It is not a good idea to keep your iBooks open for all; there can be some books you have purchased, and hence, you would like to hide them on your iPhone/iPad from viewing.
During a year, I download lot many iBooks on my iPhone 6, and then I tend to sync those iBooks between Mac and iPhone, simply because I could read the books on a bigger screen. But this poses a risk of getting my iBooks read by somebody else.
Why should I allow anybody to read my books for which I have paid my hard earned bucks? And therefore I learnt how I can hide iCloud books in iBooks. It is quite easy.
How to Hide iCloud Books in iBooks on iPhone and iPad
Step #1. Tap on iBooks from the Home screen of your iPhone.
Step #2. Tap on My Books option from the bottom menu → Now tap on All Books option.
A menu will swipe up from the bottom of your iPhone’s screen. You can see Hide iCloud Books option at the bottom of screen.
Step #4. Toggle the option OFF.
Above steps will hide any book stored in iCloud that is not downloaded yet. If you want to show some books from iCloud, just ensure that you tap on the cloud download button to download the books first before hiding iCloud books.
This was about hiding your books on iPhone and iPad, you can also hide your iCloud books on Mac in few simple steps.
How to Hide iCloud Books on Mac
Step #1. Open iBooks app on your Mac → Click on All Books Tab.
Step #2. Click on “Sort by” in right hand corner → From drop down menu, click on Hide iCloud Books.
In a bookworm’s library, there can be many iBooks, and some books may contain objectionable content or content not supposed to be read by kids. For such users, this can be a better way to keep some books hidden. This will make your library neat and clean.
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I am fond of reading books in my spare time, which broadens my eyesight and enlarges my knowledge. Under this circumstance, iBooks app really helps me a lot. However, as time goes by, I have downloaded too many books and always can’t find the recent read books. I don’t want to delete them, for they are some kind of treasures for me. Hence, I am wondering if I can hide iCloud books. How to hide books in iBooks? I hope this guide can help you find the solution.
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Part 1: How to Hide iCloud Books in iBooks
Somebody would like to know how to hide purchased books in iBooks on iPad. In fact, it works the same on iPhone. Next, I will tell you how to hide books in iBooks on iPhone. You can simply read the following steps:
1. Click on iBooks app on Home screen.
2. Choose “My Books > All Books” in the bottom menu.
3. At the bottom, you can turn “Hide iCloud Books” on. In this way, you learned how to hide books in iBooks.
Part 2: How to Hide and Unhide Books in iBooks on PC via iTunes
What if I want to take advantage of iTunes to fix how to hide iBooks purchases? What shall I do? Read the following tutorial to learn how to hide and unhide iBooks purchases via iTunes.
A. How to Hide iBooks via iTunes
1. Open iTunes on your computer and make sure you have the latest iTunes. Sign into iTunes with your Apple ID.
2. Click on “Account > Purchased” and you can view purchased contents on iTunes.
3. Find where your iBooks are and mouse over the book you want to hide. You will see a small “X” icon in the top left corner. Click on it and the item hides.
4. If it is your first time to hide iBooks purchases, a window will pop up to ask you if you are sure you want to hide the purchase. Choose “Hide” to continue.
Now you handled how to hide iBooks via iTunes, how to unhide books in iBooks? Let’s take a look.
B. How to Unhide Books in iBooks
1. Start iTunes and sign in iTunes with your Apple ID.
2. Head to “Account > view My Account” in the top menu.
3. You will see “Hide Purchases” option. There is a button “Manage” behind the option.
4. Click on “Manage” and find books you want to unhide, then choose “Unhide” under the book to unhide iBooks via iTunes.
Part 3: How to Transfer iBooks from iPhone to PC via Leawo iTransfer
Someone is thinking if he or she could back up books from iPhone to PC so as to spare up space on iPhone. The problem is it is not easy to find a tool able to back up purchased and non-purchased books from iPhone to PC. Not really. Leawo iTransfer is a fantastic transferring tool which is capable of transferring purchased and non-purchased movies, songs, books, TV shows and so forth without limits. Furthermore, you don’t need to worry that books will be synced with iTunes. You can also selectively choose books to transfer. Leawo iTransfer has trail version and paid version. I strongly advise you to have paid version to enjoy unlimited transferring times. Now let’s read the step-by-step tutorial to learn how to transfer iBooks from iPhone to PC via Leawo iTransfer.
Leawo iTransfer
☉ Transfer files among iOS devices, iTunes and PCs with ease.
☉ Transfer up to 14 kinds of data and files without iTunes.
☉ Support the latest iOS devices like iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, etc.
☉ Play back, view, and delete data and files on iOS devices.
☉ Transfer up to 14 kinds of data and files without iTunes.
☉ Support the latest iOS devices like iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, etc.
☉ Play back, view, and delete data and files on iOS devices.
