Have you ever downloaded a book sample onto your Kindle device or app? Have you later on decided to buy the book without reading the whole sample or any of it at all? How about reading a bit of the sample and then deciding it wasn’t your vibe? 

That’s when you’ve realised; How the hell do I get rid of the sample?!

You’ve combed through countless forums, some of them from Amazon. Maybe you’ve found how to remove Kindle samples from your Kindle device and been successful. Then you think you’ve found a golden soul with the answers for both. Only to find out it doesn’t work. Then How to remove Kindle samples haunts your mind.

This was me for about two months. 

I had downloaded a few samples of books I wanted to read but never got around to reading them. Eventually, my dissertation started getting discussed. Since I’m doing Creative Writing, one of the things I need to do is read in the style and genre I planning to write in. So, I buy the Kindle version of the books I want. Some of which I downloaded samples for. Then I’m stuck with the full book and the sample. 

I will share the wisdom I discovered on my journey with thee so that you may live a more peaceful life than I. So, here are all the ways I’ve discovered and tried that remove Kindle samples.

Kindle Device

Step One: Go to your Library on the device

Step Two: Find the book sample you’re looking for

Step Three: Press the three small dots on the cover or Press and Hold the book cover until a menu appears

Step Four: Select the Option “Remove Download” or “Remove This Sample”

Through Amazon Account (Desktop/Laptop)

Step One: On the Amazon Home page, hover over the “Accounts & Lists” tab on the top bar

Step Two: On the drop-down menu, find and select “Manage Your Content and Devices”

Step Three: Select The option “Books”

Step Four: Find the Book you are looking for (Samples appear in this section and are marked as samples in Orange just above the book title)

Step Five: Click on the button “Deliver or Remove from Device” Or “Delete“

Step Six: Deselect the devices you want to remove the sample from

Step Seven: Click the orange/yellow “Make Changes” button

Kindle App

Step One: Open Kindle App

Step Two: Go to Library and find Book in question

Step Three: Open Book

Step Four: Scroll to the end of the sample.

Step Five: The end.

Shit, you not; I did this accidentally and was baffled and raging when it happened. So simple, and it took me TWO MONTHS! My Dad got a good chuckle when I told him—I agreed that Amazon probably wants to encourage reading the samples before removing them. Fair enough, but why was that so hard to just say?

UPDATED KINDLE APP

Step One: Open Kindle App

Step Two: Go to Library and find Book in question

Step Three: Press and Hold on to the book you want to remove

Step Four: On the pop-up menu, select “PERMANENTLY DELETE”

OR

Step One: Open Kindle App

Step Two: Go to Library and find Book in question

Step Three: Press and Hold on to the book you want to remove

Step Four: Remove your finger and see a Tick/Check Mark cover the book cover

Step Five: At the top right-hand corner of the page, press the three small dots

Step Six: On the drop-down  menu, select “PERMANENTLY DELETE”

So, I’ve had this post written and ready for scheduling to my blog and just finished a sample of a book the other dark and found my last trick never worked. Then discovered Amazon had changed it.

Amazon has made removing books and samples pretty easy. However, they just don’t advertise things easily when you’ve thought about doing the right thing and downloading a sample before becoming unhinged and buying the book without ever opening the sample. Which frequently happens to me!

Anyway, I hope this was useful. It’s also handy for me to have around since I know I will forget. (Which I have done multiple times.)