Reusing an email address from an unused account

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  etiaque · Member · Jul 20, 2012 at 4:18 pm

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  Hi,

  I’d like to delete this account in order to use this address with another blog I just started.
  As you can tell, I never used that page and I need my main email address to be related to that other blog (mafane.wordpress.com).

  Thanks
  Blog url: http://mafane.wordpress.com

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  timethief · Member · Jul 20, 2012 at 4:20 pm

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  Username accounts are not deleted. For more information, please see http://en.support.wordpress.com/deleting-accounts/

  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”:
  http://wordpress.com/#!/following/subsettings/

  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

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  etiaque · Member · Jul 20, 2012 at 8:53 pm

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  Awesome!

  Thank you so much!

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  timethief · Member · Jul 20, 2012 at 9:06 pm

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  You’re welcome. :)