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haertig · 03-13-2018, 06:54 PM

I don't have Kindle Unlimited, but I have access to the same books as KU via the "Lending Library" that comes as part of Prime membership. This Lending Library has the same array of books as KU, but you can only check out one per month. Once you return a book, you still can't get another one until the next month (this is where KU differs - return an eBook and you can immediately get another). When I return a book from the Lending Library, I do not have to do the delete sequence I describe below. It appears to be automatically deleted. This auto-deletion may or may not be the case with KU. You'd have to check this auto-delete behavior with somebody else who actually has KU - I don't.

When I check out eBooks from the library (using Overdrive), these books appear in the "Your Content" tab, and they are NOT auto-deleted when I return them. I have to follow the manual deletion sequence to get rid of them.

So the question is, does KU behave like the Lending Library, or does it behave like the Overdrive library for auto-deletion? That, I can't tell you. But I describe the manual deletion process below, if indeed you actually need that with KU.

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Login to Amazon from your PC web browser. On the top-ish, right-ish part of the Amazon webpage, you click on "Account & Lists". This displays a drop-down box of choices. Choose "Your Content and Devices" (which is on the right side of the drop-down, in the "Your Account" column). This will display a new webpage.

On this new webpage, you will see your eBook history in the "Your Content" tab (the default tab that displays on this "Manage My Content" webpage - other tabs that you don't need to look at are "Your Devices" and "Settings").

There is a checkbox (initially empty) next to each item. Click the checkbox to mark it (you can check multiple items). Then near the top-ish, left-ish of the webpage, click on "Delete". It will prompt you whether you really want to delete these things permanently. If you say yes, they are gone. At least they are gone from YOUR view. [ Cynical sarcasm: Chances are Amazon still keeps a view for the FBI, CIA, NSA, etc. So if you are doing this to hide your history for some reason, don't assume it is hidden from anyone but yourself. ]

Note that if you delete something as described above, and decide you want it back later, too bad. You have to re-purchase it. Kindle Unlimited is "free" purchases, so not a big deal to re-purchase, since they're free. But if you delete other eBooks that you actually paid for, then you have to pay for them again if you want them back after deletion.

03-13-2018, 06:54 PM	#5
haertig Wizard Posts: 1,897 Karma: 31522252 Join Date: Sep 2017 Device: PW3, Fire HD8 Gen7, Moto G7, Sansa Clip v2, Ruizu X26	I don't have Kindle Unlimited, but I have access to the same books as KU via the "Lending Library" that comes as part of Prime membership. This Lending Library has the same array of books as KU, but you can only check out one per month. Once you return a book, you still can't get another one until the next month (this is where KU differs - return an eBook and you can immediately get another). When I return a book from the Lending Library, I do not have to do the delete sequence I describe below. It appears to be automatically deleted. This auto-deletion may or may not be the case with KU. You'd have to check this auto-delete behavior with somebody else who actually has KU - I don't. When I check out eBooks from the library (using Overdrive), these books appear in the "Your Content" tab, and they are NOT auto-deleted when I return them. I have to follow the manual deletion sequence to get rid of them. So the question is, does KU behave like the Lending Library, or does it behave like the Overdrive library for auto-deletion? That, I can't tell you. But I describe the manual deletion process below, if indeed you actually need that with KU. ====== Login to Amazon from your PC web browser. On the top-ish, right-ish part of the Amazon webpage, you click on "Account & Lists". This displays a drop-down box of choices. Choose "Your Content and Devices" (which is on the right side of the drop-down, in the "Your Account" column). This will display a new webpage. On this new webpage, you will see your eBook history in the "Your Content" tab (the default tab that displays on this "Manage My Content" webpage - other tabs that you don't need to look at are "Your Devices" and "Settings"). There is a checkbox (initially empty) next to each item. Click the checkbox to mark it (you can check multiple items). Then near the top-ish, left-ish of the webpage, click on "Delete". It will prompt you whether you really want to delete these things permanently. If you say yes, they are gone. At least they are gone from YOUR view. [ Cynical sarcasm: Chances are Amazon still keeps a view for the FBI, CIA, NSA, etc. So if you are doing this to hide your history for some reason, don't assume it is hidden from anyone but yourself. ] Note that if you delete something as described above, and decide you want it back later, too bad. You have to re-purchase it. Kindle Unlimited is "free" purchases, so not a big deal to re-purchase, since they're free. But if you delete other eBooks that you actually paid for, then you have to pay for them again if you want them back after deletion.