Title: problem with removing default admin
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# problem with removing default admin

 *  Resolved [mikh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikh/)
 * (@mikh)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-removing-default-admin/)
 * In Codex , in the “Hardening WordPress” section, there is the following recommendation:
 *  “Rename the administrative account: On a new install you can simply create a
   new Administrative account and delete the default admin account”
 * .
 * I followed this recommendation and found that is not all that relates to user
   admin, removed actually.
 * In WP database was stored parameter “admin_email”, containing the e-mail address
   that very default admin user (deleted?). As a result, an administrator by default
   seems to be removed, but, for example, after creating a new user WordPress sends
   notification to (default) admin’s e-mail.
 * I would like to know whether it is bug, feature or a problem with my particular
   installation?

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 *  Thread Starter [mikh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikh/)
 * (@mikh)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-removing-default-admin/#post-1342939)
 * Sorry for bothering. It’s just unchanged parameter in blog options caused this
   problem.

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 * [hardening Wordpress](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/hardening-wordpress/)

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