How To Delete Books From My Kindle Library: A Guide For Erasing Books You No Longer Need

by Alicia Bay

Is your Kindle like mine? So full of samples and read books and new downloads that you have no idea what’s new, what’s old, what’s TBR, and what’s in your virtual “Stack of Shame?” At last count I had several hundred titles, so many that, the last time I went to purge books, I switched to the Kindle store and purchased a title I’d been keeping an eye on. What? It was a stressful time. I needed a new book to soothe me. A healthier alternative is deleting those titles and samples I’m done with. I know, it sounds extreme, but don’t worry. Deleting titles doesn’t mean going scorched earth and getting rid of those books forever, it just means they don’t show up on your Kindle anymore.

Unfortunately, deleting books on an e-reader isn’t nearly as intuitive as it should be. After several starts and stops, though, I’ve got a foolproof pattern down. Here’s how to delete books from Kindle devices with clear screenshots.

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11 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 4, 2021