@steemchiller thank you so much for your response and also for your time creating steem world, it is by far my favorite tool for managing and monitoring my account and vp. I ended up getting it done via a steemconnect tutorial and direct line in the url.

I used the same private active key for that I'd been attempting the whole time and it worked. So I don't know what the issue was but it's solved now. I am relieved. Thank you once again.

_{Edit: Btw I followed these instructions if anyone else is having the same problems:
https://steemit.com/steem/@johnasp96/how-to-undelegate-steem-power-step-by-step}