Do You Have Trouble Deleting Books from Kindle for the PC ???
Is your book still showing up in the Archived Items
even though you have deleted it from the Kindle for the PC
and have gone to the Manage My Kindle on the Amazon site
and deleted it there too ???
Here is a step by step guide on how to delete books from Kindle for the PC
without having to de-authorize your program & then re-authorize & download all of your books again
1. Google for a FREE XML Editor
2. I chose the Serna Free Open Source XML Editor
This is their download page
This is their download page
3. Download & Install the Serna XML Editor
4. Open the Serna XML Editor by clicking on its icon on your desktop
4. Open the Serna XML Editor by clicking on its icon on your desktop
5. When you open Serna XML Editor, you will be greeted by this screen
Just click "Close Dialog"
Just click "Close Dialog"
6. Find your Kindle XML File named "KindleSyncMetadataCache.xml"
It will be located here (the default location): C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Local\Amazon\Kindle\Cache
"YourUserName" will be your username on your computer
It will be located here (the default location): C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Local\Amazon\Kindle\Cache
"YourUserName" will be your username on your computer
7. Drag the Kindle XML file (KindleSyncMetadataCache.xml) to the Serna screen
You will be greeted with the following screen - Just click on "Use Default"
You will be greeted with the following screen - Just click on "Use Default"
8. Then you will be greeted by the following screen
Just click on "Open Normally"
Just click on "Open Normally"
9. You should now have the following screen on your computer
10. Go to "Edit, Find" and type in the Search Box all or part of the name of the book you want to delete
11. In the left column right click on the highlighted "Meta data" & select "Delete Element"
12. Go to "File, Save" in the Serna XML Editor to save your work
13. Close out Serna XML Editor - you're done with the program
14. Go to folder C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Local\Amazon\Kindle\Cache
and open up the folder there entitled "covers"
12. Go to "File, Save" in the Serna XML Editor to save your work
13. Close out Serna XML Editor - you're done with the program
14. Go to folder C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Local\Amazon\Kindle\Cache
and open up the folder there entitled "covers"
15. Set your view to "Large Icons" so you can see the pictures of the covers of your books
16. Scroll down until you find the cover that matches the book that you wish to delete
17. Delete the cover and you're done
18. Now when you open up your Kindle,
your Archived Item of the book that you wanted deleted should be gone
I have been successful using this technique - I hope you will be successful too.
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16. Scroll down until you find the cover that matches the book that you wish to delete
17. Delete the cover and you're done
18. Now when you open up your Kindle,
your Archived Item of the book that you wanted deleted should be gone
I have been successful using this technique - I hope you will be successful too.
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