{"id":485320,"date":"2020-06-19T11:01:57","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T15:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpdeveloper.net\/?p=485320"},"modified":"2020-10-29T05:10:39","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T09:10:39","slug":"how-to-delete-wordpress-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpdeveloper.com\/how-to-delete-wordpress-account\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Delete WordPress Account Or Blog (WordPress.com &amp; Hosted)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"485320\" class=\"elementor elementor-485320\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-58f7387 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"58f7387\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9699978\" data-id=\"9699978\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-134d97b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"134d97b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2020\/06\/How-To-Delete-A-WordPress-Account-Or-Blog-1200x800-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-485468 wp-stateless-item\" alt=\"How To Delete WordPress account\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2020\/06\/How-To-Delete-A-WordPress-Account-Or-Blog-1200x800-1.png 1200w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2020\/06\/How-To-Delete-A-WordPress-Account-Or-Blog-1200x800-1-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2020\/06\/How-To-Delete-A-WordPress-Account-Or-Blog-1200x800-1-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" data-image-size=\"full\" data-stateless-media-bucket=\"assets.wpdeveloper.com\" data-stateless-media-name=\"2020\/06\/How-To-Delete-A-WordPress-Account-Or-Blog-1200x800-1.png\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6e2a045 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6e2a045\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b0492c\" data-id=\"3b0492c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69910a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69910a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wondering <\/span><b>how to\u00a0delete WordPress account or blog<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">? Perhaps you want to start over from scratch, or maybe you completely erase all traces of your old blogs from the internet. Whatever your reasons are, in this quick tutorial we will show you how you can easily delete your WordPress account or blog in just a few easy steps.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-602a25e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"602a25e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-146f568\" data-id=\"146f568\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c0a4ef elementor-toc--minimized-on-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"1c0a4ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;headings_by_tags&quot;:[&quot;h2&quot;],&quot;exclude_headings_by_selector&quot;:&quot;.eael-post-list-container&quot;,&quot;marker_view&quot;:&quot;numbers&quot;,&quot;no_headings_message&quot;:&quot;No headings were found on this page.&quot;,&quot;minimize_box&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;minimized_on&quot;:&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;hierarchical_view&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;min_height&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"table-of-contents.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-toc__header-title\">\n\t\t\t\tTable of Contents\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--expand\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__1c0a4ef\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Open table of contents\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--collapse\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__1c0a4ef\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close table of contents\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-toc__1c0a4ef\" class=\"elementor-toc__body\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__spinner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-toc__spinner eicon-animation-spin eicon-loading\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ca8ee33 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ca8ee33\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-39e93d3\" data-id=\"39e93d3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7feab91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7feab91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What Is The Difference Between WordPress.com &amp; WordPress.org?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a564a7c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a564a7c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-621d557\" data-id=\"621d557\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-770b596 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"770b596\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As you probably already know, there are two kinds of WordPress accounts or blogs:<\/span><\/p><ul><li><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordpress.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WordPress.org <\/a>: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Also called a self-hosted WordPress website, this is the kind of WordPress blog where you host your own site and install open source WordPress software.<\/span><\/b><\/li><li><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordpress.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WordPress.com<\/a> : <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is fully hosted by WordPress itself &amp; have both free and pro plan.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The process for deleting these two types of WordPress accounts is very different. In this blog post, we\u2019ll give you a step-by-step guide on how to delete WordPress.com blog and also a WordPress.org blog.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-793822d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"793822d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-832dbb1\" data-id=\"832dbb1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c994ca6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c994ca6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How To Delete WordPress Account Or Blog From WordPress.com <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0e3b608 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0e3b608\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1550b1a\" data-id=\"1550b1a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5b821b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c5b821b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deleting a WordPress.com blog or account is fairly easy and can be done directly from your WordPress dashboard. You can choose to either delete your whole account and every WordPress.com blog you created with your account, or you can individually delete your blogs as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Just follow these steps below and you should be able to delete your WordPress account or blog from WordPress.com in a matter of seconds.<\/span><\/p><h3><b>Step 1: Create A Backup Of Your Blog And Your Site Content<\/b><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Even if your aim is to delete all of your blog content, it is a good idea to keep a backup just in case. To do this, simply\u00a0 navigate to your WordPress dashboard and head over to <strong>Tools\u2192 Export<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cd1d3ed elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cd1d3ed\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b5b6a9d\" data-id=\"b5b6a9d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc3c6b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dc3c6b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1897\" height=\"894\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2020\/06\/blog-delete-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-485324 wp-stateless-item\" alt=\"How To Delete WordPress Blog\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2020\/06\/blog-delete-1.png 1897w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2020\/06\/blog-delete-1-600x283.png 600w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2020\/06\/blog-delete-1-1600x754.png 1600w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2020\/06\/blog-delete-1-768x362.png 768w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2020\/06\/blog-delete-1-1536x724.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1897px) 100vw, 1897px\" data-image-size=\"full\" data-stateless-media-bucket=\"assets.wpdeveloper.com\" data-stateless-media-name=\"2020\/06\/blog-delete-1.png\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-93c86e8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"93c86e8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b42a4bc\" data-id=\"b42a4bc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9402a16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9402a16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This will redirect you to a new page where you can choose to either <\/span><b>\u2018Export all\u2019 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">to make a backup of all of your content, or choose <\/span><b>\u2018Download\u2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to create a backup of all your media library files.