How to delete purchased history

and -manually- from my mac (~/Music/iTunes/Mobile Applications/).

how do i delete/clear the download history when i sign into my itunes account then select "purchased history"?

It's NOT a list of purchases.

If I PURCHASE something in the iTunes store, they mail me a RECEIPT. one receipt is enough.

WHY I want to clear it?

well actually that's none of your business. Cralos asked 'how' not 'let me tell you my motives for how'.

But I will answer why for my own:

My computer is a very public thing, I make and show presentations with it. I show off my work, my music, my photo's etc. But I do NOT want to share my choices and preferences. If i want to hide documents, music, photo's or whatelse i CAN for whatever reason.

but not my apps? Can't apps be as private as documents or photo's? don't apps show my preferences and choices?

You need to read the posts/responses a bit more careffully.

cloud 9 wrote:

It's NOT a list of purchases.

Yes it IS. It is a purchase history as it says.

If I PURCHASE something in the iTunes store, they mail me a RECEIPT. one receipt is enough.

Then you will need to contact Apple and convince them they do not need to maintain a history of your purchases. Perhaps they will rewrite their database software and all their contracts with the labels for you.

WHY I want to clear it?

well actually that's none of your business

Since this is your first post, I will forgive you for being ignorant.

My response (6 months ago) was to edge21, not you and it was about the iTunes purchase history which has nothing to do with teh origiinal post.

Personally, I don't care why but it would help to figure out exactly what the user is trying to do because usually important info relative to the problem is not presented.

Cralos asked 'how'

and Cralos was told exactly how to do it. However, it seems he was deleting them from the hard drive (not from iTunes) and he wondered why they were still showing in iTunes. I asked, "Why are you deleting them there? (emphasis on "you" ) because iTunes already deletes them there.

My response to Cralos had nothing to do with the iTunes purchase history. It had to do with deleting them from the computer/iTunes.

And the "why" is sometimes needed because as an example would be if a user asked in the iTunes how to connect a microphone to their computer, it would be proper to ask why they want to use a microphone. They may think they need to play their CDs on a boombox and record them to get them into iTunes. Knowing why they want to do something we could tell them to use the CD drive on their computer. "Oh, is that what that little slot is for?" (you'd be amazed at some questions/responses).

But I will answer why for my own:

My computer is a very public thing, I make and show presentations with it.

So what does this have to do with your iTunes purch se history?

Do you give everyone your iTunesID and password? This is the only way to see your purchase history.

Your computer is very public but you want to hide stuff?

Why not simply create a new computer login with only the stuff you want everyone to see

[quote]Since this is your first post, I will forgive you for being ignorant[\quote]

thanks!

I think we should have the right to delete our purchase history from Apples data base or access to delete a particular app from history or data base. There are no prompts that allow you to delete apps when you press purchased apps on your ipad, it shows all of them. We should be able to swipe and the DELETE button appears. I understand apple keeping a record so that I can restore and proof of what I bought so i'm not charged. BUT, it also should be my choice to delete a particular app from my history. Give me a set of prompts, proving my validity as an account holder then give me the option to delete with the prompt that if I want to get this app again i'll have to pay for it.

John L J, why don't you post your suggestion here: http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html

OK, Thanks Jim V.

I think it should be an option to delete any app from History or not. There is an official receipt in your account of all the apps, music, etc... ever purchased. So, there should be an option for who ever wants to delete a particular app on itunes in your desktop or iphone, etc... But with icloud you just need, if the option is given, to delete it in any one device. Well, lets see if Apple gives that option. Good luck to y'all!

Chris,

Yesterday, you stated "So what does this have to do with your iTunes purchase history? Do you give everyone your iTunesID and password? This is the only way to see your purchase history."

That is incorrect.

On my iPhone and iPad, if I go into the App Store, and tap on 'Updates', I now have a bar labeled "Purchased". When selected, I am given two options, 'All' and 'Not On This Phone'

Selecting either one will give you a history of all of the apps you have downloaded, associated with your iTunes account (Not your device).

At NO time am I required to enter my User ID or password.

Seeing as my iPad is used by my entire family, I have a problem with this information being accessible to anyone who wants to look. My 7 year old daughter and 11 year old son don't need to see that I've previously downloaded adult oriented apps to my phone, even if (and perhaps ESPECIALLY if) these apps are no longer on any of my devices.

Cloud 9 had a legitimate question that, if you do a quick Google search, it seems quite a few people are asking. He certainly didn't deserve your rude response...

