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Q: How to hide app purchases on iTunes 12.1.0.50?

How to hide app purchases on iTunes 12.1.0.50?

Posted on Mar 3, 2015 10:11 AM

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Q: How to hide app purchases on iTunes 12.1.0.50?

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  • by alex_h1,

    alex_h1 alex_h1 Mar 4, 2015 10:37 AM in response to lclbenjamin
    Community Specialists
    Mar 4, 2015 10:37 AM in response to lclbenjamin

    Hello lclbenjamin,

     

    Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.

     

    To hide your iTunes Store purchases please follow the directions in the article below.

     

    iTunes Store: Hiding and unhiding purchases - Apple Support

     

    Take care,

    Alex H.

  • by Scrappeh,

    Scrappeh Scrappeh Mar 27, 2015 11:35 AM in response to alex_h1
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    Mar 27, 2015 11:35 AM in response to alex_h1

    this does not apply to the current version of iTunes...please research before answering falsely

  • by King_Penguin,

    King_Penguin King_Penguin Mar 27, 2015 11:40 AM in response to Scrappeh
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    iTunes
    Mar 27, 2015 11:40 AM in response to Scrappeh

    It's still done in the same way, it's just that the 'x' on the top corner of the app is invisible - clicking on that corner should hide the app.

  • by cfurlin,

    cfurlin cfurlin Apr 17, 2015 6:20 PM in response to King_Penguin
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    Apr 17, 2015 6:20 PM in response to King_Penguin

    Invisible? Really?

     

    What mental giant at Apple came up with that brilliant idea?

     

    /facepalm

  • by Trashbuster,

    Trashbuster Trashbuster Apr 21, 2015 10:27 AM in response to King_Penguin
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    Apr 21, 2015 10:27 AM in response to King_Penguin

    I have been hunting for quite some time for this solution. Thank you for posting it.

     

    These are the kind of stupidities that turn me off from Apple. They had a perfectly intuitive way for hiding unwanted apps and abruptly changed it to become more difficult for reasons I will never understand. Furthermore, they never even updated their help pages to advise about the "hidden" X to hide the app. Like I said, I was hunting everywhere to find an answer why I couldn't find the X.

     

    Thank you. . .

  • by mkwrnck,

    mkwrnck mkwrnck Apr 27, 2015 4:26 PM in response to cfurlin
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    Apr 27, 2015 4:26 PM in response to cfurlin

    really. what were they thinking about hiding the X in the corner? might as well have keyboards without symbols on them.

  • by CarmsMom,

    CarmsMom CarmsMom May 7, 2015 2:31 AM in response to lclbenjamin
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    May 7, 2015 2:31 AM in response to lclbenjamin

    On support.apple.com/en-us/HT201322, this part is correct . . .


    Hide your purchases

    1. Open iTunes or iBooks on your computer.
    2. If prompted, sign in with your Apple ID and password.
    3. In iTunes, choose a content type (Music, Movies, TV Shows, Apps, or Audiobooks) from the More menu (three dots) in the upper-left corner.
      In iBooks, click iBooks Store. iBooks opens to your purchased books.
    4. On the right side of the apps, click Purchased from under Quick Links.
    5. Step 5 on Apple support is where everything goes wrong.  There is NOT an "X" anymore as shown on their site. 

                                                             * * * It used to look like this but not anymore * * *


    • if you move your cursor over to the same spot where the "X" used to be, your cursor will change to a pointer finger.  When you see this change, click on it and you junk will hide!

  • by Avantyoong,

    Avantyoong Avantyoong May 12, 2015 9:02 AM in response to CarmsMom
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    May 12, 2015 9:02 AM in response to CarmsMom

    thank you for the useful instruction ! it works

  • by ajwells,

    ajwells ajwells May 31, 2015 12:05 PM in response to alex_h1
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    May 31, 2015 12:05 PM in response to alex_h1

    Alex H,

     

                   As a community specialist representing Apple, could you try to see if they can fix the disappearing Xs or update the documentation? I'm sure this is an issue that will effect a lot of Apple customers. Thanks!