URGENT ACTION: delete account permanently!!!!

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  sunkissd · Member · Sep 26, 2016 at 12:06 am

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  Hi
  I have visited all your help pages, have stripped all the media/content and have deleted the site. However the actual account itself will not delete.
  Please can you delete this account a.s.a.p

  Many thanks,
  L

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  airodyssey · Member · Sep 26, 2016 at 1:04 am

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  Hi. As you may have read here…
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/deleting-accounts/
  …WordPress.com accounts cannot be deleted. If you haven’t already done so, you can remove all of your personal information in account settings, change your password and unsubscribe from all emails. All of this is explained in the link above.
  I understand this is not the answer you were expecting, but I hope it provides some clarification.

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  sunkissd · Member · Sep 26, 2016 at 8:09 am

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  Hiya,
  Thanks for taking the time to respond.
  Yes I did read that page when I completed the actions. However it doesn’t explain why someone cannot delete their overall account. Why won’t the system let users delete their account? This makes no sense!

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  staff-doublebassd · Staff · Sep 26, 2016 at 5:05 pm

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  Hey there!

  We don’t want other people to have your username in the future which is the reason why we don’t delete usernames (they are kept so they cannot be recycled). For more information, please see this link below:

  Here’s a few suggestions for you if you’d like to scrub the account:

  1) Empty and delete your sites:

  First of all, be sure to empty your sites of all content. You can find out more about how to do this here:

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/empty-site/

  Next, delete the site following the guide on this page:

  Delete a website

  Please be aware that this is irreversible!

  2) If you are trying to unsubscribe from emails sent to you from WordPress.com, go here and click on “Block Emails”:

  https://wordpress.com/settings/notifications/

  3) You can also go here to 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 will only leave the username behind:

  https://wordpress.com/me/account/
  https://wordpress.com/me/profile

  4) 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

  5) While you cannot completely delete your Gravatar profile, you can remove all of your profile information easily through the “Edit My Profile” page here:

  http://en.gravatar.com/profiles/edit/?noclose#about-you

  You can also hide your Gravatar profile from external access. Visit your profile page (click your name in the top navigation of the website), then click the “Hide My Profile” link in the bottom, right-hand corner.

  Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!