{"id":36681,"date":"2013-02-27T20:05:17","date_gmt":"2013-02-27T18:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=36681"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:36:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:36:07","slug":"amazon-kindle-ios-update-deletes-entire-library-from-device-company-urges-users-not-to-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/amazon-kindle-ios-update-deletes-entire-library-from-device-company-urges-users-not-to-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Kindle iOS update deletes entire library from device, company urges users not to update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/amazon-kindle-ios-update-deletes-entire-library-from-device-company-urges-users-not-to-update\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-36682\" title=\"kindle icon\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/kindle-icon.jpg\" alt=\"kindle icon\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a>If you&#8217;re an <a title=\"kindle for iOS\" href=\"http:\/\/kindle.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iOS Kindle<\/a> user, don&#8217;t update the app! Amazon has come out and urged users not to update version 3.6.1 as there is a glitch that <strong>deletes all of the books you&#8217;ve downloaded on your device<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The company has been made aware of this glitch and has urged users not to update to version 3.6.1. A new version, 3.6.2, showed up in the Apple App Store shortly afterward, which contained a fix for this bug. Those who look at the changelog for version 3.6.1 will notice a warning that reads, &#8220;<em>Note: There is a known issue with this update. If you are an existing Kindle for iOS user, we recommend you do not install this update at this time<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For those who have already installed the update, all of your books will be deleted but they&#8217;re not gone. The books can still be downloaded from Amazon&#8217;s cloud and your place will still be saved since Amazon syncs your progress. It&#8217;s just a hassle to have to re-download all of your books, especially if you have a large library.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36683\" title=\"kindle for iOS\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/kindle-for-iOS.jpg\" alt=\"kindle for iOS\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/kindle-for-iOS.jpg 640w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/kindle-for-iOS-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Version 3.6.2 presumably fixes this glitch and existing users should be fine installing this version.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a title=\"mashable\" href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2013\/02\/27\/kindle-app-erase-library\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mashable<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re an iOS Kindle user, don&#8217;t update the app! Amazon has come out and urged users not to update version 3.6.1 as there is a glitch that deletes all of the books you&#8217;ve downloaded on your device. The company has been made aware of this glitch and has urged users not to update to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/amazon-kindle-ios-update-deletes-entire-library-from-device-company-urges-users-not-to-update\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Amazon Kindle iOS update deletes entire library from device, company urges users not to update&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2033,"featured_media":36683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-36681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2033"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36681"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":333316,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36681\/revisions\/333316"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36681"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=36681"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=36681"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=36681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}