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d93dc71 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d93dc71\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a3febf9\" data-id=\"a3febf9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cfa9c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5cfa9c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1899\" height=\"857\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2020\/06\/blog-delete-2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-485325 wp-stateless-item\" alt=\"How To Delete WordPress Blog\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2020\/06\/blog-delete-2.png 1899w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2020\/06\/blog-delete-2-600x271.png 600w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2020\/06\/blog-delete-2-1600x722.png 1600w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2020\/06\/blog-delete-2-768x347.png 768w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2020\/06\/blog-delete-2-1536x693.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1899px) 100vw, 1899px\" data-image-size=\"full\" data-stateless-media-bucket=\"assets.wpdeveloper.com\" data-stateless-media-name=\"2020\/06\/blog-delete-2.png\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3319322 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3319322\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-530a89e\" data-id=\"530a89e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e363130 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e363130\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><b>Step 2: Close Your Account Permanently From Account Settings<\/b><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When you are done creating a backup of your site, you are ready to delete your WordPress.com account. If you want to delete <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">all WordPress.com blogs <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">that you created with your account, you can simply choose to close your account permanently from account settings.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To do this, just click on your profile and then navigate to<\/span><b> Account Settings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. If you scroll down the page you will see an option to <\/span><b>\u2018Close your account permanently\u2019. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Click on it to delete all of your WordPress blogs and close your WordPress.com account permanently.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c98bc69 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c98bc69\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0e46296\" data-id=\"0e46296\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a67ad3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5a67ad3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"874\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2020\/06\/screely-1592453353301.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-485327 wp-stateless-item\" alt=\"How To Delete WordPress Blog\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2020\/06\/screely-1592453353301.png 1920w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2020\/06\/screely-1592453353301-600x273.png 600w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2020\/06\/screely-1592453353301-1600x728.png 1600w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2020\/06\/screely-1592453353301-768x350.png 768w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2020\/06\/screely-1592453353301-1536x699.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" data-image-size=\"full\" data-stateless-media-bucket=\"assets.wpdeveloper.com\" data-stateless-media-name=\"2020\/06\/screely-1592453353301.png\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a409b92 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a409b92\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6e15405\" data-id=\"6e15405\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-101965b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"101965b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><b>Step 3: Delete Individual Blogs From Your WordPress Dashboard<\/b><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you do not want to delete all of your blogs, but only want to remove a particular site, then choose the site you want to delete and head over to the WordPress Dashboard for that site.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Next, simply click on <\/span><b>Tools<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and you will see the option to <\/span><b>Delete Site<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> there. All you have to do is click on it to delete that particular site.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6254a32 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6254a32\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d49c0a2\" data-id=\"d49c0a2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a84afa3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a84afa3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1897\" height=\"863\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2020\/06\/blog-delete-4.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-485328 wp-stateless-item\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2020\/06\/blog-delete-4.png 1897w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2020\/06\/blog-delete-4-600x273.png 600w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2020\/06\/blog-delete-4-1600x728.png 1600w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2020\/06\/blog-delete-4-768x349.png 768w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2020\/06\/blog-delete-4-1536x699.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1897px) 100vw, 1897px\" data-image-size=\"full\" data-stateless-media-bucket=\"assets.wpdeveloper.com\" data-stateless-media-name=\"2020\/06\/blog-delete-4.png\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-99731ec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"99731ec\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8561d93\" data-id=\"8561d93\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c33568 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5c33568\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How To Delete WordPress Account Or Blog From WordPress.org<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-640ec57 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"640ec57\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a510113\" data-id=\"a510113\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-272477c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"272477c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you have a self-hosted blog, then you will need to follow these instructions to delete your WordPress.org blog.<\/span><\/p><h3><b>Step 1: Export Blog Or Site Content As Backup<\/b><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As always, make sure to backup your blog content just in case you change your mind, or in case you need access to your content later on in the future. There are several great plugins that can help you quickly create a backup of your blog. We recommended a few of such plugins in our blog post on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wpdeveloper.com\/wordpress-maintenance-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>maintaining a WordPress site<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> so make sure to check it out.<\/span><\/p><h3><b>Step 2: Delete Blog Manually With FTP OR SFTP Access<\/b><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After you have created a backup of your blog, you can delete your WordPress account or blog manually if you have <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbeginner.com\/glossary\/ftp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FTP or SFTP access<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. You will need to use an FTP client for this and follow these steps:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">First, you need to log in to your FTP server<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Next locate your WordPress directory and right click on it<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Select the <\/span><b>Delete<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> option when prompted<\/span><\/li><\/ul><h3><b>Step 3 (Alternative): Delete Blog With Web-Based File Manager<\/b><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you are using a web-based file manager and don\u2019t want to delete your blog manually with FTP access, then simply follow these steps:<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">First, log in to your web hosting dashboard<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After logging in, you need to open your file manager application<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Head over to your WordPress directory and then click on the <\/span><b>Delete <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">option<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Just like that, you\u2019ve successfully deleted your WordPress.org blog.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-44758d8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"44758d8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c728ad4\" data-id=\"c728ad4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f771eee elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f771eee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Wrapping Up<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bc28a31 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bc28a31\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aeff17c\" data-id=\"aeff17c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56fcfc8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56fcfc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Whether you are looking to start a fresh new blog or you want to remove all of your content from the internet, we hope you will find it easy to delete your WordPress account by following this quick tutorial.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you have found this post helpful, let us know by sharing your thoughts in the comments below. 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