WordPress.com is a popular blogging platform that allows users to create free websites and blogs.
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Hover over your name at the top right corner and click 'My WordPress.com account'.
Scroll to the bottom of the screen and click 'Delete your account permanently'.
Check your email — you'll receive instructions to restore your account within 30 days if you change your mind.
After 30 days all data is purged from WordPress.com servers and cannot be reversed.
Closing your WordPress.com account also closes your Gravatar profile, Akismet, and any other Automattic services that use the same login. Comments you've left on other sites are NOT deleted. Your username becomes permanently unavailable.
Yes — for 30 days. You'll receive an email with restore instructions when you close your account. After 30 days all data is permanently purged.
Yes. Closing your WordPress.com account also affects other Automattic services using the same login, including Gravatar, WooCommerce.com, and Akismet.
No. Comments you've left on other WordPress.com sites remain. To remove them, contact the site owner directly.
WordPress.com does not publish a retention period for closed accounts. If the timeline matters to you, ask WordPress.com support for written confirmation of when your data is removed, and what is retained for legal or accounting reasons.
Deleting your account means: All sites you own and their content are deleted; You cannot reuse your email address for a new account for 30 days; After 30 days all data is purged and cannot be reversed; Other Automattic services using this login (Gravatar, WooCommerce, Akismet) are also affected. Export or download anything you want to keep before you begin — it is normally not recoverable afterwards.
WordPress.com 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 — that route creates a record you can follow up on, separately from the in-product delete flow.
Common alternatives include Blogger, Medium, Squarespace, Wix, Ghost. If you are switching because of how WordPress.com handles your data, check the replacement's retention and deletion policy before you migrate.
WordPress.com is headquartered in San Francisco, California, which is the jurisdiction whose data-protection rules govern your account.
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