Kindle User’s Guide 14
Chapter 2 Acquiring & Managing Kindle Content
Removing items from your KindleTo free up space on your Kindle, you can remove items by pressing and holding the item’s
name or cover on the Home screen. When the dialog box appears, tap Remove from Device.
This option will vary depending upon the content. Your content will remain stored securely in
the Cloud for download at a later time.
Your personal documents are saved in the Cloud if they have been e-mailed to your Kindle
and if you have enabled Personal Document Archiving on the Manage Your Kindle page,
accessible from www.kindle.com/support. Note that files transferred to your Kindle using the
USB cable will be permanently deleted. For information on personal document management,
see Carrying and reading personal documents.
Periodicals: Older issues of newspapers and magazines are stored on the Home screen in a
collection titled “Periodicals: Back Issues.” Issues that are more than seven issues old will be
automatically deleted to free up space for new content. “Expiring” next to an issue indicates
that it will be deleted soon.
There are two ways to keep a copy of an issue:
• OntheHomescreen,pressandholdonthename fortheissueyouwishtokeep.Select
Keep This Issue from the options.
• Fromwithintheissue,taptheMenubutton,andselectKeepThisIssue.
Managing your Kindle LibraryYour Kindle can store thousands of digital books, personal documents, newspapers, blogs,
magazines, and active content, which are referred to collectively as “content” throughout
this guide. To display a list of content on your Kindle Paperwhite, tap the Home button. To
view how much free space you have available for storing content, from the Home screen tap
the Menu button, and select Settings. On the Settings page, tap the Menu button and select
Device Info.
By default, your content is sorted by Recent, meaning that new items and the content you’re
currently reading are at the top. You can change the sort option by tapping on the name of the
existing sort order in the header to display other available sort options. You can also sort items
that you have stored in the Cloud.
To filter your content by type, on the Home screen tap My Items, located under the toolbar.
Filtering options include All Items, Books, Periodicals, Docs, and Active Content. You can also
filter items that you have stored in the Cloud.
To jump to a specific title or page, go to the Home screen and tap the page number control.
For example, 1/2 indicates you are on page 1 and have 2 pages of content on your Kindle.
When the dialog box appears, enter the page number you want to go to or the first letter of
the title or author (depending upon your current sort option).
To view more information about an item and access a menu of applicable options, go to the
Home screen and press and hold on the item’s artwork (or name if using List view). Menu
options vary, but may include Add to Collection, Go To..., Book Description, Search This Book,
View Notes & Marks, and Remove from Device.
Using collections
If you store a lot of content on your Kindle, you can create collections for easier access. You
can add as many items as you like to each collection, including books, active content, and
personal documents. Items can also be added to more than one collection. Your Kindle will
sort your Home screen content by collections after you create your first collection.