Can't hide app purchases in iTunes store

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Can't hide app purchases in iTunes store

I"ve gone through all the proper steps to hide purchased apps in my account, but when I scroll my mouse over the individual apps, I don't get an "x" that is supposed to appear.

Anybody know what I'm doing wrong? I've got tons of apps in there that my sons downloaded over the years that I would like to "hide" since they are not on my account anymore. I'm trying to clean up the account to reflect what my wife and I want to see.

Thanks

MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Mar 1, 2015 7:22 PM

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Answer 1

djskuter

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Mar 2, 2015 12:32 PM in response to Community User

I can confirm I also have the same issue, started happening two weeks ago, tried signing in and out of iTunes cannot hide the apps, only have the cloud icon to download the apps, even thou the app(s) in question are gone from my iPhone.

Would good to find out what has changed...

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Answer 2

Sep 16, 2015 9:46 AM in response to Community User

I figured it out...

If you scroll you mouse over the upper left hand corner of the app (where the x should be), a "finger" will appear. It's like the "x" is hidden, but the ability to delete it is still there (if that makes sense). Clicking in that spot will make the app "hide". Not sure why the x's have disappeared, but hopefully this helps others trying to clean up their app purchases. I have hundreds of them that are not applicable anymore, and don't really want to see them hanging around. I'd rather be able to just delete them.

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Answer 3

djskuter

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Mar 3, 2015 11:39 AM in response to Community User

Indeed this has worked, wonder if this is a bug or intentional, well either way thanks for following up with resolution, it has helped me and it will help others I am sure.

Thanks.

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Answer 4

Mar 5, 2015 11:01 PM in response to Community User

I also encountered the same problem since latest iTunes update - thank you so much for figuring it out! Brilliant!

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Answer 5

Mar 14, 2015 10:35 AM in response to Community User

I also encountered the same problem since latest iTunes update 10.10.3 - thank you so much for figuring it out! Brilliant!

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SLOSifl

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Mar 20, 2015 5:41 PM in response to SBarkovskiy

Same issue on 10.10.3 (14D105g). The mouse target is there, but there is no image - clicking it works as expected.

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Answer 7

Mar 24, 2015 6:46 PM in response to Community User

The bug is that the icon has a radius corner, and you have to mouse just above the left radius to change to the hand. I would say a bug, they need to move the focus in slightly.

it works as the above says, thanks to all for the tip. I needed this. I cant wait till you can delete it for good. Some apps are no longer updating.

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