Need to delete an old blog but forgot password and email
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I need to delete a blog I made a while back. It has harmful content and is one of the top results when you google my name. If i could even figure out the email i used i could recover the password but it wont let me know.
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Every WordPress.COM blog has a sole owner. It is the person with the WordPress.COM username account who registered the blog under that username account and a single associated email address, and who is the original Admin of the blogs registered under that username account. You have to contact the site’s actual owner and have them transfer the blog to your username account.
You have to be logged in as Admin http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#administrator under the exact same username account that registered the blog to access the blog’s dashboard. The Admin login link to the dashboard for every blog hosted by wordpress.COM is:
http://NAME_OF_BLOG.wordpress.com/wp-admin/
* You will have to replace “name_of_blog” with the actual blog’s name in that URL.
There is a single email address that can be used on only one username account and not on any others, regardless of how many blogs are registered under that username account. The blog’s owner can change the relevant email address on their accounts page at https://wordpress.com/me/account
For Issues Changing your Email Address see https://en.support.wordpress.com/email-address/#issues-changing-your-email-address
Also, consult these guides:
https://en.support.wordpress.com/email-address/
https://en.support.wordpress.com/email-notifications/gmail-issues/This support doc https://en.support.wordpress.com/passwords/ covers how the blog’s owner can change or reset their account password, and keeping their WordPress.com account (and other online services) secure. See also Selecting a Strong Password https://en.support.wordpress.com/selecting-a-strong-password/
After the blog’s owner logs in clicking this link should display all blogs registered under the same username account, including the hidden ones: https://dashboard.wordpress.com/wp-admin/index.php?page=my-blogs&show=hidden
If you do not see the blog here http://en.support.wordpress.com/my-blogs/ then you need to follow this guide > http://en.support.wordpress.com/my-blogs/#my-blogs-dashboard-visibility
If the log-in information is lost you need to visit https://en.wordpress.com/wp-login.php?action=lostpassword
If you check each and every possible email address and account and are not successful gaining access to the blog(s) then the blog’s owner must complete the form for account recovery at this link https://en.wordpress.com/wp-login.php?action=recovery and submit it to the Account Recovery Staff, and provide proof ownership, so they can contact you by email ie. not on these public support forums, which are available to everyone with internet access.
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https://toddereadt.wordpress.com is no longer available.
The authors have deleted this site.That message cannot be removed.
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IMPORTANT NOTE: Deleting blogs and/or blog content does not remove indexed content from the SERPs (search engine page results). Google and Bing only clear their caches of deleted indexed content that produces a 404 (page not found) every 3 – 6 months. To completely remove an entire page from Google search results after it produces a 404 (page not found):
https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6332384?hl=en&ref_topic=1724262&vid=0-635749429504660340-12158368555624983465&rd=1 -
Thanks for the help but how am i supposed to complete the account recovery form when I don’t know the email address linked to the account. All the proofs require access to the email address, which I don’t know. And this is for another blog not, the one linked
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Are you referring to this deleted site https://toddereadt.wordpress.com/ ?
If no then what is the exact URL starting with http:// of the site you refer to please? And, exactly which username account registered that site?
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https://thecommishioner.wordpress.com/
the username appears to be “commishscorner” but I have zero idea what the password or email address might be
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If you do not have the login information, do not have access to the email associated with the account, and cannot provide any of the information requested on the account recovery form, I’m afraid you are out of luck as far as gaining access to the account. There is simply no way to prove that the account is yours.
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