... but that's okay. I'll forgive you for being ignorant.

Yesterday, you stated "So what does this have to do with your iTunes purchase history? Do you give everyone your iTunesID and password? This is the only way to see your purchase history."

That is incorrect.

No, it is not incorrect.

On my iPhone and iPad, if I go into the App Store, and tap on 'Updates', I now have a bar labeled "Purchased". When selected, I am given two options, 'All' and 'Not On This Phone'

Selecting either one will give you a history of all of the apps you have downloaded, associated with your iTunes account (Not your device).

That shows you your purchases. It is not an -> iTunes purchase history which contains the Order number, price and date purchased.

At NO time am I required to enter my User ID or password

You had to enter you iTunesID and password at some point to allow your iDevice to show these purchases. They don't magically appear on the device you are using.

Seeing as my iPad is used by my entire family, I have a problem with this information being accessible to anyone who wants to look.

Then you don't everyone use the device.

Cloud 9 had a legitimate question

Cloud 9 did not have a question and I did not respond rudely. I posted the facts.

Besides, he responded to my response to edge21 & mixed it up with the original question from Cralos.

Not sure what happened to the rest of this discussion, but I've been following intently looking for the answers to Cralos' stated and implied questions, not only on this, but several other other support sites and threads. In the end, the one person I thought might provide good guideance, Chris CA, turned out to be just like any other "no-answer Best Buy/Apple employee", sticking to his guns no matter what the real needs or worries of his customers really are. Yes, I know you are not employed by either of those companies, and I mean no offense, just stating it like it is. I find people LIKE you the most uncaring and least knowledgeable.

Although tensions escalated during the last few posts, I can totally relate to OpieM's frustration. Do they really not get it? In my family, as I'm sure in many, many other families, and for the LAST SEVERAL YEARS since iTunes required an account username and password to make purchases, we've shared that username and password on every device we've added to our collection: iPhones, iPod Touches, and more recently, iPads. Any purchase made went onto the device of whichever family member made the purchase. If the other's wanted it too, now it was available for free to download on their device. Our most shared device, the iPad, has only family-oriented apps, songs, and books on it, and that's the way I want to keep it.

Over the span of those last few years I've made purchases on my iPhone that were meant for my eyes only (my iPhone is the only device I share only occasionally). I tried them out, kept them if I liked them, DELETED them if I didn't, content in the knowledge that it was gone forever from both MY device and MY computer, never to be SEEN or HEARD from again. Why resurrect something I had every intention of REMOVING?

I did always know there was a purchase history list accessible throught the iTunes account, but have you seen that list? It's so convoluted that I have never really been concerned about anyone taking the time to browse through it. Even I attempted several searches and gave up almost immediately.

As my life practically revolves around my iPhone, imagine my surprise when I woke up a couple of days ago to find THAT list of purchases, the good and the not so good, readily available for re-download! And not just on my iPhone, but on all our devices including that family-only gadget, the iPad!

Who gave Apple permission to present my family with this list? And in such a graphic format? I most certainly DID NOT! I DID NOT request it, I WAS NOT informed ahead of time it would be installed or the contents of what would be installed, I WAS NOT asked if it was ok to "upgrade", I WAS NOT given the opportunity to opt out, and I WAS NOT even given the option to select a setting to prevent it form showing up.

Even the fact that it's free doesn't make it better.

And now, on display for all in my family and guests to see, is this list of previously purchased items I never intended for them to see.

"Log out every time from now on", you suggest. Why? What's the point when my whole family has the password to an otherwise clean and private account Why go through the hassle of all the steps it takes to log out, when only one is required to log right back in? Besides, without a list of previously purchased items so easily displayed, I wouldn't NEED to do this just to prevent them from seeing it.

"Change your password", you reply. Why? My whole family shares in this account. If they want to make purchases, they'll need the password eventually. This is the way we've always done it, and I'd like to keep it that way.

"Create a new account", you insist. Why? That would mean them losing access to everything they've already purchased.

Really, of all the updates and upgrades I have seen Apple dish out on it's customers, this one is by far the one that baffles me the most. Not sure what all this venting will accomplish. Just glad I'm not the only one feeling the frustration. For those out there that still wish to contribute, I hope this gives you the "real world family" scenario that most of us live in. Hopefully you'll be more understanding when you decide to suggest your solutions to this problem Apple just unleashed on us.