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catrymer on "Deleted blog, still appears active"

catrymer — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:34:43 +0000

@persacostructionllc: Thank you. I have set this site to private on your behalf.

@diarioqueridob: You can find information on how to delete a blog at http://en.support.wordpress.com/delete-site/. If you need more information could you start a new thread for your question? Keeping each thread about a single issue helps make the forums easier to read for everyone.

persacostructionllc on "Deleted blog, still appears active"

persacostructionllc — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:27:40 +0000

yes please, should be ([email redacted])

diarioqueridob on "Deleted blog, still appears active"

diarioqueridob — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:21:19 +0000

como faço para excluir o meu blog que acabei de criar?

catrymer on "Deleted blog, still appears active"

catrymer — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 22:46:07 +0000

That's right; private blogs are not accessible to the public. http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/ If you can tell me the email address for the username that owns this site then I'd be happy to set it to private for you. Do you need me to?

persacostructionllc on "Deleted blog, still appears active"

persacostructionllc — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 22:32:51 +0000

i just need the site gone/deleted/not accessible to the public, will setting it to private do any of those?

catrymer on "Deleted blog, still appears active"

catrymer — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:53:16 +0000

Your username, persacostructionllc, is not listed as a user on the constructionpersa.wordpress.com site. Only an authorized administrator can delete a site. To delete your site you need to log in as constructionpersa, the assigned administrator.

If you no longer have access to the login information or the email address associated with this site then unfortunately you will not be able to delete this site. If this is the case I can set the site to private for you if you can provide me with the email address for this user. Setting the site to private will prevent people from accessing any of the content.

timethief on "Deleted blog, still appears active"

timethief — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 04:45:57 +0000

i logged in fine and had all the acces to the tools , the 1st link has since been removed but this other one still exists and has all my info

If you can log in then you can make the blog private. http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/

NOTE: Deleting blog content does not remove indexed content in it 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. We have no control over that.

persacostructionllc on "Deleted blog, still appears active"

persacostructionllc — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 02:31:51 +0000

its under my email and name and phone numbers, person did it for me...Persa Construction is my company...i logged in fine and had all the acces to the tools , the 1st link has since been removed but this other one still exists and has all my info.

timethief on "Deleted blog, still appears active"

timethief — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 02:26:22 +0000

someone else created the blog years ago, that person is no longer alive, i had completely forgotten about the site until a few weeks ago

Too bad you did not state clearly up front. A blog is owned by the username account that created it and not by anyone else. There is a process for transferring the blog to another username account but one has to be alive to do that. http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#transferring-your-blog-to-another-user-or-account

As stated previously this thread is tagged for Staff support.

persacostructionllc on "Deleted blog, still appears active"

persacostructionllc — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 02:17:57 +0000

someone else created the blog years ago, that person is no longer alive, i had completely forgotten about the site until a few weeks ago when my insurance company contacted me to tell me that they had dropped my insurance because the "site" says i do roofing and they dont cover roofing injuries. So i used my email and "lost password" tool and logged into the account. I deleted the 1st link i posted here, but now somehow a 2nd one appears to be active...i just need all traces and blogs/sites that have Persa Construction eliminated

timethief on "Deleted blog, still appears active"

timethief — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 02:13:54 +0000

Are you logged in under the exact username account that registered that blog?

persacostructionllc on "Deleted blog, still appears active"

persacostructionllc — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 02:12:09 +0000

yes i am logged in

auxclass on "Deleted blog, still appears active"

auxclass — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 02:01:19 +0000

Are you logging in with the correct account name?

You need to be the blog owner and Admin to delete a blog or change the visibility - it you can't see the option I gave above then you are probably not logged in with the correct account or user name

persacostructionllc on "Deleted blog, still appears active"

persacostructionllc — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 01:57:30 +0000

dont see the option, just need (all) of them gone so i can resume work...

timethief on "Deleted blog, still appears active"

timethief — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 01:38:31 +0000

I forgot to post the set your blog to private sentence and you supplied it. Now that's great teamwork. You always think of good ideas. I've seen you post them many times.

auxclass on "Deleted blog, still appears active"

auxclass — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 01:31:54 +0000

~~TT - once in a while I think of a good idea :) - on the flip side all of us have suggested to people that they set a blog to Private and not delete it in case they want to use it next year - - and many of the Delete issues are also where the owner can't get into the Dashboard at all - so thinking Private is not really an option -

But having many people helping in the forum helps to bring different ideas to help people

persacostructionllc on "Deleted blog, still appears active"

persacostructionllc — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 01:28:16 +0000

settings only gives me, Account, Password,Public profile, my apps
(time thief i have subscribed)

timethief on "Deleted blog, still appears active"

timethief — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 01:24:00 +0000

~~auxclass
Good thinking. So glad you posted. Now why didn't I think of that?

auxclass on "Deleted blog, still appears active"

auxclass — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 01:22:40 +0000

For starters if you can get into the Dashboard - set the blog to "Private" which will keep everyone out while this gets sorted out

Dashboard >> Settings >> Reading >> I would like my site to be private, visible only to users I choose

timethief on "Deleted blog, still appears active"

timethief — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 01:22:27 +0000

Not to worry as this thread is tagged for Staff and they sort this. Please subscribe to it so you are notified when they respond.

persacostructionllc on "Deleted blog, still appears active"

persacostructionllc — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 01:19:00 +0000

http://constructionpersa.wordpress.com/
this one somehow exists, and i followed the same steps to delete it but cant seem to do it

timethief on "Deleted blog, still appears active"

timethief — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:49:37 +0000

If you are referring to this blog then it appears to be deleted:
persacostructionllc.wordpress.com is no longer available.
The authors have deleted this blog.

Are you referring to another one? If so then post the URL for it please.

persacostructionllc on "Deleted blog, still appears active"

persacostructionllc — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:48:59 +0000

ok thank you

timethief on "Deleted blog, still appears active"

timethief — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:48:01 +0000

Okay, then be patient please for as I stated above this thread is tagged for Staff.

persacostructionllc on "Deleted blog, still appears active"

persacostructionllc — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:46:19 +0000

yes i did that on friday

timethief on "Deleted blog, still appears active"

timethief — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:20:06 +0000

Have you checked your email spam/junk mail folder for the email with the verification link in it? Have you clicked that verification link or not?

persacostructionllc on "Deleted blog, still appears active"

persacostructionllc — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:19:03 +0000

i did, i followed the steps and all, if i click on the link though after a google search shouldnt it say page not found or blog deleted.?

timethief on "Deleted blog, still appears active"

timethief — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:24:27 +0000

This thread is now tagged for a Staff follow-up. Please subscribe to it so you are notified when they respond.

Also note that deleting a blog does NOT result in instant deletion of indexed content from the SERPs (search engine pages results). We have no control over that. Bing and Google only flush their caches of indexed content that produces a 404 (page not found) every 3 - 6 months.

timethief on "Deleted blog, still appears active"

timethief — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:20:42 +0000

Have you checked you email spam/junk mail folder for the email with the verification link in it?

persacostructionllc on "Deleted blog, still appears active"

persacostructionllc — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:19:11 +0000

Need to eliminate all blogs that have PersaConstruction, its been over the 48hours, i need to eliminate the blogs