How to remove books from iCloud permanently ?

In my Purchased Books collection, I select the books, tap delete and they are still there. If I touch one, it downloads from the cloud, but not the iCloud, and goes into the Books collection. Then I Edit, Delete From All Devices, and it is still in the Purchased Books collection.

You can delete them from the device and hide them so that they don't show in the Purchased tab in the app for redownloading, you can't permanently delete any purchase. If you want to leave feedback to Apple about it use feedback link already posted

I have no books on my device, but many old ones on the cloud. Audible says I can't download a book to my device because I don't have enough storage space. They MUST be talking about iCloud. All books on device were deleted

karenthorne22 wrote:

I have no books on my device, but many old ones on the cloud. Audible says I can't download a book to my device because I don't have enough storage space. They MUST be talking about iCloud. All books on device were deleted

"They" aren't talking about iCloud. If Audible says you cannot download a book to your device it is because there is not enough room on your device for your book. Audible doesn't give a hoot about iCloud.

Have you looked at the Storage on your device to see how much you have available: Settings>General>iPhone Storage:

1. Look at the graphic at the top to see where your memory is being used

2. Take a look at the Recommendations to see if any of them apply to you or if you would like to use any of them

3. Scroll down and see what apps are taking up the most room, and determine if you can reduce those

Delete Messages and Mail that contain large attachments, photos, or videos - those take up a lot of room

Delete any Apps you are not currently using

Best of luck,

GB

Jenfit23 wrote:

From what I have read there are many ios users, myself included, who are appalled by Apple's lack of attention and concern as is relates to what should be a simple software update.

This is not a lack of attention or concern by Apple. It is the way that Apple has designed it to make it work. What is the issue exactly? Hiding the book accomplishes the same thing, and does not delete the purchase totally. If they did allow you to delete purchases permanently, we would have hundreds of threads with people complaining that Apple is just trying to make more money because they "accidentally" deleted a purchase, and now Apple won't reinstate it. This is how it works. It is not a bug, and it is not going to be resolved by a "simple software solution".

Best of luck,

GB

Hi Akalu,

iCloud doesn't store books.....where are you looking that you see books that you want to delete?

GB

Once billed for the iBook log into your iTunes account and report it as a problem. To delete the book go into iBooks then tap the edit icon select the book then tap delete.

Also, if from iBooks, I select Store, then select Purchased, I see a bunch that are "Downloaded" and a bunch with a cloud symbol with a down arrow. There is still no way to delete these cloud things.

You can't currently permanently delete any items from your purchase history, all you can do is hide them so that they are less visible : hiding and unhiding. If you are on iOS 6 on your device then you will need to do it via your computer's iTunes, hiding isn't currently possible directly on iOS 6 devices. As that only hides them from the Purchased tab in the ibookstore in the iBooks app, you may also need to set Settings > iBooks > Show All Purchases 'off' on your device so that they don't show on the bookshelf with the cloud symbol

Your advice regarding settings provides me with a temporary workaround to partially accomplish what I want to do. Thanks.

Have the same problem. Figured out the settings part and it is satisfying enough for me.

This solution doesn't help me. I am using up all my cloud space with old books that I am not going to reread. I want to be able to delete some of them so that I am no using up all my cloud storage on these books. I also got some that I never liked and didn't feel I wanted to waste my time on, but never found a way to return, so I wasted my money and now my storage on something I don't want. There needs to be a solution.

Content that you've downloaded from iTunes doesn't use any of your iCloud allowance, your free 5 gig or any additional storage that you've bought doesn't include it. You can't permanently delete any items from your purchase history, all you can do is hide items so that they don't show in the Purchased tabs for re-downloading : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4919 (if your device is on iOS 7 then you may need to log out and back into your account on it after hiding items on your computer's iTunes for them to be hidden from the Purchased tabs on it)

Everyone on this thread that would like to see a solution - I'd recommend that you submit a feature request to Apple: http://www.apple.com/feedback/ibooks.html