various emails associated with each account. I want to continue using wordpress but I have been extremely frustrated with how complicated the user setting format is.
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The email address you use can only be assigned to a single wordpress.COM username account. Are you clear on that?
Are you logged in as Admin? That is required.
Every WordPress.COM blog has a sole owner. It is the person with the WordPress.COM username account who registered the blog under that username account and a single associated email address, (which is the unique identifier) , and who is the original Admin of the blogs registered under that username account.
You have to be logged in as Admin http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#administrator under the exact same username account that registered the blog to access the blog’s dashboard.
Be sure to read Issues Changing your Email Address https://en.support.wordpress.com/email-address/#issues-changing-your-email-address
You can change your email address on your accounts page at https://wordpress.com/me/account
Be sure to consult these guides:
https://en.support.wordpress.com/email-address/
https://en.support.wordpress.com/email-notifications/gmail-issues/Clicking this link should display all blogs registered under the same username, including the hidden ones: https://dashboard.wordpress.com/wp-admin/index.php?page=my-blogs&show=hidden
If you do not see the blog here http://en.support.wordpress.com/my-blogs/ then
follow this guide > http://en.support.wordpress.com/my-blogs/#my-blogs-dashboard-visibilityIf the log-in information is lost visit https://en.wordpress.com/wp-login.php?action=lostpassword
If you are still not successful post the correct email address here and the software will redact it (hide it so only Staff can see it). Then type modlook into the sidebar tags on this thread for Staff help. How do I get a Moderator/Staff reply for my question? https://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-help-in-the-forums/#how-do-i-get-a-moderatorstaff-reply-for-my-question Then please subscribe to this thread so you are notified when they respond. To subscribe look in the sidebar of this thread, find the subscribe to topics link and click it.
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Changing your username https://en.support.wordpress.com/change-your-username/
but now I just want to delete everything and start over because I am too confused with the multiple accounts and various emails associated with each account.
If you want to retain the blog URL (note that no deleted URL can be registered again for two or more years after deletion). https://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/ and you are willing to wait rather than doing this yourself http://en.support.wordpress.com/empty-site/ then Staff can empty the whole blog for you. That will remove all data including posts, pages, tags, categories, comments, and uploaded files and once deleted, the data cannot be recovered.
If you are sure you want Staff to proceed, and you are prepared to wait then type modlook into the tags in the sidebar of this thread for Staff attention and post again into this thread to:
(1) confirm the URL of the blog you want them to empty;
(2) confirm that you know content deletion is irreversible.IMPORTANT NOTE: Deleting blog content does not remove it from the SERPs (search engine page results). Google and Bing only clear their caches of deleted indexed content that produces a 404 (page not found) every 3 – 6 months. To completely remove an entire page from Google search results after it produces a 404 (page not found):
https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/1663691?hl=en&ref_topic=1724262&vid=0-635749429504660340-12158368555624983465 -
Thank you SO MUCH. The problem is that I have a few email accounts, and when I try to switch the wordpress account I want to keep with the email I want to associate it with, it says “There is a problem changing your email address.”
I was hesitant to try to delete the account with the username I want to keep because of the 2 year deal… so if I can still keep the username, I would be happy to wait for staff to delete the content…
[removing private information]
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Hi @katenadel, no worries. We’ll help you sort this out. I’ll need to clarify a few things though, and I don’t want your private information up in this forum, so I’m going to email you instead. Cheers!
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