is it possible to remove apps from the purchase history in my itunes account? It's just with the purchased option now coming up under updates in the app store I would like to remove some of the free apps that I dont use.
iPod touch, iOS 4.3.2
Because this was the first post I found before finding an answer, I will post the answer I found. I actually think this is a good comprimise. To hide items from your purchased list, log into the itunes store from your computer (open itunes and click the itunes store icon) Sign into your account and access the app store. Click on the "purchased" link currently located in the lower right hand corner. Locate the unwanted app and hover your mouse over the icon and an "X" will appear in the upper left hand corner. Click the "X" to hide the app from all "purchased" lists.
This have been suggested many times before why dont you go through the whole thread before suggested the same thing the other dozen people ALREADY suggested before????
I am getting email notification on this thread in hope of someone come up with the real solution or finally Apple fixed it instead I am keep getting email notification by all these useless suggestions for the last year...😠 Let hope Apple will somehow fix it in the future and I will remove my notification from this thread since all I get is all these "GENIUS" keep posting the same solution again and again. Good luck all.
Satribe wrote:
Because this was the first post I found before finding an answer, I will post the answer I found. I actually think this is a good comprimise. To hide items from your purchased list, log into the itunes store from your computer (open itunes and click the itunes store icon) Sign into your account and access the app store. Click on the "purchased" link currently located in the lower right hand corner. Locate the unwanted app and hover your mouse over the icon and an "X" will appear in the upper left hand corner. Click the "X" to hide the app from all "purchased" lists.
Yes... because getting email notifications about replies like yours are much more helpful. Since you have been waiting so long, and already know of this way to address your issue, I'm going to try and help you too. This "IS" Apple's answer. If you no longer wish to be annoyed by silly little people like me. I sugguest you try to find a way to cancel your notifications. Sorry to dash your dreams.
Demo,
That’s pretty far out, man. While I appreciate your concern for Apple’s accounting department and their strict adherence to federal commerce laws, it might help to try thinking about it like this....
The deleted apps in our purchase lists are equivalent to the 'proof of purchase' labels on the bottom of a box of… say... Frosted Awesome Corn Puffs cereal. The accounting department at Frosted Awesome Corn Puffs Inc., hereto known as FACP Inc., does not need our ‘proof of purchase’ to account for their sales. They have paper & electronic sales receipts and databases full of purchase orders & customer information. The records at FACP Inc. are very similar to the email receipts that Apple sends us after a purchase, and the account purchase history that can be found in iTunes > iTunes Store > My Account > Purchase History. All we’re asking is that apple give us a sharp pair of scissors so that we can cut the pesky proofs of purchase off the boxes of our ever-so-scrumptious-cereal, throw the boxes away, and stuff the nicely trimmed squares of cardboard into a little envelope so we don’t have to riffle through hundreds, nay thousands, of empty Frosted Awesome Corn Puff boxes in order to find our breakfast, and by breakfast I mean our ever-important apps!
I’m going downstairs for some toast milk, goodnight.
How does it impact the App store on devices? By "hiding" an old app, does it stop from telling you there's an update (if it's still installed on an iOS device of course!). Does it gets listed on the now freaking long list of apps "not on this device" that I have? That would be great....too much clutter here as well. I don't care if anyone finds out I tried 3 stupid farting apps and 5 different flashlight apps. I just hate having to scroll through a long list of uninstalled apps if I don't have to. It's almost like if this is the way for me to pay for the **** thing that was free in the first place. We have too many long list of clutter in my opinion. If hiding it removes it from there, I'll look into it as it would definitely be a plus. Just leaving the receipt in the purchases list is fine, no need to list it elsewhere in my opinion, it's just combersome.
On a slightly different note. Where can we see this list of purchases online?
I don't and can't have iTunes at work, is there a way to access it from a browser?
Thank you
I would like to know if you ever found an answer to this question, or if there is a way to do it on the iPhone 5 with the latest iOS software and newest iTunes. I can't seem to find a way to delete the old free apps I've previously downloaded and subsequently deleted on either iTunes or my iPhone, and since I didn't go through the app store on my computer/don't have an iCloud account, I don't know how to get rid of those apps. Sure, they don't show up on my screen, but when I sync my phone I see a lot of apps that I have removed and uninstalled, and I can't help but wonder if they're just hiding idly on my phone, which is why my apps take up more GB than I think they should. Anyone have any updates on this issue?
People repeat and repeat the same unwanted answer.
The guy who made the post is asking for deleting permannetly, not for hidding. Is very different.
I am totally agree with him: Is unbelievable that Apple don't have this option.
People don't want to hide want to delete, erase, desapear for ever.... And is not only about purchased app, is that you can neither delete those app you have download one day to watch, or proof or for whatever and you can't erase them.
IS AMAZING THE LACK OF RESPONSE APPLE IS HAVING FOR HIS CUSTOMERS.
IF YOU GOOGLE YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
DELETING FOR EVER UNWANTED APP. IS EASY TO UNDERSTAND. NOT HIDDING
IF IS IT MY ACCOUNT WHY A CAN'T DELETE WHAT I WANT?
PLEASE DON'T REPEAT THE RIDICULE ANSWER, THAT ALL THE BLIND APPLE FANS OR EMPLOYEES REPEAT: "YOU CAN HIDE IT, IF YOU WANT, IS THE SAME".
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...and Apple will delete your post if you go too hard on them....what a pity!!!! Shadiness, not willing to satisfy customers will only make Android stronger....Delete this one too, by the way!!! Shame on you!!!!
It is very easy to permanently delete all apps on the iPad3. Go to settings, then general, then usage, then storage. Under storage, click on "show all apps". Then click om the app(s) you want to delete. The word "delete" will appear there. Apple DOES have a delete apps function, it is simply hidden and can be found under my steps above. Cheers!
You are posting incorrect information. Re read the original question. The OP wants to remove the purchases from his purchased history - not delete the apps from his iPad,
Quit spamming the forum with incorrect information already, please!
I can tell you why Apple wont allow this in my opinion. A lot of apps give out free content for downloading and running certain apps. If you could go in and delete an app from your purchase history it would allow you infinite times to do this. This would also cost the maker of the app a lot of money, because they pay some sort of ad fee or referral fee to the company that you were in their app. This has to be the most logical reasoning to all of this. So if this is true which is highly likely this will never be an option so let it go after all these years!
Well you are 100% wrong because you can hide your purchases by going into the app store then the purchases list and swiping left on a certain app. It will hide the app from being shown.
Unfortunately your statement was entirely illogical. Lol
Can you remove apps from purchased list?
