How do you Clear out the Rubbish?

[Ghostcat]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

What spurious authors? I only have actual authors with books on the device there, and I don't even use the sideloaded mode, although I never sync.

I archive all my Kobo purchases, so they wouldn't clutter my devices (I sideload everything, even my Kobo purchases). Perhaps that's why I have no authors with nonexistent books on my Kobos.

See screen shot. This is page 7 of 9, while I have only loaded 13 authors.

Originally Posted by Katja_hbg

Are there any non-epubs on your reader like images or txt from exported notes? As far as I remember, I had something similar some months ago.

I have only loaded EPUBS

[JSWolf]

Another way to clear out rubbish is to use calibre to delete your eBooks and don't use the delete from the Kobo.

[John F]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Another way to clear out rubbish is to use calibre to delete your eBooks and don't use the delete from the Kobo.

That may clear out some rubbish, but I don't think it will delete the OP's rubbish problem.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by John F

That may clear out some rubbish, but I don't think it will delete the OP's rubbish problem.

It won't solve the OP's problem now. But using calibre to delete content will delete empty directories going forward.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Ghostcat

I have just replaced my Clara HD with a Clara 2E. Only to find the Authors tab to be full of C**p (spurious authors with no books), making browsing by author almost unusable. This is either a ploy by KOBO to get you to buy books or when you sync content will be downloads. As I use SideloadMode, the later will never happen.

The question is "What is the (best|easiest|quickest) way to delete them. As my master library is in Calibre on my PC, I don't mind wiping the entire reader, if this will get rid of them.

This should help if you run Windows. https://www.appgeeker.com/resource/h...n-windows.html

[John F]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

This should help if you run Windows. https://www.appgeeker.com/resource/h...n-windows.html

Again, I don't think that will help with the quoted problem.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Ghostcat

I have just replaced my Clara HD with a Clara 2E. Only to find the Authors tab to be full of C**p (spurious authors with no books), making browsing by author almost unusable. This is either a ploy by KOBO to get you to buy books or when you sync content will be downloads. As I use SideloadMode, the later will never happen.

The question is "What is the (best|easiest|quickest) way to delete them. As my master library is in Calibre on my PC, I don't mind wiping the entire reader, if this will get rid of them.

These excess authors could be empty collections. Try removing them.

[rashkae]

I haven't had a factory fresh Kobo image to test in a long time. But I seem to remember, the quickest way to get a clean slate without entries that could not be removed, (books that were in my UI but not downloaded/removeable.), was to delete the database file on the kobo. A new file without any ghost entries would get created on reboot.

Since that will remove all bookmarks and reading progress, it might not be a desirable solution for someone who has been using the Kobo, but if setting up a new device in Sideloaded mode, and are faced with unwanted clutter, that's the quickest/easiest way to clear it.