Gravatar is a popular service for managing profile pictures online. However, deleting a Gravatar account is not possible without also deleting the associated WordPress account.
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Provide the email address associated with the account.
Gravatar support will process the request and delete the account.
Deleting your Gravatar account requires contacting Gravatar support directly â there is no self-service delete button. After deletion: loss of all gravatar images associated with the account.
No, it is not possible to delete a Gravatar account without also deleting the associated WordPress account.
Deleting your Gravatar account will result in the loss of all Gravatar images associated with the account.
Deleting your account means: loss of all Gravatar images associated with the account. Export or download anything you want to keep before you begin â it is normally not recoverable afterwards.
Have the following ready: email address associated with the account. Having it to hand avoids getting part-way through the flow and having to start again.
Gravatar is recorded as GDPR compliant and recorded as CCPA compliant. If you are in the EU or California you can also file a formal erasure request under GDPR Article 17 or the CCPA â that route creates a record you can follow up on, separately from the in-product delete flow.
Common alternatives include Profile Builder by WPMU DEV, BuddyPress User Avatars. If you are switching because of how Gravatar handles your data, check the replacement's retention and deletion policy before you migrate.
Gravatar is headquartered in San Francisco, California, which is the jurisdiction whose data-protection rules govern your account.
Deletion for Gravatar is handled by support rather than a self-service button, so email support@automattic.com from the address on the account and ask for deletion in writing.
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