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View & Delete Purchase History for App Store on iPhone - Tutorial

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Open the App Store app on your iPhone. Here, tap on your profile icon and select Purchased. You will see a list of all free and paid downloads from the App Store. In the Not on this iPhone tab, you can preview all apps that are not installed on your device any more. When swiping one of these apps to the right, you can proceed to Hide the app from this purchased list. This will make sure that these apps will be deleted from your purchase history.

App Store Purchase History

Open the App Store app on your iPhone. Here, tap on your profile icon and select Purchased.

App Store Purchase History
App Store Purchase History

You will see a list of all free and paid downloads from the App Store

You will see a list of all free and paid downloads from the App Store. In the Not on this iPhone tab, you can preview all apps that are not installed on your device any more. When swiping one of these apps to the right, you can proceed to Hide the app from this purchased list. This will make sure that these apps will be deleted from your purchase history.

You will see a list of all free and paid downloads from the App Store
You will see a list of all free and paid downloads from the App Store

Find Hidden Purchases

If you feel like apps have been hidden by another user, then there is a way to find the complete list of apps which are hidden in your purchase history. In your iPhone settings, tap on your Apple ID name. Here, tap on Media & Purchases and then View Account.

Find Hidden Purchases
Find Hidden Purchases

Access this section of your settings by using Face ID or your passcode and then t…

Access this section of your settings by using Face ID or your passcode and then tap on Hidden Purchases.

Access this section of your settings by using Face ID or your passcode and then t…
Access this section of your settings by using Face ID or your passcode and then t…

This will show you a list of apps and other purchases with your account which hav…

This will show you a list of apps and other purchases with your account which have been hidden in the past. You can go ahead and unhide these purchases if you like.

This will show you a list of apps and other purchases with your account which hav…
This will show you a list of apps and other purchases with your account which hav…

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