Calibre: how to delete columns

ramonb · 11-04-2013, 12:13 PM

Hi,

I created a column in my Calibre and it hasn't worked the way I wanted. So, I want to delete this column. I've searched about this issue at Google, at the Calibre's manual and so on but I haven't found how to do it.

Thank you in advance.

theducks · 11-04-2013, 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ramonb

Hi,

I created a column in my Calibre and it hasn't worked the way I wanted. So, I want to delete this column. I've searched about this issue at Google, at the Calibre's manual and so on but I haven't found how to do it.

Thank you in advance.

You do it in the same place you created themPreferences: Add your own columns: Highlight the CUSTOM (the ones with the column Icon) column

Warning: The column contents will be GONE foever

Click the recycle icon

If you just want to HIDE the column, remove the tick

At_Libitum · 11-04-2013, 02:15 PM

the chosen icon to delete something is indeed not too intuitive, think of it as recycling the bits and bytes it used to be re-used somewhere else

ramonb · 11-04-2013, 03:11 PM

Thank very much you all. It worked!

theducks · 11-04-2013, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by At_Libitum

the chosen icon to delete something is indeed not too intuitive, think of it as recycling the bits and bytes it used to be re-used somewhere else

I agree.
Recycle is not the same as Trash(bin)

The former (PC green) implies reuseability
The later implies GONE

Adoby · 11-04-2013, 04:33 PM

You recycle the column to return it to the huge set of future possibilities?

At_Libitum · 11-04-2013, 08:55 PM

nope, the space it occupied so it could be refurbished for a different purpose

BetterRed · 11-04-2013, 10:19 PM

Instruction to 1960's trainee programmer - go and ask Charlie for the the bit bucket, hurry we're nearly out of semi-colons here, we only get one testing shot a day!

Bah, recycle bins, what sort of PC new age jargon is that

Bit Buckets please.

BR

DoctorOhh · 11-05-2013, 07:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by At_Libitum

the chosen icon to delete something is indeed not too intuitive, think of it as recycling the bits and bytes it used to be re-used somewhere else

True.

A couple of years back I wrote a short post about replacing icons in calibre. Kovid as created flexibility in this regard. I changed the recycle icon to the attached trashcan icon a long time back.

Until this thread I had completely forgot that the icon used to be a recycling symbol.

theducks · 11-05-2013, 08:08 PM

I had a 'saved set' of Icons from an older edition of Calibre.
Here is that 'Trash' Icon

TWHanson1 · 05-30-2018, 10:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

You do it in the same place you created themPreferences: Add your own columns: Highlight the CUSTOM (the ones with the column Icon) column
Warning: The column contents will be GONE foever
Click the recycle icon
If you just want to HIDE the column, remove the tick

I don't have a "recycle" button; I do have a "discard" button. If I click on it after highlighting the column to delete, nothing happens.

theducks · 05-30-2018, 12:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TWHanson1

I don't have a "recycle" button; I do have a "discard" button. If I click on it after highlighting the column to delete, nothing happens.

That was Old version info (look at the post date

)

the button is now a red minus on the right side of Add your own columns

TWHanson1 · 06-01-2018, 07:08 AM

Thanks theducks, that worked.

theducks · 06-01-2018, 11:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TWHanson1

Thanks theducks, that worked.

If in doubt on what a icon does : HOVER
Kovid provide excellent balloon help

11-04-2013, 12:13 PM	#1
ramonb Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2013 Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7	Calibre: how to delete columns Hi, I created a column in my Calibre and it hasn't worked the way I wanted. So, I want to delete this column. I've searched about this issue at Google, at the Calibre's manual and so on but I haven't found how to do it. Thank you in advance.

11-04-2013, 10:19 PM	#8
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 20,583 Karma: 26954694 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	Instruction to 1960's trainee programmer - go and ask Charlie for the the bit bucket, hurry we're nearly out of semi-colons here, we only get one testing shot a day! Bah, recycle bins, what sort of PC new age jargon is that Bit Buckets please. BR Last edited by BetterRed; 11-04-2013 at 10:30 PM.

11-05-2013, 08:08 PM	#10
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,812 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	I had a 'saved set' of Icons from an older edition of Calibre. Here is that 'Trash' Icon Attached Images Last edited by theducks; 11-05-2013 at 08:10 PM. Reason: wrong Icon

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