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Q: how to remove purchased app history in iphone

hi guys

 

appreciate anyone of you could assist me how to remove purchased application history in iphone. it appear in the app store in iphone.

iPhone 4, iOS 4.3.2

Posted on Jun 6, 2011 7:29 PM

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  • by hextacy,

    hextacy hextacy Jun 12, 2011 12:24 AM in response to nixam
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    Jun 12, 2011 12:24 AM in response to nixam

    Just throwing in my two cents....... One of the replies above suggested signing out of the app store to prevent anyone from seeing purchased apps. THIS WORKS!. When someone, whom you may have handed your device to, perhaps a family member, clicks on the purchased apps menu, it asks for an apple ID and password. Now this of course doesn't solve the issue with other devices unless you sign out on those units too. For those that need a little push, here's a quick map. Select Settings> then scroll down to Store> (it doesn't actually say "app store", just "store", click that menu> then click the Apple ID button at the bottom> then SIGN OUT.

    That's it! If you now go to the app store, click on Updates, then click on Purchased, you will be greeted with a request for Apple ID and Password. Access denied for prying eyes. Hope this helps until iCloud is launched and allows us to manage our accounts.

  • by justyouandi,

    justyouandi justyouandi Jun 13, 2011 2:04 AM in response to nixam
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    Jun 13, 2011 2:04 AM in response to nixam

    The Restrictions set in the Allowed Content should also be applied to the historical purchases.

  • by SlyBuck,

    SlyBuck SlyBuck Jun 24, 2011 9:47 PM in response to hextacy
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    Jun 24, 2011 9:47 PM in response to hextacy

    Thanks for the tip.  It works but is a pain.  And once you enter your userID/pw again to download updates or for an in app purchase, my iphone caches the credentials again and I have to go back to Settings and repeat the process again.   I'm not sure what apple saw as the benefit to it's customers here.  When I delete an app from my phone I don't want to see it again in any history.  This 'feature' stinks!

  • by joekr_shinobi,

    joekr_shinobi joekr_shinobi Aug 7, 2011 4:13 AM in response to nixam
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    Aug 7, 2011 4:13 AM in response to nixam

    I believe you can go into iTunes and right click to permanently delete any app from both your iTunes and iOS device history. Should be able to do it from mobile too though. ***** when you can't.

  • by Allan Sampson,

    Allan Sampson Allan Sampson Aug 7, 2011 7:47 AM in response to joekr_shinobi
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    Aug 7, 2011 7:47 AM in response to joekr_shinobi

    Incorrect.

  • by joekr_shinobi,

    joekr_shinobi joekr_shinobi Aug 7, 2011 12:11 PM in response to Allan Sampson
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    Aug 7, 2011 12:11 PM in response to Allan Sampson

    :/ It only deletes them from iTunes...but that might fix the shared account problem. Just not the sharing an iOS device problem. This is such an annoying problem. Apple really needs to fix this.

  • by Dual 3.5 G6,

    Dual 3.5 G6 Dual 3.5 G6 Sep 11, 2011 11:32 PM in response to nixam
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    Sep 11, 2011 11:32 PM in response to nixam

    I think everyone here should make a pact to stop purchasing anything else from the Apple Store until Apple offers a permanently-remove option on the apps we chose to delete from the purchased history.

     

    This is the only option we customers have with Apple, unless some gracious law firm wishes to start a class-action lawsuit against Apple for not allowing its customers to delete historical purchases.

     

     

  • by Meg St._Clair,

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair Sep 12, 2011 5:12 AM in response to Dual 3.5 G6
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    Sep 12, 2011 5:12 AM in response to Dual 3.5 G6

    Why would I do that? I want Apple to keep accurate records of my purchases.

  • by Dual 3.5 G6,

    Dual 3.5 G6 Dual 3.5 G6 Sep 12, 2011 8:05 AM in response to Meg St._Clair
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    Sep 12, 2011 8:05 AM in response to Meg St._Clair

    Here Meg, I'll help you with the big words:

     

    op tion |ˈäpSHən|noun1 a thing that is or may be chosen: choose the cheapest options for supplying energy.[ in sing. ] the freedom, power, or right to choose something: she was given the option of resigning or being dismissed | he has no option but to pay up.a right to buy or sell a particular thing at a specified price within a set time: Columbia Pictures has an option on the script | [ with infinitive ] : an option to buy the land.

  • by TooCurious,

    TooCurious TooCurious Sep 24, 2011 9:04 AM in response to nixam
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    Sep 24, 2011 9:04 AM in response to nixam

    I downloaded apps I did not anyone to see. (very curious about social dating apps, hetro and bi.) I wanted to see if any one  I knew was "cruising" in my area. I read  a few solutions which helped me. Signing out helped , then I noticed you could make a new account instead on signing in again. So I made a new account and signed in.

    Under "Purchased" ("All" and "Not on this iPhone") were both empty. That is when I realized that the "Purchased" Apps were on the Web site not actual stored on your iPhone . Hope this helps.

     

    TooCurious

  • by deggie,

    deggie deggie Sep 24, 2011 9:07 AM in response to Dual 3.5 G6
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    Sep 24, 2011 9:07 AM in response to Dual 3.5 G6

    Ask your bank if they will give you an option to delete transactions from your bank account. Or your credit card company.

  • by mohamkassam,

    mohamkassam mohamkassam Oct 15, 2011 10:44 AM in response to nixam
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    Oct 15, 2011 10:44 AM in response to nixam

    App store > Purchases > Swipe to the left > Little Red 'Hide' button...

  • by ChicCanadian,

    ChicCanadian ChicCanadian Oct 16, 2011 9:52 PM in response to nixam
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    Oct 16, 2011 9:52 PM in response to nixam

    I find it annoying, too! I don't have any embarassing apps (if anyone from my grandmother to a random stranger on the street wants to look at my app history, that's ok!) BUT I don't like having to scroll through all the rubbish I deleted from my phone to find apps I actually liked. I wish I could delete apps I no longer like from the list.

  • by deggie,

    deggie deggie Oct 17, 2011 11:39 AM in response to ChicCanadian
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    Oct 17, 2011 11:39 AM in response to ChicCanadian

    Then Hide them as described above and when you scroll through the list they won't be there.

  • by SlyBuck,

    SlyBuck SlyBuck Oct 17, 2011 12:01 PM in response to mohamkassam
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    Oct 17, 2011 12:01 PM in response to mohamkassam

    Excellent.  Not completely gone, but good enough I guess.   Thanks, was this an iOS 5 fix?  I'm pretty certain I tried this with iOs4x

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