Need to delete or make old website private

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  jwolff617 · Member · May 24, 2026 at 8:28 pm

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  i made a website for my sister 3 years ago and made her email address. After 2 years of no activity, the email address was deleted from gmail. I don’t have password or any recovery. My sister needs info to be deleted or private now as the website is about her directly.

  help delete or make private

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  elcristofue · Staff · May 25, 2026 at 9:37 am

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  Hi @jwolff617! Thanks for letting us know about this.
  

  In this case, you can try completing our account recovery method by following this guide:

  https://wordpress.com/support/account-recovery/verify-ownership/

  However, if you don’t have the information needed to prove ownership of the account, the only option might be to request making the site private, as mentioned here:

  https://wordpress.com/support/account-recovery/verify-ownership/#if-ownership-cannot-be-established

  Please go ahead and give these steps a try, and feel free to let me know how it goes. If you have any questions or need a hand at any point, I’m here and happy to help.

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  jwolff617 · Member · May 25, 2026 at 4:08 pm

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  i cannot verify ownership as the email with that information no longer exists.

  please set website to private. As you can see, the website is private information about a person (my sister). She doesn’t want this information public anymore

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  elcristofue · Staff · May 25, 2026 at 4:14 pm

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  Hello again, @jwolff617!

  I’ll be reaching out to you via email shortly so we can continue helping you from there.