iBooks is an Apple application that allows you to store and read books on your Mac, iPhone, or iPad. Sometimes, you may want to delete a book from your iBooks library. This may be because you no longer need it, or it’s taking up too much space on your device. Whatever the reason, deleting books from iBooks is simple and straightforward.
First, when you go into iBooks and look under “All Books,” you’ll see all of the books that you’ve purchased or added to iBooks. To permanently delete books that you’ve added on your own, such as PDF or ePUB documents, select the book you want to delete, hit the delete key on your Mac, and it will ask if you want to delete it on your Mac. If you choose “Delete,” it will be gone.
However, if you’ve purchased the book from iBooks, you cannot permanently delete it from your account. The record that you’ve downloaded it from iBooks will still be there. You can only hide the book, so it doesn’t appear in your library. To do this, go to the iBook Store, click on “Purchased,” and move your cursor over the book you want to hide. An “X” will appear next to it. Click the “X,” and it will ask if you want to hide this individual purchase. Click “Hide,” and the book will be removed from your library.
To access and unhide the book, go to the iBook Store, click on “Account,” scroll down to “iTunes in the Cloud and Hidden Purchases,” click “Manage,” and this will show you the purchases you’ve hidden. You can unhide them there.
It’s important to note that if you delete a book from iBooks on one device, it will also delete from all other devices linked to the same iCloud account. So, if you want to delete a book from iBooks on only one device, you need to make sure that the “Delete from All Devices” option is turned off.
In conclusion, deleting books from iBooks is easy. You can permanently delete books that you’ve added on your own, or hide books that you’ve purchased from iBooks. Hiding the book will remove it from your library, but you can always unhide it later if you want.