HT201322: Hide and unhide iTunes Store, App Store, or iBooks Store purchases

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Q: Swipe-hide does not exist in APP STORE iOS 6.1.4.

There is an app called snapchat that I need to remove from my child's phone.   It is a chat client that deletes sent messages after 10 seconds, and needs to be removed in order to protect my child.  Evidently there is no way to undo purchase of a free app, but there is a way to "hide" the purchase so that it cannot be installed.   I was referred to this article by iTunes support to "hide" the app from the list of installable apps in the app store, but the article has the following problems:

 

- there is no "purchased" button at the bottom of the app store in iOS.

- when reviewing installable apps on the phone, swiping has no fuction.

 

It appears that this article, as well as iTunes support, is misinformed.

 

Hopefully am missing something, please help.

iPhone 5, iOS 6.1.4

Posted on May 27, 2013 5:56 AM

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Q: Swipe-hide does not exist in APP STORE iOS 6.1.4.

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  • by King_Penguin,

    King_Penguin King_Penguin May 27, 2013 6:02 AM in response to app-project
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    May 27, 2013 6:02 AM in response to app-project

    The article is correct (the Purchased refers to an iPad, on and iPhone or iPod with their smaller screen it's done via Updates then Purchased), it says on that page :

    You currently cannot hide purchases on devices using iOS 6.

     

    You should be able to hide them via your computer's iTunes, that should hide it from Purchased on both your computer's iTunes as well as the iPhone.

  • by app-project,

    app-project app-project May 27, 2013 6:22 AM in response to King_Penguin
    Level 1 (4 points)
    May 27, 2013 6:22 AM in response to King_Penguin

    Well that's exactly incorrect, you can hide purchases on iOS6, you need to go to iTunes on your computer to do it.  It's only in the frame of the device UI itself that it is not possible.

     

    The semantic frame of that statement is not aligned with the subject of HT4919, and as such the post is overall not conforming with Apple's usual attention to usability.

     

     

    Thanks