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Deactivate my account

  • letstalkwe · Member · Jun 15, 2013 at 2:53 pm
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    i would like to deactivate my wordpress account. I want to delete everything that Ive set up.

  • owensinclairjones · Member · Jun 15, 2013 at 3:20 pm
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    WordPress.com accounts cannot be deleted. If you want to delete your blog go to admin<tools<delete site and confirm it by going to the email address you used to make your wordpress.com account and click the link.Then if you want to further and leave wordpress.com log off your account and leave it inactive forever.

  • timethief · Member · Jun 15, 2013 at 4:35 pm
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    @letstalkwe

    Hi there,
    All you were required to provide to register an account was an email address and it can be replaced 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”:
    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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