Please delete my accounts!
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Hello
I have tried following your directions for removing my accounts from WordPress.com. They don’t seem to work. What’s up with that? I don’t want to keep them, because I am being asked to log in to WordPress when trying to comment on blogs run by WordPress.com. That I find infinitely annoying!
I have had an account as (email visible only to moderators and staff) and as (email visible only to moderators and staff). Please delete both of them, as I have no further use for them and feel utterly imposed upon by these constant demands to log in.
Best regards,
Henny Stewart
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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We cannot do this for you. You have to act.
To delete a WordPress.COM hosted blog you must be logged in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the blog to navigate to Dashboard > Tools > Delete Site. The guide is here http://en.support.wordpress.com/delete-site/
https://wordpress.com/settings/delete-site/NAME_OF_BLOG.wordpress.com
*Replace “NAME_OF_BLOG” with the actual name of the blog in the URL above.
If you are not logged in under the correct username account then clear your browser cache https://en.support.wordpress.com/browser-issues/#clearing-your-browser-cache and cookies https://en.support.wordpress.com/browser-issues/#clearing-wordpress-com-cookies prior to logging into another account
If the log-in information is lost you need to visit https://en.wordpress.com/wp-login.php?action=lostpassword
Read also: Account Recovery https://en.support.wordpress.com/account-recovery/
Deleted blog URLs are not recycled, regardless of who registered and deleted them and no exceptions are made except for the one stated here http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/
To empty site content and keep the URL see here https://en.support.wordpress.com/empty-site/
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
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If you are not logged in under the correct username account then clear your browser cache https://en.support.wordpress.com/browser-issues/#clearing-your-browser-cache and cookies https://en.support.wordpress.com/browser-issues/#clearing-wordpress-com-cookies prior to logging into another account
Here’s how to deactivate your account(s):
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. http://en.support.wordpress.com/deleting-accounts/1. You can go to My Account->Edit Profile at https://wordpress.com/me/account 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.html4. 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. http://en.gravatar.com/support/profile-privacy
IMPORTANT NOTE: Deleting blogs and/or blog content or making the site private does not remove indexed content from the SERPs (search engine page results) and we cannot help with that. 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/6332384?hl=en&ref_topic=1724262&vid=0-635749429504660340-12158368555624983465&rd=1 -
feel utterly imposed upon by these constant demands to log in.
If anyone could delete any site or account without logging in under the account they registered would that really be a sane scenario?
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What is completely insane is that I am not allowed to delete _my own_ accounts!!!ons. 23. nov. 2016 kl. 21.10 skrev WordPress.com Support Forums :
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feel utterly imposed upon by these constant demands to log in.
If anyone could delete any site or account without logging in under the account they registered would that really be a sane scenario?
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