Please cancel my account

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  daviesbrothersnursery · Member · Jan 29, 2015 at 2:38 pm

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  Hi,

  Please could I have confirmation that my WordPress account will be deleted as I have decided to use a different provider? I am concerned that my account may be charged.

  I look forward to hearing from you.

  Many thanks

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

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  timethief · Member · Jan 29, 2015 at 10:25 pm

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  Your account cannot be charged for anything unless you provided financial information, purchased an upgrade, and failed to disable auto-renew.

  See here:
  Dashboard > Store > My Upgrades
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/my-upgrades/

  Dashboard > Store > Billing History
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/Billing-History/

  WordPress.com provides a 30-day refund on all upgrades except Domain Registrations, Domain Renewals, and Guided Transfers.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/upgrades/#refunds
  Note: It takes from 1 – 2 weeks for the refund to be received.

  Provided you are logged in under the same username account that purchased the upgrade, you can cancel and request a refund from your dashboard > Store > My Upgrades. You can also disable auto-renew there and remove your credit card information.

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  timethief · Member · Jan 29, 2015 at 10:25 pm

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  Hi there,
  All blogs are independent websites so what you do one one has no effects on any others. To delete a free hosted WordPress.COM blog you must be logged in under the exact same username account that registered a blog to delete the blog. To prevent accidental or inadvertent deletion of blogs, there are multiple warnings given that blog deletion is permanent and irreversible. Lastly, a verification link is sent in an email and must be clicked to delete a blog. If clicking that link does not work then copy and paste it into your upper browser window and click.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/delete-site/

  Deleted blog URLs are not recycled, regardless of who registered and deleted them and no exceptions are made.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

  Alternatively, to change blog visibility to private go to > Settings > Reading scroll to Blog Visibility and choose option 3 . See the guide here http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/

  Although username accounts are not deleted, so you cannot be impersonated and have your reputation affected by anyone registering the same username in the future, there are steps you can take that amount to removing all personal information and result in leaving only a throwaway email address behind.

  Here’s how to deactivate your account:

  1. You can go to My Account->Edit Profile and remove all data except the account name and an email address. Create a throwaway email address and change the account email to that throwaway address. This only leaves the username behind.

  2. To unsubscribe from email sent to you from WordPress.com, go here and click on “Block all subscription emails from WordPress.com”:
  https://wordpress.com/settings/notifications/

  3. To ensure the account is locked up tightly, visit this site, generate a password of 15-20 characters, and change the account password to it:
  http://www.thebitmill.com/tools/password.html

  4. To hide your Gravatar profile, login and on the bottom right hand corner of your Gravatar profile page you will find a “hide” button visible only to you that you can click.