Who can I talk to about deleting my account?

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  qsefth · Member · Sep 6, 2014 at 7:06 pm

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  I want my account deleted right away. I have a right to have this taken down. Does anyone work for wordpress who can help me with this?

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  lorelle · Member · Sep 7, 2014 at 6:59 am

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  Delete Site — Support — WordPress.com has the information on deleting your site.

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  qsefth · Member · Sep 7, 2014 at 7:22 am

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  I deleted my blog, but the account won’t go away. I need to delete the account.

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  lorelle · Member · Sep 7, 2014 at 8:18 am

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  Deleting a site is different from deleting the account. Deleting Accounts. Remember, once done, it cannot be undone.

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  qsefth · Member · Sep 7, 2014 at 11:09 am

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  If i cannot delete the account itself, and simply leave it inactive, it is vulnerable to being taken over and having someone else blog in my name. This is NOT acceptable. Inactive accounts obviously are not deleted. I haven’t used mine in 6 months and it was still sitting here. I want it gone!

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  lorelle · Member · Sep 7, 2014 at 5:46 pm

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  It is not vulnerable to being taken over unless you use an insecure username and password. The two step security authorization also helps.

  There is a link at the bottom of the Deleting Accounts article to contact directly the support team to request further action on this.

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  timethief · Member · Sep 7, 2014 at 5:47 pm

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  Here’s how to deactivate your account:
  All you were required to provide to register an account here was an email address that can be replaced at any time.

  Any personal information that you voluntarily posted can also be removed at any time.

  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 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.html

  4. 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.