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<div><div>Our profile will be created when we start a blog. We have the option to use any username and photo, not necessarily the same as those on our Google account.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Also, the profile will be created the moment we decide to comment on a post (not owning a blog).&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><b>A Blogger profile is part of our Google Account, but they are not the same.</b></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The profile contains:</div> <ul><li>Your blogs, and posts.</li><li>Comments made on any Blogger site</li><li>Multimedia like photos and videos.</li></ul> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><b>Deleting the profile is a permanent process that cannot be reversed, and cannot be done by mistake.</b></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>How to delete a Blogger profile:</div> <ul><li>Go to your Google Account page.</li><li>On <i>Data &amp; privacy</i> page, scroll until find Download or delete your data, choose <i>Delete a Google Service</i>.</li></ul></div> <div><img src="//storage.googleapis.com/support-forums-api/attachment/thread-324788102-6691295483084807347.jpg"><div>&nbsp;</div></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><ul><li>The system will ask for your password to confirm that you are the owner of the Google account. This step prevents anyone who has access to your device (kids, family, coworkers) from completing this process without your knowledge.</li><li>On the next page, choose again Blogger by clicking the trash icon.</li></ul> <div><img src="//storage.googleapis.com/support-forums-api/attachment/thread-324788102-6691295483084804560.jpg"><div>&nbsp;</div></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><ul><li>The system will open a window showing all the consequences of deleting a Blogger profile:<ul><li>This will delete your Blogger profile and blogs you&#39;ve managed</li><li>This will <b>not</b> delete blogs you&#39;ve jointly managed or written or have lost access to</li><li>This will delete posts you&#39;ve published on blogs that you wrote</li><li>This will anonymize posts you&#39;ve published on blogs that you did <b>not</b> write or blogs you lost access to</li><li>This will delete any comments you&#39;ve made on Blogger while being signed in to this Google Account</li><li>This will delete videos you&#39;ve uploaded to Blogger</li><li>This will <b>not</b> delete images you&#39;ve uploaded to Blogger. They&#39;ll remain in your <u>Album Archive</u></li><li>This will delete your Reading List</li><li><b>Note</b>: This will <b>not</b> delete content you&#39;ve uploaded to other Google services, like YouTube, and separately reposted on Blogger</li></ul></li><li>And to finish, you must check the checkbox in that window, which clearly explains that the process is permanent.<br><b>Required: Yes, I understand that this will permanently delete my Blogger profile, and that this action can&#39;t be undone</b></li></ul> <div><img src="//storage.googleapis.com/support-forums-api/attachment/thread-324788102-1304030871242550615.png">&nbsp;<div>&nbsp;</div></div> <div><div>&nbsp;</div> <div>This process is intended for users who desire to remove all content from their profile without any regrets.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><b>It&#39;s not recommended to try this process to see how it works.&nbsp;</b></div> <div>&nbsp;</div></div> <div>If you want to create a new Blogger profile, the system will not allow this action immediately, thus you will see the following message:</div> <div><img src="//storage.googleapis.com/support-forums-api/attachment/thread-324788102-6691295483084807178.png"><div>&nbsp;</div></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>It is necessary to wait a couple of hours, even days, until the action becomes available.<br>&nbsp;<br><b>This also means that you will have to start from scratch, there is no way to recover information from the previous profile.</b></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><b><i>EXTRA NOTES</i><br>*</b>&nbsp;It is worth noting that if you are the only person managing one or more blogs, the blogspot.com URL(s) will also be permanently deleted. Neither you with a new profile nor other Blogger users can reuse it under any circumstances.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>If your goal is to start from scratch and keep the blogspot.com URL(s) to create new content with a new profile, it is recommended:</div></div></div> <ul><li><a href="https://support.google.com/blogger/answer/42673" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Transfer the blog</a> to another trusted or own Google account BEFORE you begin removing your profile. This is temporary you until I can create a new profile.</li><li>It is also possible to <a href="https://support.google.com/blogger/answer/154172" target="_blank" rel="noopener">delete content like posts and pages</a>, leaving the site empty, without having to delete the profile and the entire blog / URL with it.</li></ul> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Or, if you are looking to keep your profile and content hidden, without losing access to them for the future use, we suggest the following:</div> <ul><li>Visit <a href="https://www.blogger.com/edit-profile.g" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.blogger.com/edit-profile.g</a> and under the <i>Privacy</i> section uncheck the first box to hide your profile.</li><li><a href="https://support.google.com/blogger/answer/42673" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Keep the blog private</a>, with access only granted to you as an administrator or to people of your choice.</li></ul> <div><div><div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><code><b>@brigitte</b></code></div></div> <div>&nbsp;</div></div>

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