Comments on: Hide Purchases from the App Store in iTunes, iOS, & Mac OS X

By: annoyed

annoyed — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 01:21:03 +0000

I have apps that i have purchased but really don’t want anymore that are deleted and i thought it was long gone until i found out it wasn’t. Is there any solution to getting rid of the app history or will apple come up with a new update for that. I tried hiding the app history except it still bothered me because any one could look at it even though there is a password. I do not want any history of those app anymore.

By: App Store Not Working or Showing Updates? How to Refresh the App Stores

App Store Not Working or Showing Updates? How to Refresh the App Stores — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:44:20 +0000

[...] Reloading an App Store page is also an easy way to resolve quite a few common issues, like when the App Store claims to be inaccessible, new app updates aren’t displaying, or when recently purchased items are missing from the Purchased list. If something is still not appearing in the purchases list after a refresh, it could be hidden, here’s how to unhide it. [...]

By: Unhide Purchases from the App Store in iOS

Unhide Purchases from the App Store in iOS — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:07:29 +0000

[...] you can always hide a purchase from the App Store again by swiping next to its name in the purchased list. [...]

By: Find the Purchase Date of Apps Bought from the Mac App Store

Find the Purchase Date of Apps Bought from the Mac App Store — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:37:53 +0000

[...] If an app is missing from that list and you are certain you bought it with the same Apple ID, check the hidden purchases list. [...]

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:50:11 +0000

What if I want to get rid of some of those old purchases that I will never use again? Can those be removed completely? My kids download 100′s of those annoying free apps, play them once and then delete from from the iPad. The store is clogged with all of this stuff and I want to get rid of it.

By: duncan

duncan — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:24:11 +0000

@Sam
Your question seems to be confusing a few different ideas.

In the Mac App Store go to the menu item ‘Store’ and look at which account you are currently logged into the store under.

This may be your MobileMe id, or your iCloud id, or any other id you may be using for the store. They are only related to the degree that you may have logged into the Mac App Store under.

There is no need for your Mac App Store id to be the same as your iTunes id, nor your MobileMe id, nor your iCoud id, nor your Apple Developer id, nor your registered app seller id, etc.

Do you see the point I am making? You Mac App Store id is your Mac App Store id and nothing else. If you use the same id for other purposes then that is fine and dandy but there is nothing stopping you having separate ids for each and every service if you can tolerate the complexity and possible confusion.

By: Haara

Haara — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:56:03 +0000

If you hide a purchased item, and realise you want to get it back, you are not billed again, it´s just displaying the price, since the app store initially only check in your library/device and unhidden purchase history, but when you click buy, it says you can download it for free…

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:32:40 +0000

So if I migrated from MobileMe and I use a different account for the iTunes Store, there’s no way I can view the hidden purchases?

By: Mrinal

Mrinal — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 23:17:07 +0000

Awesome. Erroneously had hidden my fav app. Then uninstalled it. It was asking me to buy it again on the app store when it was just hidden ( strange) but with your help I got it back. Cheers mate!

By: Davis

Davis — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:33:07 +0000

I believe this is an iCloud feature and not an iOS 5 or OS X 10.7.2 addition.