Step 1 Download and install Leawo iTransfer
Download and install Leawo iTransfer on your computer. After that, start Leawo iTransfer and connect iPhone to computer via USB cable. The software will automatically recognize your device and scan iPhone information. In the left area, you can view different types of contents; in the right area, you can learn basic information of iPhone like capacity, type, etc.
Step 2. Choose books to transfer
Click on the name of iPhone and choose “Library > Books”. In the right interface displays a list of books. and books on iPhone will be listed in the right interface. Selectively choose books you want to transfer by holding “Ctrl” and check books or select all books by checking the square before “Name”. Afterwards, right click them to choose “Transfer to > My Computer”.
Step 3. Transfer books from iPhone to PC
A pop-up dialogue will ask you to choose a destination folder. Check “Save to folder” and click on “Change” to select folder. After that, click “Transfer Now” to start to transfer iBooks from iPhone to PC. A progress bar will appear on the screen, showing the percentage of the transferring process. It will take a couple of seconds to transfer books from iPhone to PC. If you would like to check those books, you can find them in the destination folder.
You use the Apple Books app to read or listen to items you download from the Book Store. But like Apple's Photos and iTunes apps, Books is an organizing tool, too. All of your ebooks, audiobooks, and PDFs are automatically organized into various standard collections, such as Audiobooks and Finished. But you can create your own collections that make it easier to keep your virtual bookshelves in order.
How to add a new collection
The Apple Books app includes some default collections. You can add to these as many collections as you want and define them however you like. For example, you can create a collection for a particular author, genre, or topic. And you can put the same book into multiple collections. Here's how:
- Tap the Library tab.
- Tap Collections.
- Scroll to the bottom of the list of collections and tap New Collection.
- Type a name for the collection.
- Tap Done.
How to add books to a collection
Empty collections are no fun. Here's how to populate them.
- Tap the Library tab.
- Tap Edit.
- Tap the book(s) the you want to add to a collection.
- Tap Add to...
- Tap the collection to add the books to.
You can use this same process to add a book that is already in one collection to another collection.
How to reorder or delete collections
Maybe you have a long list of collections and you'd like to put a particular one near the top of the list. Or maybe you want to delete a collection. You can do both in Books.
- Tap Library.
- Tap Collections.
- Tap Edit.
- To move a collection, touch and hold the gripper and drag the collection up or down to its new location.
- To delete a collection, tap the delete button.
- Tap Delete.
- In the sheet that appears, tap Delete.
- Tap Done.
Another way to delete collections? Swipe left on the list of collections before you tap the Edit button.
How to sort books
Books offers a quick way to sort books in your library and within collections. We'll use the library in this example.
- Tap Library.
- Tap Sort.
- Tap a sort preference.
How to sort books manually
Just like being able to organize books on a bookshelf in your office, you can reorder the way your electronic books appear in the Books app—both in your entire library and within collections. Here's how to reorganize your virtual shelves.
- Tap Library.
- Touch and hold any book until it lifts off the screen. A darker shadow will appear behind the book.
- Drag the book to its new location.
How to delete, hide, and unhide books
Most people don't keep every book they've ever read within arm's reach. You probably feel the same way about books you've read on your iPad or iPhone.
We'll explain the steps for clearing out the clutter of finished books using the Library tab, but you can follow the same process within a collection.
Deleting books
- Tap the Library tab.
- Tap Edit.
- Tap the book(s) you want to delete.
- Tap the Delete button.
- Tap Remove Download to delete it from the device.
There's another way to remove books:
- Tap the More button (a series of three dots) under any book
- Tap Remove...
- Tap Remove Download.
Hiding and unhiding books
If you don't want to see the cover image for a book that has been removed from your device, you can hide it. One of the nice new iOS 12 features in Books is that it's now easy to hide selected books.
- Tap Edit.
- Tap the book(s) you want to hide.
- Tap the Delete button.
- Tap Hide Book.
If you want to unhide a book, do this:
- Tap the Reading Now tab.
- Tap the account icon. It's either your picture or your initials and it's located in the upper right-hand corner of the screen.
- Tap Manage Hidden Purchases and enter your Apple ID password if prompted.
- Scroll to find the book you want and tap Unhide to make it visible in your library.
How to re-download deleted books
You've done a great job keeping your virtual bookshelves neat and tidy. You've meticulously organized your collections and gotten rid of books that you've finished. And now you want to go back and re-read a book that you've deleted from your device.
Fortunately, Apple Books makes it easy to do that, whether or not an image of the book's cover remains visible in the app or not. Let me explain.
Redownload a book that is visible in your library
The Books app can continue to show the cover image of a book that you've deleted from your device.
Even though the book has been removed, the small cloud icon underneath the image of the book's cover means that it's among the list of books that you've downloaded from the Book Store..and it can be redownloaded from the Book Store with one tap.
- Tap the Library tab. Alternatively, if the book appears in a collection, you could look for it there.
- Tap the book you want to re-download.
