How to delete kindle pdf downloads

One of the best things about a Kindle is that it can hold thousands of books. You can slip an entire library into your bag without worrying about being weighed down.

This means you probably download every sample book, freebie and cheap read you get offered.

However, for many of us, the home screens of our Kindles end up cluttered with book after book, making it hard to find to certain titles, especially if you downloaded them a while ago but want to go back to.

However, it’s simple to delete book from your Kindle, in fact it takes just a few taps. Here’s how.

1. Turn your kindle on and from the main screen scroll to find the cover of the book you want to remove.
2. Press and hold the image of the cover and then select 'Remove from Device' from the menu that appears.

How to delete a book from your Kindle library

While the above steps remove the book from your Kindle itself, it will still remain in your Kindle library and can be re-downloaded onto your Kindle or Kindle app in seconds.

To remove the book from your Kindle library permanently follow these steps.

1. Open the amazon website on a smartphone, tablet or computer and log-in (note this won’t work if your using the Amazon app)
2. From the Account menu, select ‘Content and devices’ on a smartphone or ‘Manage my content and devices’ on a computer
   
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3. Check the box next to book(s) you want to remove from your account.
4. On a smartphone, press the three dots next to the check box and select Delete from the menu. On a computer, press the Delete button at the top of the screen
5. You’ll be warned this will delete the book from your Kindle library permanently. Press 'yes, delete permanently' and the book will be removed from your library.

What about books from the Kindle lending library?

If you've got a Kindle and you have an Amazon Prime membership, you can borrow one book a month from Amazon's 600,000-strong library for free, in the same way as you would borrow a book from a public library.

There are no due dates to return the book by but to be able to borrow another book you’ll have to return the one you already have loaned.

You can delete the book from your Kindle in the same way your would any other.

However to return it you need to follow the steps above to delete a book from your Kindle library but select Return this book rather than delete it.

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