How do I delete books from my iPad?

OK, so the instructions I provided are correct. They explain how to remove the book from your device. They still display, but they have a little cloud next to them to show that they are in iCloud, and to easily facilitate a re-download.

The article I linked has an additional link on how to Hide books, which is what you would want to do: Hide and unhide music, movies, TV shows, audiobooks, and books - Apple Support. You can only hide books on a Mac.

If you go back to your All Books view, do you see the books still showing there with the iCloud next to them?

Because I went through the same steps you described, and indeed, I was able to delete them from the collection, but when I selected "Delete" then "Delete from iCloud" as opposed to "Remove Download", it did clear out the collection, and removed the collection from iCloud, but the manuals still show up in All Books with the cloud next to them.

So, what you did was to remove books from a Collection. But they are still showing in your All Books, because there is no way to actually delete a purchase, and iBooks on iOS do not provide the option to view only Downloaded books. So, the only way to get them out of the iBooks app altogether is to hide them.

Best,

GB

gail from maine wrote:

Follow these instructions:

Delete books and audiobooks

If you want to delete a book or audiobook, open iBooks on your iOS device, then tap Select. Scroll to find the item that you want to delete, then tap it. Choose Delete, then tap one of the options:

• Tap Remove Download to delete it only from your device.
• Tap Delete Everywhere to delete the item from iCloud and automatically remove it from all of your other devices.

From this support article: Get started with iBooks - Apple Support

Best,

GB

The above options are not complete / too briefly described or is applicable for an older version of iOS.

Just tested on an iPad Pro 12.9” iOS 11.4.1.

I am trying to remove older manuals.

After tap on Select, selecting and indicating which manuals can be removed, I click on Delete download.

But the manuals are not removed.

The only option that comes is Move.

I have chosen to move to Old books.

Go now to the library Old books.

Tap Select & select all books you want to remove.

Then tap on Remove. Now there are 2 options: to remove the books from the collection or to delete download.

I have chosen to remove from the collection.

And now they are really gone.

😎

Follow these instructions:

Delete books and audiobooks

If you want to delete a book or audiobook, open iBooks on your iOS device, then tap Select. Scroll to find the item that you want to delete, then tap it. Choose Delete, then tap one of the options:

• Tap Remove Download to delete it only from your device.
• Tap Delete Everywhere to delete the item from iCloud and automatically remove it from all of your other devices.

From this support article: Get started with iBooks - Apple Support

Best,

GB

gail from maine wrote:

If you go back to your All Books view, do you see the books still showing there with the iCloud next to them?

So, what you did was to remove books from a Collection. But they are still showing in your All Books, because there is no way to actually delete a purchase, and iBooks on iOS do not provide the option to view only Downloaded books. So, the only way to get them out of the iBooks app altogether is to hide them.

Thanks for your reply.

In All Books the books are not longer present, not on the Mac and not on the iPad.

I moved the books I want to delete to Old Books (the option that show up on the iPad). And from Old Books I removed one by one via iBooks on the Mac, because that option is missing on the iPad. (See my previous message.)

By the way, I had not seen the X icon in Purchases either, not paying attention 😟. Though only I want to remove them from Old Books

I could not add the following to my message, so with this:

For those who have a Mac, launch iBook.

Click on Old books on the left panel.

Click once on a book and then press the Delete key of the keyboard.