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old account needs deletion

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    myriamcreateaustralia · Member · Mar 16, 2017 at 9:55 am
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    https://cre8australia.wordpress.com – old account / email already removed / we cant retrieve access

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

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    dave2swords · Member · Mar 16, 2017 at 10:09 am
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    Good morning!
    WordPress does not allow for the recycling of URLs, so if you had a blog and shut it down, that URL (somehtingorother.WordPress.com) is no longer available. The URL never gets deleted so no one can hijack your old blog and do something with it.

    More information may be found here:
    https://en.support.wordpress.com/delete-site/

    best,
    dave

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    justjennifer · Member · Mar 16, 2017 at 11:03 am
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    @myriamcreateaustralia the only person who can delete that site is the person who registered it here on WordPressdotcom. If that person has left the organization and did not transfer ownership to another WordPressdotcom account and you do not have access to the correct account, you’ll need to try the account recovery process here: https://en.support.wordpress.com/account-recovery/

    Let us know if you have more questions about that.

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    justjennifer · Member · Mar 16, 2017 at 11:05 am
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    @dave2swords – Just to clarify, deleted blog names (URLs) could be recycled after a period of 2 years from deletion as long as it does not pose a technical conflict. https://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/ Here’s a recent forum topic of interest: https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/hacked-blog-9?replies=7#post-2896030

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    dave2swords · Member · Mar 16, 2017 at 11:24 am
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    @justjennifer – yes i found that after posting my answer, too late by then. Thank you!
    d

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    justjennifer · Member · Mar 16, 2017 at 11:40 am
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    @dave2swords It’s never too late to update a forum answer especially if it changes or informs your original reply to the OP. It’s all good. :)

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    myriamcreateaustralia · Member · Mar 17, 2017 at 12:23 am
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    https://en.worhpress.com/wp-login.php?action=lostpassword – what if i do not have username nor email. any clue

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    justjennifer · Member · Mar 17, 2017 at 6:28 am
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    Please follow the instructions at https://en.support.wordpress.com/account-recovery/#account-recovery-form and supply as many details as you can.

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