Very old account recovery
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How do you recover an account with an email address you don’t have access to?
The help docs say you can recover by providing proof — e.g., the activation URL you got when creating your account. However, I did not receive such a URL, I am guessing because I created my account 10 years ago.
The first emails I got were a general “Welcome to WordPress.com” email without an activation URL, and a “New WordPress.com User: <my username>” email that said “Your new WordPress.com username has been successfully set up” and also lacked an activation URL.Is my only recourse setting the account to private? Or is there a recovery option for very old accounts?
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Hi there,
Good morning. I hope you’re doing great.
To recover your account, please follow the article below. If it doesn’t help, you can contact the WordPress.com support team using the following URL for further assistance with recovery.
At some point, you may run into a situation in which you’ve lost access to your account. This guide will explain the steps to avoid getting locked out and how to recover your account if you cannot log in. Determine Where Your Site Is Hosted Before you follow the instructions below to recover your account, verify that your site is hosted through WordPress.com. You can use our Site Profihttps://wordpress.com/support/
Have a good day!
Thanks
Faisal -
Note that to set a site to private you do need to have access to the account associated with it. If you still have the password then log in with that and the username brianbartoldson
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