Cannot hide purchased apps on iOS 9?

Make sure Family Sharing is enabled > http://www.igeeksblog.com/how-to-hide-purchased-apps-on-iphone-ipad-in-ios-8/

Same here. Didn't work on ios 8 and doesn't work on ios 9. It is absurd to think that family sharing is ok without this feature being functional.

Sorry, I don't get it. Since you're mentioning mouse and all, you're surely talking about hiding them through iTunes on the computer.

Is there no way of hiding them directly on the iPhone, as it used to be?

Has anyone been able to help you with this? I'm having the same problem and can't figure out how to do it on my phone or ipad. Do you HAVE to do it via computer for it to stick?

For what its worth, as of June 29, 2016, using iOS 9.3.2, the problem persists. To wit, slide an app, the word "Hide" appears, one selects "Hide", the app's icon momentarily vanishes, only to reappear once the App Store screen is refreshed. Thus the word "Hide" on the slider is virtually meaningless. The previous advice—that being, hide the app using iTunes on a laptop—is the only manner in which I have been able to accomplish the desired end. (A quite necessary discovery for me, to avoid an App Store screen littered by the plethora of tried-and-rejected fremiums.)

Hi,

When you click on "Hide" in the App Store on a device, all that does is remove the icon from your Home screen. What you see listed once you refresh the App Store screen is the same app with the little cloud and down arrow next to it, which means that it is no longer visible on the device, and is now in iTunes in the Cloud, and can be re-downloaded if desired.

When you are looking at the Purchased tab on your device, you are looking at all purchases. To not see purchases that are in iTunes in the Cloud, you have to hide them via iTunes on your computer. Go to the App Store in iTunes, click on Purchased, click on All, find the App you no longer wish to see listed with the iCloud download icon on your device, hover over the top left-hand corner, and click the "x" to hide it:

HIDING AND UNHIDING PURCHASES

This is how it works, it is not a "problem", but a design. If you would like to see that changed, then send your feedback to Apple here: Apple - Feedback

Best of luck,

GB

Interesting idea, but as I said, "Hide" is meaningless for an app that is Purchased but is NOT on my Home Screen (i.e., not downloaded to begin with). I have several apps of that sort. Visible in Purchased but not downloaded. Still there, with the cloud/arrow indicating download available. Swipe/Hide is still available for these, and still meaningless. But your comment is duly noted.

Thanks.

I agree that the "Hide" option on the iOS device is misleading at best. I tried all sorts of things to make it hide the app from my view, the view of someone I was testing Family Sharing with, all to no avail. Seems like the only way to successfully hide the app is via iTunes on your computer. Maybe they are working on making that local Hide work more efficiently with Family Sharing specifically....

Cheers,

GB