How to Delete Purchase History on Amazon

Archiving purchases

Amazon does not allow you to permanently delete your purchase history. However, you can archive individual orders so they no longer appear in your default order list. This is the closest option to deletion that Amazon offers.

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Go to Your Orders on Amazon.co.uk

Find the order and click Archive Order

The order moves to Archived Orders, accessible from the account dropdown

Quick answer

You cannot permanently delete Amazon purchase history. Archive orders to hide them from your main order list. Clear your browsing history separately in account settings. Remove specific items from your recommendations to stop them influencing suggested products. Amazon retains all order data internally for legal and tax purposes.

Clearing browsing history

Your Amazon browsing history tracks every product page you visit. This data feeds into recommendations. To clear it, go to Your Account, then Browsing History. You can remove individual items or turn off browsing history entirely.

Clearing your browsing history does not affect your orders. They are two different data sets.

In Browsing History settings, toggle off the feature to stop Amazon tracking pages you visit.

Amazon may still use purchase data for recommendations even if browsing history is cleared.

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Managing recommendations

Amazon uses your purchases and browsing to suggest products. You can improve your recommendations or remove embarrassing suggestions by going to Your Account, then Improve Your Recommendations. Mark items as "not interested" or remove purchases from your recommendation profile.

What Amazon keeps

Order records are permanent - Amazon retains all purchase data for legal, tax, and warranty purposes

Archived orders are still accessible - they are hidden, not deleted, and can be viewed in the Archived section

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Frequently asked questions

No, Amazon does not allow permanent deletion. You can archive orders to hide them from your main order list.

Go to Your Account, then Browsing History. Remove individual items or toggle off the feature entirely.

Partially. Archived orders have less influence on recommendations, but Amazon may still use the data.

Archived orders are hidden from the main list but accessible through the Archived Orders section if someone knows where to look.

Go to Improve Your Recommendations in your account settings. Mark items as not interested or remove them from your profile.