As an online retail giant, Amazon has built a business that thrives on customer trust and personal data. Millions of people use the site to shop, browse products, and even sell their own things. But with that kind of access to your personal details comes risk — especially if you’ve given them permission to track your location or send you deals based on your browsing history. Fortunately, Amazon makes it easy to see exactly what they know about you and control how they use that information. You might be surprised by what you find — for example, did you know that Amazon tracks your browsing history even if you’ve turned off location services? This article covers everything you need to know about deleting your address from Amazon accounts, including guidance on which products have this feature and instructions for performing each action manually.
How To Delete Your Address From Amazon
- The first step is to head to your mobile device or computer and log in to your Amazon account. If you’re using your phone, tap the main menu icon at the top left and select “Settings” — or if you’re using a computer, head to the upper right corner of any page in the Amazon app and click on “Settings.”
- Once you’re logged in, scroll down to the “Account & Lists” section of your account and select “Your Account.” Then select “Your Profile.”
- Underneath your name should be an address that looks like this: You will need this address later on when deleting from Amazon Web Services (AWS).
- Delete Your Address Manually From Your Account If you want to delete it from your own profile, proceed to Step 5 below — otherwise, continue reading for instructions on how to delete it from all of your accounts at once!
- Delete Your Address From All Accounts Go back into the main menu of any page in either app and scroll down until you see a button that looks like this: tap it, then enter that address into the next field (if it doesn’t say “Enter,” then enter “x”).
- Delete Your Address From All Accounts On Amazon Web Services (AWS) Go into Settings, then select “Accounts and Settings.” Select the appropriate account, then scroll down to the bottom of the page. Tap “Delete this address from all services,” then confirm by clicking “Delete” and moving on to Step 7 below.
- Delete Your Address From All Accounts On Amazon Web Services (AWS) Select “My Account” from the main menu of any page in either app and then tap on “Settings.” Scroll down to the bottom of the page, tap on “Delete this address from all services,” then confirm by clicking “Delete” and moving on to Step 8 below.
- Delete Your Address From All Accounts On Amazon Web Services (AWS) Select “My Account” from the main menu of any page in either app, select your preferred language, then scroll down until you see a button that looks like this: click it and enter that address into the next field (if it doesn’t say Enter, enter x).
- Delete Your Address From All Accounts On Amazon Web Services (AWS) On Amazon Web Services (AWS), go into Settings, then select Security Credentials. Scroll down to find your email address at the bottom of the page.
- Delete Your Address From All Accounts On Amazon Web Services (AWS) Underneath your email address should be a section titled “Access Keys” — if you see an option titled “Access Key ID” or “Access Key Secret” instead, those are for another service
What Does Deleting Your Address From Amazon Do?
- Deleting your Amazon address from all of your accounts will remove any future orders that you place through that address.
- Deleting your Amazon address from all of your accounts will prevent you from signing in to any other Amazon services, such as the Amazon Appstore if you have one.
- Deleting your address will remove any existing orders that are associated with it and will prevent future orders from being placed through this address — however, if you have a Kindle device or app associated with this email address, it will still be possible to use those devices via a different email account.
- Deleting your Amazon account’s address from all accounts at the same time ensures that no orders are placed through this account — however, if there are other addresses linked to this one (such as a work email), then there is no guarantee that those orders won’t be placed anyway!
- If you don’t want anyone else to know about this change (such as a significant other), then deleting your Amazon account’s address from all of your accounts at the same time ensures that no future orders can be placed through it — but it also means that if someone else has access to your device and sees the change in their order history, they might assume (wrongly) that they’ve been hacked and could lead to further problems down the line.
How To Permanently Delete The Location Tracking From Your Amazon Account
- Log into your Amazon account.
- Select My Account from the top menu bar.
- In the left-hand navigation pane, select Manage Your Content and Devices.
- Under Your Content and Devices, select Cloud Drive.
- Under Cloud Drive, select Downloaded Items and locate the item you want to delete — here we’ll show you how to delete a book that you’ve downloaded: Click on the book icon (the one with the little arrow pointing up) and then click Delete next to it: Select Delete next to it: Confirm your action by clicking Yes or Continue.
- The book will be deleted from your account within a few seconds — once completed, return to this page under Manage Your Content and Devices in order to verify that all items have been removed from your account.
- If you’re no longer connected to Wi-Fi or mobile data for any reason, then when you reconnect, Amazon will prompt you with a message asking if there are any items that have not been downloaded in the past 30 days that need removing — this is normal for most people who own Kindle devices, but if it bothers you then just go back through step 7 again once reconnected!
- If you’re not sure what this message is about and don’t want anyone else seeing it, then just leave it at I don’t want anyone else seeing this message and return back through step 7 again once reconnected.
- Once you’ve verified that all items have been removed, then return back to this Manage Your Content and Devices page and click on one of the links under Your Devices.
- Select the device you want to delete from your account — here we’ll show you how to delete a Kindle: Click on the Kindle device icon (the one with the little arrow pointing up) and then click Delete next to it: Select Delete next to it: Confirm your action by clicking Yes or Continue.
FAQs:
Q: How do I delete a book that I’ve downloaded from the Cloud?
You can delete the book by right-clicking on it and selecting Delete from Cloud Drive.
Q: Why does Amazon ask if there are any items that need removing if I’m no longer connected to Wi-Fi or mobile data for any reason?
This is normal for most people who own Kindle devices, but if it bothers you then just go back through step 7 again once reconnected!
Q: How can I permanently remove my entire account?
A: Unfortunately this is not possible at this time — because we are still in the process of evaluating user feedback we are unable to provide a permanent solution at this time.
Q: What happens if someone else downloads one of my books after I’ve deleted it from my own device?
A: Once removed from your device, the book will be deleted forever so there’s no risk of someone else downloading it after you’ve deleted it!
