Permanent Delete -- It's Here!

whitearrow · 12-08-2009, 03:26 PM

Without any fanfare, Amazon has added the long-requested permanent delete capability.

Go to Manage Your Kindle then click on any title. On the bottom right of the drop-down box, there is now a button to "Delete this Title." You'll see a confirmation first: "Are you sure you want to permanently delete this title? Doing so will permanently remove this title from your account, and you will have to re-purchase it if you want to read it again." Click Yes.

Then turn on your wireless and Sync and Check for New Items. The deleted item will be gone from the Kindle and the Archive. Yay!

There is one wrinkle. If you moved an item to "Trash" in Your Digital Library, you need to move it back first, so it will show in Manage Your Kindle. Select "View Your Trash" from the drop down box in Your Media Library, then select the Kindle items you want to delete and under "Perform An Action" choose "Return to Your Collection." Then reload Manage Your Kindle, and you can delete the items.

Hooray! Thanks Amazon!

ETA: Not everyone seems to have it yet.

ETA Also: At least a couple of use are experiencing a bug that the last item in a given sort or view on the Manage Your Kindle list is missing the delete button. So if that's the item you want to delete, just resort (reverse the date sort, choose title instead of author) and you should find the button on the item now.

rcuadro · 12-08-2009, 03:31 PM

Interesting though they can stay in the archive forever for all I care

abookreader · 12-08-2009, 03:32 PM

Good-bye James Patterson Sample that you pretended was a free book and tricked me into pre-ordering.

rcuadro · 12-08-2009, 03:35 PM

Maybe I am a little slow but I dont see that option on mine. Weird

tlrowley · 12-08-2009, 03:40 PM

I'm not seeing it, either. Maybe it's being rolled out account-by-account?

whitearrow · 12-08-2009, 03:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rcuadro

Maybe I am a little slow but I dont see that option on mine. Weird

Here's where it is on my Manage Your Kindle page:

Rootman · 12-08-2009, 03:48 PM

Go to: https://www.amazon.com/gp/digital/fi.../ref=ya_T15_14

You should see your orders at the bottom of the page:

tlrowley · 12-08-2009, 03:50 PM

and here's mine (taken at 12:49 PST) Logging out/in didn't help, nor did emptying cache (didn't expect that, just grasping at straws - I don't like feeling left out

) I did get the wishlist update, though

- maybe Jeff doesn't hate me!

Daithi · 12-08-2009, 03:57 PM

Mine works just like whitearrow's.

poohbear_nc · 12-08-2009, 04:14 PM

Wonder if it's tied in to the 2.3 update? It's been VERY slow going out via Whispernet - lots are still waiting for it. Do all of you folks with the delete button have 2.3 on your K?

daffy4u · 12-08-2009, 04:15 PM

Mine is like tlrowley's.

bwaldron · 12-08-2009, 04:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Do all of you folks with the delete button have 2.3 on your K?

Nope. I've got an old K1 and have the delete button showing.

Daithi · 12-08-2009, 04:44 PM

I have a Kindle DX on 2.3 and it works for me. I also have a Kindle 1.

jxh11215 · 12-08-2009, 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by abookreader

Good-bye James Patterson Sample that you pretended was a free book and tricked me into pre-ordering.

THANK YOU! That is the 1st thing I'm getting rid of.
Not showing up in all accounts yet. I can't wait.

fugazied · 12-08-2009, 04:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by abookreader

Good-bye James Patterson Sample that you pretended was a free book and tricked me into pre-ordering.

lol!! That's a good point, I've got a sample in my collection which has just been sitting there for months.

12-08-2009, 03:26 PM	#1
whitearrow Guru Posts: 808 Karma: 2260766 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Kindle Oasis 2	Permanent Delete -- It's Here! Without any fanfare, Amazon has added the long-requested permanent delete capability. Go to Manage Your Kindle then click on any title. On the bottom right of the drop-down box, there is now a button to "Delete this Title." You'll see a confirmation first: "Are you sure you want to permanently delete this title? Doing so will permanently remove this title from your account, and you will have to re-purchase it if you want to read it again." Click Yes. Then turn on your wireless and Sync and Check for New Items. The deleted item will be gone from the Kindle and the Archive. Yay! There is one wrinkle. If you moved an item to "Trash" in Your Digital Library, you need to move it back first, so it will show in Manage Your Kindle. Select "View Your Trash" from the drop down box in Your Media Library, then select the Kindle items you want to delete and under "Perform An Action" choose "Return to Your Collection." Then reload Manage Your Kindle, and you can delete the items. Hooray! Thanks Amazon! ETA: Not everyone seems to have it yet. ETA Also: At least a couple of use are experiencing a bug that the last item in a given sort or view on the Manage Your Kindle list is missing the delete button. So if that's the item you want to delete, just resort (reverse the date sort, choose title instead of author) and you should find the button on the item now. Last edited by whitearrow; 12-08-2009 at 06:54 PM.

12-08-2009, 03:48 PM	#7
Rootman Groupie Posts: 181 Karma: 478 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Android & FBReader	Go to: https://www.amazon.com/gp/digital/fi.../ref=ya_T15_14 You should see your orders at the bottom of the page: Attached Thumbnails

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rcuadro Wizard Posts: 1,686 Karma: 874275 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Device: Kindle DX	Maybe I am a little slow but I dont see that option on mine. Weird

12-08-2009, 03:40 PM	#5
tlrowley Quilt Geek Posts: 472 Karma: 91775 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lancaster, PA Device: Kindle	I'm not seeing it, either. Maybe it's being rolled out account-by-account?

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tlrowley Quilt Geek Posts: 472 Karma: 91775 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lancaster, PA Device: Kindle	and here's mine (taken at 12:49 PST) Logging out/in didn't help, nor did emptying cache (didn't expect that, just grasping at straws - I don't like feeling left out ) I did get the wishlist update, though - maybe Jeff doesn't hate me!

12-08-2009, 03:57 PM	#9
Daithi Publishers are evil! Posts: 2,418 Karma: 36205264 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rhode Island Device: Various Kindles	Mine works just like whitearrow's.

12-08-2009, 04:14 PM	#10
poohbear_nc Now what? Posts: 58,852 Karma: 135181808 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Wonder if it's tied in to the 2.3 update? It's been VERY slow going out via Whispernet - lots are still waiting for it. Do all of you folks with the delete button have 2.3 on your K?

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daffy4u I'm Super Kindle-icious Posts: 6,734 Karma: 2434103 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Long Drive, Calinadia Candafornia Device: KDXG, KT, Oasis	Mine is like tlrowley's.

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Daithi Publishers are evil! Posts: 2,418 Karma: 36205264 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rhode Island Device: Various Kindles	I have a Kindle DX on 2.3 and it works for me. I also have a Kindle 1.

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