Redownload a book that is not visible in your library
You don't have to allow cover images of deleted books to remain visible in your library. You can easily hide books after you've deleted them from your device. But to redownload a hidden book, you'll need to unhide it first.
- Tap the Reading Now tab.
- Tap the account icon. It's either your picture or your initials and it's located in the upper right-hand corner of the screen.
- Tap Manage Hidden Purchases and enter your Apple ID password if prompted.
- Scroll to find the book you want and tap Unhide to make it visible in your library.
- Tap Account.
- Tap Done.
- Tap the Library tab.
- Tap the newly unhidden book to download it.
How to sync your Books library on iPhone and iPad
If you read books or listen to audiobooks on multiple devices, then you'll appreciate the syncing features of Apple Books when used in conjunction with your iCloud account. Along with your Reading Now collection, bookmarks you place and notes and highlights you create in books will also sync between devices. In addition, you can sync any PDFs stored in Books via iCloud Drive.
To make all this magic happen, you must first allow Books to use iCloud and iCloud Drive.
- Tap Settings.
- Tap your name.
- Tap iCloud.
- Tap the switch to turn on Books.
- Tap the switch to turn on iCloud Drive.
Now, turn on some switches for the Books app.
- Scroll to the top of the list and tap Apple ID.
- Tap Settings.
- Scroll down the list and tap Books.
- Tap the switch to turn on Reading Now.
- Tap the switch to turn on iCloud Drive.
Tapping Update Other Devices will show you any other devices that require an OS update to sync changes to your library.
How to sync your Books library on your Mac
In addition to keeping your Books library, bookmarks, notes, highlights, and PDF files in sync on all your iOS devices, you can get the Mac in on the action, too.
As with syncing your Books library between your iOS devices, setting up syncing on your Mac is a two-step process.
Enable Books on your Mac to use iCloud and iCloud Drive
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- From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences.
- Click iCloud.
- Check the box to enable iCloud Drive.
- Click the Options.. button for iCloud Drive.
- In the Documents tab, check the box to enable Books.
- Click Done.
Enable sync settings for the Books app
Open the Books app and do the following:
- From the Books menu, choose Preferences.
- Click General.
- Check the box to Sync bookmarks, highlights, and collections across devices.
I have several iBooks that I have no interest in reading again. I want to delete them completely, but have only been successful in hiding them. I don't even want them in my iCloud storage now, but can't figure out what to do. I have iOS 9 and probably hundreds of books.
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Open iBooks and right-click on a book you want to delete. When you right click you get several options and bottom option is delete. It then asks you if you want to permanently book and it deletes it from iCloud as well.
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As of iOS 11 & OS X 10.13 (High Sierra), there is no way to permanently delete items from iBooks. The closest option is to hide them, where they can only be restored (unhidden) from iBooks on OS X.
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I couldn’t delete the books I wanted to So I just deleted iBooks
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Yesterday, I saw that my brother has downloaded an 'hentai' on my Mac (shame on me, I didn't lock it !) I deleted it, but it stays on my purchased books, and I don't want it !
Is it possible to totally remove a book from my account's purchased history?
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This has since moved from iTunes to within the iBooks app, but the procedure is exactly the same:
- Open iBooks
- Click iBooks Store in top-left corner
- Click Purchased
- Click the x in the top-left corner of the book you want to hide
And to unhide:
- Open iBooks
- Click iBooks Store in top-left corner
- Click Account
- Click Manage next to Hidden Purchases
- Click Unhide below book in question
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If this was bought through the iBooks store, then things will stay in your purchase history for as long as they are available to download. You can try to contact Apple and explain that it was your brother that made the purchase on your account and you want it removed. Also, have your brother pay you back too.
If this was just a web download then if you delete the file from your Mac and synced devices it will be gone and bother you no more.
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It worked for me using iBooks on the Mac.
Go to the iBooks store. Top left.
Scroll all the way down and select 'purchased'
From here you should see the books. Hover over and click the X in the left side. Works in Sierra.
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so the answer is, No. it will be in the cloud permanently.
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In fact, I found the answer on a French Forum. There is it :
Connect to the Store via iTunes for Mac (I think it works the same on windows but I didn't test)
Choose 'Books' on the up 'headband' (I don't know the English word, please correct :) )
Click on purchase on the right column
When you mouse over the book you want to delete, a X will appear. Click on it and your book will be hidden. It will be possible to download it again (for free I think, but again I didn't try) but it won't appear anymore in any of your device.
Choose 'Books' on the up 'headband' (I don't know the English word, please correct :) )
Click on purchase on the right column
When you mouse over the book you want to delete, a X will appear. Click on it and your book will be hidden. It will be possible to download it again (for free I think, but again I didn't try) but it won't appear anymore in any of your device.
Et voilà ! I don't have this book on my iBook library any longer!
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Open iBooksclick the top menu 'All Books v'Scroll to the bottom & slide 'Hide iCloud Books'
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Tap the top left corner of iBooks, hit select, then scroll down to the unwanted book and hit it and click delete.
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