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User profile for user: sinan_pr
sinan_pr Author
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Hi,

A very simple case; We want to delete the purchased items in Appstore but we can not it.WHY?

iPad, iOS 6.1.3, ipad4

Posted on Sep 17, 2013 4:12 AM

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User profile for user: King_Penguin
King_Penguin
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Sep 17, 2013 4:57 AM in response to sinan_pr

You can't permanently delete any items from your purchase history, all you can do is hide them (so they won't show in the Purchased links for re-downloading) : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4919


As far as I know Apple haven't said why, but one reason may be to prevent people accidentally deleting them and then having to contact Apple to get them reinstated so that they can be redownloaded for free.


If you would like to be able to permanently delete items then you can try leaving feedback for Apple : http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html

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