Problem deleting a website

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  bienekeslagt · Member · Feb 4, 2015 at 2:12 pm

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  I want to delete bienemadiekefotografie.wordpress.com, however in my dashboard there is no option ‘tools’ between ‘users’ and ‘settings’.

  The reason I want to delete this website is because it is not working properly.

  Thank you for your help.
  Bieneke

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

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  pmciano · Member · Feb 4, 2015 at 9:16 pm

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  @bienekeslagt

  If you want to permanently delete your site, follow the guide below:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/delete-site/

  Please read the warnings and advice before deleting a site, as we can’t revert a site deletion for any reason.

  If you want to hide your site instead, you can use the following guide to make your site private so only you and other members of the site can view it when logged in:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/

  If you have any trouble, let me know, and I will be happy to delete the site for you.

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  bienekeslagt · Member · Feb 4, 2015 at 10:03 pm

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  I have read the guide before I made this post. However, the problem is that the option ‘tools’ and therefore the option ‘delete site’ is not available to me.

  I would appreciate it if you could permanently delete the site for me.

  Thank you in advance,
  Bieneke

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  timethief · Member · Feb 4, 2015 at 10:09 pm

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  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 the blog.

  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/

  I have read the guide before I made this post. However, the problem is that the option ‘tools’ and therefore the option ‘delete site’ is not available to me.

  That’s most likely an indication that you are not logged in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the blog that you want to delete.

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  timethief · Member · Feb 4, 2015 at 10:13 pm

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  You must be logged in as Admin http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#administrator under the exact same username account that registered the blog to access the blog’s dashboard.

  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 obtaining access is to complete the form for account recovery at this link https://en.wordpress.com/wp-login.php?action=recovery with as much information as possible 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.

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  pmciano · Member · Feb 4, 2015 at 10:18 pm

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  @bienekeslagt

  I’ve deleted bienemadiekefotografie.wordpress.com, as requested.

  Let us know if you have any more questions :-)