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Q: I have tried to delete Purcased Books from IBooks on my IPad but they won't delete.  They have the cloud icon in the upper right hand corner of the book cover

I have tried to delete Purchased Books in iBooks on my IPad but they won't delete. The books show a cloud icon in the upper right corner. How can I delete them?

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Posted on Apr 15, 2014 7:23 PM

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  • by King_Penguin,

    King_Penguin King_Penguin Apr 15, 2014 10:35 PM in response to Dlw1951
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    Apr 15, 2014 10:35 PM in response to Dlw1951

    The cloud icon means that they are only in the cloud, they aren't currently stored on your iPad, so there isn't anything to delete. You can turn off the showing of the books that are in the cloud via Settings > iBooks > Show All Purchases 'off'