PW2 not cleaning up when books removed from device

cvkemp · 07-05-2015, 10:36 PM

I have noticed that when I remove a book from my PW2 that there will be leftover folders and sometime files. Other than deleting them using usb connect from my computer or doing a reset of the device is there any other way to clean them up.

eschwartz · 07-05-2015, 10:46 PM

Those are the annotations/progress files. Since sideloaded books are not synced to Amazon, annotations are not deleted with the book, allowing you to re-sideload them and have your annotations back.
Books that are in Amazon's Cloud will have those files removed.

When calibre removes a book from the device, it will remove the annotations folder as well. Or you can manually remove them via USB.

Considering that they will usually total a couple kilobytes, I wouldn't even bother.

cvkemp · 07-05-2015, 10:56 PM

At least I now know why they are there. Most of the books I load from Amazon but I do have a large calibre library that I do read a few books from.

07-05-2015, 10:36 PM	#1
cvkemp Loving life Posts: 1,431 Karma: 7991496 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Hot Springs Village, Arkansas Device: PaperWhite 6 SE, Fire HD8	PW2 not cleaning up when books removed from device I have noticed that when I remove a book from my PW2 that there will be leftover folders and sometime files. Other than deleting them using usb connect from my computer or doing a reset of the device is there any other way to clean them up.

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07-05-2015, 10:46 PM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Those are the annotations/progress files. Since sideloaded books are not synced to Amazon, annotations are not deleted with the book, allowing you to re-sideload them and have your annotations back. Books that are in Amazon's Cloud will have those files removed. When calibre removes a book from the device, it will remove the annotations folder as well. Or you can manually remove them via USB. Considering that they will usually total a couple kilobytes, I wouldn't even bother.

07-05-2015, 10:56 PM	#3
cvkemp Loving life Posts: 1,431 Karma: 7991496 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Hot Springs Village, Arkansas Device: PaperWhite 6 SE, Fire HD8	At least I now know why they are there. Most of the books I load from Amazon but I do have a large calibre library that I do read a few books from.

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