need to delete old WordPress website, do not have login

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  kerryschwartz · Member · Apr 30, 2015 at 5:34 pm

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  Hi, I need to delete an old WordPress website that was created by someone else. I do not have the login information to get into that account and delete the website. I have created a new website in another Website Builder, but the old one is taking first place in the Google Search page.

  Can anyone help?

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

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  timethief · Member · Apr 30, 2015 at 5:36 pm

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  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 WordPress.COM hosted blog to access the blog’s dashboard and delete it.

  Clicking this link should display all your 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-visibility

  If you have lost your log-in information you can visit https://en.wordpress.com/wp-login.php?action=lostpassword

  Your last resort for gaining access is to complete the form for account recovery at this link https://en.wordpress.com/wp-login.php?action=recovery and submit it to the Account Recovery Staff so they can contact you by email ie. not on these public support forums which are available to everyone with internet access. Note there is a backlog so you have to be patient while waiting.

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  timethief · Member · Apr 30, 2015 at 5:43 pm

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  Know that very blog has a sole owner and it is the person who registered that blog under their username account and associated email address.

  The blog’s owner must be logged in as Admin http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#administrator under the exact same username account that registered the blog and purchased upgrades to renew them, or transfer the blogs and the upgrades to another username account, or to use the lost password link or account recovery form, or to delete the blog.

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#transferring-your-blog-to-another-user-or-account
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/my-upgrades/#transferring-upgrades
  https://en.wordpress.com/wp-login.php?action=lostpassword
  https://wordpress.com/wp-login.php?action=recovery