If you’ve ever wanted to remove a book from your Kindle library, now is the time. Amazon has just announced that all Kindle books will be available in the Kindle Store, and not just the Kindle Fire tablets. This means that if you have a Kindle book on your computer or phone, you can now read it on your Kindle as well. To remove a book from your Kindle library, first make sure you have the latest version of the Amazon Kindle app installed on your device. Then open the app and select “Library.” From here, you can select any book to view its details (title, author, etc.), as well as “Remove from Library.” If you want to keep the book but only have access to it on your device, select “Keep for Now” instead of “Remove.” Once you’ve made your choice, tap “Remove” and the book will be removed from your library and no longer available for reading. ..
You’ve probably been happily reading ebooks on your Kindle (or the Kindle app) for years, accruing a nice digital library full of interesting titles. But what if, for some reason, someone else needs to see that library of yours…and there are some items within that you’d rather they didn’t? Say, perhaps, one of those steamy romance novels that makes up a massive 34% of fiction sales in US?
Removing Downloaded Books vs. Removing Them Permanently
Removing an item from an individual Kindle is easy: long-press the book in the Home page, then tap “Remove from Device.”
On the Kindle smartphone app, it’s very similar, but you can long-press to select multiple items, then press the delete icon or “remove from device.”
Actually banishing the book from your library completely is a bit more complex.
You can find any single item in the list just by looking, but it might be faster to sort through the list with the “Sort By” drop-down menu, or simply do a manual search with the search bar on the right side of the window.
Once you’ve found the book you want to zap away, click the “…” menu button to the left of the title. In the pop-up window that appears, click “Delete.”
You’ll get one more warning, saying that deleting the item will permanently remove it from your Kindle Library. If you ever want to read this particular book again, you’ll have to re-purchase it at full price.
If you’re sure you want the book out of your library, click “Yes, delete permanently.” Poof, it’s gone forever.
